Once again the Christmas holidays are here; the season when good will and cheer seems to be nearer the surface of our lives than at any other time of the year. In the midst of our preparations, whether they be pretentious or of the simplest, how many of us stop to think of the true significance of Christmas; of all that it implies to the Christian world. May we take time to think of those who are less fortunate and plan some gift or some act of kindness to bring joy and the Christmas spirit to some longing heart. This is, after all, the true secret of happiness: to bring happiness to others, and what better time than at this season. At this time of the year the unfortunate feel their plight more poignantly than at any other time and perhaps will appreciate your kind act more than at any other time, and perhaps will appreciate your kind act more than at any other time.
When we contrast the manner of celebrating Christmas now and when we were children, we cannot agree with those who would have us believe that prohibition is a failure. The writer can remember when a child he was afraid to be on the public highway alone, not only at Christmas time, but most any season of the year, especially on Saturday afternoons and evenings when men coming from a certain place where liquors were dispensed would be yelling, cursing and disgracing themselves generally. How different today. It is very seldom that we see one unable to walk from the influence of this curse we call whiskey. Thanks to prohibition!
From The Cliffside News in the Forest City Courier, Dec. 24, 1925. The Cliffside News is published each week in connection with the Forest City Courier. B.E. Roach, Editor; Chas. C. Erwin, Miss Una Edwards, associate editors.
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