Very Dear Ones,

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1931, Page 24

Very Dear Ones,

Very AH in'the blue shadows, two days b«for« Christmas, I with you the aid. aid wish. "A Vary Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year" Wise men still sit wisely around and argue over their grey beards about just when the first Christinas Day happened. As if it really mattered. Christ was born, one lovely night, and Mary the. Mother sat in the warm, friendly (table with the we* heart-of-her-heart on her knees. And the simple shepherds worshipped with wonderment, and the Wise Men did not argue at all, but brought gifts, with adoration in their eyes ~..,,„ The first Christina* presents, far a Baby on His birthday . - . so far away, so long ago <, ' . "O, the grace was on it that He chose that country— We have kind oxen, and our straw is sweet, We have shepherds, too, now, and stables and a manger, Had we but on* footprint of His little feet!" With Him a small birthday wish, little Elves,' when you wake to your fun an' Christmas morning Those stockings you are hanging on your bedposts may . the winds, slippered in velvet, carry your wished to Santa, and ) bring them,back Wishes-coma-true. Joy I hope you have . . . and happiness in the New Year . , . and always, content.