Most fully to realize the significance of Christmas one should *be a little lonely. Not lonely with an engulfing bitterness which allows no alleviation, but lonely with a pensive melancholy which leads to musings and memories. Never pity the lonely, so they be not bitterly lonely. Families are the most wonderful part of Christmas—families such as yours and mine of course—but after all 1t takes a holiday away. from home in order to appreciate them. In the midst of Christmas reunions at home with all present down to the third cousins One 1s so jolly and hurried that the deeper significance of the day has no chance to appeal. But in memory—ah, that is different.
Never pity a lonely person on Christmas Day. Invite him to; your home if you honestly want. him and think he will honestly enjoy being there, but do net pity him. He may have a more truly blessed holy day than you.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.