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TO SANTA CLAU,
By Jame Whitcomb RUey
Mo$t tangible of all the gods that be,
O Santa Claus our own $ince infancy!
At fir$t we scampered to thee-now, a then,
Take u$ at children to thy heart again.
Be wholly good to at, just a of old;
A a pleated father, let thine arms enfold
Ui, homed within the haven of thy love,
And all the cheer and wholetomenest thereof.
Thou lone reality, when 0, o long
Life's unrealities have wrought us wrong:
Ambition hath allured us, fame likewise,
And all that promised honor in men's eyes,
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Throughout the world's evasions, wiles and shifts,
Thou only bidest stable as thy gifts.
A grateful ki.ig re-ruleth from thy lap,
Crowned with a little soldier-cap:
A mighty general a nation's pride
Thou givest again a rocking-horse to ride.
And wildly glad he gloweth as the grim
Old jurist with the drum thou givest him:
The sculptor's chisel, at thy mirth's command,
Is as a whistle in his boyish hand;
The painter's model fadeth utterly,
And there thou standest, and he painteth thee:
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Most like a winter pippin, sound and fine
And tingling-red that ripe old face of thine,
Set in thy frosty beard of cheek and chin
As midst the snows the thaws of spring set in.
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Ho! Santa Claus - our own since infancy
Most tangible of all the gods that be!
As first we scampered to thee-now, as then,
Take us as children to thy heart again.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Not for a day only, but for a whole
lifetime, is the wish of
E. G. NOBLE
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Tho' greetings galore may In; at your door,
Accept from us. at least one more,
Simply to siiy that we hope the day
Will he jolly and merry and glad and gay.
LLOYD HUTCHINSON
CHRISTMAS SAEETATION
May the day bring you joy
in messages from friends,
in warm hand clasps,
in pleasant experiences,
in love from those dear to you.
And I thank you for helping
this store with your patronage.
THE FOUNTAIN OF SWEETS
John E. Maxwell
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In wishing you
A Merry Christmas
we are but voicing our Blncerest
sentiments toward those whose
friendship we have always so high
ly appreciated and whose patron
age has made possible the greatest
holiday business In our history.
MRS. L. G. HERREN
Best Wishes AtiE Tide li
Some say it is old fashioned sending greetings Christmas Day;
But some of us cling fondly to the good old-fashioned way.
Accept old -fashioned wishes for the sake of Auld Lang Syne,
A happy, happy Yule time, good luck to thee find thine.
Lucile Hassoldt.
TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
How we would like to say It to
you In person, but we cannot. These
printed words must take the place
of the cheery spoken greeting.
With best wishes for your hap
piness and prosperity all the years
of your life again we aay,
"Merry CkrUtma."
CLARENCE BOWERS
A Merry
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May you enter into the spirit of Christmas
and the spirit of Christmas enter into you.
AVe thank you for your valued patronage
and will endeavor to merit it hereafter.
C. V. HOPPER TIRE SHOP
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May the day be nil that it should lie,
As gay as it. possibly could be,
And as merry and glad as it will be
If our wish comes true.
ELKHORN RESTAURANT
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Vjreeting:
"Back of the season of Christmas
And back of the greetings you get
Is the pleasure of thinking of friendships
That never have gone back on you yet."
We trust that you look upon the Wilson
store as your friend and wish you all the joys
of the season.
DAVID A. WILSON
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OUR CHRISTMAS WISHING
Friendly meetings, happy greetings,
In the good old-fashioned way;
Pleasures many, griefs not any,
We are wishing you today.
MORROW COUNTY CREAMERY CO.
W. CLAUDE COX, Mgr.
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This is Christmas time the season when
your friends are thinking of you and wishing
you all kinds of blessings the best of life's
joys and happiness; hence our greeting
A Merry Christmas
BERT P. STONE
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And may you feel all the sincerity of these
wishes, the earnestness, as we say, "A Merry,
Joyous Christmas and thanks for making this
the best of Christmases for us!"
UNIVERSAL GARAGE
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THE holiday season recall
quaint Ideas and Christmas
fuucles of old, even back
to tlie ancient days of the
Druids a time when the
mistletoe sprig, as a po
tent mascot, was presented
as an omen of good for
tune, as a symbol of
health, wealth and prosperity, and Id
those days long ago the house that
sported a branch of mistletoe at
ChrlstmJs would never be unlucky.
It Is from the Druids that the cus
tom of decorating our churches and
homes with evergreens comes, for they
believed that all t lie sylvan sprites
flocked together on these boughs,
there to remain until the warm weath
er came. !n midwinter the Druids
sent around sprigs of Ivy and mistle
toe to remind tho people to decorate
their dwellings with evergreens, in
order to propitiate the sylvan sprite
and secure protection from frosts and
wintry blasts. Holly berries long have
been considered as giving wonderful
power when worn in Ihe shape of a
wreath, which mut be made and worn
In Imitation of a sacred crown of
thorns and of berries, and the wearer
of this crown must go alone at mid
night on Christinas and sit in the
dark, and. in accordance with that
ancient tradition, when worn on
Christmas eve the holly wreath will
evoke visions of spirit forms coming
In the air to sing their Noel songs, and
all the beasts will be seen to kneel
down In worship.
The Yule cake and Yule log. too,
have their Important part In this an
cient Saxon tradition for the Christ
mas festival season. The cake had the
same powers as the bride cake has on
Christmas night. The Yule log was
used to light the Christmas tire the
next year because it preserved the
house from fire during the year and
subdued the spirit of the flames.
Its powers were bestowed In ihe days
of the Druids, when the belting tires
were lighted and the brands secured
from the Bre to light the tire the next
year. The ancient Saxons hurucd the
Yule log as n symbol of the turning of
the sun toward spring.
Even the moon contributed Its
share to Christmas superstitions, for.
as the legend runs. If Christinas comes
during the waning of the moon we
shall have a very good year, ami the
nearer to the full moon the better.
Holland, perhaps, has the prettiest
custom of all nations for the Christ
mas festival. On the night before
Christmas In commemoration of t tie
star of the east, the young men of
their towns assemble and carry
through the dark streets a large,
bright star; nil the people go out to
greet and give to the bearers of this
"star of Bethlehem," as it Is called,
alms for the poor.
Seven days before their New Year,
the Chinese worship the Kitchen tied
by preparing dishes of candy and vari
ous sweets with which they smear his
mouth. Later they burn him amid Ihe
Bring off of crackers, the deity being
sent up In a chariot of smoke and lire
to a conference with the king of the
celestial .regions. The Idea of smear
ing his mouth with sweets Is that he
may not say anything but honey-
Ye who have scorned each other,
Or Injured friend or brother,
In this fast fading year;
Ye who, by word or di ed.
Have made n kind heart bleed.
Come gather here'
"Iet sinned against and sinning
Forget their strife's beginning,
And join in friendship now.
Be links no longer broken,
Be sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the holly-bough.
'Ye who have loved each other,
Sister and friend and brother,
In this fast fading year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young man and maiden mild,
Come gaiher here;
'And let your heart grow fonder,
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken vow;
Old loves and younger wooing
Are sweet in their renewing
Under the holly-bough."
Charles Mackay.
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Make Every Day
Too prone are we all to allow our
Christmas sentiments to evaporate
with the day, forgetting that there
are other days in tl: year for a sym
pathetic hand clasp and an encourag
ing word. If Christmas is better than
other days in the year, it Is because
the feeling of brotherhood and fellow
ship belongs to it.
Why not have every other day in
the year filled with hrotherliness and
fellowship? Why not soften the as
perities of life, speak the kindly word,
and extend the helping hand for the
other 304 days? In a word, why not
make every day a Christmas? Carry
the Christmas spirit with us through
out the year ami say, with Tiny Tim,
at all times and seasons, "God bless
us. everyone."
Let us keep Christmas In this spirit,
then, forgetting not to whom thanks
for the many blessings and privileges
of this great country of urs are due,
looking forward to the age that Is
coming :
"When the common sense of most
shall hold the fretful realm In awe
And the kindly earth shall slumber
lapt in universal law."
ed words, or that his lips may stick
together and so prevent his talking
too much.
The Kitchen God, according to story,
had been III treated by his brother and
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had many servants, but allowed th?ir j
brother to work with the servants and
have dinner with them. Their cruelty j
developed day after day. until at last i
they treated him heavenly by seating ;
htni In a sedan chair made of paper.
The creation of giving gifts at
Christmas came, not from presents of ;
gold and silver given to the Christ j
child, as many believe. Inn from an ;
old custom of priests putting on hoard j
of all outgoing ships a box of alms
! This box was opened at Christinas j
't time and masses said for the givers,
of the alms, and was called "Christ
mass" box. and from this has come
i our custom of Christmas boxes and
gift glviui.
Our Commercialized Christmas
i Christmas Is the decoration day of
1 a commercial age. Then, as on no
; other day, we face with compassion
those who have fallen In our battles
I for wealth Tor a moment we think
of tho thousands of children who have
10 share in that easy life we give our
children, and must find the season's
Joy In the charity dinner. Along with
the barter to which we have debased
our giving within our circle of ac
Qualntances. we play at extending the
spirit of the day to thosewho are
the pawns of our Industrial game. The
Salvation army lass, standing cold and
numb on the street corner, collecting
funds for Christmas baskets for the
poor, reminds us of the wreckage left
In the wake of our prosperity. We
give a trifle to help the poor temper
the bitterness of the year with I
couple of hours' good eating.
SIMPLE HOME-MADE GIFTS
Handkerchiefs, neatly hemmed and
au embroidered initial adorning mi
corner, may be made from a stray rem
nant of linen or lawn.
Canvas or denim gloves for the won
an who nangs out wet clothes are 8
boon and so easily made on the sew
ing machine.
Night slippers are a joy to children
who must walk upstairs after prepar
ing for bed. Any material of downy
texture is adaptable, and they are
made as simply as a stocking foot.
Every country woman should have a
knit, woolen corset-cover. A worn
sweater, by removing the collar and
lower part of the sleeves (parts, by the
way, most likely to show wear) serves
beautifully for this purpose.
Knowing the size of any little girl's
doll, it is a simple matter to make a
dress, a bonnet or cloak for it.
Mittens are neatly and quickly made
on the sew ing machine. Use any flexi
ble woolen material.
A child's fur set can be made from
an out-of-date fur piece, or if you have
only a trifle of fur use it simply for
the rim of the muff and the scarf-end.
To an Invalid friend Is sent your
cheeriest house-plant to gladden the
Christmas day.
A BRAVE SOLDIER
Jack-in-the-Box; Ha, ha, you're a
brave soldier, to be scared of me.
A THRIFTY SAINT
"Don't you think holidays tempt t'!1
to extravagance?"
"Not at all. If you will study th
pictures of Santa Claus. you will "h
wrve he has on the same old clothe
he has woru for yeais,"
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