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still-green trees and freshmemories of summer made it difficult tocreate much of the spirit of the beautifulseason ...and the fact that it has oc-curred 1,953 times before presented a prob-lem of originality in the way they wouldpresent it.● The thinking was slow at first,until it began to flow logically.Christmas.What is it?Christ.His birth.Why?An ex-pression of the Father's love for his chil-dren.How?By giving His only Son tothem.● To this point there was certainlynothing new.But then came the question:And what about these children?What a-bout them on Christmas?Joy?Certainly,they know supreme joy.Gratitude?Indeed,it fills their hearts.Hope?Yes,it is a sea-son of hope.And the happy homes,andthe lighted churches,and the tinsel andturkey and gifts and Santa Clauses all ex-press these things.● Here the thinking peo-ple began to feel a bit the familiar spirit ofChristmas,but beyond that they began tosee something more ...all the humanexpressions of Christmas,all the prepara-tions,the activities of everyone everywhereseemed to'take on a form.The lights,thecolor,the tinsel,the glowing cities and theblanketed plains and all their people ...all formed an image...the image of abig and bright and beautiful PARADE..·a CHRISTMAS PARADE...a parad tohonor and welcome and thank Christ,God,a parade passing slowly by his crib,hisreviewing stand.● This was a beautifulimage.And it seemed to capture the feel-ing of the season,but it also seemed in-  \nchristmas parade  \ncomplete.And it was.For when it washonestly and clearly extended,devoid ofrase-colored sentimentality,it was not per-haps the happiest picture.Because as thatparade passed by,and the Christ childviewed it,he saw a whole world of people,from all ages and time,he saw ALL Hispeople,and not just those with the warmand pure and grateful hearts.And thatwas not a rose-colored view.● This istrue,the thinking people said,this imageis complete.But is it altogether pleasing,is it a happy image ...with its sugges-tion of weakness,of evil,of apathy···is,it a happy image for happy Christmas?  \n● The answer to this,their last question,was perhaps most difficult to ascertain,yetthe simplest in essence.And it came withenligtenment and warmth.It rang with atruth and beauły that made the image thehappiest-and the truest-basis of theirpresentation of Christmas.·And the an-swer?It was really the full answer to theirfirst question.What is Christmas?It is Godand His children together through Christ.And nothing can destroy that unity,ar itsbeauty or the joy it brings,despite the sinand blasphemy and doubt in the world.Nor will all the tinsel in the world and allthe shallow sentimentality make it arti-ficially beautiful.It IS beautiful,and it isfalse to think that ignoring evil could pos-sibly enhance that beauty.● For it was tosave us from that evil that Christ came.It is the chance for salvation which hebrought that gives us reason for joy.Andit is God's love in giving it that is the realspirit of Christmas.·And we have triedto present it,in ...  \n# CATHIOLIC LIFE\n\naround the world  \nContents for December,1954Vol.1,No.11Publisher:MISSIONARIESSS.PETERAND PAULPreface to Christmas ------------------------parade 2  \nEditors:Midwinter Night's Dream ----------the meaning 4JOHN WINTER  \nG.W.KRUCHKOThinking of You -----------------away from home 9  \nAssociate EditorStandby \\#94-----------------------a Christmas story 13for Foreign AffairsJAMES J.FOXChristmas Parade -----------------and a question 16  \nContributing Editors:Heart of a Millionaire -------------spirit of giving 19  \nG.P.JAROCHANN SWEENEYThe Gift ------------------------_-eason for rejoicing 22TED RANCONTJAMES w.HARTZELLPerchance to Dream -----------------for all children 24DENYSE BARBETGWENDOLYN MALECKEAnd A11 Through the House ------------.the family 28  \nPublicationsMemento --------------------------------a greeting 32  \nManage","cbCainpqQfV74dki","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainpqQfV74dki","pdf",1748903,32,"English","# Preface 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