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This Holiday Season
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4 THE RURAL VOICE
Gisele Ireland
Christmas happiness comes in many ways
The Christmas column is.the most
difficult one of the year for me. I
think the main reason is that it's so
special to our family that words fail
to describe the feelings of love,
anticipation
and joy.
There are so
many•moments
and activities
that bring '
indescribable
happiness to
Super Wrench,
myself and our
loved ones, that
the only fair
thing would be
to wish them
for you also.
Some of our
favourites are:
1. Anticipating the perfect tree.
This is Super Wrench's department
and he never fails us. He takes a
contingent of grandchildren, treks
them into a bush for a tree
reconnaissance mission and always
brings home one that's good at least
fromone side' To have a successful
mission, it can't take less than three
hours and everyone has to be wet or
dirty upon returning with the prize. It
is very important to ooh and aah and
heap praises upon the heads of the
intrepid tree hunters.
2. Grandma Ina's Goodies. At this
time of the year Grandma Ina pulls
out all the stops in her baking
marathon. There is no such thing as
too rich or too gooey when it comes
to Christmas baking. The best part is
dropping in for lots of visits for
weeks before the Yuletide and
sampling all her creations. Even what
she considers her failures are far
superior to what I would call a
culinary triumph in my own kitchen.
A family favourite is a cookie she
dubbed white mice and less than half
a dozen of these at a sitting would be
unthinkable.
3. The Sunday School Pageant. The
Nativity play has been done countless
times and never loses its fascination
for the audience. Who can resist an
innkeeper who recently lost both
front teeth and lisps his way through
the scene? The "Baby Jesus" that
keeps trying to crawl out of the cradle
is always memorable as are the tiny
ones done up as sheep and baa-ing in
all the wrong places.
4. Gifts ... Gifts and more Gifts.
Getting gifts is nice, but giving them
is far more rewarding. Generosity
runs rampant at this time of the year.
There are seemingly limitless
"drives" to participate in. It's
impossible for me to describe the
wondrous feelings winging through
your soul when you extend a hand of
compassion to even one person who
needs it at any time. but more so
during this celebration of love and
joy.
5. Decorating the tree. There is a
precise science to this task. As many
participants as possible must be lined
up and it's more fun if they are under
a decade old. Grandpa Dave has been
going to yard and auction sales all
year and has a truly impressive
selection of light strings. Most of
these are older than the kids hanging
them. Nobody in the family has
bought lights for years. Grandpa
Dave supplies and fixes them. We
have one set of lights that are a
delight to the children and an irritant
to adults.
They play six favourite carols ...
over ... and over ... and over. With
six grandchildren helping over the
years, anything breakable, has been,
and replaced with more durable stuff.
Candy canes are important as they are
secretly sucked at when no one is
looking and by the time you take the
tree down there's only a ribbon and a
stub left. We have our own version of
"Rocking around the Christmas
Tree". The tiny ones perch on the
back of the rocking horse to attach
ornaments to high places and
sometimes are even successful. Super
Wrench says not to sweat over it, it
teaches them balance. Actually, only
two of them have ever actually
crashed right into the tree during this
manoeuvre.
6. The Eve of all Eves. The
Christmas Eve Service brings the
whole reason for the season into