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Show Christmas Spirit Evident In City's Business Houses Already the spirit o Christmas is beginning to warm the atmosphere for the approaching holiday, as manifested man-ifested in the settings being coated for it- The feeling of giving, the thrill of happiness, cheerfulness, and goodwill towards ones' fellowmen simply gets into your blood, more so, when you play on a stage all set for this most wonderful day, which is drawing close at hand. The business houses of our community com-munity are to be given credit for stimulating this emotion. They have exerted their cleverness, time and money in transforping the everyday appearance of their establishments into an inevitable paradise of Christmas Christ-mas wonderland. The windows reflect re-flect this with' their assortment of gifts, toys and Yuletide symbols, and at night, the colored lights shining on the displays distill deeper the holiday hol-iday spirit. If this fails to dominate 1 ones' being and the spirit is lacking, it is quickly kindled upon the first glance at the display's of Christmas commodities beautifully exhibited 'n a setting of colors and Christmas suggestions sug-gestions which transform the store's interior. Chipman Mercantile Co., American Fork Co-op. and J. C Penney Co. have perhaps done more to create this spirit than any other concern in town. Their windows are artfully decorated, and their various departments depart-ments feature tiny booths, gaily decorated dec-orated and displaying most effectively effective-ly the various gift articles. Garlands, Gar-lands, bells, festoons and colored cord have been the motifs employed in all the houses to create the holiday holi-day effect. Many arches are used to further dev e 1 o p the decorative scheme. There is scarcely one business establishment in town that has not in some way attempted to create the spirit, all of them using various symbols, sym-bols, borders, minature lighted Christmas Christ-mas trees and other suggestions to perfect a setting. Every home in the community can participate in the spirit stimulated by the business houses by decorating their homes, or by displaying some token of cheer and goodwill from their windows or porches. Everyone who puts forth an endeavor for Christmas cheerfulness can greatly add to the pleasure of the season. |