"I wish there were some new way to say 'Merry Christmas'."
Twice today, I have overheard that remark. And each time I have said reverently to myself: "Thank God, there isn't."
The spirit of Christmas is as simple as the heart of a child.
It needs no new slogan and no special sales effort. No advertising agent can lend new glamour to its ancient magic.
No, there is no new way of saying Merry Christmas. Nor would we want one.
The tree you will deck is the same as all trees of its kind that have stood on all the hills since the world was young.
The joy in a child's eyes on Christmas morning is the joy that has filled the eyes of children since Christmas became an annual institution.
Christmas is Still Christmas. In a world awry with changes let us give thanks for one precious permanency.
~by Merle Growell of Rockefeller Center Weekly~