CHRISTMAS DAY!
What a wealth of happy and hallowed memories these words enfold! This glad holiday of friendly gatherings and family reunions, this holy day of gratitude to God, the great Giver of all good, commemorates the nativity of Jesus, born amidst lowly surroundings, in Bethlehem of Judea, nearly two thousand years ago, the babe whose advent—according to the reckonings of time—ushered in the dawn of Christianity and dated the world's history and happenings, as either before or after that momentous event.