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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue XXVI, 29 December 1900, Page 1226

*Dne of the prettiest of all Christmas Customs prevails in Norway. Every {year thousands of birds die of starvation and cold, and at Christmas the fate of bird mortality is at its highest. Christmas, however, is a time of good-will, and rich and poor in Norjvay extend their good cheer to the birds. Outside every Norwegian home J) sheaf of corn is placed. This, of Course, not only provides sufficient train during the most bitter weather, put also a warm resting-place. The Bight of these sheaves outside the Jiomes of Norway is very beautiful, Bnd the spirit which prompts this Christmas charity is that of the Master, who cared even for the sparrows.