HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-12-16, Page 9WEDNESDAY ITEC. 16th, 1959
Sugar..a:nd;p:ce
By W. ' smiley
I'm . getting a bit weary of
hearing,. people say they're sicl •
of ' Christmas. It's becoming
fashionable to emit such senti=-
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ments as: "It's so darn .commer-
cialized" or "Christmas is just
a big pain in the neck'' or "l
don't enjoy Christmas any more,.
Fm absolutely worn out.".
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Piffle and poppycock. It's not
Christmas that is commercial-
ized, , it's our .society. Don't bet
there won't be a sharpie out
there selling souvenir. buttons .or
cold drinks
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on the day of the • For ` myself, I find Christmas, about' the time other people are
mg. and the weeks •approaching it, a beginning, to wrap giftsor ad-
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• demanding but exhilarating . ex• 1 dress Christmas cards we're
It's riot C::.strnas that's a big
pain in the z e. k, .It's some of the
so-called Christians who cele-
brate it worrying, complaining,
grabbing, sweating, pushing,.
whining—in a. perfect 'frenzy of
self-interestthe glorious day
approaches.
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perience., . Each Christmas season, I plunging into The Project. Most
around our , house,` presents' a people- dotheir major, overhauls;
challenge that , brings, out thein the 'spring. For some reason,,
best in me. And don't anybody, we get into the moststupendous
please, say the best .,is none too domestic upheavals. :just .before
good.
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Reason is that each
year, just
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Modern electric appliances give lasting ,
service and pleasure because they're so easy
to use, so inexpensive to operate. •
There's such a wonderful variety that
you'll be able to please everyone on your
Christmas List. You'll always be remembered
for gifts of modern electric appliances
that help your family and friends
"live better electrically"
;the: safe, 'clean, modern way, ;
LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY
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the festive season each year. It's
not my doing. The old liaise'
looks pretty. good to me. But
the Chief • Engineer goes.. into
Soule sort of *frenzy about the
first of December, every year,
and we're for it.
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:One , year, it ivas'a .new sink in
the bathroom. By the time Vet.
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were through, we had.. a' com-
plete . new' bathroom, and a . bill
for over $500. 'Another year she
.decided we'd . sand all ,the floors,
and . we stilt haoe humps ,and.
hollows,in 'the hardwoodto show.
for. it. Still another Christmas,
we got into: the painting, an&
when : the . • family ' would , gather
at meal -time, . it looked like . a
war -gathering of Apaches.
During . these periods, living.
with the old Trouble 'n• Strife
is •
like living with a cobra nuns=
Mg a hangover..• That's:. why: I .'
look on the 'annual Project as a
•"chhallenge. It's a.. sort • of combin- •
ation between Custer's ' Last
Stand and the...Charge ' of the
Light Brigade, in, domestic terms.
And 'When: the toilet lid fin-
ally goes down, without. .squeak
ing, ''when , the.. last snarl of the
sander fads, ..or when the a last
splatter of paint is being . turpen-.
tined off, ,I know ;that Christmas
and peace on earth, and goodwill ,
toward the .kids and me., 'are,
practically upon : us.
This year, moved .• by who
• knows ' what Obscure feminine
balkiness, she crossed me Up: and
••went on a painting and 'cleaning'
jag ;in October, two months
ahead of ; schedule, and there .We.
were, , facing December , ,with
•nothing. to do` but . get ready., for
Christmas, like . normal people.
The• thought ; of it . completely;
unnerved me, and ,I' knew• 'she'd
be upset ..by all ..the .'peace •and
,quiet ,in the weeks .:before'
• Christmas. So, L decided; to build
a chimney.. I'm happy to say it
worked.. We've' beenin, a normal
:state. of . ; alarm and confusion,
chaos: • and open warfare, , for
weeks, and . everybody feels It's
more ..like old times:
I had quite 'a ,time . getting ,' a
Irian. to build. it. Finally : found
:the right fellow, but ie was on
another job this Week and the
ihad to go ; deer • hunting' next.
'week. he • needed a few
days : to . get organized after; the
hunt. By . this time, there's a
`foot 'of snow on.the ground, and
the chimney' experts; who sud-
denly .seem to make up half the.
population, are telling. me ne=
body• . buta darn' fool •would
build a chimney in that kind cf . ,
weather.
Then the mason • said he could-
n't work with wet bricks, and it M
was . raining, or 'snowing every •
day. I'll bet We're the only pec -
ple in the country . who entere i
December with a pile of Brick.;,
about.. .the size of Euckingha i °
Palace sitting in the• laundry
room drying. Between the men .
coining in to• °get water`.for the
mortar, and the dogs coming in
to get dry (that's where he
sleeps),., and that mausoleum o:
bricks confronting her every
morning, the Old Girl was •a-'
'bout ready to' have herset
bricked off into a quiet cavity
in • the cellar . or someplace.
However,the, Project cleared
the air, as they always do: We
have the:.lotsgest chimney th.
side of Pitthurgh.' That. make
three chirrineks , on the • house,
and 1 hope Santa Claus doesn't
get into the "wrong one. One
chimney will drop him right
into the toilet. And if he. 'jump; ,
into my new one, hell drop like'
a stone ' about fifty feet ani:
into the.furnace: and .hat. will
c,e the end of Father Ch i:•trna .',
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