ALL THE DIFFERENCE
QUESTION OF CIRCUMSTANCE:
If the Smiths have done their Christmas shopping early, they are greedy and want to get the first pick of everything. If you have done so, it is out of consideration for the assistants who are usually rushed off their legs during the last few days. If the Robinsons send you small presents they do so expecting to get something substantial in return. If you send them similar ones, you are not anxious to display ostentation. If the people next door say they are going to spend Christmas quietly, it is because they cannot afford to do otherwise. If you do so, it is because you be- j lieve in living today as you can live tomorrow. If Uncle Podger says he will spend Christmas with you he is trying to save expenses in his own home. If he doesn’t he is afraid you will expect too much of him as a visitor. If Mrs Perkins doesn’t put silver coins in the Christmas pudding, she is mean. If you don’t do so, it is because you are afraid the children will swallow them. If you burn brandy over the pudding you do so because the children love to see the blue ilame. If the people next door do so, they will do anything for a smell of intoxicants.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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224ALL THE DIFFERENCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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