| Show I Just History I By Albert F. F Philips When the turkeys turkey's on the table and the candles on the tho tree treo Im I'm Jest about as happy as I ever eyer wanta be Sly My Iy children gathered round me mo an my neighbors settin by I couldn't bo no happier an I dont don't wanta try I like the parsons parson's sermon an an I like the chime chimes I like the up dressed that's around at Christmas t But best of all the tho doln's Is the time Ume it seems to me When th the turkeys turkey s on the table an anthe anthe anthe the candles on cn the tree i Tiers There's Ther a a. Jot ct o 0 s solid iI comfort gettin ready for tor the tn d day ar y makin A wreaths of oC evergreen an hollyberry spray An Mother she gets busy a ba things to eat An makin any kind o 0 food that's savory an an sweet An we tie up little presents an anva we va make up little Jokes jokes- You Tou know with know with verses in inthe Inthe inthe 1 the names of ot all aU tho the folks foUts But its it's all a upward to that very ery height of oC glee When the turkeys turkey's on tho the table an anthe antho the tho candles candies on tho the tree Wee i iTou You Tou seo see the Christmas ritual Is Peace on Earth and then It also has another clause about V t Good Will to Men The latter as I take It bein doin doln all an you canTo canTo can canTo cheer to To give a bit o Christmas any fellow man So I start in Christmas mornin with the tho raisin of the sun sunAn An I stick at It till un I get my goodwill goodwill good good- will chores all done doneAn An then I want my Peace on onearth earth an that is when I see seeThe seeThe seeThe The turkey on the table an the tle candles on tho the tree Carolyn Wells in the Ladles Ladles' Home Journal But this is a a. story about Christmas Christ Christ- mat mas cards and not about the turkey tur- tur key Ikey or the candle on tho the tree When did the Christmas card I originate and who was the author I of ot the tho custom which as now be become become he- he come so prevalent and which h has added an nn industry that is carried on the year through Perhaps no noone noone noone the originator originator originator one knows Just wl who o was of the tho custom but it has come comeIn comein in the last few years and its author must must have been the fellow who Ina in ina ina a desire to remember ol old friends wrote the following on a card cud which ho he mailed so that It would reach the home homo of his friend on on tho the day clay when peace on earth goodwIn good goodwill wIn will to men prevailed The card bore bero the following I When folks like us know folks t like you The cheery kind all tried and true Lifes Life's best we twine round words Just juet two This Christmas Day Da as folks should do For lifes life's b best t folks your r folks and you The custom of or sending Christmas cards was soon followed by the sending of Easter cards and th thon n came the other da days s 's when d sire to express sentiment regarding ti ll tu day lay or festival which the flay commemorated com corn when cards came to io be besent besent sent so that now the custom is uni uni- versal Tho The custom conferred a great blessing upon a large number of women who now design and pt paint int not only onh Christmas cards cads but other holiday hollday cards The original Christmas card was a an n exceedingly simple affair says an authority on the tho subject i and it was intended to serve two purposes both of oC which were com com- Primarily it was desIgned designed de do- I signed as a means of ot reminding absent friends that they were not forgotten at a time timo when tokens of ot remembrance are azo most dear The second consideration was that it proved an inexpensive medium for lor forthe forthe the expression of ot will good between those who could not with propriety more costly gifts ad acl cl while the cards serve these par par- poses still sun the original idea has de developed de- de to a remarkable extent the thousands th of ot des des' gns for Christmas cards cara many of ot them elaborate te In design and finish marvels marvels marvels mar mar- vels of workmanship give employment employment employ employ- ment mont to many hundreds of oC persons throughout the tho year ear and of or oran I an artistic turn find in the designing designIng design design- ing and painting of these cards not only a congenial but a profitable occupation Then too many marty professional professional pro pro- artists are devoting their entire time t to the designing and painting of oC the cards and In that many of oC them aro are elaborate in de design design do- do sign they have to be copied and this in turn gives remunerative pay for the work Beautiful designs are also given the lithographers an and color printers In varIous parts of the country for reproduction Not on only are arc the tho priced higher-priced cards preserved as souvenirs but the cheaper cards are also pre pre- served There aro are in many homes in Utah albums of beautiful cards which have been preserved from year to year ear In addition to tho the designers and artists who prepare the tho original desi designs de designs de- de si signs ns and who are employed the year round and whose work can be largely done at home ther are others others others oth oth- ers who must select and write sentiment to accompany the design and these like the designers find occupation through the j year ear car for the sentiment expressed on the tho card cover a wide range of subjects as as the cards carry messages es of sorrow 1 I as they do of ot gladness and of orb of y m and of or humor or cheer as for instance jA j A smile on the lip is wort on the tho hip 1 Some folks carry arr their good goodin I in the heart heart but but say Mine Is carried on the tho hip in ir In nifty nitty wa way A And thus the Christmas brings joy and happiness s sur sun n and aull cloud and sorrow and go on for Cor like Susan Coolidge We ring the the bells and we r raI strain 1 J We hang up the garlands e where vj I 1 And bid the tapers twinkle fa Ia And feast and frolic and frolic and th OJ I go so I I Back to the same old lives a aj af |
