Yule-tide Memories

從聖誕節開始，Gene和CJ最高興的就是收到從家人和朋友陸續寄來的卡片，每卡片都有著滿滿的祝福與關心，也讓我們覺得自己有這些愛，真的好幸福!

在New York Public Library的數位藝廊裡面，可以搜尋到許多從古代到當代的一些藝術作品、書籍、影音...等等的數位檔案。Gene在裡面看到許多古老的聖誕卡片、明信片，在那個印刷還不是那麼普遍的年代，所謂的卡片幾乎都是手繪的，也許並沒有現代卡片上炫麗的色彩和特殊效果，但有的卻是更質樸的畫與文字的搭配。像這兩張卡片上的文字，Gene一遍又一遍地念著，就是覺得好美。

[Yule-tide Memories]

Old memories come back to me,

Old tunes my heart is singing,

Ah, Yule, no joy can sweeter be

Than those which thou art bringing!

Do thou thy brightest gifts combine

To bless and cheer all friends of mine!

 

[A Merry Christmas] by J. R. Lowelt

The world is happy,

the world is wide,

Kind hearts are

beating on

everyside

[A Glad New Year to you] by Virginia B. Harrison

God give to you,

as dawns each days,

A heart for work-

a heart for play;

And grant that you

These blessings find:

Courage, gaiety and the

quiet mind.