The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-12-22, Page 6° .
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Prciyed • And Prayed; God- Said
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• Christnias comes but, once a The revelation contained in
year, , • the above doggerel is my per -
In fact, it's juseahead. sonal campaign against the as-
flt4t have you heardthe bad, sortment 6f -.creeps going
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He didn't have a stroke, garbage.
In fact it's difficult to say
What made old Santa croak.
Sonie say it was exhaustion,
Some say it was a clot;
But others seem to think he
conked
From smoking too much pot.
Chimney -pot, that is, of course,
He wouldn't touch the other.
But what an anti -climax,
For Santa just to smother.
At least he could have fallen
• From his sleigh and mad, a
splash,
Or run into a satellite
With one almighty crash.
I know it's goitig to be hard
to explain that to your kids, but
that's your problem.
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Sorry if I sound a bit heated
at this time of peace and good-
will and four-eolor ads for -
whisky,, and perfume. But I've
. had enotighof the complete
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enough of plycliedelle sensa-
tions, and clever ;little clergy-
men saying glib things, and
young people with open mouths
who swallow anything that flies
into them, and simple-minded, -
earnest "liberals" who bore the
hell out of me trying to explain
things far beyond them.
There, it's out. I'm just a
ruddy old reactionary, after all.
And I don't give a diddle. Nev-
er, in •my life have I had a de-
sire to he one of the "in"
crowd, and I have no intention
of starting now.
First of all, what is Christ-
mas all about? Is it not a cele-
bration, in the Christian world,
of the basic tenet of faith: that
pod gave man the greatest gift
in his power, a son, a living,
breathing manifestation of His
concern for the muddled,
wrong-headed, two -legged crea-
tures who make such a muck
of things on their dwn?
By Bill
Smiley
There's just as much truth,
and, just as• much common
sense, in ,my. report about S.
Claus as there is in , theirs
about God:
- I don't care whether they are
eminent clerics or' half-baked
beatniks, the God -Is -Dead
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be out to lunch occasionally;
•Homelite much alive. And you ca lc go tell
but He is not dead. He is very
that on the mountain, my folk -
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He gave man this gift only
-once. But every year for 20 cen-
turies, its celebration has re-
newed peace and joy ,aid love
in tbe worW, even if only foi a
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different. He's been in business
only for about a century. He
brings something different ev-
ery year, and all his gifts can
be broken, lost or worn out.
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Three Seasoncti Candle ,ideas
' r The traditions of Christmas a Shell:made in t4, squat14r' erect .star 4andle,has 0....bolly trim
are centred arounlighted
cane mold. No wlek Is needcandle to
candlesHere are three differed, and is a fascinating
1VIelt and pour parowax to the -kurn because the centre core is
ent holiday candles especially . .
,4 for the fggtive season. desired liefgh t' in the mold. The red . and, it Will softly glow
'ereatc
temperature sheuld be 10P through the white ceating. Pre.
what's worse, where He could , degrees, Place the mold carefallY pare the Meld vial' a Square
SMILING SANTA CANDLE- in 9. water bath of about 65 braid wick, sealing' well at the
• - parowax , plasti6 paints, color. degrees. You may have to use !Pattern with mold sealer Or mold.
see you. For this candle you will need
q treating God like Santa Claus.
A visiting elergyman told us on
, gin by installing the wick in the D
r" ' z- Allow the mold to set until with a wick rod,
,,,,.. floating.
a weight to keep,the mold from ing ay. The Wick Must be •
What we've got to do is stop
in g and a large none * ' ld B centred at the top bof the mold
Heat approximately 2 1/2
Already, a lot of people are
getting a bit sick of Santa. We
see bim everywhere: on floats,
in department stores, at Christ.
mos concerts in beer advertise,
ments. He looks a little differ-
' ent each time. And he spends
• two months of the year leering
at is from all directions and
ho-ho-ing like the village idiot. :
He's like everybody's jolly
old grampa. But after two
months of white whiskers, belly
laughs and urgings to buy, buy,
buy, even jolly • old grampa
should be sent off to the funny
farm.
How would you like to have
God around for two months a
year, every day and night, right
where you could see him? And
at the -bottom --""" --'femled--ever;-thurarre:15Thti.r'IYeittnds"-EYI:-''Pli'rq-'"'"-'wtth"mti.Iree-'----
-- that -wartted•--some g, very, -
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parowax. You will want the.swalls,
boiling water to a temperature o
Now melt the parowax over
180 degrees. This wax should to be about 1/4inchthick. Remove
the mold from the bath and with
be tinted a bright red because it
will become Santa's ' tall hat. a paring knife cut a square out
of the chimney leaving a hollow
very4much. They prayed for it.
And °prayed and prayed, the
whole family, as hard as they
could,- for a week. Nothing hap-
pened.
In despair, the father said,
"Well, I guess God. didn't an-
swer our prayers."
His little daughter piped,
"Sure He did, Dad. He said no."
That's faith. God is alive.
Christmas is real. And if you
have enough faith, maybe you'll
find that the rumor about San-
ta's untimely demise is false,
and that he's alive, too.
The Swiss have been entrust-
-A with the job of keeping time
ihroughout Expo 67. The Time
Centre at the Swiss pavilion
will transmit "Expo Time" to a
dozen watch towers, and to 70
public clocks on the site.
Fill the mold about two.thirds
full, allow this to set completely
in a water bath. Prod and refill
as the wax molding.
cools and shrinks.
Because the .remaining one.
shell on all sides. Remove this
square , of excess parowax. Let
the shell cool until ready for un -
Using a paint brush, coat the
Santa's face, melt more wax
Melt some more wax and colOr
third of the mold will
become
and tint it . with pink to give a outside of the shell red. Whea
this has cooled, carefully score
nice ruddy flesh color. Allow
to completely harden before un. the bricks, which will then be
,, surrounded, by white "mortar."
molding. Se t on- a styrofoam base and
The features are painted with
the plastic, paints . If you want
to give Santa the additional touch
of white whiskers and 'a fur.
trimmed hat topped with a pom-
pon, buy from your hobby shop
parowax with a melt point of
145 degrees and add three table.
spoons of stearic acid perpound,
Then whip anti apply.
THE CHRISTMAS CHIMNEY—
The square brick chimney is
decorate with fluffy snow, made
from white whipped parowax, then
pour into a foil plate until a
white film forms, now whipwitha.
fork. When all is ready place
a candle in a votive glass inside
the chimney and add a small
Santa ready to, climb down the
chimney. When the votive light
is lit, it will glow through the
chimney walls.
STAR IN THE EAST— This tap-
tableWo'ns per p Oita itslear=
ic acid over boiling • Water to
a temperature of 180 degrees. If
you prefer a whiter candle, add
some lustre crystals , measur-,
ing 1/4 teaspoon to the pound.'
• Fill- the mold with the white
wax. Now place in a water bath
for about three minutes. Remove
from the ,bath and pour all the
liquid wax from the mold. Drain
well. Return the shell to the
water bath and leave for a 'furth.
er 20 minutes. ,
Reheat the excess wax add.
ing red coloring, When the shell is
cooled and set, pour in the red
wax, heated to 180 degrees. Fill
the mold to within 1/4 inch of
the first 'white pour. Carefully
prod and ' refill as the wax
cools and shrinks. This step is
very important in order to avoid
air pockets mound the wick.
When topping up with a refill
be sure this wax is reheated
to the correct temperature. It
will take six hours for this.
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Sleigh bells ring,
•voices sing out all
through the land in
friendly Christmas greeting:: 4**
To these we add our
own, extending to our faithful
customers and friends the warmest holiday
wishes, the sincerest "thank you" fol. your patronage:
• Rosy cheeks sparkling eyes, happy voices...children in
anticipation of everything that Christmas brings: the family tree, stacks
of presents, bells ringing out sweet carols, stockings filled with goodies,
Santa Claus...and the solemnity of each tiny creche. 'Watching the delight, .
the ,awe, the wonder in a child's face is knowing the Spirit of Christmas,
To all,.our sincere greetings of the season plus our gratitude and thanks.
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