CHRISTMAS LETTERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 9

CHRISTMAS LETTERS

THEIR SIGNIFICANCE Christmas letters are to many people the most cherished remembrances the season brings. The ties of friends and relations are strengthened by hearing of the happenings of significance that have occurred during the interim between letters which time may have been of months, or the whole year. The fact, that such lapses have not meant forgetfulness is refreshing, and that frequently thoughts of you have been in the air, when time or opportunity did not permit of letter writing. After reading the letters you return to the present day activities stimulated by pleasant memories of companionship, of which there is ever the hope of renewal in that mystical someday. That sometimes surprises us by becoming actual.

CHRISTMAS NOTES Those of you who have your Christmas gifts ready to present, or already dispatched, may have the chance now to send a few lines to cheer an absent friend. So I am jogging your memory. 'Just a line or two indicates remembrance, and will require but a few moments to pen and post. No Christmas card is necessary. A letter or note is far more intimate. It is, also, no drain on your depleted purse.

CHRISTMAS CARD NOTES A VOGUE There is a growing vogue of writingcondensed notes on backs of Christmas cards. If you still have some cards to send off, bq one to follow this fashion. The lack of space makes it essential to limit the correspondence, but it can be so heartening that the card becomes not merely a commercial remembrance but one to stow away until the next Christmas comes around. Or perhaps it may go into the box of treasured mementoes gone over when the heart craves the cheer of recalling bright spots of the past. Your note may have this latent power for happiness.