Show R I 1 aari ox X its a healthy trait that ahat most human P beings like ilka and are d drawn rawn to brig bright and glittering objects at christ mas time this craving Is i satisfied in a hundred M ways when we are children we look with awe upon the shimmer of tinsel on christmas trees the wings 0 of the angel on the topmost peak seem like the wings ot of those heralds above bethlehem who announced the coming ot of the christ child our eyes shine half blinded by the glory of legend and expectation when we are older we become as we think more sophisticated tinsel on a larger scale bright lights beautiful decorations dazzling entertainment the same childlike child like needs transposed into a more worldly manifestation but we cant quite forget the stars or the moon they attract us with a strange delight and when lien we are quite old and wise we know and admit that we must rely on something which shines beyond us a bit out of reach we remember the breathless moments of 0 childhood and the blazing christmas tree we knew wonder in those dayland day sand found it precious we think of later years somewhat obscured by false values something more than tinsel something less than simple pleasures glitter certainly but little of that quality which yields the magic of happiness so perhaps perli aps we forgot forget the middle years and go back to the earlier ones feeding on the f first joys joya of childhood the long festoons fes seln swinging gracefully among the green branches of the tree the glimmer of make believe icicles the powder of make believe snow the cheerful flam lames and d candles and the laughter laug liter oj 0 people ae we loved M 1931 western newspaper union j i |