BRONSON WATER DELIVERY
NOME SANITARY SERVICE
NOME MARKET
Anne and • Herb
Everyone Wants
To See Just One
‘Good Old’ Yule
“How I would long to see just
one more old-fashioned Christ
mas.”
These are familiar words at
this time of the year. Before the
Yuletide season is over, some
member of the family, grandfath
er or grandmother, probably, is
certain to pass thot remark, as
they have done each Christmas
of the past.
And yet, if we search back into
the records ... to the turn of the
century, say . . . we find that, even
then, someone was wishing for an
“old-fashioned Christmas.” It is
then that we realize that the cele
bration of the birth of Christ has
not changed greatly with the pass
age of centuries. Basically, Christ
mas is the same, year after year.
It is only the world and the people
who are not the same.
He may not admit it, but.when
grandfather first began to raise a
family, he overheard his elders
musing over the changing Christ-.
mas customs and heralding the
approach to “ocmplete commer
cialism” of the Yuletide celebra
tion. Even then they were worried.
No one can deny that Christmas
has been greatly “commercialized”
since the days of early America.
Yet, so has the entire nation. In
the days of our ancestors there
were none of the vast trading cen
ters and commercial marts that we
know today. Our very way of life
has been greatly changed with
modernization. Our holidays, and
Christmas is the principal one,
have managed to keep abreat.
Still, without reservation, Christ
mas is basically unchanged in its
true meaning as a celebration of
the birth of the Christ Child re
deemer, come to save the world.
No matter how great or how small
the presents piled beneath the
tree, each Christian heart never
ceases to remember that Christ
mas is Christ’s day.
Col. and Mrs. John Bodle, for
merly of Nome Field, are now
located at Randolph AFB, Texas.
Their daughter Jacqueline, who
attended school here, is in college
in Ohio. They recently enjoyed
hearing about Nome from Mr. and
I Mrs. Joe Wallace, who visited
them.
WE GREET THE
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Reason
WITH GLADNESS
It is an-opportunity to look back
with warm thoughts of apprecia
tion for the deep and lasting friend
ships that have been formed in the
year just closing. We acknowledge
your friendships with a pledge to
do all possible to merit a continua
tion of your fine patronage in the
future. Merry Christmas to all!
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