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Show Every Christmas Fair and Happy for Swinton IT WAS an unusual Christmas; Nature Na-ture had made lt so. The rosebuds were still bursting into bloom ; the sunshine was broadcasting far and near; a warmth that doesn't usually continue was over the land ; but one fire was needed and that the Christmas blaze, to kindle In the hearts of the cold and selfish the warmth and sunshine sun-shine which God had settled over the land and intended for every heart Abe Swinton came from his shanty, yawned and looked around. Old Scrooge himself couldn't hold a candle to Abe, who was selfish and stingy to the bone. The chimes of the First church were pealing forth "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas I Merry Christmas to all I" The boys and girls were playing In the street and shouted to Abe: "A Christmas of sunshlna and flowers, we bring you today. We hope you'll enjoy them and your grouch will pass away." Abe went into his hut and muttered to himself; he felt chilly but couldn't venture out again. He took from hiding hid-ing a bag of shining gold he felt of It, started to put It back, but Instead took It to the Provident association. "Use this he said, for the poor. This Is the best Christmas I ever had and I feel happy. It's because the sun shines so warm, 1 suppose; never another an-other like It, to me at least." The sunshine continued and every Christmas was fair and happy and Joyous. Emily Burks Adams. 1925. Western Newspaper Union. |