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Christmas Cards i l By The Billion

By J. P. McEvoyt in Saturday Review of Literature

Years tigo Christmns card designs were pretty well limited to tat oruiies that had been burning a wnsiderable time and \\'l"l‘(3 running

' sli over the place. (bl rariiels tilorw. wt camels with XVlsc Men on them. id) Wise Mcn lending ramols. (cl UFllS. if) a row of medieval dead- ~nd kids (carol-singing wuiisl lined up u tier a lighted window iioitlim: t rul of wallpaper and saying "Ah!"

But "the Art nttracts~the Senti- ineiit sells,” say the dealers and "very yen!‘ the ltrt has grown ntori‘ tttraciive. This _vclti"s Christmas ‘tirds will include superb color rt» production! ranging from Raphael to Matisse to Grant Wood to Diiii. So keen is the competition (there are more tlian_‘lO0 publislit-rsi anti ivid the demand for novelty (more Iiitin 1.500 million Christmas carils will be bought this ytg-ar), there is no letup in the pressure for sonic- thing newer and better.

The biggest (‘Umpﬂlly in the httsi~ iwss today is Hull Brothers Kansas City, Mo“ who make l,000.~

U00 Hallmark greeting cards n tltiy ‘

and have salesmen culling on some Y5.000 dealers with 5.000 different greetings “(or all occasions." lnci~ lmilﬂlll" >'0\t t-an buy “Mother” zirils for us much as $75 PilUll, but

‘l5 cents is ton for POp. No t-oni~ menl. Th0)’ seem tn Sil(‘(‘i"t'fl \'t'l'\ nit-cit.

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Inasmuch As We Did it Not

Still, as of old, in the east the ‘Star appears, .

stabbing our darkened world Will! blinding light,

And lo. as of old, it goes before us. Still

it swings miraculously through the branding night,

not‘ comes to rest, nor pauses any-

wliurc. nor statids fulfilled above any stable d00r.... .

The inn is gone, and the stabw, too; and the Star circles lil restless motion. It stops iii) “ROTC till there is a welcoming roof. and sivaridling clothes, and arms that shelter with love, and gifts from far of help lino heallng.._ Ali through our night it swings- ‘iie Star llltll- the wise men fol- lowed, t-he promising Star- seekitrz one lowly roof in the mid- night wild where a homeless mother enter and lay her child. Blanche Pownall Ganett.

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A Carol oi the Stable

Before the flame was in the east. Before the cot-k should crow,

I rose, I felt upon my cheek The first sharp flakes of snow. And heard the north wind blow.

l took no lantern for my feet, So well they knew the way; Out to the btirn l went, to see The oxen kneel and pray-

It being Christmas Dtiy.

Each in h.“ puma they “God. and starting or s. sparrow anyway. and

turned Their mild soft eyes on me‘, And whether they were risen from prayer 0r had not bowed the knee, Was more than I could see.

But as I rnel their gentle gaze My oivn check was not. dry;

I knelt to Christ among the beasts Less blind of heart than I, And ivept, I well knew why.

llfore than my home, more than my heart

(Both crammed Willi worthless Then opened Wide a stable door.

things) ‘The stable seemed a fitting roof For shepherd-saints and kings And folded angel-wings.

To such a place o! ‘nnocence Although it be not broad,

Might come the holy ones of hea-

yen.

Might come the purple-shod, To kncel and gaze on God.

--- Audrey Alexandra Brown

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We take pleasure iii answering at. once and thus prominently the communication below expressing at the same time our great grati- fication that. its faithful author is numbered among the friends o! the Sun.

“Dear Editor-l am eight years old

“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

"Papa says. ‘it’ you see it in the Sun it's so‘.

“Please tell me the there a Santa Claus?

truth, is

“Virginia Ol-lanlon, "115 West Ninctiy-Flfth Street."

Virginia, your little friends are ivrong. ‘they have been affected by t.lie skepticism o! a skeptical

bi: that, is not comprehensible by their lllllg minds. All minds. Vir- giiila whether they be men's or clilidreirs are little. In this great universe of ours nnut is a mere insect. an ant, in his intellect. as compared vrilh the bottndiess

tairles You mlghi_get you; papa, to watch in all the Eve L0

to hire men chlmmneys on Christmas catch Santa Claus but even if they did not. see Santa Claus coming uown what would that prove, No. boclysees Santa Claus but that, 1s no sign that there is no sum; Claus. The most. real things in the world are those that neither child- ren nor men see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? 01 worse not. but that's no proof ‘ha! they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and an. tee-able in the world.

You tear apart. the baby's rattle and see what. makes the noise inside but. there 1s s, veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, iﬂlwi- iwelry. love. romance can piiSh tiside that curtain and view and picture Llic suporniil beauty and glory beyond. ls it all real? Ah Vlrgiillii in all this ivorlcl there is

nothing else real and abiding, N0 Santa Claus! Thank Gocl, he lives and lives forever, A thous-

and years from 110w, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, lie will continue to make

world about iiim, as nlcasured by the intelligent-c capable of grasp- ing tlic whole oi truth and know-l ledge. i Yrs. Virginia. there is a Santa, Claus. lie (‘Edi-IA its certainly ast lore and generosity and rlcioiioii] rxist. and you ltlltl\\' they ziboiuid illid give your lite llS hiuhcst beauty anti icy, Alas! how dreary would be the world if then; was rial Santa Claus! it ivuttid be as dreary as if there were no Virginia. There would be no childlike faith, no] poetry. no romance to make toler- able this twlslcnce. We should have ‘ no mijoyiiicnt- except in reuse and sight. ‘The eternal light Willi winch; childhood fills the world would bc extinguished.

Hunlini; the ln Old Ireland]

l One upon a time in Ireland, the wren was limited and killed on Christmas morning: a brunch oi’ holly and bright ribbons were at- tached to his body vvhlcli was Car- rlcd from house to house by wren boys who sting songs and expected to receive a dole from each housc~ hold.

'l‘lie story uucs that. during the Datiishdtish war. the Danes were vesting utter an arduous march and the Irish were creeping up quietly All of a ‘sudden a wren. spying a few crumbs which the drowsy Danish dnininier hail dropped on the ilrumhead. swooped down and began to perk at. the crumbs. 'l‘iie pecking awakened tho boy. who aroused the camp: the Irish. driven off and defeated. blamed the \'l'i‘(‘l'. Modern Irish, tiuce-honorctl guilty bird may

ashamed of the tradition say the have been a

now WClCOIIiC the irrcn to their farms and homes.

A Christmas Foil? Song

The little Jesus saline to town: The wind blew up, the wind blew

down;

Out in the street the wind was bold;

Now who would house iiim from the cold?

Fair were the rushes on the floor;

The ox put forth n horned head:

"Come. little Lord, here make Thy bed}.

the sheep, were folded near:

"Thou Lamb of God, come enter here."

entered there to rccd,

Who was the Lamb of God indeed. The little Jesus came Lo town. with ox and sheep He laid Him down;

Peace it) the byrl‘. peace to tbs

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that they housed Him from the cold!

--Lizette Woodworth Reese.

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glad the heart of childhood. _ 5 _

The Prince Oi Peace

Uut from the drnrkrnrti pathways oi ilie uorltl

The helpless niiti

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To seek the Qhiltl again

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Unto uitii li'~' star-lit

Where all the world's iiucomforted

have found

Front pain and grief zi new Divine rcirttsc.

Lloukini: ti|\_on the have oi God's own Son.

The little Prince of Peace.

Constance Barbour

Mistletoe Disiincli As Yule Decoration

Mistletoe. that distinctive Christ.- nias green so t-onimnn in ninny parts of Amtriuti. is usually thought of as merely good holiday decoration or as; ii creator of open season on ladies fair for otherwise bashful swains.

Mistletoe did not Jll\’t'Zl_\‘S hold this position in our lives. The Dru- ids culletl it “atii-hcztl." and thought it held many niiriirulous virtues. The Scnndinavitins dedicated it. to their goddess of lovt‘. lirlga. Prob- ably this goddess of love is re- sponsible for the custom of kissing under the mistletoe.

The ]lO\\‘t_‘I‘ to hcttl, to pro i‘ against sivkiit-ss. in |)t’|‘[i)l'lll nitlizit- deeds» all these and more are the qualities nscrihctl ll) this pliiiil in icszentls. traditions anti even in unri- cni historic-s and lll0i‘lll.lll‘t‘.

Mistletoe is a [llll'£l5llt‘, \\'lllL‘ll in- iests branches of YZJFlDUn trees of both hurtlwoorl and t-otiiicis, but mainly on hardwoods.

Among the Celts and otlir-i- mis- tletoe which grcv: from tiic oak was considered to have pvvilllfli‘ magical virtues not possessed by that from any other trees. Some t-ven con~ sidcrctl it so l‘.'il‘t' as lo lie only cut with ti gold knife.

Another old tradition is that the mistletoe sitpplied lllt‘ nood for the holy rross, us tirtiviutls to that time it wa. a forest ircti but after the crucifixion was rondt-niuetl to exist only as a dwarf giariisite.

Mistletoe was taken over llll0 the Christian tradition in due course and dedicated to the Christ Child. An old rhyme rcutis:

The mistletoe liouzli At our Christmas bottrtl Shall hang to the honour Of Christ our Lord.

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Those “h: gi\e themselves grow richer.

The kindly word. tlic stiotilaticotis smile, tlir tituughliul ilﬁﬂtlvlllﬂﬁt‘ are otilwarii expressions of thti goodness inside the hearts and mind of men.

Those of us iti the newspaper business must record the little things that make news day by day. Often we wish there were less of pettiness in the world and more of

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tiigiiest principles o! God and man. it. is those qualities which make Christmas the most joyous season of all.

'l‘ruiy. there is "joy to the ivorid" in abundant evidence of self-giving. of hands clasped in friendship, of hearty good wishes. How insignifi‘

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