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Sugar And Spice
Proyed
Christmas wines but once a
year.
In fact, it's just ahead.
But have YOU heard the bad•
news?
Santa Clans is dead.
• He didu,1 have a stroke,
In fact it's difficult to say
What made old Santa croak.
Some say it was exhaustion,
Some say it was a clot;
But others seem to think he
conked
FIN= smoking too much pot.
Chimney -pot, that is, of course,
Ile 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 made a
splash,
Or run into a satellite
With one almighty crash.
I know it's going to be hard
to explain that to yOur kids, but
that's your problem.
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And
The revelation contained in
the above doggerel Is WY per-
sonal campaign against the as -
around, smelling up the atmos-
pherewith their God -is -Dead
garbage..
sortment of creeps going
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 '
beat n i k s, the God -Is -Dead
crowd is dead wrong. He max
be out to lunch occasionally,
but He is not dead. He is very
much alive. And you can go tell
that on the mountain, my folk -
singing friends.
ayeci;
GodSaid
Sem if I sound a bit heated
at this time of peace and good!
will and four -Color ads for
whisk$ and Perfume, But I've.
hadenough of the complete
current *scene for bit. Quite
enough of psychedelic 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 be one of the "in"
crowd, and I have no intention
of starting now.
. First of all,wa isChrist-
mas all about? Is it not a cele-
bration, in the Christian world,
of the basic tenet of faith: that
God 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 own?
So light
you can balance
it on one hand.
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Sleigh bells ring,
voices sing out all
through the land in
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frieudly Christudas greetings.
Ti these we add our
own, extending to our faithful
customers and -friends the warmest holiday
wishes, the sincerest "thank -you" for your patronage.
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He gave mail this gift only,
once, But everyyear for 20 cert.'
turies, its celebration has re-,
pewed peaCe and joy and love
in the World, ev if only for a
short time. That's, itea gift:
Now, Santa Claus is a little
different, He's been in. business
Only for about a century. Ile
brings something different ev-
erY Year, and all his gifts can
be broken, 104 or worn out.
AireadY, a lot of people are
getting * bit sick of Santa. We
see him everywhere: on floats,
in department stores, at Christ -
mat; concerts, in beer advertise-
ments. He leaks a little differ-
ent each time. And he spends
two months of the year leering
at us front all directions and
hoto-Ing like the village idiot,
He's_ like everybody's jolly
old grampa. But -after two
mon s of whitew s ers, befly
laughs and urgings to buy, buy,
buy, even jolly old grampa
hould be sent. off to the funny
arm.
How would you like to have
God around for two months a
year, every day and night, right
where you could see.him? And
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What's wore, where lie could
see you.
What We've (kot to de is stop
treating God like Santa ClauS.
A visiting clergyman told us on
Sunday ethe story of a., family
- that wanted something :very,
very much, They prayed or it. q
And prayed and prayed, the
whele family, as hard as they
eoilld, for a week. Nothing hap-
pened,
In despair, the father said,
"Well, I guess Goct, didn't an -
s
;saver our prayers,",
'
His little daughter piped,
"Sure He did, Dad. He said no."
That's faith. God is alive.
Christmas is .real. Andif 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-
ed will).* the job of keeping time
throughout Expo 67. The Time
Centre at the Swiss pavilion
will transmit "Expo Titme'.' to a
dozen watch towers and to 70
public clocks on the site.
traditionoi ChriStinas'
are centred around lighted
candles. Here are three differ«,
ent holiday candles especially
creittO for the fostive season.
SMILING SANTA: PANalFer.
Poi this candle you wiU need
parowax plastic paints, color.
in goaqd a large cone mold. Ere.
gin by installing tile wick in the
mold, being sure to seal well
at the bottom.
Now melt the parowax over
boiling water to a temperature ef
180 degrees', This wax should
be° tinted aloight red because it.
will become Santa's tall hat,
Pill the mold about two-thirds
allow this to set completely
in: a water bath. .Prod and refill
as the wax cools and shrinks.
Because the remaining one.
third of the mold will become
Santa's face, melt more wax
and tint it with pink to Ove a
nice ruddy flesh color. Allow
to completely harden before un -
melding.
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 per pound.
Then whip and apply.
. THE CHRISTMAS CHIMNEY—
The square brick chimney is
a, shell made -in the',square htirr 1*
cane' avoid. ' wick Is needed.
Melt and pour parowax to the
desired hei.ght in the mold. The
empera tire
degrees. 2,1a,ce tbeo14�arefut1y
In . a, water .14,th of about 85
'weight to. keep the mold from
degrees. You nay have to use
Allow the meld to set until
a film about 1/84nelt thick :has
„formed over 'the 'surface 01 'the
parowax. You will. want the.walls.
to be about 1/4Mehthick. Remove
the meld froint the bath and with
a paring knife cut a °square out
of the chimney leaving a hollow
shell on all sidesOemOve this
square of excess parowax, Let
the shell cool until ready for tiny
molding.
• Melt some more -wax =dolor
red, Using a paint brush, teat the'
outside of the shell red, When'
this has co9led, carefully score
the bricks, which will then be.
surrounded by white 4trrerta.r."
Se t -on a styrofoam base and
decorate with fluffy snow, made
from whYte whipped parowax,,then
pour into a foil plate until a
white film forms, now whip With a'
fork' When all is reaciy-pjace
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, U will glow 'through the
chimney walls.
STAR IN THE EAST— This tap.,
ered star candle luta a trim
and is * fascinating candle to
burn because the centre core is
redanditwjfl 'Softly Igo
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mold.,
pare `, the mold wwithi .4,1411'sPuart:belee.
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with a wick rod.
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- pounds 'of parOws.x with threS
le acid , over boiling water to
a tempetature 01180 degrees. 11
YOU Prefer a whiter eandle, add
some , lustre crystals, nleasur.
• lnai athe 4 x. 0 t,ew iosaforo 111 n a wt pound.lieteerwbathte
• for about three'minutes. Remove
trotn the 'bath and pour all the
liquid wax from the mold. Drain
wen.. Return the shell to the
• water bath and leave for a fuel,
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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
imanpdorstharnitnIc ins.orTrers tostaepvoiids
°- air pockets around the wick.
When topping upwith a refill
be sure this wax, is reheat.
to the correct temperature. I.
will take six hours for this.
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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. Watchingthe delight,
the 'awe, the wonder in a child's face is ‘knowing the Spirit of Christmas.
To all, our sincere greetings of the seasonplus our gratitude and thanks.
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