[ 29.] Ibid. i. 146.

[ 30.] Ibid. ii. 66 f.

CHAPTER XI.—THE CHRISTMAS-TREE, DECORATIONS, AND GIFTS

[ 1 .] I. A. R. Wylie, “My German Year” (London, 1910), 68.

[ 2 .] Mrs. A. Sidgwick, “Home Life in Germany” (London, 1908), 176.

[ 3 .] Tille, “D. W.,” 258. For the history and associations of the Christmas-tree see also E. M. Kronfeld, “Der Weihnachtsbaum” (Oldenburg, 1906).

[ 4 .] Tille, “D. W.,” 259.

[ 5 .] Ibid. 261.

[ 6 .] Ibid. 261 f.

[ 7 .] G. Rietschel, “Weihnachten in Kirche, Kunst und Volksleben” (Bielefeld and Leipsic, 1902), 153.