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Editorial
December 13, 1911
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
An editorial pleading for readers to provide Christmas charity to poor families, sick, unemployed, widows, and elderly in their neighborhoods, highlighting the superior joy of giving and the Christian spirit embodied in the proverb 'It is better to give than to receive.'
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A PLEA FOR THE POOR AT CHRISTMAS.
Do you know of any homes in your neighborhood where Santa Claus never comes? Is there a sick father, a father out of work, a widowed mother, an old and indigent person?
Charity, it has been said, begins at home, but it shouldn't stay there. It should go out into the highways and byways. Especially is this true of Christmas charity, which should be the highest kind of Christian charity.
Your children will have toys and sweetmeats in abundance. Perhaps they will have more than is good for them. It will make you happy to look into their joyous faces on Christmas morning when they inspect the treasures left for them by Santa Claus.
But there is a sort of happiness even more to be desired than this. It is that which comes from remembering the poor at Christmas.
Think of the little ones and the sick and aged who will have no Santa Claus this year unless you become their Santa Claus. A very little gift to one who otherwise would receive none looms large in the eyes of the recipient. Surely you can make somebody outside your own family and circle happy this Christmas.
One of the wisest of the old sayings is this: "It is better to give than to receive." This proverb embodies and exemplifies the Christmas spirit, which is the Christian spirit reduced to the concrete.
Remember the poor this Christmas.
Do you know of any homes in your neighborhood where Santa Claus never comes? Is there a sick father, a father out of work, a widowed mother, an old and indigent person?
Charity, it has been said, begins at home, but it shouldn't stay there. It should go out into the highways and byways. Especially is this true of Christmas charity, which should be the highest kind of Christian charity.
Your children will have toys and sweetmeats in abundance. Perhaps they will have more than is good for them. It will make you happy to look into their joyous faces on Christmas morning when they inspect the treasures left for them by Santa Claus.
But there is a sort of happiness even more to be desired than this. It is that which comes from remembering the poor at Christmas.
Think of the little ones and the sick and aged who will have no Santa Claus this year unless you become their Santa Claus. A very little gift to one who otherwise would receive none looms large in the eyes of the recipient. Surely you can make somebody outside your own family and circle happy this Christmas.
One of the wisest of the old sayings is this: "It is better to give than to receive." This proverb embodies and exemplifies the Christmas spirit, which is the Christian spirit reduced to the concrete.
Remember the poor this Christmas.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Christmas Charity
Helping The Poor
Christian Spirit
Giving Over Receiving
Community Aid
What entities or persons were involved?
Santa Claus
The Poor
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Plea For Christmas Charity To The Poor
Stance / Tone
Exhortative Encouragement For Giving
Key Figures
Santa Claus
The Poor
Key Arguments
Charity Begins At Home But Should Extend To The Community
Christmas Charity Is The Highest Form Of Christian Charity
Joy From Giving To The Poor Surpasses Family Celebrations
Small Gifts Mean Much To Those In Need
It Is Better To Give Than To Receive, Embodying The Christmas Spirit