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Page 24 - SheltonoMason County Journal - Thursday, December 4. 1975
A Christmas Message
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By Rev. KURT HARDENBROOK
Pastor, First Christian Church
To me, Christmas has always
been more than just buying and
giving gifts, eating food and
candy, watching football and
trimming the tree. It's been a time
of sharing with people a little
extra love, to take time to stop,
to get out of the "rat race," and
say, "I love you!" as openly and
honestly as I can. This story really
sums up my thoughts about the
Spirit of Christ, not just
Christmas.
Wally was nine that year and
in the second grade, though he
should have been in the fourth.
Most people in town knew that he
had difficulty in keeping up. He
was big and clumsy, slow in
movement and mind. Still, Wally
was well liked by the other
children in his class, all of whom
were smaller than he, though the
boys had trouble hiding their
irritation when Wally would ask
to play ball with them - or play
any game, for that matter, in
which winning was important.
Most often they would find a
way to keep him out but Wally
would hang around anyway - not
sulking, just hoping. He was
always a helpful boy, a willing
and smiling one, and the natural
protector paradoxically, of the
underdog. Sometimes if the older
boys chased the younger ones
away, it would always be Wally
whom say, "Can't they stay?
They're no bother."
Wally fancied the idea of
being a shepherd with a flute in
the Christmas pageant that year,
but the play's director, Miss
Lumbard, assigned him to a more
important role. After all, she
reasoned, the innkeeper did not
have too many lines, and Wally's
size would make his refusal of
lodging to Joseph more forceful.
And so it happened that the
usual large, partisan audience
gathered for the town's yearly
extravanganza of crooks and
creches, of beards, crowns, halos
and a whole stage full of squeaky
voices. No one on stage or off was
more caught up in the magic of
the night than Wallace Purling.
They said later that he stood in
the wings and watched the
performance with such
fascination that from time to time
Miss Lumbard had to make sure
he didn't wander onstage before
his cue.
Then the time came when
Joseph appeared, slowly, tenderly
guiding Mary to the door of the
inn. Joseph knocked hard on the
wooden door set into the painted
is promoted
Victor Strickland, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald C. Strickland,
Shelton, has been promoted to
airman first class in the U.S. Air
Force.
Airman Strickland, an aircraft
ground equipment repairman, is
assigned at Mountain Home Air
Force Base, Idaho, with a unit of
the Tactical Air Command.
The airman is a 1974 graduate
of Shelton High School.
backdrop. Wally the innkeeper
was there, waiting.
"What do you want?"
demanded Wally, swinging the
door open with a brusque gesture.
"We seek lodging."
"Seek it elsewhere." Wally
looked straight ahead but spoke
vigorously. "The inn is filled."
"Sir, we have asked
everywhere in vain. We have
traveled far and are very weary."
"There is no room in this inn
for you," Wally looked properly
stern.
"Please, good innkeeper, this
is my wife, Maw. She is heavy
with child and needs a place to
rest. Surely you must have some
small corner for her. She is so*
tired."
Now for the first time, the
innkeeper relaxed his stiff stance
and looked down at Mary. With
that, there was a long pause, long
enough to make the audience a
bit tense with embarrassment.
"'No! Begone!" the prompter
whispered from the wings.
"'No!" Wally repeated
automatically. "Begone!"
Joseph placed his arm around
Mary and Mary laid her head
upon her husband's shoulder and
the two of them started to move
away. The innkeeper did not
return inside his inn, however.
Wally stood there in the doorway,
watching the forlorn couple. His
mouth open, his brow creased
with concern, his eyes filling
unmistakably with tears.
And suddenly this Christmas
pageant became different from all
others.
"Don't go, Joseph," Wally
called out. "Bring Mary back."
And Wallace Purling's face grew
into a bright smile. "You can have
my room."
Yes, Christmas is a warm and
exciting time of the year. But
before we get wrapped up in the
"spirit of Christmas," let's give
our hearts and fives to the One
who has made this season
possible.
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