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ens ll ® rack THIRTY THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 MAGIC CHRISTMAS {The most magic word of human existence, love, seem to ever seek wew ways of expression. A brief | study of its meaning does mot dis- its deeper and hidden poten- ities. It has proven magical in tremendous influence and at times has even appeared paradoxi- cal. However, the whole system of human philosophy is built upon love and its attributes, and its per- mate meaning or results. t no adulteration in its ulti. pr of no a 1 00ds, yet these moods are be the invention of finite minds ever seeking to imter- t the heart of God, from whence this great philosophy originates. The whole biological scheme of things is predicated upon love and its attending struggles. Love actu- the world, the whole cosmos; and while it has even sought new pressions, or old ones recurring, it remained for Bethlehem, Geth- mane and Calvary to accurately iterorer the purest philosophy wn to man and, perhaps, even the gods, Love is the rarest of sym- * phonies, ever true to tonal beauty and rare indeed in harmony, In the last analysis, love is giving. The giving of self in service or the giv- ing of gifts, is simply the practical expression of love, and whenever possible the fanciful finite mind einbellishes the event with emotion the elixir of life. The human heart glorifies love in the pursuit of happiness. Kindness, courtesy, loyalty, chivalry, sacrifice--caring for others as you would have them care for you and treating them ac- cordingly--all, like happiness, are atttributes of love, Love teaches us the philosophy of the extra mile, for in doing, or giving more than is required, therein is love beauti- folly exemplified; and strangely enough, this is the composition of the spirit of Christmas, and Christ- nas is the celebration of the birth and the exemplification of God on earth, in a most unusually esthetic pétting of infinite wisdom and in- térest in mankind, The Liege Lord of Christmas is Santa Claus--another Knight of the Holy Grail; a Pippa passing along the corridors of life, exuberant with the joy of the flowers and birds, dispelling fear and sorrow. Christmas reaches deep into the hidden well of inherent human goodness where dwells the Infinite, The snirit of Christmas is a glor- fous giving, and giving sweetens the human heart. . Without tals spirit, the world would wreck on the rocks of its own comercialistic futilities and dogmatic bromides. Fanciful and fantastic Christ. verently for a burst of Heavanly voices from the sky, singing "Peace on earth, good will toward men,' and 'then--from across the snow, glorious resonant notes of chiming Eclin from distent stee).cs are waf- ted through che night. Merry little lights, laughing ttrough wreatks of holly, bid welcome from window- sill; while happy faces beam in firelight of logs crackling on open hearth; o'erhead white-berried mas, with its glittering array of tinsel and joyous lights of rainbow hue, is tender and wistful in its and mysterious lore. The thrilling anticipation of being re- has | membered, though unmindful of the intrinsic value of the gift, quickens: the pulse-beat of the world and lifts us from commercialism to the land of the fairies, mystic reindeers, and jolly old St. Nick. Yuletide is the great leveler of human hearts, humbling the mighty and.enthroning the pure democracy of childhood; cheering the burdened, soothing the anguish- ed brow; raising hope, and molding the kinship of God and man by sac- rifice and thoughtfulness of others. The spirit of Christmas is the heart of God transposed to the heart of man, and strangely in tune with the Infinite. At Christmas we are forgiving, and the spirit of forgiv- enesss is the great purifier of the soul of man; it lifts the smoke screen of pretense and sham and leaves the soul in its original ele- ment of love in which it was creat- ed; we revert to type and divinely 80, The hungry heart of man, ever seeking the Holy Grail, draws nigh unto the heart of God at Christmas. This seeking bestirs the imagina. tion, and thus we se! up our imag- ery and enrich it with sybolism and intriguing lore; so we find the realm of Santa Claus a . veritable kingdom, with its mystic votaries well entrenched in the hearts of the world, Santa's kingdom is one of love and simple beauty, with treasured symrbols more alluring. than those of the Arabjan nights, Santa's hosts bear few banners, yet the charm of his "Christmas Eve" is the rarest masterpiece of'art and he has painted his picture so true, so deftly blending fairy mysticism and life's realism, that even a child mistakes it not. Christmas, merry Christmas! with its evergreen, symbolic of immortality; its red from the heart of Christ; starlight--cf divine sen tinels of the Heavens, watching o'er rolling hills wrapt in &« mantle of white, The night is pensive and si- lent and hold a spirit of sweet ex- pectancy as if the world waited re- appeal and childlike in its phil- [flash osophy mistletoe is artfully hidden to en- snare love's greeting--a kiss. The Christmas tree bespangled with Ing ornaments, colored lights and sticks of striped candy, and crowned with a bright shining an- a stands in the midst of bundles, tagged with Santa's very own cards; and there are festoons of red and green rising and falling in graceful patterns about the room. Outside, the merry tingle of sleighbells on the crisp cold air announces someone gliding swiftly through the night on happiness mission bound, with packages of tissue, red ribbons and a sprig of holly, end then-- from beneati the window, voices of loving friends raise the strains of the sweet old carol, 'Silent Night, Holy Night." "Tis Christmas, magic Christmas! The Efficient Giver (Continued from page 17) Galley 2--The Efficient Giver-- ° and family snapshots, and writing greetings in India ink (these latter accounted for the paste and ink spots). "But what is it all about?" I puzzled. "Did all the relatives write back that they couldn't be put off with a present of books?" "Not for a minute," Marion laugh- ed, reaching feverishly for her paint- brush and making careful little dabs at her Egyptian design. "Oh, by the way, did you ever do sealing-wax painting? And before I forget, could you tell me where I can learn how to do reed weaving, quick? I'm afraid I couldn't crochet anything in time, and I'd make a knitted suit for John- nie's baby if I thought I could do it well enough." Had it not been that I am familiar with such Christmas symptoms I should have decided that Marion should see a specialist in mental diseases. "No, it wasn't the relatives who were not satisfied with my efficient impersonal Christmas giving, It was I who was lonely when I found my- self alone and everybody else going mad in the Christmas rush. I could- n't have missed making things and etting all excited in the race to i ings tied up for Christmas. No, I'm not. sending all the friends a second present. I hunted up some old friends 'd like to have remembered always, but could not find the time for in other years." Marion was having the time of her life at Christmas, just like the rest of us. How very pleased all her old friends would be--and then, perhaps how dismayed when they realized that this meant one more on each of their already ing -drawn.ont lists, But, then, women love to be worried by the multitude of tasks that make their Christmas so busy they have no time to wonder whether they are merry or not. Anyway, it was much more comfortable to find Marion a normally rushed and distracted wo- man on the eve of Christmas. Going out we paused to admire a few "cherry" trees, the kind that bear such a Christmassy crop of red fruit in flower pots in the house, "But why so many?" we asked, since it is our business to ask ques- tions. "Oh, I planted them out'in good time to be bearing red cherries for Christmas. They make the most fetching centrepiece. You'd better take yours with you and save me the trouble of sending it." Marion reach- ed up for some green tissue paper and deftly tied up the pot with nar- row red ribbon. A I wonder if anything ever suited as well into a woman's ways as Christ- mas does? - WAS FICKLE Edmonton, Alta., Dec. 12.--~The preliminaries to marriage, when aired in discussion)the other day before the provincial registrar (to- gether with the "fickleness of wo- meh) proved too upsetting to a certain bridegroom-to-be, aged 658, and he disappeared for good. His inamorata was 64. They had known each other just a few weeks and the lady craved more information. She spoke no English but an inter- preter asked questions: "If you marry her, she says you must pronrise not to beat her." He vow- ed his vow. But then she wanted to know how much money he had! "What does an old woman like her want to know for," he said. And this rather broke up the party, for when late in the afternoon of the same day the bride-to-be arrived again and said, "Give me the lie- ense, I have decided to marry," she could not produce h erone-time affianced. He had departed for parts unknown. 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