Show CHRISTMAS next tuesday tile nation wil unite in keeping alive a custom that has become to tio tile many an occasion ot defying nature those ax who ho can afford to celebrate in tile ilie usual way will do dc alore the limiter capacity of their I 1 achs lis those N who ho cant will wil regret the limited state ot of their purse parse even the few who pause in their revelry ion lonz anoush to think of anything but themselves oye little con I 1 to t the significance ince of the word as aa a I 1 christ mass a clr lay ilay as well we 1 as a holiday the great majority imagine that the celebration cele brition of christmas origin abed seme time after tile the birth of jesus of nazareth which event it commemorates little realizing zin that i december 2 25 hall had lieen been celebrated by the kigans piff pi ans gans for many centuries and that such a atlon was in pro progress ress OvIlla within ia 0 miles of 11 bethlehem eth lehem on the lay of jesus reputed birth t this jay markel marked an important astronomical phenomenon revered by the ancient sun worshippers wor shippers as the hirth birth of the UX of god and was later adopted by the church to honor the birth of the SON ot of god cod I 1 tile the actual day 0 of the Gili Gali leans birth Is lin unknown known being bein jacel by various authorities in every month of the year all the lie way from B C to 17 A D 1 Is As wo we enter upon the ilay this year let us s realize that it symbolizes the birth ll th of tile the christ spirit within us which may grovr koiv into such full expression of perfection that we shall reflect our divinity as did that great master 11 aster who showed us is the wiy way |