New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-12-05

door Of his heart even the tiniest crack
to let in the blessed Christmas JOY Of
giving and receiving good wishes. And
it is SO easy! All one need do is to smile
and utter good wish to the first person
he meets. The answering smile and
words will bring glow Of pleasure
even tho they really mean nothing
very special. Try it on the next friend.
or enemy, you meet, and see how quickly
you will get into the swing Of the Christ
mas season and what lot Of JOY you
will get out of life the next three weeks.
True it is that the Christmas holidays
mean heavy work for most Of us, heavy
expenses, worries as to how one can
afford this OF that or the other thing one
feels he should give and serious anxiety
lest one fail to do all he should do before
Christmas day. But stop a moment!
Does it really matter whether you do
everything you plan to do? How I'M
portant will the forgotten matter look
the day after Christmas? Isn't it true
that you will at once dismiss it from
your mind with the thot that it really
was of no consequence any way? Why
worry beforehand over something you
would not worry about afterwards?
Isn't it rather silly to do that?
Why not call a truce for the whole
Christmas season and not worry for
single minute about Christmas duties?
Why not enjoy them to the utmost?
1t is joy and pleasure and happiness and
fun to plan and buy and make and do
for those you love! Why not do it
intellectually, without single care
in the world as to whether you can
afford the time and money? You can't
afford not to! If you give and do in
the true Christmas spirit the returns
are sure to be such an enrichment OF
ones daily life that no one can afford to
miss the JOY of getting ready to give
someone else pleasure. Call truce
to the idea of "Can't afford" and frater-
nize with your natural enemy Expense.
Get acquainted with Expense OF time
and money for the sake of the warm
glow that will permeate your whole
being. And when Christmas morning
comes after several busy but happy
weeks, see how much more beautiful
your own remembrances will seem Tor
they will express to you no matter
how simple they may be, the happiness
their givers had in preparing them for
you.
Call a truce to-day to last over the
Christmas season! Forget the worry
and anxiety lest our boys never come
back to us. They will, they must come
back and we who stay at home must
believe we shall see them again among
us. Call truce to the nervous fear
that hard times are before us. Let us
absolutely ignore the fact that possible
suffering lies just ahead. Smile bravely
and speak cheerily and see how much
easier it is to do the days work. Let
us make up our minds that every day
from now till Christmas is to be full
to the brim Of happy plans and hopes.
Begin today to offer your Christmas
greetings; it's none too early. Call a
truce to common, grubby, everyday
thots and acts. Manufacture pleasant
air Of mystery and surprise for the home
folks; oh, come let's be happy, and forget
the awful things that we know the world
holds today. A certain famous phropecy
says Peace will come before Christmas
Day. 1t doesn't seem possible, but
let's act as if it were!
"A merry, merry Christmas Season
to you all, dear readers. May you en-
joy every minute of the time from now
until the Christmas bells ring!