Christmas And Christmas Giving

Don't make ;i task and a barden of Christmas. U. s too good a seabon to be so misused. Takeiteasy. If yon have not been able to provide beforeband against its opporfunities, practise sonable self denial, and Iel mosl oftbem unïmproved. Receive all tl:' given to yon graciously and with appreciatiou, remembering that to réceive with graceis quite is important in boliday transactions ns to give witli-will. Give no more than you can afford. Luckily for you if your purse is not eqnal toyonr good intentions; you will find that the presents wliich it vrould be tiardeat for you to neglect are not those that cost the most, but simple things for children, and people less prospered in this world's goods tban yourself. To give to the poor is a luxury of comparatively small cost, but to give to the rich is very apt to be a'serious expense - not because rich people value your fjift for its intrinsic worth, )mt because of the Dienaions of your own notion of whatis worthy to be offered to people who already have everything tliey need. Give freely of affection. It may cost you something, but it won'tleaveyou in deht. Have fun if you can, and make all the happiness you can for other people, even if you liave to take trouble aout it. You may not be able to be munificent, but you certainly can afford to be unselfish; and if Christmas brought about a general prevalence of kindneas and unselfishness among Christmaskeepers, the chief end of it would be quite as efiectually attained as by ever so universal a transfer of coinmodities between relatives and frienda. The giving of presents is only a means to an end. The end is love and goodwill. If those sentimeuts are in your heart, it inatters not greatly whether your pocket be long or lean. Christmas will be Christmaslike to you, and you will flud means to make it like