Gunnison news-champion., 1918-12-27
CHRISTMAS IS GONE
BUT MEMORY LINCERS

Cnr1Stm88 mas come ana GOne-the
tree has been set out in the back yard
for the birds to enjoy. while the tree
decorations have been put away on
a top shelf along with the various
pieces Of holly paper and ribbons. for
next year. The big dinner has also
been put away" but there will be
turkey, dressing, pie. and heaven only
knows what, served for . week to
come, and COMMONLY called 'left-
overs"
Christmas this year was rather .
quiet a6air-no parties or family re-
unions or friendly gatherings Of any
kind. since such are taboo while the
quarantine is on. Still, we had our
fun. but. oh! how we missed the
movies.
"what did you get for Christmas ?"
Is the most popular question the day
after. And what . lot Of nice things
we did get. Still. it gets your goat to
remember the long hours we spent in
during the fall making . lovely gift
for our dearest friend because she al
ways remembers us with such lovely
presents, and then you wrapped it up
in holly and silver paper. tied it with
yards and yards Of ribbon and stuck q
lot Of little stickers all over the ends
Of the box and sent 1t of. Christmas
Eve you stood in line for what seemed
ages Of time, with others who were al
so engaged in "watchful waiting" be-
fore the postoffice windows. Finally,
you got therein front Of the win
dow-and the postmaster clawed and
paved over a mountain of boxes and
parcels and things, and at last located
a little slip Of package and handed it
to you with any thing but q Christmas
spirit written on his face (postmasters
get tired too, you know.) You hur-
ried home and tore of the wrappings
from the little parcel and brought to
light fancy Christmas booklet with
a note from the dearest friend" to
the effect that she had the flu and
couldn't send you anything. Huh!
And Christmas morning, you made
al fleet love Of q pie and popped It
int the oven just as the door-bell
rang. You answered the ring and
found one Of your neighbors on the
doorstep with a plate Of goodies for
you. which was the biggest surprise
Of all-so much so that you forgot the
pie. When at last you recalled that
piece of pastry and opened the oven
door. II was to behold blackened and
unholy looking object that made some
Of the blackest crimes in the history
Of Germany seem pale in comparison.
OF course you had to hustle and get
ready another dessert, 1t being too late
to make another pie. You decided on
delicious vanilla custard with fruit.
All went well and the custard was q
perfect picture as you set it away in
cool place to become firm in the
mould. But where is that cork from
the vanilla bottle? You get down
on the floor and try to find it-nothing
doing-Oh well, never mind, you will
find it after a while. You do-when
YOU turn the custard and fruit out of
the mould onto a lovely plate, there
YOU discover corlsing surprise on the
bottom end of the custard. It's that
darned vanilla cork.
However, Christmas comes but once
a year, and what matter if we do a
lot Of fool things. It's the spirit of
the day that counts. And one and all,
we hope you all had q lovely holiday.
We did, thank you.
buy W. .. g.
Lake City Silver World: Miss Mar.
ian Avery came in from Gunnison last
Friday to spend the holidays with her
parents, staying at the Pickett home
during the quarantine.
Buy w. .. g..