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Show T V ball!" Stewart picked up the large blue globe. "Our dads would enjoy that open ' fire and Bill those spruce boughs over the mantel" Bill, the older ; brother of Stewart, loved anything . from the woods. j And so each thing reminded them of someone's fondness for it, or of some of the happy times of former i holidays. I "Well, 1 guess that's all for now." ' Stewart said when the decoration j of the tree was finished and he and Janice stood admiring it. Janice Jan-ice made no reply re-ply to her hus band's remark a: first. "All but the presents," she said hesitatingly "Oh, we can put those out later." Stewart suggested. "But I mean the ones for the I mm- family." she explained. "Didn't you distribute those to- j day?" Stewart asked in surprise. ! "I thought it would be more fun ! to take them together." i "Stewart stopped and kissed her. ' "I think so, too, honey so let's go." "Y.'ail u .-.j i get my ha t and coat." "And I'll bring the car up to the door." When Stewart returned to the room Janice was placing packages under the tree. "Janice, doesn't it 'seem to you there is something wrong with the j tree?" Stewart asked suddenly. "No." Janice walked all around ! the tree looking at it critically. "No," she said the second time then suddenly "Yes, Stewart, there is something wrong something missing the loving sharing of dec- j orating the tree. Our families would i so have enjoyed it. We trimmed it i just for ourselves. It does seem self- ' ish." Then after a moment's silence she cried: "I have it! Suppose we leave the presents here and invite our families here for a good old-fashioned Christmas eve celebration. What do you say?" "I say great! Here goes." and Stewart hurried toward the telephone. tele-phone. Western Newspaper Union. |