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$EVENT1'-SEIENTH ]EAR NO. 641
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1924
THE SIGN U. PRINTING CO, LIMITED. Publishers
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mamma said for me to write
o • ear old Santa Claus tonight:
So 1 have told him, best 1 could.
That 1 have been so very good --
And as he's sure to come our way,
A call on me 1 know he'll pay;
lid like a doll. a cart and horn.
And all the joys of Christmas thorn.
--Autry J. Wells
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Christmas
Story
Why Is there always :1 robin red-
breast to 11.• '..cis .a.n:'•w I It• 11• 111 tilt.
14 decorations on at. English Christmas
Card? I-
t Mia is -the -tory'
Thu night before' l'hristmai W'»•..
Unusually cold for England. Suo.v
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Merck the ground, and frost was 4n
, elm air. nipping the cheeks of chil-
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-elven Sud making _eveu the pale' 011(.14
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tory. Few were loitering along tyle
• vlllatte road that evening. and beasts
and birds had sought shelter. All bat
...obi; timely robin.tedbreast. Why he
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was still in England the story does
not say. but for some reason there be
was. void and hungry. and vers. very
lonely. The snow- had hidden the
seeds and he'rrics that might have _
provided his supper. tool IUM we'. about
to tuck 1116 head nt.'bv II 1s wing and •
try to forget Ids hnn:ter ' in Sleep
wJku he saw what 'lie took to be
daylight. and green hushes, and
email it - lie? --'-red berries.' 1t was
only . lights in the village church.
which • busk' hands had deeorate•d for •
the beautiful Christmas .Day service.
The door it... Web slightly open and
Master Robin flew lin uauutteed. Yes..
there were fresh Iwrries; red and
white, and thkk -green lrougilu among
which to rept. While he was eatin,:
bis (111 the door was clos si, and tIt
lights went out. But now his hunger
Was 'whistled, and he was warm and
ppb, so he slept In penes..
e• light awakened him. As he was
happil breaking his fast upon the
tarries h liked PO weII people be-
gsb tv gather, for the early servk...
'Ile kept slleut,and nidde'n, wonder-
ing what it was all about. So mane
people all together, and such happy
people they seemed, abd the green
bushes, and the berries, they seemed
te. have gathered for him. for one
lonely. hungry bird. Then musk -
pounded from the organ. and the
bird wonder...I more and more. But
when the voices of people rose In the
old hymn.
"Hark, the herald angels sing,"
be could be silent no longer. Flying
to a peak of the organ, he burst forth
Into song. People looked and ampul.
The vicar raised his hand for silence,
and while the people ceased their
song. and only the low soft notes of
the organ continued to sound, Robin
poured out in song his thankfuln s
for the warmth and shelter and Used' t'
that had been so wonderfully pro-
vided for him.
And since that morning there is
always a pretty robin redbreast on
the English t'hristmas cards.
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OME, ye happy girls and boys.
Lend a hand for Christmas joys.
Christmas -time is well begun
With our jolly loads of fun.
Blow the horn and scoot the sled
Till it's time to go to bed.
Christmas must not pass away
Without sports both glad and gay.
au2tir Chnuc,(/hrr Hazard eie+►
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