A Merry Christmas ie i Meult ina country ike China, ime wnlced In such ditieule political conditions, smemeate that midnight. Ushers in. Chris seem all" ity attributes of peace "and gil Everything is "against "the™ seal sootiiere of is. supreme Christian festival, anon most impossible to escape the In: ante of war, Even the toy deploys tu the taerege shops subscribe faithfully to the teas Chinese istence and lies of Santa' Cleus tating at midnight tonight, but the note of iefoney "is unavoidable." Toy soldiers" for Christmas were always popular but there. was Cire aecious in the. connection, One' of the pe'Gulnese.slotes. base display In' which onan appliances run\in an cut of vast urctvovered: hil nicely" (unnelled to provide wine of mysterious comings and. goings, but the aymbole of festivity and sence guns auaMuown invisible enemies tua. marine not ante "in accordance with the spit of the tsar but eertainy. deriving inspiration from the umes, Tt is unfortunate. that this is. 20 tne however strong Is the Santa Claus legend slimy it never be aterifecd to the desitus.
arguments of scientific actin 9 gas mask machine gun age it is diMeult for It to ignore the new fashions, no matter how. unbecoming. Tu England there has been some cutieism of a new Japanese toy, a miniature evoplane bomb In which a percussion cap may placed in the nose and: used as a passable projectile as far as noise is concerned, The harassed parent, already exhausted by' trying 1 explain and convince his children regarding Somta Claus in a steam-heated apartment with no chimneys, will find his task tremendously increased if he tries to explain these other inconsistencies in a vary materialistic world. Vaguoness is permissible and excusable. These sare days of stout hearts but it is a poor -heart that never rejoices. Therefore, in spite of everything to the contrary let us try to have a Merry Christmas. Tt is a good antidote for 4 type of depression which Shangha: has been suffering for some time.
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