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Are you going home for Christmas?
Throughout the weeks that
precede Christmas Day, we
will often hear the question -
"Are you going home for
Christmas?" It seems like a
natural enough question, yet,
packed full of emotions. the
Christmas season is that one
time of year when families
long to be together, and to
celebrate. People will travel
great distances in order to be
with their families and loved
ones at Christmas.
The Christmas story as
recorded in the Gospel of St.
Luke is the story about a
family who went home: "In
those days a decree went out
from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be
enrolled...And all went to be
enrolled, each to his own ci-
ty. And Joseph also went to
Bethlehem, because he was
of the house and lineage of
David..." That was his
home. He belonged there, as
. did everyone else of King
David's royal line. Joseph
went home to be enrolled, to
be counted, to say once again
for all the world to see and to
hear: "This is who I am, and
this is where I belong".
• Today, as anotner
Christmas celebration ap-
proaches with all its glorious
music, fun and gaiety, a
decree goes out that all the
world should go, each to the
place where he belongs. Are
you going to your home, to
the place where you live, to
your family, to be with those
who love you and who need
you? Are you going home,
not just in body, but in soul
and in the spirit, of that love
that came into the world in
that first Christmas? The
family doesn't need your
gifts as much as they need
YOU.
This is the one place where
you are irreplaceable. There
will only be one of you there.
It is the one place where no
one else can take your place.
There may be other areas of
life, where you are impor-
tant
mportant - even some place where
you are essential for some
operation; but it is only in
the home that you are ir-
replaceable.
treplaceable. In our .modern
world, of misplaced values
and conflicts, as we do our
part as the script requires,
there isn't much room to be
an individual any longer.
The world squeezes us into a
certain mold and makes us
become what we never were
intended to be, or wanted to
be. But, it is so different in
the home. Home is the place
where we used to dream;
where the whole world was
our stage, and we could set
our own goals. It was the one
place where things were
simple - before the world
became complicated and we
became complicated with it.
The Gospels testify that
God is at home in his world.
There is a sense in which
God too, came home, to his
world at Christmas. He
chose to come into the world
and to become part of it. He
invited himself into the
whole human predicament,
right smack in the middle of
it, where the pressures
mount, and tempers rise;
where people hate and disap-
point and are hopelessly
muddled; where people lose
the meaning of it all, and
spin forever on the merry-
go-round of human ex-
istence. God comes into it all
- to experience life in all its
fullness.
The Christmas carol says
it plainly: "Love came down
at Christmas". Love itself,
came down - the embodi-
ment of all that love can be;
the example and the ex-
perience are one. The ex-
periment is over; in Christ,
and romp home at
Christmas.
In these days, the theme
returns again: "Are you go-
ing home for Christmas?"
by The Reverend
James R. Broadfoot
Holly venerated
by the ancients
Modern man is apt to take
holly for granted, although it
is much admired, and used,
during the Christmas
Season. Yet even before the
coming of the Christchild
holly held a niche unique in
the history of men's relation-
ship with plants.
Writings of the Greeks and
Romans record the giving of
holly branches and wreaths
on happy occasions. Wed-
ding guests brought holly to
the newly married couple as
an expression of their good
wishes and boughs were fre-
quently given as gifts to
friends to signify goodwill.
Its lustrous leaves and
glossy berries enlivened
pagan revels throughout
Europe, most notably the
notorious Roman festival of
Saturnalia.
Householders from the
frozen North to the 'Mediter-
ranean isles brought holly in-
to their dwellings to protect
themselves from evil spirits.
They considered it a haven
for friendly fairies of the
forest diming the winter's
cold, dark days. Branches
were put in the 4aarns too
because its cheery
brightness was believed to
make the cattle thrive
despite the bleak winter.
Persia's followers of
Zoroaster believed the holly
tree casts no shadow. They
made a tea of holly leaves
for use in religious
ceremonies. In Germany,
holly was called Christdorn,
for it was thought that the
crucifixion wreath was
made of holly. In England,
he who trod on hollyherries
was cursed with bad luck,
for the robin who loves these
berries was said to have
plucked the thorns from
Christ's brow. This was how
he got his red breast accor-
ding to ancient legend.
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When they had heard the
king they departed and lo,
the star, which they saw in
the east, went before them,
till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
—St. Matthew 2:9
The first Christmas in
young Mark's life
On the night before
Christmas my mother and I
were talking about having an
Orphan stay for Christmas,
so we went to the orphanage
and asked this little guy
named Mark if he would like
to spend. Christmas with us.
He replied, "I would love
to". So we brought him home
and' bought him some
presents. On Christmas we
got up and opened our
presents. When Mark opened
his presents he hugged us
both. At lunch time we had
three people over and Mark
too for a big lunch. We had a
big turkey and Christmas
cake for desert.
About 9:00 Christmas
night we had a Christmas
party for Mark. We had cake
and lots of other food too.
Mark went to bed at 10:30.
The party was over about an
hour later.
In the morning, -Mark got
up and he got dressed and
got his presents and we
drove him back to the or-
phanage.
Scott E.,
Huron Centennial
Christmas
Christmas is the time of
giving and thinking of Jesus.
Shannon Keller
Grade 2
Huron Centennial
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On a note of good cheer, we
greet our many friends with
best wishes and appreciation.
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Peter Gahwiler and family
Marlene Schmidt
Richard Delve
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,AS WE START OUR 107th YEAR
May the peace and serenity
of this holiday season fill you
with hearthside warmth.
TOWN COUNCIL
Mayor
Chester Archibald
Reeve
Ernest Brown
Deputy Reeve
Frank Von Altena
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Marie Jefferson Deputy Ckrk
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and a Happy New Year
to everyone! Thank You
for your patronage during 1981.
We will continue to give the
best of service in the coming year.
DAVE MUSTARD
PLUMSINOAND NEATINO
BRUCEFIELD 482-0803
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