Show f f MERRY 1 CHRISTMAS CHRISTl A Very soon now we are going t to hear th that it t glad old greeting from Oln every everyone erS one we meet Merry 1 Christmas and mid we are arc going t f to respond a hearty Same to you and what may Inay surprise some of f us grouchy grouch ones ones we we are are going to mean it t Rant and rave as one may about the nonsense of Christmas the rush of the holidays there is something suggestive of gay I. I holly hony w wreaths r and roaring Christmas tires fires ire and jolly old Santa Claus Glaus in that greeting Merry i Christmas s it it gets bets at one whether heth- heth er he he really starts out with i the intention of being merry or or 01 not And its a grand old thing that it does get bet at one Consi Considering Consider Consider- er- er it I ing what a really good place this world is to live in how fortunate even the most of us Americans are there are an as as- lot of 01 people who try terribly hard naru to be ye confirmed grouches grouches- They really dont don't want to enjoy life and keep themselves themselves them them- t f. f selves so busy hunting up unpleasant things that they a actually never see the pleasing ones ones- I But this habit we re have of greeting each other at Christmas Christmastime j time with that jolly little word Merry l just ki knocks i oc 1 t s all tho those e gloomy folks awry One simply cant can't grunt and frown in return t to a Merry i Christmas And if he gets enough such greetings r in a day daJ- he soon gets over the desire to frown and begins toE to E Merry l 1 Christmas a few folks himself The big trouble lies in the fact that the greeting is not used all through the year If it were then perhaps each days day's journey 11 would bring fewer and fewer of those glum sour folks whom one hates to meet and more and more of those pleasant interesting people whom one loves to know The best solution probably would be the suggestion that everyone carry the Merry Christmas spirit into this year round greetings even though he cant can't use the words No use making oneself oneself a village b joke by calling Yuletide b greetings during g July you know but one can say good morning in such a manner th that t the person he is meeting knows he rather likes the world And if he does he will be keeping the old pl pledge ge I I will honor Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas in my heart and try to keep it all the year J |