The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
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Christmas
BY MARTHA LEE


Tomorrow is Christmas. It's the
one day in the year when, rich or
poor, every human being has the
feeling of good will toward his fell
low man.
To the very young, it means gifts
and candy and fruit and perhaps
other joys which are forbidden at
every other season of the year. 1t
means lovely tree, either of ones
own, or one whose beauty may be
seen, one upon which ones eyes
may feast, whether it belongs" or
not.
To the older folks, 1t often means
heartbreak and disappointment in
contemplation, because there are so
many things that need to be gotten
that can not be had. To say moth
ing of the frivolous little trif1es
that would be so nice, just once in
a whole year.
To the youngsters of school age,
it means vacation. A rest from
the old grind. Parties. Later hours
than are customary.
Must Be Reason
Now think it over. That can't
be the reason for all the good will,
all the cheer and joy and sense of
we'll being. There must be some
thing deeper. And of course there
is. But, like the reasons for a lot
of other lovely feelings and emo
tons, the real reason has been sort
of showed in the background. The
reason for the day itself has been
either entirely forgotten by many
or subordinated to more earthly, "
more graSpable things.
The echo Of the heart Of the
Christ child, beating with love and
kindness for all humanity, is re-
sounding in all our hearts that day,
whether we admit it or not,
whether we know it or not. 1t is
His birthday we celebrate. And on
His own special day, even those of
us who pay no particular attention
to Him, feel the stirring in our
hearts of the love and kindness and
charity that He showed on earth.
You can't give every one gift,
but you can give every one kind
ness and a smile. You can give
every one the blessed graciousness
of a good word. You can give your
friends and neighbors and relatives
infinite happiness by giving them
your good willard meaning it.
Let's all give somebody a gift.
The kind you can't buy. Take the
kid sister, for instance, who is hang
ing between the doll and date age.
Give her a little confidence and
poise by talking to her as if she
were human being instead of
simpering idiot, who did nothing
more useful than drape herself in
places where it IS most easy to fall
over her.
Give Mate A Break
Give your husband Cor wife,
whichever the case may be- an
honest to-neaven feeling that in
spite of the years and the hardships
and troubles, you still love her like
everything combined. I don't know
my women, if I don't know she will
love that more than Rolls Royce
with a diamond radiator. Put the
boxing gloves in hiding, and If pos
sible. forget where you hid them.
Fathers and mothers, all the toys
and trinkets and nifties in the
world can't tip an ounce on your
youngsters measuring system be-
sides having a mother and father
who are kind and sympathetic and
understanding. For Christmas
gives them the joy of knowing what
it is to have mother and father
they can tell things to, without
being scared to death that those
tales will be the end of all liberty
and freedom. They see things and
hear things and read things that
are not quite as lovely as most of
us would like to believe young eyes
are looking upon and young ears
listening to, but If you don't let
them tell them to you, confident
that you will hear them out and
give them sympathetic comment,
they're going to tell them to some
one else. And that may be the be-
ginning of wisdom that is not wise
to have.
Those gifts don't cost a cent. And
they can be made the most priceless
of all gifts.