The Bay of Plenty Times MONDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1945 CHRISTMAS
The nation is now in the grasp of the great (’hvisiian festival, with oli that it implies and all that it means, ami it means a great df : j!. All the'traditions ami customs of Christmas have a spiritual j'lnimiai inn v.-liich (list imruishes the festival from all others. Christmas card., with their kindly greetings have fallen upon the eonn- ! s-v lip. ;i snowstorm and relatives and friends have been heartened ; , 11 »! elmoi-i dhy I iso mm* fact that distant relatives and friends have Isold i |;• i;i i-i kindlv remcmlirance. Christmas is also the time of familv sacra mmu s. Many hundreds of members of semttered Dim Hies are travelling with expectancy and joy at the thought ot heimr i.nce more at home, and privileged to nay homage to the aged parents. . . Christmas is essentially the childrens time oi joy and it is to bo noted that parents and others do*not hesitate to give the children the utmost pleasure. The children’s patron saint. Santa I ’lans, is now abouj lilting the stockings oi. the little ones with appropriate iritis. Ami then we have the Christmas tree with its load oi presents to delight the children. Any one who could led sad at a Christmas tree function must be a misanthrope in the highest degree. Who is there in the community who would hesitate to' wish an absolute stranger the greetings of the season? Christmas is a ureal date recorder for we remember many events both good and bad that happened about Christmas time. A spiritual feeling grips ns ail at Christmas time and we seem to bubble over with feelings of the greatest kindness and charity; lie would be a elmrlish person who would wish to do away with Christmas and all its beautiful customs and traditions. After all Christmas means a great biiThday festival, the day whereon the Saviour of Mankind Was born. Christmas is part of our lives; we look forward to it each year and make timely preparations for enjoying the festival. The Christmas appeal is too powerful to be neglected and it is nowerful because of its spiritual influence. May this' Christmas be to all onr readers and friends memorable among the times and seasons held in grateful remembrance. A iimit (Sljriatmaa to All
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13945, 24 December 1945, Page 2
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387The Bay of Plenty Times MONDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1945 CHRISTMAS Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13945, 24 December 1945, Page 2
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