Show M wil t A 5 fv 4 ra it V AA 0 lk za tal wary willilam willil lM IMP words meaning more to more people than almost any other greeting or salutation or phrase three words fraught with significance ance there are the happy people fatal families where affection cheer joy in one another unselfishness toward one another love and sympathetic understanding flourish they know the full meaning ot of A MERRY CHRISTMAS there are tile almost happy people people who sometimes bicker and quarrel make speeches only half meant which sound twice as harsh christmas comes and they rouse themselves after all there Is happiness for them the wives with loving slyness make little sacrifices and buy the husbands gifts they know will be acceptable cep table the husbands rush rash at the last minute into gaily decorated shops purchasing those gifts ther the know i will be acceptable they have paid more at attention tea of late they have noticed what was missing what was v a s wanted arriving home a little late the very sound of their steps has a new crispness their voices joviality and affection they jog g themselves up they have A merry christmas I 1 there are the poor families buying what toys they can for their children who have hare the same eyes as all ahll ren real hyes byes which see dolls carriages trains of cars dolls doll mechanical toys books eyes which look deeply into the windows of shops perhaps those more financially fortunate will lead them into shops and let them realize some of 0 their dreams there are the charity children children who receive dinners given by charitable organizations being photographed so that those who are inde pendent may feel undisturbed by all that they possess children whose pictures reveal at times a little shame it ii little shyness that they must be photographed when eating a regular re ular meal and yet they know the meaning of christmas too this for them Is good luck perhaps it can be made better A merry christmas christinas three words but synonymous with will those three words are many others children childrens gay excited happy voices parents with homecoming home coming sons and daughters gifts and generosity christmas trees appealingly empty stockings left by tile trusting on christanis Christ ms nis eve cordiality true humanity ma tilty A merry christmas 9 1527 western newspaper union |