Here There Everywhere
“ may hoc oe tne night before
Christmas, but those jingle bells
are getting closer and closer. We
here at the Mirror have been look
ing at all those fine expressions oi
good wishes for the holiday season
that appear in its pages, until we
at night for the few hours we get tc
dream about a “Merry Christinas’
sleep. This fine old custom of send
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mg out cards at Christmas may be
commercialized, but its still a gooc
thing anyway.
The brainy boys, the clever ones
and the sophisticated may say i1
should be abolished, but it has its
place. There’s nothing to equal a
fine greeting to strengthen the
bonds of friendship and make the
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everyone — we
hope Santa bring* yaa
the best of everything!
Basil, Dorofhy
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customers, May you have a prosperous New Year.
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world a more pleasant place to
live in. ''Then again, think of all
the places in this world of ours
where it won’t be so easy to say
“Merry Christmas” to one another.
This touch of sadness in our think
ing may lessen the heartiness of
our greeting, but we can reaffirm
everytime we say it, that it is still
possible in this part of the world
to have a merry Christmas or a
happy one, a quiet one or to cele
brate it with its true meaning or
as the spirit moves.
We don’t hear much about New
Year’s resolutions any more. Are
they a thing of the past ? That’s the
time of year, the mind goes back
to ones past omissions and commis
sions and vows to do just the op
posite. We have been making only
one resolution for years and that
is not to make anymore resolutions.
We prefer to handle each one of
our foibles, shortcomings, or what
ever you want to call them as they
come up—and not wait for them
to accumulate at the end of the
year.
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Kodiak is beginning to take on
the Christmas look. Carlson hill
frotp. Brooklyn Avenue seems to
ttifri- more of the look than the
rest of the- town. That big tree
which is lit up seemingly half way
up the mountain became almost a
community project before it be
came decorated. George Cornelius
spearheaded its decorating; Modern
Electric furnished the waterproof
electrical fittings and the KEA ran
the power to it which lit up the
tyilbs furnished by the Rotary Club.
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Another tree just below it at the
home of Bryant Thorsheim is also
decorated and very nicely, too. We
understand Karl Armstrong made
the star and did most of the decora
ting. These are both fine, examples
of getting into the holiday spirit.
We should have a few more of
them before Christmas.
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One more thought before we go
on to something else. Did you ever
get the Christmas blues? We have
it on good authority not everybody
is happy at Christmas time. This
state of unhappiness, says Dr.
Eleanor Crissey, noted New York
psychiatrist, is called the “holiday
depression” and is most noticeable
before Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years. She says it is most
common among - young- unmarried
people and particularly women. “At
a time when most people are plan
ning parties and preparing to go
I home for the holidays, these un
| fortunate ones are lapsing into real
misery, fearing they will be un
loved, unwanted and uninvited,” she
says.
This same condition exists in
married individuals who have lost
a child or a loved one. The loss is
felt most keenly during the holiday
season .... Another group the psy
chiatrist says, in the melancholy
category consists of persons who
have had an unhappy childhood.
Unfortunately, some individuals of
this type can never develop a warm
relationship with anyone. This feel
ing reaches its zenith at Christmas.
Then there is the embittered chron
ic complainer who is never satis
fied with anything. This type seems
.•always to be looking for things
about which he or she can be un
happy..
The citizenry continues to lead
a sober upright life it seems, ac
cording to the Police report just
received. There were a total of 25
arrests made for the month of No
vember. Only 43 tickets were issued
for traffic violations. 7 of these
were for speeding. A new low was
reached in dogs picked up and de
stroyed. There were only 8 picked
up and 6 destroyed. There were,
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