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Editorial
December 29, 1938
Greenbelt Cooperator
Greenbelt, Prince George's County, Maryland
What is this article about?
A poetic, ironic reflection on the aftermath of Christmas celebrations, contrasting the joy of the holiday honoring Christ's birth with the resumption of antisemitism, children's disappointments, and local curiosity in Greenbelt about a new school bus.
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Rambling
By George F. Carnes
By the time this is read, the steaming Christmas turkey will be naught but a heap of gleaming, clean picked bones. Rev. Bob Kincheloe and his doughty Christmas Carolers will be nursing sore throats and croaking lustily for the Listerine: while cards horns, bicycles, jumping-jacks, empty bottles and a hundred other thingamajigs will litter the floor to make the life of father something not to be envied.
For the grand celebration in honor of the birth of the child of Bethlehem, a Jew, is over, so one more season and men will now resume the time honored custom of persecuting the brethren of the Christ Child-
Ironically
Two white Pekins and twenty or so of wild mallards will poke a tentative head or two out from their hiding place in the underbrush around the lake to see if all is well
Little fellows, too young to understand, will still be wondering why it was that Santa brought the other children more than he brought them and wondering, a tiny seed of bitterness will be born-
And some will wonder if a toboggan slide could be utilized for the scooters, wagons and skates that will clutter up the sidewalks and streets.
Perhaps the most wondering will be done by the citizens of Greenbelt who are going to wonder how in heck Santa managed to get that big new school bus into the Town Council stocking
By George F. Carnes
By the time this is read, the steaming Christmas turkey will be naught but a heap of gleaming, clean picked bones. Rev. Bob Kincheloe and his doughty Christmas Carolers will be nursing sore throats and croaking lustily for the Listerine: while cards horns, bicycles, jumping-jacks, empty bottles and a hundred other thingamajigs will litter the floor to make the life of father something not to be envied.
For the grand celebration in honor of the birth of the child of Bethlehem, a Jew, is over, so one more season and men will now resume the time honored custom of persecuting the brethren of the Christ Child-
Ironically
Two white Pekins and twenty or so of wild mallards will poke a tentative head or two out from their hiding place in the underbrush around the lake to see if all is well
Little fellows, too young to understand, will still be wondering why it was that Santa brought the other children more than he brought them and wondering, a tiny seed of bitterness will be born-
And some will wonder if a toboggan slide could be utilized for the scooters, wagons and skates that will clutter up the sidewalks and streets.
Perhaps the most wondering will be done by the citizens of Greenbelt who are going to wonder how in heck Santa managed to get that big new school bus into the Town Council stocking
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Satire
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Christmas Aftermath
Antisemitism Irony
Childrens Disappointment
Greenbelt School Bus
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Bob Kincheloe
Christ Child
Citizens Of Greenbelt
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Post Christmas Irony And Reflections
Stance / Tone
Ironic And Melancholic
Key Figures
Rev. Bob Kincheloe
Christ Child
Citizens Of Greenbelt
Key Arguments
Christmas Celebrations End, Resuming Persecution Of Jews Despite Honoring Christ
Children Experience Bitterness From Unequal Gifts
Local Wonder About New School Bus In Greenbelt