The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-04
EverybOdy's Day.

Iou are too poor to have any Christ
mas this year. Sickness, misfortune.
perhaps disaster, have clouded vour
year. Whatever you have that is not
necessary for your life YOU owe TO 9th.
ers. You can give no gifts with clear
conscience. You have nothing to spare
Tor rprescnts; all must go for necessities.
Very well, make gifts of necessities,
Love makes wood silver, and brass gold:
1t converts the necessity into r. luXnry,
The most expensive Christmas is not the
merr'ost. 1t il not even now too la:e,
Come, come! Let in the light and
brighten the dark year with ut least uno
Joyous day. Decorate your rooms with
evergreens. If you live in the country.
the boys will cnjcy n ramblr in quest OF
winter beautles-spraSso of tjr, spruce,
pittersweet; II in the city, they can
pick up from the cast-oT garments OF
somo church enough to make n wreath,
an anchor, or motto. Litter and
trouble? What if there areo 1t will do
you good to break in upon the dull ron.
tine oil too proSnic life with the litter
OF love and the trouble OF mcrry.mok.
int;. No time? The time spent in brine
ing sunshine into darkcncd lives is ncT
or wasted.
Look on this picture; the reaiity is in
hundreds OF homes all about YOU: Christ
mas has been looked forward to with
dehghtful anticipatiOns for weeks. AS
the days draw near the children are
pusy as lees making articles for use OF
ornament. Some are not very useful;
some are not very ornamental: but low.
gives value to one and beauty TO the
other. Soc tho family Dispersed about
Inc tamlly sltting-roUm. making great
pretenSe OF spying out each Others
work, and taking great pans not to sec
1t, Christmas comes. Perhaps there il
tree-possibly alittlo one: poSSibly
dw2rfed and Stuntcd one The best
fruits sometimes grow on dwarf trees
IerhapS there is not much on It. Perhnps
Tie little are nccesSar,es; apair of warm
mittens for the boy; hood or the Girl.
much needed pair OF arctics for father;
better lamp for mothers none too
goou eyes TO use in her winter evenings
sewing; barrel OF potatoes for oil con
cerned from the Christ child--for
even potatoes will Taste better for |
haVlng Christmas flavor, and It
IS wonderful how long that flavor |
iasts. Or III lleu Of tree is a |
DoX-'an Old shoe-box, with frill of
chIntz to cover the sides, and evergreen
o'NN NiIo boI'' lhLo IL are Dllcu DrO-
miscuously the Christmas packaros,
labeled for distribution. An being
ready, ono of the boys, arrayed rs Santa
Claus hands out the contents. Such
shouts of laughter and merry iosts whom
Mory's daintily-coverod package, tied
with ribbon, turns out only an almond,
anu annie brown paper parcel, with O
score score OF rough wrappers, displays butt
pretty silk handkerchief. Some mes
Sfage~-n merry rhyme, pretty motto, q
loving wish adds vaue to every article;
and though the gifts have small market
value they represent uncounted wealth
ot auoctlonate remembrance.
wake up, thon, dcsponding mother!
cast-down father. Ring out the Christ
mas chimes in your own heart; light the
candles in your own life. Let the music
OF Christmas sound out and the hght OF
Christmas shine out; and greet the day
with the JOY OF hope and love. 1t is
late to begin; but it is not too late. 1t |
Is never too lato to mend. -- Christian
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