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OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
f^HERISH the spirit of Christmas. It is one of few
^priceless heritages that we have that modern custom
must not stale. No festival was ever so beautiful. It’s
the time when the Fairy Queen makes her robes of the
shimmer of the silver moon beams; when the Frost King
writes his pictured message in feathery crystals on the
window panes; when the North Wind strikes his lyre of
pendant icicles, and elfin music tinkles through the
woodland. Christmas is the wondrous time of giving—
of expressing love and affection in the little token,
freighted with golden wishes and tender sentiment. Be
lieve in Santa Claus—as a symbol only, if the world has
made you too old to hear his sleighbells—but as a reality
if you can. Let the children hang up their stockings.
Get a big tree as big as you can push through the door.
Cover it with the magic fairy lamps that children love so
well. Spare no tinsel nor the pendant balls that shine
and glitter with a thousand reflections. Give and re
ceive the little tokens of love and affection. Let your purse
be wide open though it hold only pennies. Do all you
can to preserve and maintain the traditions of the sea
son. Let the laugh of the cynic be not heard, nor
the gray hairs of much wisdom overwhelm the gladness
of youth when it says, “I do believe.”
And in as full a measure as you make the season
merry for others—a Merry Christmas and a Happy New '
Year to You!
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