Lawrence High School - Diary Yearbook (Fairfield, ME)

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FH Lxx 111 Nu L111 THE CHRISTMAb SPIPH HPISINIAS sud old Lady hroxxn '1dlx lllg hlxe xxhat 1t used to be x l1e11 I xx 1s 1 011 Ex erythlng has changed Why do xou s1x th1t '1 led Ituth 111 s111p11se The old lady s1gh1d Afte1 a fexx moments DIUSC h cont1nued Chllstm IS used to be '1 tune of mel y 1n1c11f happlness xnd cheutulncss Icllts u ed to g,1tlf1C1 ta ther and glxe snnple g1lts s ng ca1ols anl 1cxJ1cc 11 th b11th d1 of ou1 Lo l but noxx she s1g,nel 11, 1111 thc sp rt of Chrlstmas has bee 1 blu1r d by a sp111t of Cl1sCOI1't6 t and person trles to out do another 1n gene11s1ty 1nd r1anx people haxe fo1gotte11 the ltll s1g11I1c111ct ot tl1 d1x the Chr1stmas xx he11 the Chr1st ch1ld xx 'ls bo1n 1n a 111 111g 1 ll Bethlehem 1 uth left the old lady s house and x e11t out IH tl1e c11sp December 'ur As she s'1xx people he 1x1lx laden xx1tl1 Chustmas p1ckaves and th1nly clad ch1ld1e1 lookmg at tl1 pretty toys 1n the large department stores she x onde el 1f all that the old lady had sald xx ere I10t true Wtxe those packages real g1fts D1d those poor th11ly clad L,l'1llQl1LIl leally know the n1e'1n1ng of Chllstmas' As Ruth xx alked along the crovxded street she thought mme and more cf xx hat M15 Broxxn had sald W as It tl ue ' Wx as the Chust mas Splflt dy1ng'? No It could not be It xx IS Just the xx IX the old lady looked at lt As she xxalked on she saxx the l1ghts of the great church Passmg bx she caught 1 ghmpse through the xxlde open doors of the people ltneeln g at pray er The altar x as beautlful xx 1th 1ts fraglant ex er greens and holly xx reaths The cholr xx as s1nU1ng ff1111111'11 tunes Were they not the same Chr1st1n1s C31OlQ th 1t VSGIC sung of old 7 That n1ght Ruth xx as st1ll pondeung ox er tl e old ladx wx ords As she sat th1nk ng she p1cked up the xx ell xx O1 11 7 s - s - 1 1 - 1 1-. 1 1. . 1. ' 1 . 'fy 1 nv ,I ' , 1 , , , , 11: , , v A, K A , 1 c c hc U , in ATOL, ' ' 1 I J 'ai 2 O' 'l. 1 v ' 4 97 ' C . U s. v 4777 . f 7 4 ' , - if 1' 2 U 2 . 1 5 X 1 . l . ' S F . ' f ' 'S 1 J , 51 e ' U .' V . v 1 ' . ., . 1 ' - n n L A A C x A X V' I l ll CST, ' . z 1 'UT s YEL ' Q ',:i 'f 1 11 - - -- 3 J' v v' l - ' U 1 ' ' fy L f . -1 1 7' f P, 7.1 , 3 1, Jl l . s 1 ' e N ' 4' ' 11 . , . unrest. 'lhe carols haxe been 1eplaced by rag mus1c. One ' . 1. 1. v 5 y A ' ls y C L . ' ' '11 Q fl 1 'x Q aj, 1 s ' up ' 1 e' 1 !! U f ' , H ' .'s n 4 ' . ' 1 1 1 . . 3 S U. ' z ' . ' . 2 'D s 1 ' ' - 1 ' '11 ' . e ' . :, S xf r 1 ' 1 V. ' s - 1 v s 1 . Q., . 1 .z Q, . H 1 . 1'w t rg C 1 . 7 1 - 1 . 1 . y ' . , . , v 1 v I v . 4 ' TY 1 1.1 1 Q l o x . n ' 1 , , C L L- ' v 1 V . , . . . . v ' 1 ' u 7 1 . ' x' ' . ' ' - L Y Y C- V K -1 b , c c Q . ,. . at ' . 2 f V . 1. L s

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