Milford chronicle., 1921-12-09
PREPARATIONS DENOTE
OLD-FASHTONED XMAS
ALL The STORES in MILFORD START
DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS WARES
FULLY A WEEK SOONER.
GIFT BUYING GETTING LIVELY
The HOLIDAY SPIRIT IS In The AIR AND
OUR PEOPLE ARE BESTIRRING THEM
SELVES FOR The EVENT.

Christmas decorations began to
show in the stores of Milford with the
beginning of December, fully week
early than usual.
The holiday spirit is in the air, and
Santa Claus is bestirring himself-sO
we are informed-tO get things ready
for the great event which will take
place according to the calendar two
week from Sunday.
Santa Claus is going to be busy
old saint this year, it is declared by
those who know, in spite of all the
talk about hard times and lack of en-
plOyment. The youngsters are going to
have good time, any way. There will
be none of the almost reckless buy
ing this year, as has been the case
during the past few years, but Bob"
will have his new suit and cap, his
toys and long list of useful pres
ents; the girls will have lot of dain-
ty things and both mother and father
will find in their Christmas stockings
something to remind them that "Mer-
ry Christmas" can not be passed with
out the usual bunch of remembran-
ces and something of the good cheer
that comes with the season.
So much for the sentiment of Christ
mas. What from the strictly practical
side? Shopkeepers- they ought to
know-say there is going to be a
regular old-fashioned Christmas if
the early indications count for any
thing.
Buyers Flock to Xmas Counters
With the opening of displays inquir-
les began to come in, and people
sought Immediately the special coun-
ters where Christmas presents were
being displayed.
The matter of price is not going to
count so much, provided the goods are
worth the price. There is not going to
be any disposition to buy without re-
gard to price or quality. People are
going to get their moneys worth. But
outside that it is going to be a good
Christmas.
In the matter of prices an interest
ing feature appears. Toys made in
Germany are everywhere and at prices
that put to blush nearly everything
of American manufacture. The cost of
these foreign-made toys, is in some
cases, as low as one-tenth that of ap-
parently similar articles made in this {
country.
The stores are putting out all sorts
Of interesting things for sale in the i
.oy line, and hobby horses and cleo I
.rical mechanical toys are already n
treating a diversion among the young q
people who have begun to visit the h
oy shops preparatory to sending that h
etter to Santa Claus telling what is a
wanted for presents this year. II
1--WE are starting in the season with a
xcellent conditions" remarked the o.
manager of one of the big city stores. h
t was raining hard outside, yet there r
ras a constant stream of people com 7,
1g and going, seemingly not minding p,
he storm at all.
1--WE are going to- have a good
hristmas trade" another store man II
ger remarked when asked about the e. g,
oliday prospects. ~
So that from the practical side, ap- - -
arently, there is Christmas in the air ~ ~
nd good prospect that Jolly Old ~ ~
ris" will visit as many homes as us w w
Il this season with big bundle on "a "a
s back and that good boys and girls yye
ill be gladdened with gifts and that ~. Dy
e older ones will get their Christ 1iS -lS
as remembrances just as they used W. "!
get them before the war. 20 70