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CHRISTMAS TREE
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Christmas tree off at the
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yard waste bunker.
361 Cambridge St.
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Dave Sykes
signal -star publisher
The eyes widen in wonder and excitement
at the prospect of what's to come.
A hint of a knowing smile forms on the
mouth.
Quickly a tiny finger is raised and furtive
glances cast suddenly about the room support
the notion that something magical is about to
happen. If you just close your eyes tight, listen
and believe....the magic is there! •
Santa is in the room.
"He's Santa, he's magic, that's why;" a
Grade 1 student offers, incredulous that an
adult would have to ask how a reasonably ro-
tund man could fly through the sky and reach
all the children in a single globe-trotting eve-
ning with a pack of flying reindeer.
Christmas is a magical time and a time in
children's lives when the innocence of youth
creates the illusion that the season is bigger
than all of us. It was the feeling evident dur-
ing the December 10 Lunch with Santa at the
Goderich Memorial Arena.
"You have to go to sleep because Santa
won't come if you're awake," Shawn Mcll-
wain, 6, offers in disbelief. "We stay up late
and celebrate but you have to get fast asleep
and I don't hear a thing so Santa will come."
But there's also the nasty business of a little
food bribe and making sure that Santa has
something to eat in return for his generosity.
Shawn makes sure that generous portions
of cookies and chocolate milk are available
(Santa likes chocolate milk, he insists) but in
his haste "he always leaves crumbs."
Michaela Alcock, 6, reinforced the implied
seasonal convention stating that "Santa said
there's no presents if you try and stay awake
and see him."
"I just can't wait," she said excitedly. "I
leave milk and cookies for Santa and some
carrots for the reindeer."
Cody Austin is six -years -old but quick
Photos by Gerard Creces
Clockwise from top left: Michaela
Alcock, Grace Taylor, Caden Beange
and Shawn Mcllwain.
to point out an impending birthday in Janu-
ary that will turn his age calendar to seven, a
number he thinks might elevate his status with
Santa
"Santa comes in his sleigh with the rein-
deers but you can't try and stay awakeand
see him," Cody scoffs at the suggestion of
getting a peak at the jolly old elf. "You won't
get presents. We leave milk and apples for the
reindeer and in the morning my brothers and
sisters wake up and jump on mom and wake
up dad.
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and two at my Nanas." (I didn't know)
Celebrating Christmas is not the most im-
portant thing in the world, it's the only thing.
"Everyone has to celebrate," Grace Taylor,
6, said. "If you don't celebrate, there won't be
Christmas anymore."
And for Grace, the excitement builds as the
family stockings are hung on the "ledge near
the television" just waiting for Santa to stuff
them with surprises and goodies.
"I don't want to see, I want it to be a big
Seasons tBreetings
Here's hoping your holiday season is
overflowing with the many blessings
this great time of year beholds.
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surprise."
In the magic of Christmas, apparently Santa
delivers in more ways than one.
Four-year-old 'Drone Jamieson is count-
ing on Santa to deliver a baby sister and oh,
why not throw in a baby brother as well this
Christmas. While he has surreptitiously made
vain attempts to wait up on Santa, his best -laid
plans always fall short.
"I leave chicken and noodles for Santa but
he always leaves a mess," he said. "I try and
wait up be he's sneaky. I hear him and I've
heard the reindeer on the roof"
With visions of an Easy Bake Oven and
Frosting Pan dancing in her head, five-year-
old Olivia Thomas is looking forward to some
Christmas baking and time with family in To-
ronto. Despite the excitement of Christmas,
getting to sleep isn't a problem.
"I'm so tired that I go fast asleep," she said.
'But I have two sisters and one wakes me up
all the time. She wants to get up and wait for
mom."
The young ladies leave Santa a traditional
treat of cookies and milk and he's so busy
"because he has a lot of houses to go to" that
he only has time to take a bite out of the cook-
ies.
For Caden Beange, 5, this Christmas he is
looking forward to getting some Stars Wars
Leggo and Space Leggo. He is quite prepared
to leave some chocolate milk and cookies out
for the jolly man in return, but is always left to
clean up the crumbs left behind. A small price
to pay, he thinks.
Christmas is magical when you're six years
—old and there is a childlike spirit in all of us
this time of year that makes our hearts beat
with excitement and anticipation.
And if you just let yourself believe for a
moment. Close your eyes tight and listen
carefully ...you can feel the magic!