MODERN CHRISTMAS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 66, 28 December 1928, Page 5

MODERN CHRISTMAS

THE TENDENCY IN BRITAIN. PLEASURE AWAY FROM HOME. (United Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, December 27. Although Great Britain has been without newspapers for two days, the news is easily summarised. People everywhere in the city and in the tiniest hamlet also have been reassured as to the King's condition through wireless. . If any new phase of Christmas is noticeable, it is probably the increase in the number who spent tho festival in the country, at the seaside, or on the Continent, whole families and groups of friends migrating from the towns. A record number went to Paris and elsewhere. The famous [Devon and Cornish expresses were triplicated. Resorts nearer London were booked up months ago. . . While the celebrating of Christmas at home is never likely to disappear, an increasing tendency to abandon it is attributed to smaller homes, Labour difficulties, and the combined activities of the railways in the face of road competition. . Another feature noted is that there are fewer patrons at the expensive London hotol celebrations.—Australian Press Association.