Show CHRISTMAS hearts of at young and old again feel that mysterious something we have come com a to know as aa the spirit of 0 christmas 1 theres a happier smile on every face a friendlier handshake and a more cheerful greeting as aa we meet there seems to be a closer bond ot of brotherly love settling down over all the earth it Is the spi spirit rit of at chrismas Chrls mas 11 to those ot at us able abla to look back over many milestones passed along lifes highway high wak it brings joy and contentment and memories of other days when santa claus was our patron saint and every christmas morn was like the dawning ot of a new paradise on earth it takes us back to childish dreams and wonderment it sour our hearts a all 11 humanity and brings a kind kindlier liter feeling to ward neighbors and friends to us it has a tar far deeper meaning than the mere giving of gifts christmas tor for us Is the happiest time ot of all the year because it enables us to see the happiness that exists in other hearts and the love we have tor one another as members ot of one big family all striving lor for the same end the peace and happiness af 6 the whole world here on the eve or of another christmas we find our joy in the childish prattle ot of little ones who have yet to reach the rough places along lifes road we hear licar their laug laughter baughier hier and their shouts of joy we see the excited surprise that comes into their eyes as they view with amazement the simplest ot of toys their happiness Is contagious because it brings back meni memories orles that come at no other time ot of the year and we join in the spirit 0 of chrismas Chrls mas with them and feel again the thrill that we knew duew too in the years gone by when we saw beauty in every trinket and love in every little gift we live our youth again in the spirit of at christmas and it lightens the load we must take up anew to carry on to another milepost when this year melts into anto time ours curs isa Is a happy christmas because it brings so much to those about us its arrival means more than a season 0 of gift making it means more than riot at 0 pending and foolish extravagance it means a season when ev everyone loans leans closer to each la in love lova and sacrifice than at any other time of year it means a deeper love in the hearts of all and for or everyone who claims it as his home and we know that such kindly feelings cannot disappear app ear over night but that the love and well wishes we have for or each other now must continue to abado throughout the years to come the spirit ot christmas Is here may it find all happy and comfortable and contented may it bring forth from every heart a love tor for his bis follow man that will be in evi evidence derice long after the holiday has passed an and d into the days of sterner duty when we need this same spirit of christmas I 1 to lighten it our way |