Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-15
The Christmas Spirit

Now that William Hohenzolern is happily married. and Prof
Herman back with his wife ready annual
Christmas editorial with pleasure the
spirit the spirit of domestic happiness and goodwill
mauguated amid the of angels and this song
spred by the happy family, of which Joseph
Mary the mother and Jesus the newly born babe The first Christ
the result of happy family and the spirit that has
least should have inspired every Christmas that time
Domestic happiness that reaches the neghborhood
widens the community and finally embraces the whole wora
the real Christmas spirit And without this spirit there be
real Christmas There something's that the Christmas
spirit Just bonnet doesnt signify Easter Sunday
football check up with Thanksgiving selfish selfcented
Christmas tide as much removed from the real Christmas
spirit as these, and vastly more.
The Christmas spirit the day of joyful givingnot of selfish
receiving The who give enjoy 1t eveangy
true and especially Christmas time that blessed
give than receive Giving up something for others spirit
of Christmas The bird quits spring song
has laid the with her feathers matches young
happy the sacrifice The wife secudes herself from
ciet shuts herself the nursery and raises her little family
happy Christmas spirit-dong
something for somebody else Even the founder of Christmas
came mot to be ministered unto, but minister.
This also the spirit of home life just baby the
o the first Christmas today much of the American spirit
Christmas devoted the children program
the church for the young folk it the stocking hung by the fireplace
for the children is the mysterious Santa Claus for the benefit of
the babies and nearly all Christmas thought
the Children and the home and the delight of concord OF
mind and soul Who into such spirit of Christmas will
Bethlehem and that night children and motherhood have
held highest place in all Christmas expression,
Perhaps New Christmas Thought
But fancy there additional thought that has been in
sufficiently remembered Christmas tehe thought of universal
brotherhood Christmas only half which limits the midi
vdua family Joseph and Mary very happy that night but
the heavenly sang the Christmas which told of than
family JOY You remember it. of and you recall that
glad tdgs of great joy, which should be all the people, 1t
was for the Samaritan family well for the Jewish family
that time the Jew and the Samaritan had nothing do with
other They grown peeved each
trivial thing and the gap had grown wider and wider until
impossible to bridge at the time Jesus born But after
the song good will all men, had been sung
the Samaritan bured the Ratchet and Immediately both people
were happier and life richer and fuller thereby.
Isn't learn something Vashon- Naury island
from the and eXampeQ Friends and neghbors be
come estranged LITTLE petty thing pride hc
enemy all watch out for steps and whispers
Suggestions that opposed and incompatible with the spirit of
Christmas false voices deaen
our 1t the little rift within the lutte that by
land by viii the music mute and widening slowly silence
ALL And bad that people become ranged some
little re the peace and unity of neighborhood be dis
tbed when both parties the trouble good upright well
meaning people We have fault find with either jew or Sa
matathe fault they unified at each other and then
Vashon lauy island who outs with somebody else Wash
ay island why make this Christmas time the occasion for
rconclation2 Why not bury the hatchet Why not let by
be bygones Why not forgive we would be forgiven
Why the last step the Christmas which peace
earth, good will toward men2
Pretty soon we will all be dead What's beyond knows
We ideas hopes have faith to
viii be but do know what the other side Of
That makes pretty nearly all kindred of
advantage Selfmprovement fine thing peaceful home is
excellent possession The accumulation OF material comforts
be despsed To attain place and power rightly used
audabe ambition To be respected the community is desirable
with n is