The Brussels Post, 1972-12-20, Page 7gjhristmas
Beetings
We hope you and yours
' have the Merriest
Christmas ever in the
grand tradition of
the Yuletide season!
ANSTETT
Jewellers Ltd.
SEAPORTH
CLINTON
WALKERTON
Peter's Mobile Feed and Service
Brussels
Wishing Our Customers Compliments of
the Season.
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
BRUSSELS. 5c .STARE
' • • ere s wishing all of you
a very special Merry Christmas! •
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C Fill 'er up . . the 'season that is,
with our good cheer and appreciation.
McCUTCHEON MOTORS
AND STAFF
BRUSSELS — 887-6856
Greetings
at fistmag
To our friends, a hearty
holiday wish that you may
enjoy all the best the season offers.
CANADIAN IMPERIAL
BANK OF COMMERCE
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Let us open ottr hearts to
the inspiring message of Christmas
"Peace on Earth, Good Wilt to Men."
HAYVVARD'S DISCOUNT and
VARIETY STORE
(Ladd is
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The Spirit of Christmas
spreads its joy for all
fly ANNA.N.I.ANC;..
"Merry Christmas, One find
all."
With thi$ simple and. sin-
cere greeting, all the warmth
and excitement of Christmas
reaches. its peak.
In this community, as in
cities and towns tbroughout
the nation and around the
world, days and weeks of
making, gift-shopping,' ome,.
decorating, party-planning 0
and Christmas-program-re-
hearsing are reaching a hap,
py culmination,
ramilies gather, Santa en-
ters,_ church bells, ring.
Christmas arrives!
Every year, Christmas
seems to generate more eager
anticipation, here and every-
where, with earlier and more
enthusiastic planning — ap-
propriately, for part of the
spirit and the joy of Christ-
mas is in the planning.
The spirit of Christmas
starts with. thoughtfulness.
It begins in the hearts of
each of us. It grows with a
hope, a wish, a prayer,
It shows itself, outwardly,
in such manifestations as
merry songs and bountiful
gifts, and in the festive dec-
orations and glowing lights
now adorning local streets
and stores, homes and
churches.
It expresses itself, most
deeply, in private devotions
and in special services such
as those Scheduled by local
churches,
ft is a spirit abounding in
legend and lore, in eUStOMs
and traditions honored
through the years, And most
of all, it is the spirit of rev-
erence and joy that shep-
herds and wise men knew.
To capture that spirit is to
keep Christmas truly and
well, for it enriches all the
things this wonderful season
stands for,
For Children
Christmas is for children.
Candles and cookies and all
those -holiday goodies, trees
gaily adorned and brightly
lighted, Santa's pack stuffed
with surprises -- all these
things are planned and pre-
pared just for the children,
Or at least, so the grown-
ups say, and who's to doubt
them?
In a still more special way,
Christmas is for children.
The manger scene in homes
and churches ever reminds
us that the Child born in
Bethlehem was He who later
said, "Suffer little children to
come unto me."
For Rejoicing
Christmas is for rejoicing.
Since first the herald angels
sang, this rejoicing has most
often found expression in
music and song.
"Glory to God in the high-
est, and on earth Peace, good
will toward men," the angels
sang,
Now as in earliest times,
the spirit of joy and wonder
echoes anew in the hymns
and carols of Ch4strhas.
/For Giving
Christmas is for giving.
The eagerness of children
waiting for Santa, the ex-
cited plotting and planning
that goes into the choosing
and wrapping of gifts, the
packages heaped beneath the
tree happily symbolize the
spirit of Christmas,
Even as the Wise Men gave
of their most precious treas-
ures, to honor Him, so people
give generously at Christ-
mas, and true generosity
stems from thoughtfulness—
'giving with open heart as
well as open hand.
For Sharing
Christmas is for sharing.
Thus giving the less for-
tunate is a traditional part
of the Christmas spirit.
Joy grows through shar-
ing, says the holiday mes-
sage, and sharing is most
blessed when it extends not
only to thoSe near and dear
but to those known only
through their need.
THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 10, 1972-7