Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Christian Sun, Vol. 83: January 8, 1931
It is now over a month before Christmas, and as we sit here in our home tonight we can hear two different groups practicing their native carols. They sound very much like negro spirituals to us, only the singing is not quite so melodious. Christ mas week these groups come and sing in front of houses and expect either gifts of food or money. However, they did not approach our house last year (maybe it was because we were new-comers) With us, Christmas begins early and lasts a long time because of all the belated letters and packages. If we waited until after Christmas to write you about ours here, you would get it _so late that you' would be no longer interested in such things, so I will tell you about the events of last year, which will be similar this year. Our celebration began Christmas at 5 A. M. When the boys. And girls from both dormitories met around a big bamboo Christmas tree in the sala of the girls' dormitory, and patiently waited for the gifts to be distributed. After songs and an appropriate talk, gifts were given and exchanged among the boys and girls. Most of the gifts on the tree were fro-m missionary boxes sent from societies in thestates. Then the whole group came to the hospital to share our tree and join in singing carols to'the patients. The patients who are unfortunate enough to be in the hos pital at Christmas time enjoy the singing and Christmas spirit. Each patient is given some thing from-the missionary boxes, such as towels, toothbrushes, soap, and for the children there are toys and dolls. Of course, the doctor, nurses and attendants receive and exchange gifts at the tree, too. We also had a short talk which was given by Dr. Laubach last year. Then Mrs. White and I also had another tree at'our home and a Christmas dinner for the missionaries and some of the workers here in Cagayan. Among the decorations at the hospital was a big red cross in electric lights which made a good showing from the road. And this year we are planning a large community Christmas tree which will be lighted every night during Christmas week in the yard in front of the hospital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
