Show aa 4 ar amann I 1 its a healthy trait that most human beings like and are drawn to bright and glittering objects at christmas time this craving Is satisfied in a hundred ways wais when we are children we look with awe upon the shimmer of tinsel on christmas trees the wings of the angel on the topmost peak seem like the wings of those heralds above bethlehem who announced the coming of the christ child our eyes shine halt half blinded by the glory of legend and expect expectation atin when we are older we become as we think more sophisticated tinsel ona on a larger scale bright lights beautiful decorations dazzling entertainment the same childlike child like needs need s transposed into a more worldly manifesta hon don but we cant bant quite for forget gel th the aars stars or the moon they attract u us with a strange delight and when we are quite old and wise we know and admit that we must rely on something which shines beyond us a bit out of reach we remember the breathless moments of childhood and the blazing christmas tree we knew wonder in those days and found it precious we think of later years somewhat obscured by false values something more than tinsel something less than simple pleasures glitter certainly but little of that quality which yields the magic of happiness so perhaps we forget the middle years and go back to the earlier ones feeding on the first joys of childhood the long festoons fes swinging gracefully among the green branches of the treel the glimmer of malse mahe belleve icicles iches the powder of make believe snow the cheerful flames of candles candies and the laughter of people we loved 4 E c 1931 western newspaper union 1 |