The Arizona champion., 1885-12-26
A CHRISTMAS GREETING.

Although the CHAMPION will not reach It, readers until after ChristmaS Day, il Is no, too llte to wish onc and all merry Christmas and hap py New Year.
 The week commencing with the day commemora,ing the birth of Je' suS ut Nazareth and ending with the advent of the New Year is appropri. a,ely considered period of holiday and rej picing, and it should be, for the season celebrates the coming oI Him who laid the fouldltlonS of Christianity, upon which the super structure of civilization has been built with all of its attendant blessings to humanity and incentives to human progress. It also brings us to thc close of another landmark in our growth as a people, aI well as in our  individual lives. The Christmls hol ldays are the dying days ot a passing year that has been rich with natural prosperity and laden with many ia. vors for the most of us. Therefore. It Is fitting, that during this ho!il1 cIN | ,..lN III look upon the bright side of things, not forgetting those who are les, for tunate than ourselves, and helping them all we can. A good dinner ol turkey and cranberry "sass" will gu down with better appetite when you feel that you have helped some family to good dinner who seldom gets one But don't make the holidays an ex- cuse for getting "full, "whoopin' 'er up" and painting the town "m1gen. ,a." Bury the old year decently and begin the new one with clear heads and the honest purpose to ald i,s growth to better manhood and a richer old age than was shown by It's predecessor.
 We are growing 10 be a more holi- day loving people every year In the continuous whirl os business life il our large cities they are breathing spots for overworkel brain and mus. cle, the value of which can scarcely be estimated by people who dwell ir these western lands. As an example of how the habits of localities change, It IS but lew years ago-as history Is couated-that the legislature of Mas sachusetts passed law that anyone found observing Christmas by ceSsa. tlon from work, j)iTing in games or unusual ieastlng, should be arrested aud fined five shillings, and Judge Seweil sitting on the bench al Boston held that plum pud ing ealen on Christina; day was Aadhirml MaraRa Ma. But "the world do move," anG these old PdritanS being happily gath. cred to their fathers and their law. become obsolete, Christmas day i, now mofe thoroughly observed than any festival of tint year. The Fourth uf July Is d day on which the average American citizen considers it d duty to get ''palrloIically ilIded," to the accompanying music of exploding fire crackers. DIR there Is no no n.. meaning to the festival, it is all noisy, our door celebration. Thanksgiving was originated, as a day set apart for p'ayer and praise, to return thanks for houali-s bestowed by beneti.ient Creator, bul It has grown to be simply d ho .Iday when families congresatc together to deyOur the tough tu,kc y and appropriate hxings.
 But Chris,mlS Is the mosi jDyou, day of the year. IL brings a merry time to the rude log hut, as well as 10 the palace. Although it comes ln winter, it $ the 5weriNg time of hu- mIn nature, when people learn that those who do most for others, do most for themselves. It Is the children 5 festival, whcn Santa Claus makes bright li;tle eyes grow brighter. IL, Is not merely the holiday of a na. ton, but tpe festival of all Christian lands, and around its history IS woven lovely legends and sacred stories. l., Is the festival of humanity, which, until languages are dead and lips are dust, will continue to proclLim- Peaee 0R earth aaI goo.I a0iX toway.l msH.
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