The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Brunnon

BY Hazel Brunnon
Christmas is a time for love-
usually expressed by the giving
of gifts to loved ones.
If we could have our wish for
all the wonderful people who read
this newspaper every week you
would have a world at peace to
live in during 1913 world I'M
married by scare headlines every
morning in the week about UNI
settled and unsettling world con-
ditions.
You would have the love and
devotion of your family and
friends, and freedom from econo-
mic worries and care.
You would each have a job you
ere successful at because you en-
whether it be homemaking, busi-
ioy your everyday tasks
ness, profession OF labor.
Above all else you would have
the peace of mind and heart that
comes only through communion
with God and a life marked with
service to your fellowman.
It is our sincere wish that
every one of you will be happy
not only through the Christmas
and New Year holidays but
throughout all of l949.
Happiness is the gift we can't
buy. We can't always give it as
a gift to those we love most. But
we hope you have it in full mea-
sure.
There is something we can each
do to help make the holiday
brighter for others-and that is
to drive carefully and prevent
accidents.
We might add also to walk
carefully. Many times the driver
of a car is not at fault in acct
dents.
Traffic fatalities in Mississippi
have made a tremendous leap
upward in the past few weeks.
Special care is urged for the holi-
days.
Olive Roberts Barton, whose
syndicated articles appear in the
feature pages of much of the
nations press, believes as we do,
that there is great need in this
hour of impressing the story OF
Christ on the minds Of children.
Certainly if there ever has been
a time in the history of the world
when we have needed to observe
reverentlv and sincerely Christ
mas in all its original and won
derful meaning that time is
Christmas, 1913.
No more beautiful thing can be
imagined than a mother ex-
planning to her children the
meaning of Christmas for every
child. and the world.
This gifted writer says:
1--WE have crisis in the world
now. The younger generation in
other countries are enthusiastic
about the creed of might. We
should teach our own children
that right is better But children
think in dramatic terms. They |
must have their ideas and ideals
personified.
"Surely, the greatest story ever
told is that Of the Christ child,
the Babe to become the Teacher
whose example was the first en-
during word of forgiveness, for
bearance. tolerance and kindness
the world had known. We must
remember that many people who
are not called Christians have
adopted His ethics in their daily
living.
"On Christmas Eve, in that
magic hour of c~andlelight. i
should read about the simple
story of His birth; the tired and
travel-worn Mary and Joseph,
arriving in Bethlehem on their
way back to their little cottage
in Nazareth, finding the inns too
full for accommodation, and
seeking the shelter of the open
stable
"The wise men, Magi of the
East. whose forebears had been
making a study of generations
of world conditions: who saw hui
mainly on the road to disinte-
grafton from force and wicked
ness; who had followed the fore
casts of the old Hebrew prophets
of the perfect leader to come,
following the star and found a
helpless little baby being stared
at by cattle and sheep, and wrap
ped from the cold in hay.
$50 / would tell the lovely
story again. On top of the tree
there should be a star, and the
children should be told that it
stands as a guide and a reminder
of that beautiful night when the
Wise Men sought the Christ
Child.