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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
5
A narrator seeking a Christmas present for his wife endures a chaotic department store trek. He dodges crowded elevators, frantic clerks, and bemused shoppers on floors two through five while chasing a suitable gift, ultimately leaving empty handed and planning plan B.
A reflective Christmas piece describes December 24 turning the city white and hushed, with lamps like candles and a mood of generosity. It suggests a dreamlike awakening where adults shed ego and children feel renewed kindness, a divine conspiracy guiding ships of hope to tenderness.
A worn inmate Mike Dempsey escapes Moorlands during a snowstorm and finds a cottage where a family waits for Santa. He steals clothes from a dead man to disguise himself, promising gifts to children, then is discovered by warders. He reveals he came to deliver the Christmas gifts they were missing. The boy William dies from exposure. Dempsey is taken in, the warders noting his selfless, foolish act.
The custom stems from Romans lighting candles at Saturnalia and Jews lighting candles at the Feast of Dedication. The overlap in timing suggests widespread candle use in Palestine around Christ's birth, giving rise to the term Feast of Lights in the Greek church for Christmas Day.
A Christmas hint suggests gathering a group to locate poor families without Christmas dinners and provide them with one. The note adds that the game may be played by any number of participants.
A festive verse praising Christmas as a crown of light and sound. It expresses joy in the season and calls for spreading good things, with hopeful lines about plague banishment and peace.
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