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  -3  \nCHRISTMAS  \n10  \nBy MARY REED NEWLAND-  \nTHE COMICS AND/OR LITERACYFOR CHILDREN  \n20  \nBy ELAINE MALLEY -  \nCHRIST THE KING  \nBy CHARLES DE KoNINCK -27  \n32  \nBOOK REVIEWS ·  \nINTEGRITY is published by lay Catholics anddedicated to the task of discovering the newsynthesis of RELIGION and LIFE for our times.  \nDecember 1951  \nVol.6,No.3  \nPublished monthly by Integrity Publishing Company,243 East 36th Street,New York 16,N.Y.,MU-5-8125.Edited by Carol Jackson.Re-entered as Second Class Matter May 11,1950 at thePost Office in New York,N.Y.under the Actof March 3,1879.All single copies 254each;yearly subscriptions:Domestic  \n$3.00,Canadian $3.50,Foreign $4.00.  \nINTEGRITY is indexed in THE CATHOLIC PERIODICAL INDEX  \n# E DI TO R I A L\n\nUR LORD came as a little child to save aworld hopelessly sunk in iniquity.LaterHe redeemed us on the Cross.But His firstcondition was infancy,and we who may ex-pect the cross too,would do well to learnthe lesson of childlike simplicity.  \nThe modern world is a mad house.Anyone who doubts this the rest of the year,learns it again eachChristmas.Everything is too fast,too much,too many,too ex-hausting and too complex.Holidays are just an added burdenand Christmas holidays are the most burdensome of all,financially,spiritually and physically.Something has to be done.  \nThe thing to do is to become as little children,to simplifyour lives,but in a Christian way.We must avoid false simplifi-cations.For instance,we must not believe,with respect to read-ing,that we have to be well-informed,that the more printedmatter that rolls off the presses the more obliged we are to readit.People are taking courses so that they will learn to readsuperficially a dozen books,scan six daily newspapers,or cover allthe trade journals.This is not the answer.God does not expectus to keep pace with the presses and,if we are overwhelmed withundigested ideas,surely a stripping to fewer,more fundamentalbooks is in order.  \nIf the list of those to whom we have to give Christmas pres-ents or send cards has become fantastically long,expensive andmeaningless,that does not indicate that we should spend Adventbecoming slick shoppers.It more likely means that we shouldstop dead in our tracks and refuse to conform to the conventionthat started this hypocrisy,and then begin again in quite a differentway,from different principles.  \nHowever,there is one thing worse than complexity and thatis a false simplicity,undertaken for worldly motives,such as lackof generosity with self,or stinginess with money,or the inabilityto summon up joy over the birth of Christ.This is the spirit of\"let’s not have a Christmas tree this year,because the prices areso outrageous and all it does is mess up the house.\"A material-istic simplification of life destroys all its savor,leaving us pettyand empty.  \nINTBGRITY -1  \nThere is another kind of simplicity which comes from depthand principle and enables us to do twice as much work with halfthe energy,and with joy.  \nWith Christmas,simplicity is simple,because the liturgyindicates what should be done.Once we concede the point thatAdvent is Advent,a preparation for Christ's coming and a timeof quiet,prayer,and mortification,a preparation of the spirit,thenthe frenzied crowds of shoppers seem very remote,and simple,home-made gifts suggest themselves.Advent wreathes,Christmastrees,cribs,special cooking,all of these things will be seen to beappropriate,satisfying and peace-giving.  \nThe theory of simplicity is that if one puts first things first,second and third things fall into place naturally.But since mostof the noise and nonsense of our almost entirely pagan Christ-mases ought not to exist at all,then those who put first thingsfirst will find a multitude of cares just simply dropping out oftheir lives.  \nThere is another truth involved here,which is that theamount ","cbCaisTV1713tCEE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisTV1713tCEE","pdf",2136192,52,"English","# E DI TO R I A L\n## \"BRING BACK CHRIST TO CHRISTMAS\"","[{\"question\":\"Why does the editorial emphasize Christ’s coming as a child?\",\"answer\":\"It uses Christ’s infancy and redemption to argue for learning childlike simplicity, suggesting believers should approach life and Christmas without the distractions of false complexity.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the editorial say is wrong with modern Christmas complexity?\",\"answer\":\"It describes the modern world as overly fast and exhausting, turning holidays into burdens that can become financially, spiritually, and physically harmful.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the editorial distinguish true simplicity from false simplicity?\",\"answer\":\"True simplicity arises from depth, principle, and grace, while false simplicity is driven by worldly motives like stinginess or unwillingness to give joyfully during Christ’s birth.\"}]","INTEGRITY - 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