CHRYSANTHEMUMS
In the Black Forest lived a peasant named Hermann. Going home one Christmas Eve he saw a little boy lying in the snow. He carried him to his wife and children, who gladly shared with him their little feast. All night the boy remained in the hut, and in the morning He revealed himself as the Christ-child, and then vanished from their sight. When Hermann next passed the place where he had found the Child wonderful flowers were growing out of the snow. Gathering a handful, he gave them to his wife, who called them chrysanthemums, meaning Christflowers, or, more correctly, goldflowers. Ever afterwards on Christmas Eve a part of the feast in Hermann’s house was set aside for some poor child in memory of their Divine guest.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 6
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