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A Joyous Christmas This Classic Will Never Grow Old Frequently, literary works of lasting merit are those which were dashed off in a spontaneous burst of inspiration. Hundreds of years after the last period has been dot ted, they are still read and en joyed, and occupy that shelf in the library set aside for the classics. And so it is with the classical editorial written in the New York Sun in 1897. Probably written on a morning when the editor was groping for a subject, it now has become something that appears around Christmas time just like Santa Claus. For you who proba bly have not read it before, and for you who have, we print it again for your edification: “We take pleasure in answering at once, and thus prominently, the communication below, expressing at the same time our great grati fication that its author is number ed among the friends of The Sun: “Dear Editor—l am eight years old; some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says: “If you see it in The Sun it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? •Virginia O’Hanlon “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical CHRISTMAS POETRY FROM WAKE COUNTY My Christmas Wish Mother gave her to me A long time ago— My little wax angel With wings of snow; A rosy-cheeked baby With curly, gold hair— Hand clasped cherubic— To fly in the air By a wee blue elastic On two fairy wings. When’er I remember My heart still sings. In a pink box, high On the what-not shelf, She dreamed of her heaven All by herself— When visitors came, Oh proud was I! “But hold her o’er the bed When you let her fly.” She gladened my heart For many a day, Then just like an angel She slipped away. THE PERFECT GIFT —v,. **** *\ JStorcX %(*$ V: Tfn& \ i : h£ks i x *\\ I l^\ \i-.' '•’.* ;: ' - , / ‘‘For God so loved the world that He gave his only-begotten Son* . ~ > —John 3,16. age. They do not believe except what they see. They think nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds,Vir ginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an aunt, in the intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasp ing the whole truth and knowlege. “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith, then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We should have no en joyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if I think she went to heaven — Mother said no. Where else could an angel With white wings go? Edith Carroll Squires The Scripture For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a man ger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav enly host praising God and say ing, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. Luke 2, 11-14. Our special Christmas wish is that you and your loved ones may have a joyous Christmas and a filled with prosperity. The Zebulon Record they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Os course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world. “You may tear asunder the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man nor even the united strength of the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beau ty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. “No Santa Claus, Thank God! He lives and He lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virgin ia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of child hood.” Christmas in a Little Town At Christmas in a little town When dark enfolds, one sees How close the stars bright faces are, Smiling above the trees; And neighbors’ footsteps coming near On friendly errands bent Like reassuring heartbreaks sound To anxious ones and spent. Though frost has bent the grasses down, There’s warmth a-plenty here Hearts keep their doors propped open wide At Christmas-time each year. The Native Son of Bethlehem (Despite tMeir ups and downs) Must feel a special tenderness For other little towns. Edith Earnshaw Christmas Prayer “No room in the inn,” they were told one day, And Joseph and Mary wfre turn ed away. The guests had come from far and near, For business was good that time of year. And then beholding her tired sweet face: “You may have what is left—the only place— Out with the cattle—humble, it’s true— But all that we have to offer you.” Condemn not the keeper who play ed this part, Christ still is oftimes crowded from man’s heart. We entertain other guests that come in— Greed, hatred, bitterness—every known sin, Then grudgingly offer to Him the rest— Sometimes it is nothing—rarely the best. But at this season. Father, we would pray— May each heart find room for Him Christmas Day! Annie Gill Smith Zebulon Personal Items Please telephone items to 4041 or 4231 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hodges and daughter, Harriet have been vis iting Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kemp. Mr. and Mrs. R. Vance Brown, Ruth and Bob Vance, will spend the Christmas holidays in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Farmer spent Sunday in the eastern part of the state. Jimmy Spivey' was painfully burned on the foot with boiling water. Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Flowers, Jr. and son Charles 3rd, will spend the Christmas holidays with Dr. and Mrs. Charles Flowers. Dr. Flowers has just completed his four months on the staff of McGill Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He will return to Johns Hopkins from Zebulon, the first of the year as head resident in Obstetrical and Gynecology Department. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Buffaloe and Robert will spend Christmas day in Oxford. Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Killkelly will spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Col trane. The Ruric Gills will have as guests for Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wootton and Paula and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Woot ton of Wendell, Mrs. Victoria Gill, Miss Katrina Gill, Dabney Gill, Laura Jean Massey, Mary Sue Long. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gill and son, Bobbie, will have Christmas dinner in Raleigh with Mrs. Joyce Wheelous. The Robert Dawsons and Irby Gills will spent Christmas in Ran somville. Mr. and Mrs. Carter Studdert will spend Christmas with the Pittman Stells. Mr. A. G. Ray is a patient at Rocky Mount Sanitorium. He suf fered a heart attack on Tuesday and was taken there immediately. Bobby Bridgers returned from Louisburg College on Wednesday for the holidays. Henry Kitchings was brought home from Rex Hospital on Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brantley, Jr. will spend Christmas Eve night with the R. H. Brantleys. Mrs. Walter King of Greensboro will be a houseguest of Mrs. W. C. Campen this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Mehegan and Mrs. Ann Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Hall Miller and children of Wake Forest will spend Christ mas day with the Ferd Davises. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris and children of Creedmoor and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Antone of Lumber ton, will spend Christmas Day with the A. D. Antones. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Horton of Cincinnati will spend the holi The Zebulon Record Entered as second class matter June 26, 1925, at the post office at Zebulon North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate: $2,00 a year. Advertising rates on request. * Ferd L Davis Z. Editor Barrie S. Davis . Publisher Staff Writers: Mrs. Theo. B. Davis, Mrs. Ferd Davis, Mrs. Janice Denton. Miss Bonita Bunn, Mrs. T. Y Puryear MrsPollv Fuller, Mrs. Iris Temple. ’ ‘ * Office Personnel: Mrs. Barrie S. Davis, Mrs. Ollie Pearce, Mrs O. C. Mullin, Hilliard Greene, Loomis Parrish, Bobby McGee Jimmy Greene, Miss Eloise Fretz, Jack Potter. Friday, December 23,1949 days with his mother, Mrs. John Horton. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Talton and family will spend Christmas day in Four Oaks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders. Mr. Joe Richardson of Pana ma, brother of Ed Richardson spent Wednesday night in the Richardson home in Zebulon. He and his mother, Mrs. Mildred Rich ardson of Wilmington, who has been with him in Panama since April will return to Zebulon for a visit next week. A. V. Medlin is enroute from Tokyo, Japan where he has been stationed for some time. Mrs. Morris Hood has been at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. W. A. Adcock of Wendell, who suffered a stroke last Wednesday. Mrs. Adcock is improving slowly. Home for the Christmas holi days with their parents are James Debnam, S. G. Flowers, Bob Brown, and Buck Massey from Campbell College; Nancy Whitley, Jeannette Horton, Laidy Talton, Jacqueline Alford, and Laura James Sexton from W. C. U. N. C.; Carolyn Massey from Meredith; Mary Alice Jones and Bill Brant ley from Wake Forest; Mary Fish er Finch from Greensboro Col lege; and Rod Horton and Robert Lee Privette from State. Those attending the funeral of Mr. Bob Perry of Pittsboro, Sun day, were Mr. and Mrs. James Sledge and son, John, Mrs. Agnes Perry, Mrs. Max Perry, Jr., and Mrs. Mildred Perry. WMS Date Changed The General Meeting of the Baptist W. M. S. for December will be held in the Baraca room of the church on Friday, December 30 at 3:00 p. m. A change in date was made because of Christmas Day coming on Sunday this year, making Monday inconvenient for many members tc attend. A good attendance is urged for this final meeting of the year. The Young Matrons Circle will give the pro gram. Christmas Party Children at the Free Will Bap tist Orphanage at Middlesex were given a big Christmas party Tuesday night by Little River Camp of the Woodmen of the World. About 50 Zebulon Wood men and their wives attended the party to see Santa Claus give bags of fruit, candy, and gifts to 78 of the children. Wood chopper Loomis Parrish donned the red suit and big white beard and took the little children on his knee to hear the Christmas wishes.
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