Show COMING low OW lOW THE HOLIDAY V IS REGARDED i BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE t Depends Entirely nea Viewpoint Viewpoint Viewpoint View View- point as to What the Day Brings Bring to Each The Each The Child and Pater Differ r is coming shouts the schoolboy flinging his cap in the theall air all Turkey and pudding puddIng pudding pud pud- ding Mince 1 pie Jolly A pantomimes and parties par par- parties ties Hurrah for Christ Christ- Christmas mas masl I Christmas is coming says the raper Turn one of our showrooms nto a toy bazar hazar and get out the list of required for the New Years Year's ale What a good Job Christmas has lot followed in the tho of other ld institutions Thank goodness for Christmas Christinas the Christmas is coming murmurs of the latter Hours Haury of extra unpaid labor laor bullying sweating hurry hurn SCUrry scurry to toca ca catch the train then heIgo helgo for home and hol hol- If it only came quicker and stayed long longer long er w we e should say Welcome Wel i come Christmas S Christmas Is coming com com- ing says busy mother Theres the pudding cakes and mincemeat mIn to make And the shop- shop lUS g i t sr r r- r do to Is to Present forthe for forthe the little ones' ones stockings not f forget forgetting fg dt ting something warm for father to wear and some new curtains to make the house look gay Christmas is coming com corn ing the tag the busiest time of all the year year year- and the ha happiest Christmas Is coming muses the child gazing dreamily into the fire I wonder what Santa Claus Glaus will bring me this year Lets Let's see see Ive I've written written writ writ- ten out doll perambulator lator and picture book and all three pieces of p paper pa paper pa- pa per went up the chimney all ll right though rIght though Im I'm Im I'm not erg quite sure whether I spelt perambulator just right Still SUll Santa Claus will understand Oh I Ido Ido Ido do hope hell he'll be quick and come Dear Dearold Dearold Dearold old Fath Father r Christmas Dear Indeed echoes Pater Thank goodness he does only come once a year jear ear for I should soon soon find find myself in the th bankruptcy court were he hea a frequent visitor No wonder the abbreviation of the w word 0 l' l d Christmas starts with X for It is the period of the The young folk may hang hang their stockings but I Isay Isay Isay say hang Christmas r Christmas is coming reflects the errand boy as h he fixes the sprig of ot mistletoe to his cap I must be on my best behavior for the next few days no loitering on my errands no back-answers back when Im I'm grumbled at then gr great at sh shall ll be the number of my Christmas boxes Christmas is coming comIng comIng- sneers the dyspeptic The fhe time for overfeeding over feed ing and drunkenness cheap sentiment senU-ment and ever ever- greens Turkey and mincemeat mince meat Ugh the combination combination tion makes me shudder S How thankful I shall be when Christmas Is gone Christmas is coming She murmurs the word as am she stoops r reverently over a tiny Uny pair of ot shoes a little white frock and blur blue sash lying In a sacred corner of the drawer Many Christmases ago these shoes pattered paltered lightly hither and thither under a pair pall of eager restless feet that ribbon encircled encircled cled a fairy form that danced inand In ID Inand and ind out helping and hinderIng hinderIng hinder- hinder hindering Ing in a thousand ways the numerous preparations for for Yule A film of tears suddenly spreads over mothers mother's moth moth- Y ers er's e eyes es as aa she shuts ih the the- drawer and turns sharply way away Cruel Christmas when you bring such memories memories mem mem- ories Dries as this for your gift 1 d. d |