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Christmas television specials
for a happy viewing holiday
-CBC television will present a
cnumber of special programs
during Christmas week including
its 90 -minute classic eomedy
Vol one, an, experimental
Chtmas celebration, and a
colorful performance by the
;Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Band,
Starting Sunday, Dec. 21., at 6
p.m., The . Wonderful World of
Disney wiE present Babes in
'Toyland, a feature-length
motion picture fantasy starring
Ray Bolger, ° Tommy Sands,
Annette Funicello and the late
Ed Wynn. The second part of
this Christmas special will be
•telecast Sunday, Dec. 28.
. Immediately following, at 7
p.m.,. CBC -TV will present
Peace; an hour-long variety color
specials' featuring entertainers
Dan Rowan, Bobby Darin,
Victor Borge, Joanie Sommers,
Larry . Storch, Forrest Tucker,
The Kids Next Door and'•Bobby
Rhea.
At 9 p.m., Volpone, a classic
comedy of the 17th century
starring Jack Creley, and Brian
Petchey, Joseph Shaw, Chris
Wiggins, Leo Ceyden, with Diana
Barrington and Brian Russell will
be telecast. Volpone, a Venetian
nobleman, pretends to be dying
in order to draw gifts from those
who pay court toi him.
Of interest to youngsters
during the Christmas and New
Year holiday period is Children's
Cinema, a series of
internationally -produced,
award-winning feature, films to
be telecast weekdays at 10 a.m.
The Friendly Giant (Robert:
Homme) is host.
At 8. p.m. on Wednesday, Dec.
24, CBC -TV will colorcast the
finals of CBC Radio's Song
Market, a series which over the
previous nine weeks has
presented a song -writing
competition. The . hour-long
program features the works. of
and interviews with the four
finalists. Co -hosts are Bruce
Marsh and Juliette.
Ars Nova Musica, a 60 -minute
color special at 9:30 p.m. is a
musical and visual feast for
Christmas Eve -- music and
dance of the Renaissance
performed in the rich ,and
colorful costumes of the period.
Featured are the Fest Wal Singers
of Toronto, members o of the
Hortus Musicus Torontonensis
(an instrumental group), and
students of the National Ballet
School.
At 10:30 there's air hour-long
Christmas Eve church service
produced by CBC in 'Halifax.
This is a Christmas Mass
celebrated by Monseigneur
Richard J. Murphy from St.
Mary's Basilica in Halifax and
featuring . the 80 -voice church
choira...i:}nder the direction of
Father Joseph Pottie. Organist is
Christopher Moreash.
Earth's The Right Place For
Love is a special 60 -minute color'
presentation ,from Toronto be
telecast at 11:0 p.m.Conceived
for the Unitet Church by the
Rev. Ronald ' Atkinson, the
Christmas Ese production is a
festival of tire birth of God in
man. In a • .contemporary
environment, participants
experience birth, rejection,
p en i tance, renewal, love,
offering, and finally rejoicing.
Specials • on Christmas Day
start at 10 a.m. with a 30 -minute
color film entitled Christmas
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alts the story of the first Christmas unfolds,
may the light of love and understanding shine
upon you and bring you everlasting peace and
happiness. Best wishes for a joyous holiday. .
'The Compliments of the Season to all our firends. We
have donated to 'the Children's Aid Society to help
• bring Christmas ch"der to others andnot be
sending Christmas dards this year.
""'t ' Ed and Melba Stiles
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Remembered, Produced and
directed by Czechoslovakian
film maker Miroslav Ondracek, it
is a lyrical montage of film that
looks ' at Christmas in Canada
from the past and present.
At 12:30 p.m. there's a CBC
Newfoundland production called
Songs By The Sea.
Christmas Company, an hour
of instrumental and. vocal . music
set . in a relaxed home -like
atmosphere, will be CBC
Winnipeg's color Christmas TV
special at 1 p.m. Headlining the
singers are Bernard Turgeon,
Wilmer ' Neufeld, Phyllis
Thomson, 'Heather Ireland and
Mary Nowell. Instrumentalists
are pianist William Aide, violinist
Arthur Polson and -harpist Lisa
Wellbaum. With the Eric Wild
Orchestra.
Mrs. , Diddle and all her
Crabgrass community friends
will be on hand at 2 p.m. with a
special half-hour Christmas Day
edition of the popular
Ottawa -produced puppet series
Hi Diddle Day.
Cue The Angels, a 30 -minute
Toronto color, production at
3:30 p.m., shows a group of
public school children
discussing, rehearsing and
performing a Christmas play
about the birth of Christ. The
children also make up their own
Christmas entertainment, a
"celebration" using puppets
they have created themselves.
Actress Araby Lockhart directs.
At 8:30 p.m. viewers will see
Phil Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six,
a half-hour color program in
which Nimmons, one of
Canada's leading jazzmen, is seen
with his big band in rehearsal
and in performance at Canadian
high schools. Featured soloist is
Salome Bey.
Holiday Festival, a 45 -minute
color special featuring the
Ottawa -based A1 -piece Royal
Canadian Mounted Police Band
is the CBC Halifax contribution
._.at.:.9.._. p.m -___Joining_ the famous
band as guests are the 60 -voice
Mount Saint Bernard Girls Choir
from Antigonish, N.S., and
Halifax harpist Phyllis Ensher.
Don TrenTaine is host.
This special is followed by
Parade, a short color 'film by
John G uld, featuring ethnic
readingand poetry illustrated
by sketches, drawings and
paintings.
Thursday Night,. at 10 van. '
-will present a special hour lorig
color . film entitled The Day
Before Tomorrow. This
program, with Stanley Burke as
host, is designed to give
Canadians some insight into the
daily work, play and way of life
of people„ who live in the
countries of Dahomey, Nepal,
Thailand and Somalia.
Singing Carols
With voices lifted in har-
mony for "Silent Night," "The
First Noel" and other beloved
songs, today's carolers carry
on a Christmas custom that
originated centuries ago.
In the fourth century A.D.,
St. Basil was praised with a
musical poem in honor of the
fight for Christianity over
the Byzantine emperor Jul-
ian. Later in Greece, lege ds
of St. Basil were set to mic
and sung at Christmas and
the New Year.
St. Francis of Assisi led the
villagers of Grecchio in sing-
ing hymns of praise to the
Christ Child when' in the 13th
'century he created a manger
scene in this Italian town.
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• Deck your homes with mounds
of holly, trimthe tree with care
.... for 'tis the merry
season of Christmas. Many heart-
feltu
thanks for your
friendly good will. We're proud
to be able to serve you.
Vic Pope, left, proprietor of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Take Home Store on Kingston Street,
showed up again this month with a community effort when he presented 100 regulation size pucks
to the Goderich Minor Hockey Association. Accepting the gift is Gord Crawford, president of the
association. Mr. Pope had previously presented a bursary cheque to a local student on behalf of the
Colonel Sanders Charitable Organization that will be used by the boy to further his education.
Regulation size hockey pucks are at present being presented to every purchaser of $2.50 worth of
Kentucky Fried Chicken. — staff photo
Art, Too, Shows 'illumination'
To Light Up Christmas Scene
By ANNA MANG
Illumination.
The very word seems to..
belong to Christmas, the
season of light. Like the star -
that guided the wise men,
Christmas illumi'hates. the
spirit of man.
In an artistic sense, illu-
mination has another mean-
ing that is also linked to
Christmas: The decoration
of books and manuscripts
with colorful illustraticns, in-
itial letters and borders,
"lit" by gold or, occasionally,
silver.
Like • all the arts, the an-
cient art of illumination was
o%ten employed by man in
his efforts to capture some
portion of the wonder of
Christmas, to retell and to
picture the story of the Na-
tivity and related events.
"The Annunciation," "The
Nativity," "The Adoration of
the Magi," "The Flight into
Egypt" — these and other
scenes from the well -loved
Christmas story appear again
and again .in the hand -let-
tered, individually -illustrat-
ed books known as illumin-
ated manuscripts.
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• W hen It Began
In the early Christian era,
illuminated manuscripts
were generally tl4e products,
of monasteries and cathedral
schools. The first examples
of illumination appeared,
however, centuries before the
birth of Christ.
The Egyptian "Books of
the Dead," manuscripts in-
tended for tomb burial to
"serve as guidesfor the de-
ceased in the afterworld, of-
fer examples of gold -lit vign-
ettes dating back to 1350 B.C.
These "books," written on
papyrus scrolls, envisioned
afterlife as a continuation of
life on earth. People and.ani-
mals were pictured, • along
with decorative lettering
showing swirls of gold and
sometimes silver.
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To Spread Learning
The coming of Christian-
ity brought a continuing
concern With religious sub -
jects as the text for illumin-
ated manuscripts. Monaster-
ies of Egypt and Syria were
early dedicated to the crea-
tion of art, the development
of crafts, the spread of learn-
ing. •
In the Western world, these
aims gained impetus with
the founding of the Benedic-
tine monasteries in the sixth
century A.D. Artists and
craftsmen worked devotedly
to preserve _ sacred texts
through their hand -copied,
hand -illustrated, elaborate-
ly -bound vellum manu-
scripts.
From time to time, secular
texts — scientific treatises,
for example.— were also cop-
ied and illustrated.
* * *
How It Grew
Just as the celebration of
Christmas gathered together
many customs and rituals of
earlier holidays, so too the
monastery artists drew upon
techniques ' evolved by pre -
Christian craftsmen.
Influence of classic Greek
and Roman style is evident
in the early illuminated man-
uscripts of the Christian era.
This gradually gave way to
the decorative, abstract By-
zantine style.
With the approach of the
Renaissance, more natural,
realistic techniques came in-
to use, in illumination as in
other forms of art.
* * *
Treasured Today
In. the -preparation of illu-
minated manuscripts, a mas-
ter artist often set the style
for copyists and assistants to
follow, since even the deco-
ration of an initial letter
could be a major project.
A single letter might occu-
py an entire page, and a
complete scene or miniature
painting might be contained
within the boundaries of, for
instance, an initial "C" or
LLL>•RL._
11.J1Some manuscripts, . i fact,
represent the' work not only
of more than one artist but
of more than one generation
of artists.
Today, illuminated manu-
scripts are treasures of li-
braries and museums, and
rightly so, for throughout a
thousand years of Christian
history, the art of illumina-
tion brought an extra dimen-
sion of beauty to manu-
scripts that are, in them-
selves., precious works of art.
Sending Greetings
The custom of exchanging
greetings at holiday time is
older than Christmas. The
custom of the Christmas
greeting card, however, is a
relatively new one.
Christmas cards originat-
ed about 1.25 years ago, in
England. Despite this re-
cent start, printed greetings
quickly caught the public
fancy and are today one of
the most popular forms of
Christmas holiday traditions.
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Decorating Trees
The gaily decorated tree so
much a part of Christmas
has its counterpart in trees
• adorned with colorful trin-
kets during the ancient feasts
of the winter equinox.
This pagan custom of dec-
, orating evergreens became
associated with Christmas
observances, and legends link
it to the birth of Jesus. One
such story says that on the
night of the Nativity, all the
woodland trees burst into
bloom and bore fruit.
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FROM THE STAFF AT
HURON- AUTOMOTIVE
AND SUPPLY LTD.
HURON ROAD
GODERICH
Like the sparkling
beauty of a
snowy landscape,
hearts' are filled
with peace and
good will. Over
the mountains,
through the woods
or wh-erever•you'll
be at Christmas,
we wish you a
merry one and
sincere •"Thanks"
dor your continued
support.
,74s we rejoice in the story
of the first Christmas, may the happy
spirit of the holiday light
up your home with peaces good will.
Thanks to all you wonderful
people for your loyal trust and support.." {
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