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Show WORKING FOR THE CHURCH CHRI8TMA8 A good rousing Christmas celebration celebra-tion at tho church means a lot of work for somo ono. Decorating tho church Is a traditional December Job and used very commonly to be dono all by volunteer work. If thero was ovorgreen material anywhero In tho neighborhood, young peoplo gladly Joined foraging parties to collect It. Later thev liked tho social pleasure of meeting to tlo nnd hang wreaths and ropo festoons. If sentiment nnd society had a share In their zeal, anyway 1 l0 church looked mighty pretty. Today young people aro away at scliuui and college, and tho older ones nro more than busy. It seems minora impossible to get volimtcor work. Many churches pay down good sums of money for holldny trimming. trim-ming. Others have given it up as too costly. Somo may say that money mon-ey ought not to bo spent thus, while thoro are hungry peoplo In tho neighborhood. neigh-borhood. Yet It seems a mUtaltc to lot tho old Yuletldo customs go. Tho carols do sound much nioro thrilling from a nest of holiday greenery Then llicro Is tho Sunday school Christmas trco to bo trimmed, nippers nip-pers to be prepared, rcoltitlons and music to bo drilled. Pastors nnd superintendents havo to he;; mid plond to got their committees filled. It seems too bad that It la so hard for churches nnd other philanthropic organizations to got volunteer tor vice for nil these tnsks. Something is wrong whon no ono can spare un evening to woik unpaid for a xood cnii-jo. , Somo of tho people who aro id-ways id-ways complaining about "not being notlcod" would bo much happlor If thoy would tu'.-o hold and help along with such woik. Looking .it U In a selfish light, thoro is no snob ensy way to mako friends as to take held with others in effort for some public organization. |