The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-20
CHRISTMAS AT HAND.

The enng up with the Christmas shoppers and
large OF ready money goes into circulation during this week
and Were for the yearly holiday season. there would
be mighty deal OF duness during this portion of the year the
retail trade but the recurring opens peoples hearts and
ooens their purse strings Bright the Thanksgiving
is Christmas undoubtedly brighter and calls forth be
atty expenditure because the Thanksgiving only calls
for hospitality while the Christmas calls for both hospital
y and gifts
The trade Christmas the majority of cases cash
trade 1t is trade confined the wealthy and the very well
do but reaches into the purses OF the humbest There
few families that do make iesv mark the day. and
the stranger and the oouner usually finds place where
there homeke welcome 1t is interesting to how the
festival OF Christmas has pemeated all nationaes here Years
ago nearly universal now, but only do the
Caucasian and the Hawaiian make preparations for the
day. the Asac have taken joining the celebration
and practice hospitality and make gifts to those OF the western
world.
1t by in all European countries that Christmas is
celebrated Germany really the home of the Christmas
the beginning of last century, confined chiefly to feast
ING upon heavy and somewhat unwoesome viands drinking
fiery connections of beer and spirits and generous dole
of eatab the poor The easng longer heavy the
the unfortunate In France, SPAIN Portugal and Italy
Christmas little Observed the great festival being New
Years day.
learn how very eagerly the prepared for In the
there is quite hustle and in the afternoons there
much doing Young and old the hunt for Christmas
presents and the sorekeepers are kept busy attending to the
many From however the sight is the
goods aactvey displayed The sidewalks filled with
people, looking the windows moving from to
another And what naonaes Here keen citizen of
the United States there Briher of ford aspect Now the
clipped tongue OF Portugal is heard and it the German
guera The high pitched tones OF China mnge with the deep
music OF Japan, while the liquid tongue of Hawaii
tonic brodry upon the surface OF the sounds 1t truly
ley crowd and only be such cosmopolitan city
All mbued with the idea 1t give the children
good time and the filled with mothers and fathers who
have spent many the hard earned wages order
brighten the eyes the The
week before Christmas full of carefully laid plans giving
pleasure others instead of ourselves 1t unsehsh
when much OF the thrown and the human feel
ngs allowed fuller play than other If the
crowds motley their intentions unanimous and Santa
Claus imparta the little browneyed babies of Hawaii
the bueeyed babies the northern races the bacceyed babies
OF the southern and the amOndeyed quaint and solemn
little babies of the Aac 1t is the touch of which
makes the whole world kin.
may be unwe be lavish and may very scrape
and but poor heart that reoces and
aXes its purse strings During the coming week there will be
who will think can afford this that for
Tommy Ceesne shikawa? and there will be much cal
culation and much Joy in the thinking and planning.
The preparation for Christmas is far enjoyable is
poor than if is rich fig for the wealth which buy
everything that desires There is far fun in planning how
make the Christmas money spread and
that should be cared for than there drawing heavy ceque
and buying avishy and without thought Wealth
tany is good thing but wealth does hannness
many who has to be careful of how each dollar spent gets
far enjoyment of it than he she who eXpnd hun
dred 1t always if the of Christmas preparation
essentially the of happiness the poorer More
be got five dollars than that
sum, if there is no hearness and love with t.