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CHRISTMAS NUMBER, GRESHAM OL TLOOK
December 14, 1920
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SOME CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS
Hy M O TH ER M A C H R E E
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I' IS impossible to w rite a n y th in g , at thia season o f
the year, from letter« to c o o k in g recipe«, which
does no, co nta in som ething o f the C hrw tm as
s p irit
Am i o u r little house is o v e rflo w in g w ith it.
h ro iii th*
b ig c h e s t'’ in the a ttic , w here the
I liris tm a s parcel« are stowed away a« fa«t as
they com«' in
to the basement, w here the
‘ * goodie« ' are in cold storage fo r the Chriattna«
«lim ier, the s p ir it o f C hristina« hover« lik e a
household t a iry , o r a g u a rd ia n angel.
Jfa H td v , ie e ig h t-y e a r old hoy o f the household,
ami I have been lit ving some very earnest conversations behind dosed
'lo ors w ith the re •suit th a t three pasteboard boxes have been con
V e r t e il in to I'e s id e lll
M r three u ltra fa«hionahle pap er-d oll fa m ilies
The««* m arvelous people “ have g row n tire d o f liv in g between the pages
o f magazines, no Buddy o b lig in g ly arm ed h im s e lf w ith iny einbroid
ery scissors and behold ' M artha and M a ry and B aby S iste r w ill have
thing« w hich B ro th e r made a ll by h im self
B aliy S iste r's ideas as to I liristm as giving a n ,i!b e r vague. B ill
ol one th in g she is pla cidly c e rta in Santa Clam- w ill never forget
her. because she has learned to lace her own shoes.
A la s ! She has
also learned to imlaee them , at a ll hours o f the day and comb her
own h a ir somewhat in a style o f her own
A ll th is has been d u ly reeorded in a le tte r to Santa, as w e ll as to
Daddy Boy and I'n e le Hob. liAeailse th is is p ro o f p ositive th a t Nhe is
no longer ‘ ju s t a bain
She to ld me q u ite c o n fid e n tia lly , howevet
as I was tu c k in g her in to bed, th a t sin- w as going to g ive ns a ll dollies
w iv e u rly h a ir ' fu r <'liristm a s.
N ’ I could have yo u r d ollie s to play w iv , c o u ld n 't I, gram m a,
in in u ve r s d o lly , cause slo- * got lia liy liru v v e r, a n ’ B u d d y ’s d o lly ,
cause he s a boy
I could take care o f a ll y o u r dollies, gram m a, I
eould '
From w hich I in te r th a t baby sister w ill in due tim e give
her husband lace c u rta in s and piano scarfs, a cco rd in g to the tim e
honored jo ki-sm ith s o f a nother generation
But. a fte r a ll. she's a bit
more generous than some g ro w n u ps I have know n
She's w illin g to
give the th in g s she w ants the most herself
F’o r iny own p art. I never gave aw ay a book in my life th a t I d id n 't
buy a d u p lica te fo r m yself if I could a ffo rd it, and it has a lw ays hap
pencil th a t I c o u ld n 't so fa r. B u t th a t's my cre e d ; t h a t ’s the only
way in w hich I can appease the u g ly , selfish streak in m y m akeup
which makes me greedy fo r books and in c id e n ta lly flow ers
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tw in s are fa sh io n in g m arvelous g ifts fo r m other and Baby Sister, and
they add, m ysteriou sly, “ e v e ry b o d y .”
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We h a v e n 't ta lk e d much about “ the th in g s wc w ant fo r C h ris t
mas. even the ch ild re n arc more o r less subdued a bo ut it. A b ou t a ll
we re a lly w a n t is to sec prices tu m b le a little more w h ile wages keep
up, b u t we feel th a t the level has about been reached fo r th is year, at
least.
Last year, I remember, there was a g lo rio us C hristm as d in n e r be
«»use so m any o f o u r boys were home again a fte r the w ar, and then
an evening o f fire lig h t and c a n d le lig h t in so many d iffe re n t homes.
In c id e n ta lly , o u r lit t le house was a ll abloom w ith h o lly and m is tle
toe and g ir ls ' For the house on o u r side o f the street ' belongs ’ to
o th e r fo lk as w ell as o u r own
I wo brave little bride s spent a par, of th e ir honeym oon there
ju a t before tlie ir
hoys
w ent overseas and u n d e r the fra g ra n t
w iste ria blossoms the Inst fa re w e lls have been w hispered between
Husbands and wives, m others And sons
And a lw a ys as long as the
little house stands o r my eye's can see, I shall see the dear brave
smiles o f the men who have waved goodbye fro m the fr o n t gate.
w hite road w in d in g dow n the lu ll lie
The long, long
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The ch ild re n an- already s in g in g C hris,m as songs oh and new
I he little m o th e r is teaching them one w ith a w is tfu l lit t h m elody :
" W h a t »111 the Christmas bring to you’
Love mpl Joy a n d k in d ly m ir t h
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H opes t'ultllled an d frie n d sh ip tr u e
And to all m en, G o d 's "p e a c e on e a r t h ,”
Perhaps they d o n 't understand it now
I am sure they appreciate
the m anger song more, but in the com ing y ears, if they can o n ly have
the h a lf o f these blessings, tlie ir lives w ill he rich indeed
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Motors for your Sewing
Machines, also attacn-
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cream, uesd as fan or sil
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It wns said so m any tim es that last C hristm as was the happiest
one the w o rld has ever kn o w n , because the boys who live d th ro ug h
the w a r were a ll home again
It may have been so in A m erica, w here
o u r losses were com paratively sm all
It seems s u pe rtliiou s to r, pea,
it. hut to my im a g in a tio n Un.s C hristm as w ill be ju s t as happy though
perhaps fo r a d iffe re n t cause
There are now so many more lin k s
in the chain lin k s o f golden h a ir, s h in in g eves and little hands
lin k s th a t hind the heart and soul
T his year they w ill a ll share the happiness the boys and th e ir
g ir l wives and the
lin k s
That is one o f th e g ifts th is C hristm as
has b ro u g h t to us to clasp h n ijils mice more across the sea We have
been ta k in g too much fo r g ra nte d , b ut wc arc more nud more learn
ing how to appreciate one another, and how to express the appreeia
tio n in w ords and d .... Is
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upon a tinte, ju s t he,ore ano,In r C h ristin a *. , wo nt my
b o ys’ ilro p p e d ni w ben un p re p u ra tio n s Itad liccu ina ile fo r guests
T o he ip iite ^ m tlifu l, th e ri never were inali.) ' ' p re p a ra tim i« ' ' m ailt
fo r any o f theiu, lu i, th a t was a p a r iii'ttla r ly
lln o v e rta li day at on.
little house \ \ e made sandwiches and evolvi d a salad fro m the odds
and ends in the p a n try , made lea. opened a glass o f je llv . and that
w as a ll
• hie o f the hoys asked h a ltin g ly
W ill you do som ething I wan,
you to do, M oth er Machree*
W o u ld 1“ Is there a n y th ,n g anv
mot her w ould not have done fo r those boys o f o u ra f
lie reached across the table
Please I w an, von it) b u tte ' mv
bread fo r me, and p u t some je lly m, i,
And then, w h e t 1 handed it back to him . lie said q u it' simply
M oth er has alw ays done th a t ever since I was a lit t le chap and I
guess I ju s t im agine i, but it a lw ays seems to taste d iffe re n t ’ ’
That sparse lit t le meal w ill he h precious memory to me, a fte r the
menus o f more p re te n tio u s feasts have lon g since faded
1, became by
th a t one th o u g h , o f th a t boy. a sacrament the very epitom e o f a ll the
meals ever prepared and served by m others
“ B e tte r a d in n e r o f
herbs, and b e tte r by fa r. the sim ple, b e a u tifu l act o f m oth er servic**
w hich th is b o y ’s m other had alw ays p erform ed fo r him , than a ll the
gorgeous C hristm as meals ever served by paid lackeys
It was not th a t lie w anted to be
w a ite d u p o n ." Nobody was
ever more th o u g h tfu l about sh arin g burdens th an he was. h u t it 's ju s t
that o u r men fo lk Cod bless them ., are “ youngsters u n d e r the skin “
The q u o ta tio n m arks are a trib u te ,o an A m erican boy w ho made that
rem ark to me
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I here is a bn ol C hristm as verse w hich I picked up somewhere,
possibly o u t o f the c lu tte re d up w orkshop w hich answers fo r a m ind
in my m akeup and w hich I have sent fo rth before.
In fa ct there has not been C hristm as fo r years when I d id n 't know
o f someone, somewhere, to whom I eould semi it. Here it is mv
C hristm as wish fo r y o u r boy and my boy w herever he m ay be:
T h e ten rierest lig h t o f th a t silv ery «tai
W hich blriutra th e h n n iefo lk , is s h in in g ab o v e you.
F o r s till I, Is C h ris tm a s w h e re v e r you a re .
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