THE FAMILY SPIRIT
HOME! THE KEYNOTE OF CHRISTMAS To tho people in general, to the great mass which matters, Christmas is tho family feast—the feast to which tho words of Dickens apply just as if they were written to-day “How many families whose members have been dispersed Mid sea tiered far and wide, hi tho restless struggles of life, are then re-united, and meet once more in the happy state of companionship and mutual goodwill which is a source of pure and unalloyed delight! How many old recollections and how many dormant sympathies dc.es Christmas time awaken! . - . Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor an i the traveller, thousands of au.es away, back to his own fireside and 1. is quiet home. Home! Who can deny that it is si til the keynote of Chrittmas: Every shop throughout the country proclaims it. To make a child happy is to have a happy Christmas.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 December 1922, Page 7
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178THE FAMILY SPIRIT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 December 1922, Page 7
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