Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-24
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Christmas Eve! NJ - words that
will bring today cv. good fairy
Of JOY and happiness dance out upon
the stage of human life: ,lc old. old
wand that Will sweep the hcartstrinEs
OF men. women and children through
out the world. and, touching them,
will fill the earth with the sweetest
music OF charity and peace and love
This is the day before Christmas
Scr"oScs lose their bitterness. re-
nouncc their grasping disposition,
look upon they fellow humans with
tender eyes and join the general pro-
cession toward the goal Of complete
JOY. The tic Of human brotherhood.
weakened. perhaps. by petty strife
during the year. is made strong again
Differences are buried and the world
moves on in happy accord.
Tonight. golden haired children,
with touslcd hair, will dream OF
santa Claus. kriss kringlc on a sleigh
with tinSling bells, drawn by the
ncetest Of reindeer and carrying the
best things that childish imagination
can picture. This Santa Claus is real
There Is no mystery about him-cx-
ccpt the mystery of love and ioy and
peace. He Is the personiiication OF
all thcsc--the miracle man OF human
brotherhood who. born under tn. Star
OF Bethlehem. nearly 1000 years ago.
has lived on through the ages To uer-
pctuate the JOY TO children of the
world brought on that first Christmas
morning.
"rhr Might before Christmns:-
christmas Eve, the night before
Christmas VIII the magic words
mean less to some than to othcrsp
VIII the merry Kriss ErinElc nm his
HAPPY mission Of JOY, steer his sleigh
past some humble home because pow
crty bars the way? bid not the Star
OF bethlehem. under which Santa
tihus was born. lead straight to the
manager In that liitle Judcan town?
u did. and 1T Will tonight Faith
In Santa Claus and the straishtness
. OF his course has been vindicatcd
Sunday before last The Times- Dis.
patch brought 10 the attention of its
readers the cases Of destitute Rich
mond families. whom IL designated
The Ten Opportunities, /, anncale1
Tor them in tho name Of Christmas
IN the name OF the universal good
fairy. Santa Claus Was il ms, a
icIend--the story that he OF TN.
merry twinkle In his eye. and the
gray beard on the youngish. h,nnv
race loved all earth's children alike
an" would pass none OF them by? WAS
II true that he was the eyer-liviny
spirit OF Him born away back wonder
In little Bethlehem-comc into the
world That the rich and poor nigh,
be equal In JOY?
Then tho Answer Game.
And then the answer ca,ro 7,
came from every section Of Virginia
from mansion and from humble cot
'aec' from rich man and widow. from
me !Ittic girl reared in the home or
luxury and from the little girl of
'he forgotten place" who begged
papa's hardearned dollar for thc
family sun poorer than hers. And
'hcE all said thai nonc'o of the Ten
opportunities" should suffer this
christmas--that it should bc n dav
nf JOY for all and that Santa Claus
is more than a legend. He is al
together real. working always AT
Christmas time in the spirit of Him
who brought Christmas TO all
This morning The Times Dispatcb
needs only Sl33.S0 to complc,e tba
tota of si,2'o or which it appealed.
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