Show r r CA genuine abri christmas atmas by katherine Kat henne edelman nant NEWBY waited ampa G GRANT in the telephone booth the receiver held tightly against his ear car through h the klass ot of the closed door he bould see the bl big chris chrls mas tree in the lobby and the logs burning upon the hearth how christ massy it all looked and yet it tools took more than a christmas tree tre more inore than a yule lo 10 log and holly wreaths to make male a genuine christmas something was lacking what was it the christmas spirit of course that special something in the atmosphere that was the thing that made christ mas real and it didn dian t seem to per beate the confines of a big city hotel he sighed as he stepped from the booth thoughts of other christmases were with him the old home steeped in the very atmosphere of the season excia ed voices whis un wrapping p pack a c k agee ages the singing of the lovely old carols A gleam came into his tired eyes at the memory why couldn coulden t he bring something of that homey spirit into this big hotel ile could id try grant neuby new by found that almost all people are alike when it comes to christmas there wasn gasn t a person in the hotel who waca wasn t happy to join enthusiastically in his plans there was a quick rush for wraps a quicker rush to the street in search et of gitts gifts the hotel I 1 elp were going to be surprised by such a christmas christma s ea as they had never had bad before the guests men and women were going to adopt them for christmas and see that each one received something in addition small articles were to be hd d and placed ly nimber on artmas the tree thes these were for the guests themselves the very spirit r of christinas seemed to fill the place as the gifts were passed around smiles thanks tha aks good wishes all were blended in happy unison and until the midnight chimes from a distant church an bounced the arri val of christmas the hotel lobby echoed to the sound of the beau ticul carols that christmas has treasured through the years and as grant newby lonely old bachelor joined heartily in the sing ii aig g he was quite sure that his wish for or chrisom is had been fulfilled a western anlon |