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Show 1 Krst' CUrSe there mUSt beN5f ChristmseA There should be green wreaths of holly in all 1 M the windows of all the homes everywhere; and candleyrAhining betweenYhem, and back of that 1 W the rosy, laughing faces of children. Tne window shadesWoulbepulled higAySo that the joy within ' Q can H seen and heard even on the street l NnN ' ! M CTRE should be the silver chiming of bellsfroirXchurch steeples shakenm the, air by the wind. j s A . I There should be stars millions and millions of sHtteringin a dark blue sky j J TmRould be people of all ages and kinds singing cls--rrols, sweet carols, carols, ' AyJ7!! Car1S WhiCh nCe mre reate magiC Spirit KFirnristmas eve. IRWMt I should be fragrant-smelling pines in every house; trees huWth garlands of popcorn, strings fMmf Uied cranberries' Sreen bouShs weighed down with gifts for everyon, not' forgetting Kitty, nor Hec- TOthe pup.. " ' . ! S should be secrets vast and numberless secrets whispered behind dooinal cellars, in clos- GtS behind the bam after dark; secrets to be revealed on Christmas morning. Knitted mufflers for m&W fatherS feW stitches droPPed, but what of it?. Pincushions for mothers just a little bit' lopsided, 77 strong!a great many hand-made calendars, sewing bags and boxes fordieembers 'Denalter Christmas ewesOirfetmas day! Merry cousins and uncles and aunts amving WKWIny tfrm a11 directions t0 share tne dinneFitn the family. There should be a twinkling-eyed grandfather 3 granmtlier 3 tremendUS rePutation or doughnuts. MMim )rRE snou be Puddings, thousands upon thousands of puddings spread in steaming invitation on mil ((HI takles from one end of the country to the other. There should be turkey and roast goose and mince pill jw PieS raiSinS anC kUit' Um bessings said witn bwed beads. wllj IS! these things go to make a perfect Christmas. But if we can have only a few of them, or even nftrrJii ' tUOne f them' We can have a new Peace in our hearts' and Prayers "that the children of the land may fMiv be loved and cared for even as the Christ Child was loved and cared for by His mother Mar that night long, long ago when He lay in a manger in Bethlehem! 1928' West"n Newspaper Union j |