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so were taking this
opus time to wish our, fine customers
al the best of the holiday and to
express thanks for your patronage.
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Christmas
qe Greetings
Santa and his reindeer send their
best wishes, and we add our thanks!
WINGHAM. DRIVE-IN CLEAN
CHRISTMAS CHM
May the light
of Christmas
shine on
you and
your loved
ones.
May its
bright
warmth
fill each
day. Ire,
appreciate
your loyalty!
HANDICRAFT and FLOWER S
WINONA?*
%.111tory every ioy and blessing of this ha
season conte to you and your loved ones
bringing peace and happiness . nlakio
hearts and spirits bright. Merry Christman
, STAFF OF
lirusselt Motor
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SATURDAY. DECEMI
CAROLS AND CUSTOMS
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either case,.a small donation for
the needy is expected. Tears
ago, a group of children in South-
ampton sang Carols outside the
home of a teacher who had been
ill for several months, k was one
of his most precious Christmas gifts
One old custom was carrying the
wassail bowl around containing
a special beverage. Each mem-
ber of the household was greeted
individually, and as the
merriment mounted, the hones,
oxen and other important animals
viere included. A few years ago,
a small, group went to Stmnybrook
Hospital to sing Carols to the bed-
fast veterans. One old chap fol-
lowed us around with his fiddle
and played along. He enjoyed
oing that.
Another beautiful custom is set-
ting up the Nativity scene or
Creche. It may be large, iavish
and resplendent. or simple and
humble, r saw one in a park in
the middle of a large industrial
city with a straw thatched roof.. .
Sr.. Francis of Assisi has been cred;-
ited with the •idea, to impress en
the illiterate people of his day the
story of the corning of cubit . be-
cause seeing the stable and the
people and animals would be more
meaningful than just head ,' - the
story. Last year, the children of
OW Sunday School gave a little
Nativity May at the morning ser-
vice. They had the Stable scene
set up at the front of the 44
When the play was over and all
the people taking part had gone
a soloist sang a simple carol
which had the line "The homely
beasts naiad Mu stood**. We
choir, members were the only
'beats* I could see around ram.
A rh-rrinding story I have heard in
the same connection was about a
very srrtail girl who had gone .
with the other children to see the ,„ Christ Clad 112 the manger. She
was Last in line and was it/At turn-
ing to go away when she suddenly
went back and took the. Baby from
the manger and carded him away
with her. Site wasn't going to
leave Him there all alone and
lonely.. Many of the sacred 4
Carrels Were filiSt Medntn the old
Nativity and .may plays. and
are very, beautiful in both semi
and sentiMent.
is hardly Christmas
ithout family and ftiendly
feasting and happiness. For one
or two years. our ttrrtily had forty
lor more around true CtFistms
iner table - tables nn the
land riTiat• &oxir the undertaker.
But there are always at
family gaily 7 a • some new faces
and setae loved ones missing.
Certain feeds are traditional in all
famines and.sorne in only a few.
Mince pie was originally made of
choice foods an the East „ espec-
ially the spices. Kum pudding
has a curious origin according to
one legend. The king and a,
group of hunters. were lost in the
wvads and food was n .17 nag short.
'En desperation. the poor cook put
,all there was together in the mak-
ling pat. and so the plum pudding
,came into being - with many
refinements. of course . in our
iday. Fat same rArts of
E.nglartd it was the custom to make
the Christmas pudding on a certair
Saturday in Advent and each mem
Ibex of the family had a turn stirr-
ling it. As it happened the Cot-
)) lect for the following day began
something like "'Stir up . 0 Lord-
so that day became Stir tip Sun-
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