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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-01-25, Page 17- ny glY Pk �f^I �s. crossroafis - Ja i, 2 111 *T'age 4 6 VARItfIES GREEN GIANT VEGETABLES 14 oa. 69'0 SWEET MIXED, BABY 111LL,,YUM.YUM KICKS PICKLES 750 mL 1.89 3 VARIETIES TANG FRUIT DRINKS 69' 4 COLOURS WHITE SWAN TOILET TISSUE 4 ROLL 1.59 FLAKED STAR KIST LIGHT TUNA 6.5 oz. 1.19 ASSORTED COLOURS, BAKED ENAMEL VINYL MESH SEATS - RUST PROOF FABULOUS FOLDING -CHAIRS A RAINBOW OF COLOURS OUR REG. 2.25 A FRACTION OF DEPARTMENT STORE PRICES FROZEN CARNATION HASH BROWN POTATOES 1 5 Kg BAG OUR REG: .t6�3 5 VARIETIES RANDOM CUT CHEESES .rt . °: ^...� .Y; r c � '•" :v �f � :: !ss ./+^'ext FINE QUALITY FROZEN McCAINS ORANGE JUICE • 12.5 oz. TINS 3.17 Ib. 6,99,K. ASSORTED FLAVOURS LIGHT 'N' UHL SEALTEST YOGURT 175 g TUBS FOR 100 PALMOLIVE BAR SOAP 270 g 3's Ie39 IRISH SPRING 2155 g BAR SOAP 3's SPICY DELICIOUS WESTONS HOT CROSS BUNS PKG. OF 8 PLASTIC so m As HANOI WRAP 1.S, RISE '11 SHINE ORANGE 13 oz. 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Thurs, and Fri. evenings WINGHA.M Cerner of 81o: 4 and t6 HwNg, , Open 1`hUrt„ Fri ewanirrge M1 ArmitiamiRDAtiminsisimov Have you heard the story of the two first graders who were discussing religion? "Do you believe there's a Devil?" the $ouinger of the two boys asked. "Naw!"the older and wiser lad replied. "He's just like Santa Claus — it's your dad!" Well are we the parents of starry-eyed innocents really doing the right thing in try- ing to perpetuate the Santa Claus myth? Would it really subtract from the breathless jollity of Yuletide if we let them grow up knowing the truth? I remember that back in the old hometown when I was in knee pants, a clergyman who had just taken over the pulpit in our Anglican church got himself into serious trou- ble trying to- do that very thing. He was young and full of Godly ambition. The con- gregation was staid and had been satisfied for a long, long time. The zeal of their new postor was just a little hard for them to take to their cau- tious hearts. The more tolerant of the parishioners reminded the ,others that he was young and that time cures nearly everything. Then came the Christmas concert. The minister had worked a long time on the homegrown talent at his dis- posal and by adding his own acting genius here and there, he had rounded out a pro- gram which even the more cynical of his flock admitted to be good. The more tolerant gave hien an even greater • credit. It was the' best Anglican pro- gram they could ever remember, they said. It was almost as good as the 'pro- gram the Latter Day Saints put on. (Whether they had just been born dramatic or whe- -- ether -theirs-- - an-4nspira-7 tion which` cable from on the Laways t,r l?ayy: §dints . W e alcredi ec with having the '• best Christmas copcert in town.) But then just as the pro- gram was coming to its splendid, conclusion and the pastor's star was rising' to a new height, he committed the tragic blunder which was to make him so vividly remembered through all the years after. When he cameo out in front of the curtains to make the little closing speech expected of. pastors on such occasions, .he ad- mitted that there was no Santa Claus. The pronouncementwas not the burden of his speech, of course: It was something which came rather inci- dentally, and he hastily added the customary com- pensating talk about the spirit of . Santa Claus which was indeed real and which was far more important than the little red fat man him-` self. But the damage had been 111 one. The church basement was filled to the furnace with youngsters of all ages that night, and they had all heard. The silence which took hold of their parents was the silence of utter dark- ness. "How could he?" someone near me whispered. "How could he be such a fool?" And for years afterward, that moment of supreme honesty was the one thing which was always recalled whenever it became neces- sary to prove the young man incompetent or unworthy of continuing in their pulpit. But the strangest fact of all, and the fact which I' remember just as clearly as the great pronouncement it- self, Was that it was the parents who were so rudely shocked that night. There wasn't a whimper from , a child anywhere. I doubt if they were even surprised. And when in full Santa regalia, the village mayor trooped and whooped onto the stage a few minutes later their screams of delight were just as loud as those which had ever greeted any Santa, real or, revealed, any time, anywhere. hlain is 1 Idespread' Islam, the **Id's fast- est-growing religibp, is by no, Mealle litfllted . tok the Mideast It's theIhtfitivipal belief. Id mite 40 naitlltltis in Africa and Asia.