HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-12-24, Page 14My. name is Nancy Gray 4P4
Am eight years old. My best
Ghristma was year 1968 as I
got a tinkerdoll and clothes,
dishes, knivesand forks, and
a hitch kit and lots of other
things. 1. was. playing with my
doll when the, telephone rang
and Monrrity answered it and
she said it was for me and to
my surprise it was the man at
the IGA and he told me I had
won the large candy ne full
of candies. So my ters and
my brothers aur, I went and got.
it and then MQ:» _y let me
have some candies.out of the
candy cane and 1 was quite hap-
py for it was the first time I
had, won anything. So that was
my best Christmas.
Nancy Gray
Wingham; Ont.
My best, Christmas was when
my aunt. uncle, brother,, sis-
tern, Mom and dad were eating
Christmas dinner. We had just
Today,
jcice! as in
His. -tame, let
.us rejoice and renew,
faith at this Holy Season..Thtank you.
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eat � 4i sh s .for h ippiness
rl oo health in this, holiday season,
s well : as •our grateful thanks to all.
finished and my, aunt was drink -
higher teawhen our old table
started to go to the middle. My
aunt Catherine said, Arthur,
look k what you did ! " Everyone
started to laugh. That was my
best Christmas. • .
' Susie Powell
R. R.. I, Wingham
My best. Christmas was last
year. We had a• lovely tree
which I helped to decorate. On
Christmas Eve my brother and
I, each put up one of dad's old
stockings, .hoping to find'it fir-,
led in the morning. That night
I could hardly get to sleep with
excitement but I. must ha v e
dropped off because the next
thing I knew it was morning. 1
rushed out to the livingroom to
see what had been left for me.
My stocking was all bu m p y
looking. I stuck my hand in
and pulled out three colored
pencils. Next came some
chocolate covered cookies
some jewellery. some water
and REAL.,ESTATE ;STATE •
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rime
bell time, and time to
say thanks for your friendship.
Quest: wishes for a marvelous holiday.
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paints, gloves and in the top
was a tangerine and some nuts.
All this time my little brother
was ripping open the presents
under the tree and as he couldn't
read nobody would get to open
their very own. I rescued three
gifts with my name on them
and ws so pleased to discover a
white blouse'in one, a game in
another and and a pair of slacks
' in the third. Mom and D ad'
Were missing all the fun so I
raced in to wake them up.. They
joined. us in the livingrciom and
'we finished opening all our sur-
prises. There were even two
games for the family-4hockey
and croldnole. After a hurried
breakfast which Dad helped to
make we°rushed off to church
for an hour. Now came one of
the besttimes when we would.
go to our Grandma's for goose
dinner and more gift. exchang-
'ng.. Even better than one
Christmas dinner was having
two Christmas dinners because .
the next day we went to my
other Grandma's. It really was
my best Christmas because my
whole family could be together.
Heather McKay
;Wingham, �rOn*t. •
beautiful turfy dinner °with ,an
the trirnmingt then I played
with my doll and clothes for,.
awhile, then I went to bed and'
that is the best Ciiristtna$ I ev,es.
had.
Kimberly Gray
Wingham. Ontarte
R
Y realxly don`t flame a bz e s t ;,
•
Christmas but when I was 7
years old, I. lad's best Christ-
mas. I got a girl teddy bear
and my brother got one to, And
my sister-in-law and my broth-
er got me a pretty doll: And
my dad got me a'rerrie Dearie
and my brother, got the a
Thurnbelina and a.Swinger.don
and a Timex watch and my sis-
ters got mea paii of slippers.
And mom' got me a skirt and a,
juniper. And we had a ':big tut—
key supper. And after my Dad
got me a easy bake oven.
Cathy .Skins
Wingham, Ont.
My name is Kimberly Gray
and I am ten -years old. My
best Christmas was in 1367 be-
cause that is when I got my
white,figure skates and a barb -
ie doll with lots of clothes and
lots of other things but I enjoy-
ed it the most as I skated all
day then came home and had a
One stormy ChrIstxnas day m '
wewere invited out to my, Ant
and Uncle's farm for dinner,
While we got dress, while ou
Dad warmed up the car. We
hurried out to get our presents
off the kitchen table. Patsy
asked, "When are we going?"
Dad said. "As soon as your motri
comes out. " Here she comes
shouted David with excitement':
Let's go now saki Patsy.. In the
car Terry said I can't wait! As..
soon as we got there we ran in,
gave our presents to our "A nt
and Uncle. We got our pres-
ents and said "Thank you". 'Af
ter a bigdinner we said "Good—
bye", nd went home. eke had.;
a good time said Ricky. ..
Corrine Nesbitt
Wingham, Ontario
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Joe was a boy about twelve
years old, he had long wished
for an axe, apple and a buck-
skin jacket. But his family
hadn't had much time to think
about Christmas for father had
to cut down a lot of trees and
pull up the stumps. •
One day his maw and paw -
went to the general store. Be- .
fore they went they asked .him
if he wanted to go but he had,
said no, because he wanted to
stay and plan a way to surprise
his maw and paw for Christmas,
He though and though and.
though and finally it came to
May the rafters of
your . home ring with warm laughter
and cheer of loved ones at this season.
Thanks for your confidence.
Ron Wingfield
-General Contractor -
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"Oh thanit youpg "Was . a
pry." HIM* W !* aWatch,
toys, clothes, eiterythlig.thiS
my best OtOstglaait tnlr v
best!
Pebble Qrtlicb
13h4eyale, Ont,.
"Oh inn hear it* a beautiful
watch, "!. . as 1• opened t c watch
tto
case. 1� tau hardly war. .o
pts
the rest.. * The' other presenta
got were a new'dress, two' pair
of leotards, at'jewele , bot and+
a doll.
After we opened: our presents
we went. to church. When we
came home le/e all tat down Ito
eats The dinner was made. up
of potatoes`t turkey, cranberry
sauce, *vegetables and straw- • '
berry shortcake. '
'After dinner' we did the dish-
es and played with ourtcys for
awhile, Then it was time to:
go to bed and now I relixe that
this was my .best Christmas:
• Ann. Marie Mahe.
Bluevale, Ont.
He would cut down a Christ-,�
mas -tree and surprise them with:1
it.
He did and dicorated it to
when his maw and p a w got
home he was asleep but thay
thought ie was the nicest Christ-
mas tree they ever did see. In
the morning,he found thrcegifts'T,
under the tree, the first wa>
wrapped in red''paper, the se
and •felt ' ikeea -shirt# t iters
a bu
I on. fgA,44,
My best Christmas was when
I was. five, 1 had goten a box
of marbles, a huge teddy bear,
a box of candy and a toy truck.
.
That day" 1 had turkey 'salad and
to top it off plum pudding, How
I wish all. my _Christmases were
like that.
0 well,, I hope you have a
Merry Christmas.
Frank Sanders
R. R. 9, Brussels
was
and he .tree waS
with Ogg lights.
Finally ourgueStS. arsiVed
and We all sat down to a lovely
gooSe,dinner. °When we were
tnislted eating we went for a
e and adrnlred the decors
dons, on the how . and then ;TO"'
turned bone to ,► and g
' what some: of the packages drat
were already► Under the tree
!contained,
Before.1 knew it, it was.
time to gay to bed, so.I left
some hot chocolate and hake
for Santa. When I had p
ed Santa's sna"ck'1 bid, geed
night to our guests and went to
bed very exhausted. ,It took,
me a hong time to go tb sleep.
My name is Yvonne Gray
and I am six years old. My
best Christmas was last y� ar
19:68: . I woke up on Christmas
Morning midi found my stock-
ing full of goodies and lots of
presents under the tree forme.
.;The first one was a beautiful •
doll 'sitting in a little chair and
the next one was a barbie doll
with :a case fill of clothes, mini
dresses riding breeches. and an.
Then, I had a turkey dinner and
Yallahq runnings Christ
mss cake and it waswith really good
hat.... as the best .Christmas I
ad. , , •
`Y'vpritte` Gtray 4
Cjnt•
mer. butit was an axe, Now:
can help you `clear away the
trees said Joe and he did,(4.
Carol, Brophy.::
• Wingham, Ont.
"I can't wait, can you Deb-
bie?" said Jane. Who can't".
I said with exitment. "Is it the
19th?" said Jane wonderingly:
"Yes", I answered. For r five
whole days. we waited impa-
tiently. . "Only 1 single day, 1"
said Jane. 'That's enough and
it sure is a long enough time,
especially when your waiting
anxiously. " "I gu es $ your
right.
"Children, it's time for bed"
That night Jane and I just
couldn't get to sleep until I
started to dream of all the things
I wanted, .. I wanted! • _
That, morning blight and '
early, Jane and.I°got up, and
started to gather our presents.
Just then Mom, came downstairs,
•"/N•/// •N/"N••N•/"/HN/
Mt,rest Christmas was.two
years ague and we had no ani-
*maLs bur:chickens. I called it
'My best Christmas because we
Chad no chores and- we went to
my grama's place and got a
present each. There are ten in
,our family so that would- cost
quite a bit of money. My
birthday is the night before
pChristtnas and I got three pres-
entsMthen the others did.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Perry Ranuneloo
R iljc 3, Walton
.Quickly jumping out of bed
1I .pulled on my clothes and hur-
ried downstairs. It was Christ-
mas Eve and my favourite aunt
and uncle were coining for
•-Christmas. h was very excited
and could hardly wait until
Christmas Day. I s c u r r i ed
',around tidying up the house.
Early the next ,morning 1
tip -teed to the top of thestairs
and stood. there astonifl ed..
Thee before me sat as,
new bluekbicycic. 1, was. ,real-
ly surprised Wt. happy.. 1 r cad
the rest*of the way.dowttairs
and then opened qty presents,„
a� Some of the:packages I re-.
ceived contained' a watch, sup-
er spirograph, socks, chocor-
lates-, hankies, a sweater, and
many other nice gifts. • The
gifts were all nice but best of
all I liked the new bluer bicycle
Debbie Hull
Wingham, out,
• When I woke up one Christ-
mas morning Iwondered what
dad, mom and S a n t a ,lead
brought me. • The''} I ran down-
;stairs as fast as I could go. I
saw a Johnny express, power ,
shovel. truck and 'a toboggan
.and many other toys. I went
to my stockings; there was. can-,
dy and' a little kitten. That
was my very best Christmas.
• . - Stanley Stepleton •
Wingham, Ontario
PUPILS WHO TOOK LEAD parts in the
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back row, left to right: Vicki Jeffrey,
Bonnie Askes, Nancy Darling, Kathy Under-
wood, Julie Melton, Heather Brent, Tracy
Lee, Kim Foxton, Sandra Hogg; middle
One Christmas two years ago
it was my best Christmas be-
cause
e-cause I got a Baby's Hu n g r%
Don. I spent all my time look-
ing
ooking at our beautiful new Christ•
mas tree, l played with my
doll till lunch. After lunch we
watched a show 'calle51 AChriste
ipas car Ma F4
my doll. I'loved all my. prey-
ents. I.11 'lame a"few , Baby's
Hungry Doll, barrel of monkeys
scarf and a purse and lots more.
That was my best Christmas.
Lori Kopas
Wingham, Ont.
row: Corey McInnes, Aileen Underwood,
Denise Walker, .Klaas Jorritsrna, Brenda
Horsburgh, Warren Wray, Debbie Sjaarda;
front: David Ryan, Wendy Armstrong, Dan-
ny McKay.
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frienis. May
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