killed in an accident. There is a deep hush in the audience during this ceremony until, finally, Rolf asks all of us present to stand up quietly and honour dead friends by a minute of silence.

Some time later, the yearly Nativity or Christmas play in produced. Two years ago, Rolf-in remembering that in Shakespeare's time all female parts were acted by young boys

The production of the play terminates the 'official' part of the Christmas Celebration. Perhaps, from what I have been able to describe in this short survey, our USA friends will have realized what such a celebration stands for. Our Subscribers stay together for hours afterwards and a good many of them express their feelings as to what this celebration means to them. With renewed strength for

-directed, for the first time, a Nativity play in which Mary had a speaking part. Beautifully played by one of our younger Subscribers, the experiment justified itself by the dignity of its production. Last year's play was a Christmas tale among Russian peasants, based on a story by Ljesskow. Of this play, ONE readers will see an illustration inset, showing Rolf in the part of an old Russian farmer, and another of our Subscribers as a young peasant woman.

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their own life and regained faith in our own rights as human beings, they leave late on Saturday night, to meet again, on Sunday, for a carefree, easygoing, second celebration. To this they can bring their guests and other friends. And what is true of the Carnival and the Autumn gathering is doubly true of the Christmas Celebration. All the amount of work to be done for weeks in advance pays rich dividends and rewards by the happiness this "Christmas in Zurich." at The Circle, brings to all.

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