Show i i Christmas Preparations I This year C Christmas h r i s t mas and Thanksgiving ving were separated by just one month and in many communities communities com com- the Christmas decorations decorations decora- decora went ing WE OBSERVED Thanksgiving with Christmas decorations on the streets and in some stores Yet Thanksgiving t this his year came as early as it can ever I come on Nov 24 It Is easy to criticize of course ourse and there are sincere differences of opinion on the question but one cannot help wondering whether all this earl early concentration on Christmas has hasi i anything to do with the real meaning and spirit of Christi Christ Christ- i i mos mas I I OR IS IT PURE and simple another manifestation of the commercialization of Christ Christ- mas Certainly the annual major major ma- ma jor holiday of the Christian world is over Some families are in debt for a aI month or or two after the observance observance I ance because of the costs of presents cards and all the rest And many a housewife Is worn to a nub after the season IS THIS WHAT WHA T WE want Shouldn't we limit the ChrIstmas Christmas ChrIst ChrIst- mas drive to December after Thanksgiving ving A Christ Christmas mas shopping season extending from December until Christ Christmas mas would allow three weeks for shoppers |