CHRISTMAS LETTERS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 24 (Supplement)

CHRISTMAS LETTERS

Value 0f Written Word £HRISTMAS letters are to many people the most cherished rememhTances the season brings. The ties of friends and relations are strengthened by hearing of the happenings of signifieance that have oecurred during the interim between letters which time may have been of months, or the whole yeaT. The fact that such lapses have not meant forgetfulness is refreshing, and »that frequently thoughts of you

have heen in the air, when time or opportunity did not permit of letter writing. After reading the letters you retnrn to the pregent day activities stimulated by pleasant memories of companionship, of which there is ever the hope of renewal in that mystical someday. That sometimes surprises us by becoming actual. Those of you who have your Christmas gifts Teady to present, or already dispatched, may have the chance now to send a few lines to cheer an absent friend. Just a line or two indicates

remembrance and will require but a few moment to pen and post. No Christmas card is necessary. A letter or note is far more intimate. It is, also, no drain on your depleted purse. If timo for writing is very short, write little, but have that little so cordial that it conveys the warmth of your thoughts. Give the mind to days or happenings reminiscent of good times together. Half a page can do all this! Bufc if opportunity permits, write more fully. Think what it would mean to you to Teceive a Christmas letter from this very person, or from many of whom distance seems to have dimmed remembrance because you u longer correspond. There .is a growing vogue of writing condensed notes on backs of Christmas cards. If you still have some cards to send off,.be one to follow this fashion. The lack of spaCe make it essential to limit the correspondence, but it can be so heartening that the card becom^s not merely a commercial remembrance but one to stow away until the next Christmas comes around. Or perhaps it may go into the box of treasured mementoes gone o^er when the heart craves the cheer of recalling bright spots of the past. Your note may have this latent power for happiness.