Show Gh ritma esome v 1 ly athe HE first christmas in our T new home janice wray announced joyously joyous lYas as rho stepped across the threshold of stewarts and her new home christmas in our new home stewart echoed switching on the light oh it just grandl exclaimed janice ill say it is but slow up slow up janny ive got about all my arms will hold without taking you aboard stewart warned her as janice attempted to throw her arms about him oh keep quiet youre just as excited as I 1 am so why pretend janice answered with a toss of her head stewart put his packages down and then with his arms around her he assured her you bet I 1 am honey I 1 think it is wonderful S it u and just because they were is so happy they both laughed come on lets get busy with the tree stewart suggested Right ol I 1 agreed janice just as soon as I 1 change my dress the tree m must be neither to large nor too small some so me time had been consumed deciding just the proper size for a christmas tree for two they were to be alone this christmas the first christmas in their new home there was no doubt about that for they had definitely decided that when they purchased the house and now here they were ready to trim the much discussed tree that star lovely janice said as stewart placed it at the top of the tree yes but I 1 thought you had planned on something else stewart replied 1 I changed my mind was all janice said she tell him she think of a christmas tree without a star at the top they always had one on the tree at home thought you going to get any red balls she reminded stewart 1 I changed my mind both laughed at stewarts echo of jan ices answer of a moment before mother would love this silver ball janice hung the ball where 1 it t caught the most light bess love this blue 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 and so each thing reminded them of so fondness for it or of some of the happy times of former holidays well I 1 guess all for now rv stewart said when the decoration of the tree was finished and he and f 77 janice stood ad miring it janice made no reply to her husbands remark af A at first all but the presents she said hesitatingly oh we can P put u t those out later stewart suggested but I 1 mean the ones for the family she explained pla ined you distribute those today stewart asked in surprise 1 I thought it would be more tun fun to take them together stewart stopped and kissed her 1 I think so too honey so lets go wait until I 1 get my hat and coat and ill bring the car up to the door when stewart returned to the room janice was placing packages under the tree janice it seem to you there is something wrong with the tree stewart asked suddenly no janice walked all around the tree looking at it critically no she said the second time t then n suddenly yes stewart there is something wrong so something missing the loving sharing of decorating the tree our families would so have enjoyed it we trimmed it just for ourselves it does seem selfish then after a moments silence she cried 1 I have itt suppose we leave the presents here and invite our families here for a good old fash boned christmas eve celebration what do you say 1 I say great here goes and stewart hurried toward the th telephone 0 western newspaper union |