There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not
profited, I dare say. Christmas among the rest. But I have always thought of Christmas
time as a time for forgiving. A charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know when men
and women seem to freely open their shut-up hearts. Therefore, Uncle, though it has
never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and
will do me good; and I say, "God bless it"!
