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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-12-23, Page 5Minton News-Record, Thursday, December 23, 1971 $ rSEASON'S GREETINGS Ray's Shoe Repair 35 HURON. ST. CLINTON AVAttaggroAV May the season brim over With health, wealth, & happiness for you & yours! For Your Convenience OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. BOXING DAY — 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. DEL-MAC FRUIT and VARIETY Clinton 1/4 Clinton Body & Radiator 73 Mary St., Clinton Phone 482-9531 CARL COX LORNE LOVE BILL JERVIS JERRY COX To all my customers ,ancl thank you for kindness and patronage for 1971. We hope to serve you in 1972 ,with good service and fair prices, Thanks to all the children That participated in our contest Good luck to all that tried, Never a Christmas Morning . . . NeVer the Old Year ends, But Someone thinks of Someone Old Days, Old Times, Old Friends Everyone's singing out in merriment and joy, announcing to the world that it's Christmas! And it's our time to thank you, customers, for your patronage. Keith's Family Clothing CLINTON, ONT. 482-7735 ' A • A Christmas Prayer 91lay the beautiful meaning of Christmas . , living through the ages to inspire men everywhere ...continue to live in your own heart and mind. And may your Christmas be filled with joy. HAROLD WISE LIMITED ELECTRICAL 262 AYFIELD RD, 482.7062 CLINTON k • 1,0 22`5 , 10 IOC gor At .20-.4.1. OUR SINCERE THANKS t to the following individuals and businesses whose t support assisted us in prbviding prizes for the Santa 12* Centre Poster Contest — z DR. G. BOWK ER DR. D. B. PALIVIER CLINTON CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE SANTA RIDES A WHITE MARE OVER ROOF TOPS „, OTHER DUTCH XMAS-LORE Donner, Blitzen and .411 the rest of that squad of flying reindeer which Dr. Clement Moore immortal- ized in his famous poem might get "in Dutch" with the children of the Nether- lands who traditionally get a different image at Christmas. And the tim- ing is different, Christmas comes twice a year for the children of Holland. They get their presents on the evening of Dec. 5 or the following morning. Three weeks later, with the rest of the world, they cele- brate the festival, in a re- ligious way. St. Nicholas (the orig- inator of all the Santa and Snowmen figures all over the world) arrives in Hol- land , from Spain in the middle of November. From then until Dec. ' 6, the Saint's birthday, Dutch children may put their shoes by the fireside every evening, together with a carrot or a slice of bread for the white mare which the saint traditionally rides over the roof-tops in Holland. In the morning, if the children have behaved themselves, they may find ..1 1 a little toy or some goodies in their shoes. From the middle of November the misty Dutch air is filled with the • sound of children's voices singing the traditional St, Nicholas song, completely secular, After Dec. 6 there is g switchover to Christ- mas carols. scw, INC. Dutch mothers and fa- thers shop, especially until late in the evening for two weeks before Dec. 6. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • • • • • • • In Taiwan, the island re- public's 660,000 Christians observe a more subdued Christmas than their wes- tern brothers, saving fes- tivities for the Chinese Lunar New Year. December is bonus time in Japan. The year-end bonus is enjoyed by all em- ployes of Japanese firms ,,and the government, in- cluding the Prime Minis- ter. 'NW It is ironic that, in the midst of putting our house in holiday, array — in decking "the halls with boughs of holly", and doing all the other happy chores of Christmas, we are often bereft of the inner spiritual grace that can light our lives! ** * Let us continue to make merry — to add swag of greenery to our front door, and wreaths high and beautiful. But let us also open our hearts and minds to the true meaning of Christmas. Let the shadow of these wanderers grace our homes in every way. Let us make the Virgin Mother, the kindly Joseph —yes the donkey—and their precious cargo welcome, today and always! LAVIS CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. from the MORDEN & HELWIG CIAO INSURANCE Santa Centre Committee 0:490:401WW:0900.1000:40: :at Taos Indians have observed. Yuletide for centuries One of the most colorful celebrations of Christmas in America has been the rites conducted by the Taos Indians in New Mex- ico. Commemorative Indian dances originated long before Spanish priests brought the Roman Cath- olic religion to the isolated pueblos of New Mexico in the .1600s. But with their conversion to Catholicism, the Indians blended the new and old, and the out- growth was the Christmas dance. The practice of Christ- mas dances originated when Spanish explorers and priests asked the Indi- ans to perform whatever dances they thought would be appropriate for the religious holiday. Customarily, either the Deer dance or the Ma- tachines dance is per- formed on Christmas day. According to the Indi- ans, the Deer dance was chosen hundreds of years ago because the Indians thought the deer was one of the animals that might have been present when Christ was born. Make Room for Him od GREETINGS or THE SEASON MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ELM oilthAVEN MOTOR HOTEL CLINTON (rite spirit of Christmas is in the air, ringing ottt joy and good will. We take this time to extend to all greetings and thanks. MR. AND MRS, JOHN ANSTETT, HELEN MacLEAN — Wm. BAKELAAR, DAVID ANSTETT „scw,v4c. Th0,•!,Ya-to,c11419§ dance honoring the moth- • er of Christ. According to an Indian spokesman, the dance was developed by the Indians from , their interpretation of Spanish Catholic teachings about the Virgin Mother. Religious events are plentiful in this predom- inantly Catholic state, al- though many of the ser- vices are no different (save for the setting, the adobe buildings and the cultural heritage of the people) from services held else- where. . Visitors now have to look long and hard to find any shepherds' watch-fires twinkling on the hills to light the path of Mary and Joseph. Once, such fires were common. Also on Christmas Eve; the Indians of Taos custo- marily stage a procession lined by bonfires and by lighted pine faggots at- tached to long poles. Down- town Santa Fe is also usu- ally ablaze with candle and artificial light during Christmas week.