The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25
The Old TINE CHRISTMAS HAD A CHARM ALL or us ON
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,ro, coli dawn. "A dawn made rosy
snd o,rm with The gertrude Of i'm.
s,"'tt.,,i,, .,,,rrdinr {oy-ono OF
r. DE-, ,,nrds tbat nivaya greeted
sonr greedy little ears was the
.tanV az plcIrh tcllq and tho puicN
.b,,,s .sb,ie or horscg' hoofs on tho
bard ,.Iita road before the house.
Ana slNoys- oiwaya- therc was ycs-
'ora,,,s stnly,art snow man in the
',, ,,,rd ,,bicb waa romantic
,,,oc, az nrnlrie compared 70 the
. ,no,. lpIo hack ward OF today.
NJ, ~ ali pot tn multiply In.
tanc,s ,,bria,mas was then essen
sar,. =, r,tr,l or AT least u small
s,y,n afrsir vyberoas il is now ratn.
~ hut n dov when the city shops ARE
,iosed In brlef. In your time II
,sed 10 bc a festival, and now II Ia
,,orot, a aort Of extra SUNDAY.
on thosc ChrlgtmnAes you used To
,novyi There cnn never be any quite
H. tbc,, Tho race may change
snt sinuylv vet the indiWdual--of
-, ,bs grcnt ln,y of change takes
mn suau account -chnuges with
,,erv, elIdlnr hour. alters with n
. ,ianSing clash of every passlng In.
,,ont Today YOU nre what YOU wer.
,ot Yesterday. but tomorrow you
mali he what YOU never were be-
ior.
Everv Christman morning you
han frop, undor the cuyers. n shiv-
,ring lttle figure in your canton.
Iiannpl uirhtgoWn. and hurry,
,hrot,gh tho vague half light OF
sayn 10 thc foot of your bed. where
iho hi,IrIrr stockings hung. You re-
~ hnr how teasing your fancy
lin doIirato dolav. YOU used TO take
,rnr, "a one blt of candy at timc
nr,ii Tho madness of expectation
s,,o.,,,, at,,ed you and vou held that
so,,, ~ ntonty foot upwnrd, 20 that
III us s,pre jnV npon tho counter.
a,aau but the buleing tangorine
~ n,o tna ana Tho great. impcdine
ncioor-candy toys' that peraistently
,,uoI, ,ns, 10 the wool
rhore oren't any "clear toys" now,
,,a no childron get their candy In
n,rl and n,,rn,o boxea from wabaat
p.n ar chestnut street or Broad.
80 NM when YOU were boy
,nnsa marvellous clear toys were th'
~ ~n'u .a'',, ,,on,,,i ~ The occasion
,bero we're no clear toys save a'
sh,,ta,,,,as ara Won would have Rr.
s,'aa ,hare could hnyc been nc
si..t',r,as no The same token, with
80 cInar toys. Marvels, every one
~ cIociss and fire engine,
hnn,sncn ON horsebpck and
- aeIaiars nus,tot In hand, de-.
ua v,aF' ~ sho,y dissolutlou under tn,
i,u LII ~ ,o,,s,,,o AZ vouth.
p's'. AZ sau,c We. always
,.,',',so tho s,ochIre and the cieal
s,,i ,,,ora tbe hernlda of the grea
,vSS 49,, No. And an integra
,ar, ~ a. was tho ruah into the blI
ra,,,, ,yhnrn Won woke wit,
.n,,,s -, Vo'n' Ana tissas vour father an,
mothnr. The wonderful moment
when they handed you--thosc min'
readers the very gifts you ma
wanted. and the vision OF beauty, IN
glimpse OF fairyland, which was IN
Christmas tree,
Every year you children had see
the busy little mother, who was the
SO tail and beautiful, baking tremen
dous armies of small cakes for
week before the twenty-fifth, an
every year, all Christmas mornin
long, the poor OF the town--don
YOU remember would com
20 tho kitchen door in steady streai
and thence in steady stream depar
cooky laden Every year, after tn
Christmas breakfast, you would y
with a quitk merry Christmas q
your lips for whomsoever YOU me
20 the houses of your cousins an
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