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Show CHRISTMAS II GIV1N, By AUNT AGGIE Oklahoma A. and M. College SOMETIMES I wonder about Christmas, as folks observe it now The give an take o' presents, like iwapin, it seems, somehow An' I can't help doubtln, a little, though it ain't fer me to say, If He whose birth it remembers approves o' the modern way. Of course it's nice an pretty, all holly an mistletoe, With bundles tied in ribbons an greetings flyin so; But what sets me a-thinkin', in a sort o dotsrtful fear, Is whether exchangin presents is moren a selfish cheer. l"herc wa'n't no thought o' better, or gifts with strings to them, When Christ was sent to us, back there in Bethlehem. The comfort still's in follerin the example from above: The spirit o that first Christmas was pura an1 simple love. |