The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-12-14
CHRISTMAS. THE FESTIVAL
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

A aAA@ ia
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Christmas paN. dies u%utHlis. old Eng
li.h aud Sraudiua, ian. lulc; the frsti
val OF the Christian Church j. observed
uu the 25th day ut December. In mem
orr, ct the hruh Of Christ. There seem.
10 have been considerable trouble. how
ever. iu keeping This date ~ the precise
date uf 'hr event. l, December b. the
height 1T the ruinv ,rn~up lu Iulcn.
when neither ilurb, mon shepherds rould
have been ~ night iu Ibc Fields ~
Bethlehem. II seems that the christian
rummuulfir, which observe thu, iu, iu
the mrmor, ct The Nativity lav more
STRESS uu horpiup the day holN Boo 'h,
rummrmuruiiuu ct the birth ct christ
than 20 election ut the precise Iav at
the r,miug into the world at the savior
Thi, rlra prevails with the Roman
Catholics. Gr,oh. Armenian. aud ~ fact
900 pt 90" E~pr.rorulnu, aud l.uth'rnu,.
lu parallel is the rt,r rf the observance
,t Easter aud Good Friday which 'u,,
nome uf their significance from their
t1riahirur.. u different wears. NJ
though r- regards Christmas an In.
gruiuu, ease 81. made cut from what J..
huuwu concerning the course ct NhIu.
Luke =. ~ durs NOT ,rrm possible 10
rrrI'" 1f au, certain conclusion. Il,
fur with Century. huvryrr. vhrthrt
from lbc no ururr ct some tradition. ~
from the desire - .upUIaut hrnthrn
festivals ut that period oi the vrnt.
.lrN n, ~utuiualin. "a" 18th 81 pcrrm
rrr Ha, been general, agreed upon.
\ugU.tiu, expressly mention, this date.
and rhr,,uStum also speak. NJ this
HHN uh~rr,rur" - hrIug Imported
from the Wet Before that date n
.rrm- to have been kept ruuioiutly with
Pine least or Epiphany ou the dth day
O. January. u 81. considered ~ rank
rHirI amuu. the festival. 1T the Church
Easter and Whii,uutiI". alone hoiug
placed ai,u', christina. whiru nu. .
.u, rrcu'iurI, - own.
lu ull civilized ]rouutri"s 'hr annual
recurrence 1T Christmas hn, been r"lc
.rnr"I with the tr.'i,ititir, ct Sarious
,iui, IN none. however. wu. n more
E,vfullv welcomed than in England.
where ,rrll th" old h"uor hn, not al
together fled In TINT country u va,
'b, custom on Christina, Eve. after the
usual devotion. w"r" over. O." light large
.4Lt|.- .t.I tIy.., ed. t.. l...st E...
log. called the Nulo log nr christina,
Block Past time, Nrr" iuduIgrd 100
,lru ~ music, run lurrug dipping f"r
uur. aud apples. dancing, blind man Z.
bun, c'r.
I'm uur own hrIu,ri country. Christ,
mH. Nn. llwHy, b'ru , .rr,"u ui unal
loved joy, h ha, AWAY, been and VIII
coat uur 'u hr u, long 20, Christianity
sud civilization ludurr. Christ, tor
vhu,r memory We keep Thu. day hnl, IN
every Christian land. nh"v" all thing,
lowed Irr0r children aud rhr wrc.t pie
'uro OF Him D., that Wherein hr j, .ur
rounded by them.
n w1. for the children that the wise
fathers 1T 'hc roriv church adopted the
li"a of santa Claus. 'hc tu,piro' on for
taa' character being M" wis" and good
SAINT Nicholas, who first conceived the
idra BOO the christina, world hv ruf"rc
ug tho lesson ct the birth ui the christ
Child hy making M" children happio,i
uu Co.,. anniversary. The idea was
-uuu merged lu that uf th" Trutunir
KRIS HrluNlc. the santa Clau. that
So" have toda, Tina, does not matter
however. 70. 'hr object D., ih, same.
Through M" rruiurir, the picture Of
'h" Jolly old saint has had full sway.
NJ times the philosophers have tried
600 ir'hronr ~. Nirh0la. and drag him
tbc.r sage. have had little following
aud Won can prove the existence ui santa
bv every Guild M America aud every
other ." .istinu country. viii Robinson
at the Register Tribune. says: $50
long ~ human love light, up the earth
there viii bee r. Santa Claus. Va matter
whether ir r"ur, through the door,
since fire place. are disappearing ~
'hc earth, CT changes his mode II lnrn
motion from no" reindeer of history 70
th" flying machine of modern genius.
The man ur tine woman who would rob
childhood uf This blessed fact 1T Santa
Claus BE- e yuuiul 10 whom nothing il
holy, and lee whom the greatest lesson
Of the ages hHs never found fnnting
The nctualitio. of life. the heart breaks,
the sorrows, begin all too soon, aud the
man Or the woman who Is wise, and who
can, on Christmas Eve, listens 20 the
jingle Of the bells, and for the time
become, the child with children.
Perhaps after awhile, they eau 7, and
the only way they eau get close 10 the
Christmas spir,', il 10 r. read Dicken =
christmas Carols echo the PRAYER
~ Tiny Tim; Good bless ~. every
one, - even though through u mist NJ
tear. they see the little mounds tina
cover their own Tiny Tins. What does
that matteri Away heyOnd these bits
Of graves, there Is y vision Of u place
Of green meadows aud soft running
waters, aud those same little chaps in
the arm. of that blessed Being who
above all, loves children. The spirit
Of Christ Is very near 10 those who look