The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-20
The Day We Celebrate.


Christmas-the greatest of all
holidays-will be overserved in
every home in Bossier parish next
Tuesday. twill bring good cheer
to all, because our people have
been more prosperous and they
are better prepared to make them
selves and those about them happy
than they have been for many
years. Sad, indeed, is the con-
dition of that Bossier man who is
not better off to-day than he was
a year ago. The times are more
prosperous and the opportunities
for lettering ones self have not
been lacking. It requires money
to bring happiness to the Christ
mast hearth, and the good people
of Bossier are well provided in
this respect. But there are many
who are not, and this fact should
not be forgotten. Christmas is a
Christian holiday and C Christianity
means charity. Those who are
well prepared to make their own
happy should not overlook the
needs of the less fortunate. The
more charitable we are the better
will be our enjoyment of Christ
mas. To transfer a part of our
good cheer to the needy and suf-
fering- Ito distribute some of our
superfluity among those in want
will be evidence that We under
stand our Christmas obligations
and we shall feel better and enjoy
ourselves better when conscious
of having brought happiness to
aching hearts outside our narrow
family circles. There can be no
higher or a more chastened pleas
ure or a more profound holiday
enjoyment than to relieve distress
by sharing our bounties with those
whose need is greater than our
own. Remember the poor, and
remember them well, and your
Christmas cannot fail to be a
merry one. "These three-faith,
hope and charity-and the great
est of these is charity
Christmas is the one great in
ternational holiday, and the only
one. It is the one supreme and
splendid concert of the powers.
It is the one touch of Christianity
that makes all Christian peoples
kin. It is encircled by solemn
injunctions which fill life with
hardy ambitions and by unspeak-
BILE promises which temper the
sorrow Of bereavement and force
the lips into smile while the eyes
are dim with tears. We do well
to set it apart from the rest of the
year and crown it with evergreen.
Christmas is a subject as broad
as It is grand, and the Banner
will not try to cover it. We will
consider the Christmas of the
stuffed stocking and the stuffed
turkey; of evergreen trees and
ever loving hearts; of bright
lights and brighter faces; of mys-
ferrous packages in closets and
fragrant oders in kitchens; of
bowers of red-berried holly and
dropping garlands of mistletoe;
the Christmas of frolic and FEAST
ing, of gaiety and giving. Let
it be q merry Christmas; merry
as the day is long; merry rather
as the December day is short and
the night is long; merry as a we'd
ding bell; merry as merry-go-
round; merry as the voices of
the children in the first flush of
Christmas morning.
Let US come to the conclusion
OF the whole matter; honor
Christmas and keep its traditions;
for It is the greatest and grandest,
the most satisfying and most up
lifting festival under the SUM-
On with the Christmas tree; and,
after it has been taken down from
the mantel and empied, on with
tho Christmas stocking; on with
the roast turkev and cranberry