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A joyous time for all
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BY P. V. PICKARD
• Exeter
Oyer the years many things
have changed but Christmas is
still the most joyous time of
the Year. Children are wide
eyed with wonder and.
parents, today as in the past,
do everything Possihle to • • enhance their pleaSure.
The happiness of the
children rtihP off onto the
parents, their grandparents and
all others that meet them.
Mrs. Pickard and I consider
ourselves particularly fortunate
• S in that we have been allowed
to see all the wonders of
Christmas and the Christmas
Story reflected, first in the
eyes of our children and now
our grandchildren.
In the place of horsedrawn,
vehicles, cars and snowmobiles
travel our streets with happy
passengers. The children may
skate and play hockey on
artificial ice in the arena,
instead of on the ponds or
the dam as we used to do,
during the Christmas holidays,
if the weather was cold
enough to freeze ice.
Hydro has made it possible
to light up our town and
make it a Winter Wonderland.
We have more churches
today, but, unfortunately,
fewer people are attending.
I would ask you all to
join me in hoping that in the
not too distant future, all the
people of the world will turn
to God and follow the
teachings of Christ, so that
peace and joy may reign over
• the earth.
Best wishes to all.
1904 elvadasead
By ERNIE PYM
• • Exeter
One Christmas stands out
from all the others for me. It
was 1904, the last Christmas
I had with a great-grand-
mother.
The night before was quiet
j as usual at our home. No
electric lit Christmas tree. Our
parents told us the meaning
of Christmas, we hung up our
stockings because Santa would
be coming, and went to bed
by the light of a kerosene
lamp.
We were up at daylight to
find our stockings. Oh yes,
they were the kind that came
above the knee. They were
filled with homemade candy,
the never t rto be forgotten
maple sugarV•and one toy.
After biefikfast hae'to
hurry to get ready to go to 4 grandfather s. The team was
hitched to • the bobsleigh
which had been filled with
hay. Boards for seats had
been covered with horse
blankets and we had buffalo
robes over our knees. ,
We children lay on quilts • • in the back if it was stormy.
In fine weather we sat on a
board to get knocked off
going through three foot-deep
pitch holes ... a joy for
children but not so for older
folk.
On arrival, father had to
unhitch the team, put the
horses in the barn, blanket
them and feed them.
Grandfather was a fine
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looking man with snow-white
hair and a snow-white beard.
Grandmother, not a large
woman, wore a long dark
dress with sleeves to the
wrist, a high close-fitting
neckline with white collar and
a long white apron.
Great-grandmother was a
small lady and always wore a
long black dress, a very
pretty black home knit shawl
and a black bonnet. At 96
years of age, .she had the wit
and agility of a 50 .year old.
She would be the first one
up from the. Christmas table
and would march five times
around the table, chanting in
her Devonshire brogue, "I'll
walkie a while. Always leave
the table when you still want
more."
Dinner was usually a large
goose raised on the farm. All
the vegetables •on the table
were home grown, too. Then
came that -plum pudding,
steamed on top of the stove.
After dinner the older folk
talked while we children
played. At about three
o'clock, grandmother would
send someone to the top of
the woodshed for those
braided popcorn cobs and a
bag of peecnntit's, hickory
nuts, walnuts and butternuts.
Someone brought a block of
wood and a hammer and the
kids made short work of the
nuts.
Grandmother went to the
cellar for a jar of maple
syrup and guess what
happened to it? That's right.
Candy, taffy and popcorn
balls!
When supper time came,
we thought we couldn't eat
another thing more until we
saw those pies, cakes, home
canned fruit and cookies that
only grandmother could make.
Then to top it all off —
Devonshire scald cream.
Then it was bye-bye and
into the bobsleigh to sleep
the seven miles home.
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WE .NEED MQRE SNOW — Most youngsters in
the area are hoping Santa Claus will bring an
abun,dant supply of snow for Christmas so they
can go sleigh riding and tobogganing, Above, Mrs,
p90 McArthur or town is shown headirT, down
the street with l'eter and Jan, a week ago when
some snow was on the ground.
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Like the sparkling'
LiPalatY'of a.
snowy landscape,
hearts are filled
with peace and
good will. Qver
the mountains,
through the woods
or wherever you'll
be at Christmas,
we wish you a
merry one and
sincere '`Thanks"
for your continued
support.
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We offer best wishes
and sincere appreciation to
all our friends on this Blessed Christmas.