Show I The Benediction it first we thought no Christmas tree this th I year I Jur ur six foot sons sam a year ago had dwarfed I That r festive show of 0 holiday decoI decors deco I ind nd r reached ached with ease the highest shining shining shin shin- ing mg star nc y slept quite late as I remember then it Christmas morning breakfast they hey approved approved approved ap ap- proved Pith friendly condescension After that dont don't believe they saw it any more Jo io lets let's depend we said on wreaths and bells To ro brighten up the house hOUe well we'll take our ease ind be content no tinsel tinsel littered floor Vo twisted strings of 0 lights to pack away auay ill very fine find But who would tell that when i The fhe warm nostalgic breath of 0 balsam iI I struck fur Jur ur sense seme in that crowded little shop I conjure up such vivid memories rOT with that scent come come into swift review The rho Christmases of 0 many happy years The rite skirts skiro and hose the gloves and ties lies gave place To ro o skates s and hockey sticks slicks and these in turn ro fo books electric trains and still more trains Then rhen toys toS which bucked and rolled when wound with keys Back through the days das of 0 carts and balls balu and drums To fo dwell on one the first our baby knew flow Clow young we were How Ilow many bright ideals Were yet untarnished by the blight of time Just 1 as those colored gayly-colored tinseled things Which graced the tree and like our youthful dreams Some broke to bits some dimm dimmed d with passing years And some were changed for lor n new w ones later on Perhaps Per just jUI one more tree tree we we still have hate lights And dreams enough to make malce a brave display So there it is Not many candy cones tire Are hanging from its boughs and those few gifts Dont Don't ma make mae e a noise or roll across the floor But Bur each to each a tI love lote more strong mature Is wrapped in evry box and now I 1 know The tree has done its iu part to make the day That perfumed incense born in northern wood Bas breathed a benediction on us all II H. S. S Dunne Downe Associated Newspapers Newspapers Features |