The Call Number, Volume 1, Number 4, December 1939 Page: 4
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Th:re is
something a-
bout the Colobra-
ticn of Christmas
that brings out most of
the-*- Boest in the Mlost ofus.
'kr cmorg.- from our shells of pr-
sonal preoccupation nid d :vrotc out-
se.lves to tho * Fine Art of Fricndshivp.
Our joints may crc k in th,: .f-
fort, wr may and do make all sorts
of cacrific. s cf timC and monoy that
scme of us can ill afford, but when the
Day of DLays drivess, scm.how. we h- ~_e, mad..
the grado; * not cven the Ashtahula cousin
wr.s -4. forgotten. Some witty person said:For-
give us our Christmascs f w forsiv those vwho Christ-
ma s ignainst us." know exactly what was m meant but ve do
not f 1.i that vway ours lves. .: like
Christma- s end .ovhrythinr that gocs with
it -- cold, snappy weth- r, hick 'ry lo s roar-
inC in th fir(p].c. , heaps of mysterious packa: s,
trees twinkling a with colored lights, M:istletoe (yes, ut
still lik e i'isttcto), a st;amig Punch
B al., and as a thrilling third act climax
* Th, Din1cr Table, 1:. n with pl-t s of Oyst rs
Soup, an enormous Turke]y, hose crisp brown coat con-
ccals untold succul. ncies within, VWg Etabl , of all sorts
Mince Pios rocking with brandy, Pumpkin
Pics rdoi ent with the magic * spices of the
East, a huge plum Puddin , a Stilton Chcsc -- A
Grcat Big Table, largc -nough for your own family,
all the rljtions and such lone fri,-nds
as othcrvris might hav to dine- alone. Lct's
cat and n.-joy our fod, with thanks in our hearts,
and then It's sit back aud talk, and say nice things
to once ancth:r, for
after .all we are dele-
brating the
Birth of Christ
and that mcans Hospitality in its
widest, truest emd most friendly sens,
- Gaige, Crosby in Ccountr,
Life. D '39 p.71.
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