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Show Quick Exodus Scrooge Was Right By KAY ISRAEL With Christmas break coming up soon, an analysis of what Christmas is to an outsider may very well appear in all the local newspapers. Yesterday, I went down to the Hansen Planetarium and managed to meet a real Martian who having resided here a few years had some observation on the season we are entering. "We Martians have observed your Christmas and other such hilodays and have reached some interesting conclusions. Christmas on the whole is really a simple thing at the University; it's the decorations committee commit-tee finally getting a picture in the Chronicle for putting put-ting up decorations (excluding parking tickets). Or the chimes on the Union clock playing Christmas Carols. For the same matter it is the usual test week spirit, sprinkled with failing grades and disappearing professors the week after finals. Downtown Dodgems "Downtown Christmas would appear to be something some-thing else to a Martian. It is a demolition derby, roller derby and a Supermarket Sweep. It is a time of joy for all, especially those who advertise. For once they no longer have to be original in their music, rather you can hear the gentle strains of what used to be "Tis the Season to Vote for Holley" throughout the Salt Lake area. People show their true spirits too. They usually tend to be frozen in their tracks. If you don't believe me, just try to walk down the aisles of either Auerbach's and the Paris. Elves Must Work Overtime "To be truthful, there is more to Christmas than that. Just turn on your T.V. With a little bit of luck you can see Santa advertising everything from after shave to credit cards. It makes one wonder how, with all the commercials he is making, he ever has time to make toys. But if kids ever ask why they see so much of Santa on the tube there is a simple answer even in the Christmas season nothing is freehand that is the way that Santa finances his multi-billion dollar project. (If the kid brings up your earthling's income tax, you'll have to come up with your own explanation. "Your Christmas doesn't stop there either. Christmas Christ-mas is on the radio. Usually it's in every spot on your radio dial. New songs by groups like The What or The Sunday Supplement express the true meaning of Christmas. Christ-mas. Titles like "The Surfer Who Stole Christmas" and the "Rocking Christmas Without You Rag" come out and for one month of the year all the top songs seem to be about the same thing. "Your state capital is of a different sort. Christmas Christ-mas starts in December and goes on until January 30th. There is no truer display of the meaning of Christmas than hearing the Capital's bells playing "Come All Ye Faithful" on January 25th. It makes you wonder if the same spirit holds over that well in the actual running of your state government. Look Who's Celebrating "As for me, I'm going to celebrate Christmas where it seems to have its greatest meaning. I understand un-derstand the Jewish population in New York tends to be very passive about Christmas." To which I asked him if he hadn't heard of the Channukah sales that they have there. He scratched his head and left saying to himself over and over again, "Well, it was a nice idea." |