Show H jj The Boys I I Column II II TilE THE YULETIDE PUDDING TAKE SOME human nature as ae we find It it The commonest variety will do put a a. a little graciousness behind it Add a lump of charity or two Squeeze In just a drop of moderation Half as much frugality or less Add some very fine consideration Strain off all of poverty's distress Pour in some milk of human kindness Put in all the happiness you can Stir It up with laughter every minute Season with good will toward every man Set it on the fire of hearts heart's affection Leave It till the jolly bubbles rise Sprinkle It with kisses for confection Sweeten with a look of loving eyes Flavor It with childrens children's merry chatter Frost it with the snow of or wintry dells Place it on a holly-garnished holly platter And serve It with the song of Christmas bells Anonymous O 0 O O 0 CHRISTMAS CAROLS YEAR AFTER AFIER year we usher In the Christmas season by the singing of Christmas carols and hymns Never do dowe dowe dowe we grow tired of hearing and singing the familiar and ever beautiful songs of Christmas which have been handed down through the centuries sung in every tongue and by every nation Italy was the birthplace of the first true Christmas carol back In the thirteenth thirteenth thirteenth thir thir- century Here the friars tried to humanize the story of the gospel and composed songs about the birth of Christ From Italy the carol spread to Spain France England and Germany where it retained its legendary lore and childlike simplicity with a strange mingling or of reverence and mirthfulness The French and English carols began to appear In the fifteenth century where they ranged from lullabies to riotous drinking songs During the Reformation these carols disappeared to be replaced later by the more devotional type hymn O 0 Come All Ye Faithful was one of or orthe the first of these more dignified and solemn Christmas hymns and was composed composed composed com com- posed in France about 1700 The nineteenth nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- century brought the beautiful Silent Night and O 0 Little Town of Bethlehem And so so the Christmas carols have lived through the centuries As we sing and listen to these old familiar songs this Christmas let us be glad that we can and are preserving Ideals and traditions traditions traditions which will always be the heritage of every Christian nation |