The Citizen, 1990-12-21, Page 39Old-fashioned Christmas has appeal
organ and sing carols, or perhaps
dad would read a favourite scrip
ture passage or a poem.
Christmas of long ago was a
simple, unhurried, and happy time.
Carol, Peter & Staff
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An old-fashioned Christmas!
What wonderful memories and
images that expression evokes!
In the days before Christmas,
Mother would be busy at the old
wood stove, baking special breads,
pies, cakes and sugar cookies, or
making maple sugar candy. Sister
would be helping mother in the
kitchen, while brother kept the
wood box filled with wood.
Dad would go into the woods and
chop down the Christmas tree,
bringing it home triumphantly on a
sled. The tree was placed in the
parlor, with real candles decorating
it, as well as strings of popcorn and
cranberries that had been strung
by the children. Popcorn balls
wrapped in tinfoil, and paper cones
filled with homemade candy also
decorated the tree.
The Christmas season actually
began much earlier in the old days,
for most gifts were handmade and
so had to be worked on months in
advance. The boys often made
wooden objects, while the girls
might embroider handkerchiefs or
aprons. Mother, of course, kept her
needles busy as she knit or
crocheted garments for the whole
family. Dad would whittle whistles
or animals, or make a hobby horse
or wooden doll.
On Christmas Eve, at the old
country church, the tree was the
biggest you’d ever seen, ablaze
with candles. Nearby someone held
a ten-foot pole that had a wet
sponge tied on the end, should a
Q. Who are the directors of
marketing boards and commodity
associations?
A. The directors are farmers
elected by their peers. The boards,
associations and organizations are
involved in the marketing and
promotion of agricultural products.
Office staff are employed by the
boards or associations and are not
civil servants.
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The bells would ring out over the
countryside, bringing families in
their sleights or bobsleds, eager to
worship the new-born King. What
a delightful, jingling sound the
bells on the horses would make, as
they trotted through the snowy
countryside. The bobsled or sleigh
would be filled with hay, and the
youngsters would snuggle under
lap robes and gaze at the stars
above, or hope on one of the heavy
runners for an exciting ride.
A Christmas play would be
performed at the church by the
children, and afterwards Santa
would make an appearance, re
warding the youngsters with good
ies.
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After hanging their stockings
over the fireplace on Christmas
Eve, the children would go to bed,
happy with anticipation. They slept
in big, fluffy beds, with feather
ticks and feather comforters. If it
was an especially cold night,
mother would wrap a hot iron in
flannel to warm their feet.
On Christmas morning, the
youngsters would dash downstairs
to find their stockings filled with
nuts, apples, peppermint canes,
hard ribbon candy, tin horns and a
real orange in the toe of each
stocking!
After Christmas dinner, the
youngsters would go sledding or
skating. Later, by the lamplight, the
family might gather around the
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GOOD IDEA.
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