Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-12-08 | Page 14 | Wise Parent Recalls Myth of Yuletide

Wise Parent Recalls Myth Of Yuletide Ry MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Her it is December iind 8nti iCIaiu is just around the corner, Whether he turns the corner and makes a stop at any house begini to depend entirely upon the chil- YourBaby dren. The threat of hia blindnesa - and indiffprnr-w nr th promine nf hia bountiea hang "heavy" over the children'! heada and inapire them to conduct beyond belief. I The mother who crowda back the I familiar worda of warning and j promise haa, aince her own childhood, child-hood, acquired a aelf-consciousneaa about honesty. She tella heraelf that ahe, for one. ian't going to be guilty 'of perpetuating thia ancient myth. I Of courMe, the children may be dia-appointed. dia-appointed. but aha isn't going to lie to them. Our "Sweeta lor Children" leaflet ia suggestive of aome of the arajmn's harmleaa recipea for holiday aweeta. It may be obtained by aendlng a t-cent atamped. aelf-addreaaed envelope enve-lope with your request for the leaflet by name to Myrtle Meyer Elrtremir "tn your" Tinny and ' mine department of The Salt Lake Telegram. Only the tiny child it really fooled. The grapevine method of dispensing information works too quickly to rid the child of hia illusions. illu-sions. Mothera know that at 4 or 8 yeara the child Is already growing very skeptical of Santa and If he continues to pretend to believe in him it is because he wants to, not because he doesn't know better. It haa always aeemed to me that parent lacked all humor who could not make a merry pretense of the coming of Santa without Jeoparditing the children'a faith In her honealy and truthfulness. One haa only to remember that It la a story, a charming story, of a spirit of good will and tell It with that twinkle which makes It fancy and not fact.