DECEMBER 17, 1949 i} sc- i I hllilVlS Rover Walls For Christmas that Santa is not going to fall him, and that bo- "illlll sriin-i will drop down the chimney and leave pres- ~ll l)’.l}'5. girls anddogs. (III!!!- w s} Tl- we Sparrows’ Carol "RP-Hid it to me again, Reed l0 h m! Resin." and the smell boy Pushed at the leaves of the book with his fingers to see if he could make the story come to life. “Two Christmas stories are eu- Ollgh for one night," his mother fastened the buttons on his sleep- ers and pushed him along to bed. Tm sleepers were loin. so he tucked them under his toes." I can't walk." he said. "I don't think I could even go the stairs." "Why don't you IOld me about The Christmas In The Forest‘ again. That's e good story." "Well." end his mother closed. h" EYES." I don't think I can reed another bit from your book. I rccilly don't." Tommie uncuried the feet of his SlPPPPrs and they stood like ‘rvlrltifflf; C s. LYIKTSKKK"! ii l ii n s s s ! (n ‘ r.r-.\ l... of pavnovrs pushr-d evvi‘ “v.1 ;.1 iii criivi‘ an (inpire out‘ wiins and wildernesscs. .i .;c<l contrast to the prcs ldel- was more meaning there in,‘ 5 0d’ The llouk conccrningl s in a i-crluin coiintryl their flocks by night. The _ lug closflnass of tllc stars. n: the new world aiidl made one fceii pvoplc ~ li.i'i , (‘ll_\'\ srmifniow scomedl t ilint first Christmas. .. i oul<i b“ ihc m» \‘.. i Mon c sod, this tho Nirlii niid you sleeping village,l Both ‘if iii. Tho faith of the trail '.\.l< iiini. of the Wise Men miis Eve the pioneer ..i giilhi-r in ll. crude little “Christmas Wilh Pioneers Held Deeplleligious Meaning 15s on the frontier. zisl strips of bright cloth. probably ‘iznore treasured than any sinnrl Hill. Christmas-‘coniplcic without its pans iiififilfifiillfi!‘ or a calico doll from Santa Clnii» illl the Sparrows and the Robins unil l"rlbl.7ilS ears. He flopped them and flopped them. "There was‘ s Christmas once." he began, "when the Chick-a-dees hed l |Christnias tree nf their own. They ‘put presents of crumbs on it for one ‘another and the blue pigeon even piled a red ribbon on the very top of the tree!" “Tommy, said mother, "go bod." '_'And I tliiilk I will have one this year." continued the small boy. Those sparrows haven't any slccpcrs." Biit that is as far as he got. In n vcry few minutes he was in bed, tricked in safely with the toes of his sleepers carefully folded to kcep his feet warm. "Where do the birds sleep w en it gets so cold and when the cy snow niukos the trees slippy end the birds fall off. Mummle?" “I really don't know at ell." en- SWCTPIl lllS mother and turned off the light. Why the days and nights just to But iha/t doll, made from spun: v- Illillli rii doll that can say sloop and perhaps require a> diaper. Children who received eslnlc pencil 0r a shell-box, a little affair covered with shells and containing a small mlnow, were the special] favorites of Santa. For goodies, no Christmas was; of pop- i corn and ropes of molasses tally. lll rfllo cases there might he a bag of candy. ' In the isolated cmhins it. wasn't so easy to gather with oiii-‘s llClflfl- bors to celebrate. There were \\'(ll\'[‘S in the tintbor and being caught iii a sudden storm on the pioneer trails spoiled death. Christmas in some places meant lTummic “Mamas go m éciocks sick?" The morning arriv- dim xorxcd i-hcir pieces and sang a. bobsled ride or perhaps a square. before Christmas are so long no ‘one has yct decided, although es often asked. "are the ed. he thought, a bit later than it did yesterday Watching the flake! of snow cntch on the rough ledge 10f the window, covering the nest ‘the blue pigeons had left there in iihe spring, he made his plans for the bird's Christmas tree. "I can save my toast crusts from break- fnst and the hits of meat I can't finish at dinner and put them in rcd paper baskets, Then 1 will hang all the coloured baskets on the spruce trcc that's outside." Mother didn‘t think it was quite as good an idea es Tommy diil paper his father hail were folded and tivistctl into very strange shapes, caught but he made the bnskcls when it} to tie ribbon in bows at the top was too cold to play iii the snow nf the wire but the ‘ends stuck out that had piled up iii the back-hike yard. The strips of rcd and gl'(?l.'l1i"NC\'Qr mind." consoled his moth- given him er," the sparrows wont know." together would gather up all the baskets with wire handles. He had tricd and put them in a. row on the liv- GUARDIAN . CHARUOTTETOWN lug-room table. "My they look nice," said Tommie. "When will I be able to put them out for the sparrows?" Soon?" “Very soon", seid his mother who decided she didn't like beek- Ots of breadcrumbs on her liv- tng-roem table. When he finished supper he felt that ft should he done right ewey. "We have our tree up and trim- med. I should do mine." He put on his ski-suit. tugged his rub- ber boots over shoes end went into the dusky night with his load of ifts. ‘The tree by the window was covered with snow, hanging like the fuzzy cotton ears of his rab- bit White Head. He knocked it dff rwith his mitt and began to tie‘ the coloured baskets on with their‘ wire handles. Very soon he had every one Qerefuiiy attached to the tree. standing back he looked at all the breadcrumbs and bits of suet, old hits of cake. cookies end potatoes. "My it's a nice tree. What will they sing when they see it? They will sing for ms I know and it will be my song." Before daylight he heard ft. Iest his window the warm flying figures came singing and beating their wings Qgainst the pane. He scrambled from his bed and hur- ried in the dark down the stairs. his sleeper-clad toes making only e soft svrishing noise as he crept about the house. “I can't see them but I can hear. He took the spe- cial Christmas candle his mother had left lighted in the hallway end went into the living-room. His own tree stood dark and mys- terious beslde him but Tommie only wanted to see the Sparrows. eating their presents. He held the candle to the window. Such a flurry! The little brown wings were beating against the air. the snow was flying. and the won- derful song filled Tommieis ears and crept into his heart. Putting his chin on his arms he listened - “Never cold end never snow Can dull our earthly promise Made long ago, long B80- When s. greeting we did bring To a tiny infant king Long ago, long ego." The song went on and on. The yellow basket was empty. the blue basket ton, and now the very last but the sparrows kept their sing- ing Tommie said, until his Mum- mie and Daddy came down to look for him. wings or wisps of straw. Whenever the evening came he STAGE!) 0N MOUNTAIN The first Olympic Games, staged On Olympus, the sacrcil mount of Grncce, originated in 776 BC. rnr cnrcnr on iirieir S‘ilC< rind rccczvcd e slate dance. ‘Y l THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE l FURNITURE I l l tho comfort and attractive- l ness of the home. i l WER T0 YOUR CHRIST- CHEER THROUGH No more appropriate Gift than a Gifi of Fumilure “that will pleased the whole family. Glance ai ihe many Gift suggestions mentioned below. | LAZY-BOY CHAIRS ' ceoan CHESTS OCCASIONAL CHAIRS I l l HASSOCKS l l l GATE-LEG TABLES CHRISThltS cars The first Chrislimzis ated with one ivholn many think came nearest in lhc character i0 our Blessed Lord Himself, st. Fran. cis o! Assissi. Though born of wealth and position, he cast it aside to embrace a. life of poverty for the love of Christ. _A marvellous dramatic sense stirred the church iii the thirteenth "nl-"IY- Miracle plays were often celebrated. especially on the festival days of the childhood of our Lord _ In the Fell of 1223 A.D. st. Franpig had secured tho approval of the authorities for his rule of life Hg was ndw convinced that a, dramatic "Pfefienlatlon of the Nativity of of Christ would sllr up the faith of 03171915“; but he doubted if such an innovation would be approved, He wrote to his fricnd John of Gfewhifl. e nobleman, "I ivaiit to keep Christmas with you. If you 58799. We will choose a grotto in your woods and put in it a manger “M! hi)’. and it must be as much like the stable in Bcihlelirm as pos- sible. I want to scs Wllll my own Eyes the birth and poverty of the Divine 10rd." John prepared cvcrl- thlng as Francis prqlosed. Evcr_v- body was told. 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