THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
Charles Dickens daarly
loved Christmas. Again and
again in his books we have
happy Christmas scenes. To
him it was a season for hos
pitality. kindness, merriment.
Continuing this column's cus
tom of reprinting some spe-
ial Christmas item at this
time, here is Dicken's ac
count of a family dinner,
from "Sketches by Boz."
Who can be insensible to the
outpourings of good feeling, and
the honest interchange of affec
tionate attachment, which abound
at this season of the year? A
Christmas family paAty! We know
nothing in nature more delight
ful! There seems a magic in the
veryi name of Christmas. Petty
jealousies and discords are for
gotten; social; feelings are awa
kened in bosorhs to which they
have long been strangers; father
and Son, or brother and sister,
who have met and passed with
averted gaze, or a look of cold
recognition, for months before,
proffer and return the cordial em-
mosities in their present happi
ness.
cil-cases, for theyounger branch
es; to say nothing of divers secret
additions to the order originally
given by Uncle George at the
pastry-cook’s, such as another
dozen of mince pies for the din
ner, and a large plum cake for the
children.
On Christmas Eve grandmam
ma is always in excellent spirits,
and after employing all the child
ren, during the day, in stoning
the plums, and all that, insists,
regularly every year, on Uncle
George coming down into the kit
chen, taking off his coat, and stir
ring the pudding for half an hour
or so, which Uncle George good-
humouredly does to the vocifer
ous delight of the children and
servants. The evening concludes
'with a glorious game of blind-
man’s-buff, in an early stage of
which grandpa takes great care
to be caught, in order that he may
have an opportunity of display
ing his dexterity.
On the following morning, the
old couple, with as many of the
children as the pew will hold, go
, , , ... . . to church in great state: leaving
brace, and bury their past ani- ’Aunt Margaret at home, dustinj
decanters and filling casters, and
Uncle George carrying bottles in
to the dining parlour, and calling
for corkscrews and getting into
everybody’s way.
When the church party return
’to lunch, grandpa produces a
small sprig of mistletoe from his
'pocket, and tempts the boys to
kiss their little cousins under it—
a proceeding which affords both
the boys and the old gentleman
unlimited satisfaction, but which
rather outrages grandmamma’s
ideas of decorum, until grandpa
says that, when he was just thir
teen years and three months old,
he kissed grandmamma under the
mistletoe too, on which the child
ren clap their hands, and laugh
very heartily, as do Aunt Marga
ret and Uncle George; and grand
mamma looks pleased, and says,
with -a benevolent smile, that
grandpapa was an impudent
young dog, on which the children
laugh very heartily again, and
grandpapa more heartily than
any of them.
As to the dinner, it’s perfectly
delightful—nothing goes wrong,
and everybody is in the very best
of spirits, and disposed to please
and be pleased. Then the des
sert!—and the wine!—and the
fun! Such beautiful speeches, and
such songs, from Aunt Margaret’s
husband, who turns out to be
such a nice man, and so attentive
to grandmamma! Even grandpa
pa not only sings his annual song
with unprecedented vigor, but on
being honored with a unanimous
encore, according to his annual
custom, actually comes out with
a new one which nobody but
grandmamma ever heard before;
and a young scapegrate of a cou
sin, who has been in some dis
grace with the old people, for cer
tain heinous sins of omission and
commission—negledting to call
and persisting iu drinking Burton
ale—astonishes everybody into
convulsions of laughter by volun-
Page THREE
‘Lucia Day’ Opens
Season in Sweden
Celebration of Lucia Day on
December 13 inaugurates the
Christmas season in Sweden. It
takes its name from St Lucia, or
Lucy, martyred for her faith and
virginity in Syracuse in 304 A.D.
and venerated by the church each
December 13.
The prettiest blond in every
home, office, factory, village and
town is elected a ‘Lucia’’ and
visits the sick, leads carnivals and
processions and attends banquets
and balls, accompanied by her
“handmaidens.”
The ancient custom coincides
with the winter solstice, when
the sun swings toward the earth
once more and the days begin to
lengthen.
Bookmobile
Schedule
December 27-28
The Moore County Library will
be closed and the Bookmobile
will be off the Road on Decem
ber 25 and 26.
WEDNESDAY, December 27,
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Mrs. Viola Kirk, 10:45-10:55; Mrs
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11:35-11:45; Elva Laton, 11:55-
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2:20.
teering the most extraordinary
comic songs that ever were heard.
And thus the evening passes, in
a strain of rational good-will and
cheerfulness, doing more to
awaken the sympathies of every
member of the party in behalf of
his neighbor, and to perpetuate
their good feeling during the en
suing year, than half the homi
lies that have ever been written
by half the Divines that have ever
lived.
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GLENDON, HIGHFALLS Route:
Ernest Shepley, 9:30-9:40; R. F.
Wilcox, 9:55-10:05; the Rev. Jef
ferson Davis, 10:15-10:25; Presley
Store, 10:30-10:35; Carl Oldham,
10:40-10:50; Norris Shields, 11:00-
11:10; Mrs. Helen Maness, 11:55-
12:05; Anne Powers Beauty Shop,
12:25-12:35; Presley Service Sta
tion, 12:45-12:55; Edgar Shields,
1:00-1:100; Wilmer Maness, 1:35-
2:20.
Kindly hearts that have yearn
ed toward each other, but, have
been withheld by false notions of
pride and self-dignity, are again
reunited, and all is kindness and
benevolence! Would that Christ
mas lasted the whole year through
(as it ought), and that the preju
dices and passions that deform
I our better nature were never cal
led into action among those to
whom they should be strangers!
The Christmas family party
that we mean is not a mere as
semblage of relations, got up at
a week or two’s notice, originat
ing this year, having no family
precedent in the last, and not
likely to be repeated in the next.
No. It is an annual gathering of
all the accessible members of the
family, young and old, rich or
poor; and all the children look
forward to it, for two months be
forehand, in a fever of anticipat
ion. Formerly it was held at
Grandpa’s; grandpa getting old,
and grandma getting old too, and
rather infirm, they have given up
housekeeping, and domesticated
themselves with uncle George;
so the party always takes place at
Uncle George’s house, but grand
mamma sends in most of the good
things, and grandpa always will
toddle down all the way to New
gate Market, to buy the turkey,
which he engages a porter to bring
home behind him in triumph, al
ways insisting on the man’s being
rewarded with a glass of spirits,
over and above his hire, to drink
“a merry Christmas and a happy
new year” to Aunt Margaret.
As to grandmamma, she is very
secret and mysterious for two or
three days beforehand, but not
sufficiently so to prevent rumors
getting afloat that she has pur
chased a beautiful new cap with
pink ribbons for each o^ the ser
vants, together with sundry
books, and pen-knives, and pen-
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Tears at Christmas
i essoB for December 24, I9SI
Y^HRISTMAS is not always what
Vj we expect it to be. We have
been to church, we have received
presents and given them, we have
toured the stores, all decorated
for the season,
and we have seen
who knows how
many lighted
trees and Christ
mas stars. Maybe
we went home for
Christmas, or if
we are older, the
younger members
of the family
Dr. Foreman ^ came to see us.
Surely there is little left out of
what it would take to make a
happy Christmas. And yet the
passing of the Day does leave
heartaches amidst all the happi
ness. This is nothing new; it has
been so since the first Christmas.
Disappointments
Put yourself in the place of
some of fne persons who figure in
the Christmas stories in Matthew
and Luke. Joseph, we know, was
a carpenter, no rich man, but not
on the b(^ttom of the heap either.
We can imagine that he must have
wanted, for Mary’s first born, the
best of everything. But now the
little baby has to be born in a
stable, surrounded really by the
worst of everything. V/bat may
have galled Joseph, and Mary too.
was the thought that if it had not
been for the wicked Romans, this
long winter journey to Bethlehem
would not have been necessary.
I'he child was robbed of all that
Mary and Joseph had plannea for
him,—and yet he was by legal de
scent heir to the throne of David.
The Romans had long since abol
ished that throne. Heirs to van
ished thrones got no favored treat
ment from the Romans.
Mary must have been sorely
disappointed no less. That her Son
was born to be a king, she had no
doubt; but a king’s first appear-
ruice should surely be more dig
nified, if not more splendid,
'•■erythias the baby’s eyes feU
. —the manger, the cattle, tbs
crowds,—suggested poverty,
struggle, the lot of the dispos
sessed. We know that when Mary
went up for the purification cere
mony a few weeks later, her
offering was one which was al
lowed only in the case of people
who were extremely poor.
Our Own Disappointments
If some recording angel went
about the country on December
26, asking the same question of
every Christian: Did you have a
perfect Christmas? he might sel
dom get the answer Yes. Yes, it
would have been perfect if she
had been here. Yes it would have
been perfect if I could only forget
the terrible state the world is in.
There is joy in CMstmas, and
it ought not to be a season of
tears. But beneath the carols there
are the hearts heavy with frustra
tion, disappointment, bereave
ment, and the sadness of those
who realize that after all these
centuries peace is harder to find
than ever, men of good will too
few. Christmas may remind us
that in this life we cannot put off
joy until aU causes of sorrow and
regret have been abolished. Jesus
our Lord was bom where and as
he was, because of the military
power of a pagan people. The first
Christmas had its shadows, and
they were deep,
loy and Tears
The Christian’s joy is not built
on a make-believe. There are peo
ple who can persuade themselves
that there is nothing wrong with
the world, nothing really bad in it.
But this is not the Christian view.
We do not deceive ourselves by
mere happy-talk. We must not
turn thd Christmas-carol record
up so loud as to drown the sounds
of weeping in the darkness. Christ
mas is not a season to forget the
woes of the world, it is a time to
resolve afresh to do what we can
to make those woes fewer. Chris
tians can join in every good work
for the benefit of the oppressed
and the lonely and the victims of
man’s inhumanity to man, be
cause we believe that God is still
on the throne. Christmas should
remind us that it is possible to re
joice even in the midst of frustra
tion, disappointment and regrets,
possible to cherish hope even long
deferred. And Christmas-tide may
even rebuke us: For the troubles
of the world, are we not partly to
blame? Can we honestly say that
we have never caused a single
tear in the sorrowing world? Is
our Christianity all a matter of
carefree carols, or of outstretched
helping hands?
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Training Union. 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor
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Youth Fellowship, 8:30 p.m.
Scout Troop 224. Monday, 7:80
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:30
choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and third Tues
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 p*m.
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Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Daily
Maas 8:10 a.m. - Holy Day Masses, 7 A I
a.m.; Confessions. Saturday, 6:00 to 6:Sf
p.m.; 7 :80 to 8 p.m.
Men’s Clul: Meetings: Ist A 8rd Fridays
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Women’s Club meetings: Ist Monday
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7 ;30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday, t
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Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service. 8 p.m.
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East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell. Rector
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and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.)
Family Service, 9:30 a.m.
Church School, 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples’ Service League, 6 p.m.
Koly Communion, Wednesdays and Holy
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Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Jack Deal. Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
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Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Minister
Church School 9:46 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 P. M.
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Methodist Men meet each fourth Sunday
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