ter Cratchit have
gone to the front. But Tiny Tim is left, and the Christ Child is left,
and my child is left, and yours--even your dear dreamchild "upon the
tedious shores of Lethe" that always comes back at Christmas. It takes
only one little child to make Christmas--one little child, and the
angels who companion him, and the shepherds who come to see him, and
the Wise Men who worship him and bring him gifts.

We can have Christmas, for unto us again, as truly as in Bethlehem of
Judea, a child is born on whose shoulders shall be the government and
whose name is the Prince of Peace.

Christ is reborn with every child, and Christmas is his festival.
Come, let us keep it for his sake; for the children's sake; for the
sake of the little child that we must become before we can enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven. It is neither kings nor kaisers, but a little
child that shall lead us finally. And long after the round-lipped
cannons have ceased to roar, we shall hear the Christmas song of the
Angels.

"But see! the Virgin blest
Hath laid her Babe to rest--"

Come, softly, swiftly, dress up the tree, hang high the largest
stockings; bring out the toys--softly!

I hope it snows.

THE END

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