Title: The family of David Buttar met at his home on Christmas Eve to celebrate his 80th birthday [it being on the 2nd of December] and to try and convey a sparkling influence oflove to the Father and the Mother and also to celebrate Christmas at the same time
Author: Buttars

The family of David Buttars met at his home on Christmas Eve to celebrate his 80^th birthday [it being on the 2^nd of December] and to try and convey a sparkling influence of love to the Father and the Mother and also to celebrate Christmas at the same time. 
The family met at five o'clock p.m. Tables were set, and encircled around the table with the Father and Mother at the head were twenty two of his children and their spouses. Nearby stood another table surrounded by their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, numbering forty one. All being seated they began in all earnestness to satisfy their craving appetites with the luxuries of life, which consisted of nearly all the good things that Mother Earth bears for the hungry. 
At nine o’clock old Santa Claus appeared by the Family Christmas Tree which was bowed down with tokens of love for every one, and immediately under the towering branches were two beautiful chairs which seemed to sway in the air beckoning the beloved ones to a seat of comfort. Santa now began his work by presenting to the Father and Mother in behalf of the family the two chairs, and twas then that the chests of all began to swell from the expansive power of touched hearts; all felt the joy of the songbirds. One by one Santa slipped the tokens from the tree and presented them to the family. The tree being stripped of the gifts, the remainder of the evening was given for the rendering of a program. The Father began by making a short speech and then he sang a song showing that in his old age he was still healthy and strong. Various members rendered songs, recitations and musical selection from the organ and other instruments, the program ended with the dancing of the cake walk by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Then all went home rejoicing after the wee hours of the morning had passed.