Merry Christmas Means
Same In Many Tongues
Today in Hawaii, brown-skin
ned maids in orchid leis and ti
leaf skirts will sway to the music
o* the palms and the hum of the
irridescent sea and sing “Mele
Kalakamaka.”
Today in France the song will
be called “Joyeux Noel” and just
across the border, “Froehliche
Weinachten.”
Up in the northeastern finger
tips of Europe people will be
saying to each other “Glad Jul”
in Sweden and in Norway “Glad
elig Jul.”
Coasting southward it will be
“Hauskaa Joulua” in Finland and
farther south the Slavic “Vesco
Bozic.”
Italians will be toasting each
other with “Bon Natale” and the
Spaniards with “Feliz Navidad”
and the Bulgarians with “Nova
Godina.”
On the Alaskan tundra fur-clad
Eskimos will hail their fellows
with (it says here) “Ah Leah Nay
Ku Sa Ma Sic”—The rest of us
will say “Merry Christmas.”
Gift Rapt
I purchase reams of paper
And ribbons by the yard,
And with the very greatest care
Select each gift and card.
Then I stop to visualize,
With an expectant air,
How beautiful each gift will look
When wrapped with loving care.
But when the visualizing's done
And in wrapping I indulge,
My fingers all turn into thumbs;
It's a battle of the bulge.
The corners come out lumpy,
Thi* bows turn sad and limp;
A package that should look petite
Instead, looks like a blimp.
I sweat and toil and struggle,
But to my great dismay,
My gifts look like the morning
AFTER Christmas Day.
That’s why, when I make pur
chases
And hear sweet words like these:
“Now would you like it gift
wrapped, Ma’am?”
I fairly shout, “Yes, PLEASE!”
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and all good wishes
FOR CHRISTMAS
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A DOG’S DAY
By DON MARSHALL
Dear Santa, I’ve heard folks say
That every dog should have his
day,
And so I dip my paw in ink
To say the ideal gift, I think,
Would be a master who can run
From dawn until the setting sun.
Someone who’s good at signal talk
Who knows the woodlands like
a hawk.
Someone who likes to feel a nose
Slightly moist against his toes.
So Santa—don’t bring me a toy
But just give me an average boy.
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