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Even Father Xmas

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1957.

Looks

Excited-

about the special display of TOYS on THE 1st FLOOR

Lane Crawford's

FATHER XMAS WILL BE WAITING

ON THE 1st FLOOR

TO WELCOME THE CHILDREN

TO THEIR VERY OWN

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What The Christmas Angel Told Santa

SANTA, CHILDREN ÖKTEN THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT GETTING INSTEAD OF

GIVING

Saphronia Goose Goes For

IS

APHRONIA GOOSE WIS

rocked in her chair.

The fire was low, but she didn't care.

"Merry Christmas!" scoffed, ""It's all Addlesticks.

she

"Merry nothing whatever I'm on to their tricks.

"My neighbours all think they can give me a gift

"And I'll como 'round through' the year and give them a lift.

"I've tended the little days all summer long:

"And what do they give me? Well, hardly a song.

"I've brought lettuce heads to Oliver Rabbit.

"He offers

A ribbon and

thinks that I'll grab

"I've made many a take for the fox family,

"But they have done practi- cally nothing for me.

"A little dried spinach, some left-over peas

"They surely must think that I'm easy to please.

"I'll shut up the house and go for a walk.

my friends think it's queer-okay, let them talle,

"What do I

Christmas Eve?

care if it's

"I'll na empty handed-I'va nothing to leave.”

"I know they do a lot more THE CHRISTMAS

But it just before Christmas. ANGEL was sitting on helps Mrs Saunders to have the very top of the Christ- Warren run her errands. And mas tree. She was quite it is a help to Mrs Gray to used to her place, for she know Lorne will run to

cannot SITE PULLED down the had sat there for three store for her when she

leave her baby.

shades and closed the front Christmases. She wasn't "The two litle boys in this door,

sho

the

as white and silvery as she house have been helping to fill Put on her muffler and tied was the first Christmas, but their world with the spirit oft afore,.

was still a pretty toys and even take their over-Mulberry Lane, chanting again Christmas. They pick up their Then started of down Christmas Angel,

without ene single her unhappy refrain,

"What do

core ir t'g Christmas Eve?

"I'll go empty handed, I've nothing to leave.

"Must be nearly

mirinight,"

shoes off reminder.

"And the

Christmas spirit is

It spreads from the

she thought, "for the hearth- catching. fire's out. But how I love the home to the street and then worm glow in this room. - through the community. I am sure that Lorne and Warren have done a lot to 831 the world with the Christmas spirit.”

"How I wish there was some- one to talk to me. How ad that all The other Christmas decorations are only tinsel and

You see, the Christmas Angel was lonesome. She looked for. ward to a Christmas Eve chat. And here she was, alone in the long living room, talking to herself.

TUEN SHE HEARD a Witle noise. Before she had time to think, an elton Santa bounced Across the room. She looked

down on the white pom-pom atop his red cap as he stood be- gide the Christmas tree.

"HI, Santa," whispered the Christmas Angel

*

SANTA SMILED, "Christmas Angel, you have certainly brought me back to the matter In hand.

"No dolls for this house," he said, laying aside a pretty, curly-haired doll. "Mm, leva

"Oh, Santa. do, let me tell you what the boys really want for Christmas. They have been talking about them all year.

"They want cowboy sults. Do you have cowboy suits to boys of Ave and seven?"

"Well, I think I can find two sils in this big pack. 11 be glad enough to leave them here.

Banta looked all pround. He "I remember, asking Daddy locked up at the Christmas Santa for a cowboy suit when tree, which was in the path of. I was six.. light shining from the atroet lamp qutalde.

Then Santa caw the Christ- mas. Angel.

Hello, Christmas Angel. I remember, talking to you last year. We had quite a chat, I recall our talk almost word for word. It was in this room and at this very time.

"Strange! You know, I never got it. I guess he was afraid I would like horses better than reindeer when I grew up. It only he could' so my airplane," Santa grinned.

t

By this time Santa had put two cowboy suits at the foot of the Christmas tree. He put "You were,:80 Bure that down two big bags of candy, Christmas would be better if I were left out of it, I just didn't nuts and fruit too, agree with you."

She turned at the bend near the sycamore tree,

Chanced

to glance upward and wlton should the sce

But young Susy Squirrel. Suc was clearly so busy,

She merely called down, "I'm quite in a tizzył

"Excuse me, my dear, I must sec to my cake.

"If I burn it, I can't get an- other to bake.""

Mrs Goose tossed her head and went on her way.

"I notice she didn't invite me to stay.

The next time she wanks a favour from me,

"I'll just answer back, Go climb a tree.""

Crossing the ridge she Anthony Drake,

met

He mumbled, "Good evening," then rch to o'ertake

Cornelius Groundhog

was walking along.

Humming Christmas song.

the

who

merrlest

SAPHRONIA TURNED to go back to her house.

"I think," she decided, "I' ask Milly Mouso

"To come over and share my Christmas with me.

"She's lonely, too,

and II's

Then he put down a train to easy to see. run on a track.

Christ- "QH, SANTA!” the

He closed the pack up fight mas Angel brokso In, "I didn't again, saying, "There! That mean that the children could should make Lorne and Warren get along without you. Your happy on Christmas. morning.” gifts bring them 50 much pleasure.

The Christmas Angel clapped her bands and, made all the little ginas bells tinkle on the

Bus they do lowo track of the real joy in gift-giving when Ulicy think too much about Christmas tree. The bells gotitog presents.

made a little time that seemed

i think, though, that some to say "Merry Christmas” and children know thut too. Why the Christmas Angel wilded here in this house. Lorne and softly, "Santa Claus." Warren give cheerfully in the ways they can.

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She retraced her steps down Mulberry, Lane,

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Turned in her gale and, to her surprise,

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wonderful sight met her startled old eyes,

The house she had left with the shades pulled low

Was now full of laughter and all aglow.

There were sounds of singing and counds of cheer,

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