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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1966
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE THREE
Christmas Story For The Children - —
"My goodness, Santa Claus,"
exclaimed his wife, "you look
just terrible. Your snow-white
beard is droopy and your cher-
ry -red nose is pale. What's the
matter with you? Are you sick?"
"It's my tummy," moaned
Santa. "It aches and aches. I
have eaten too much Christmas
candy again this year. What
will I do? There is so 'much
to be done and I'm just not
.able to pack one more mama -
doll."
"Now, don't get all excited
Santa Claus," urged his wife.
"The elves and I will work all
night. You crawl into bed. I'll
bring you some medicine for
your sore stomach before you
go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow
you'll be well enough to load
the sled in time for Christmas
Eve."
Santa sat down on the side of
his bed and pulled off his long
red socks. Then he brushed
his teeth and said his prayers,
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He had just pulled up the cov-
ers when Mrs, Claus arrived
with a cup 'curling with steam.
"What's that?" asked Santa
Claus, just a little afraid.
"Medicine," replied Mrs.
Claus, as she sat the .tray on
the table.
"What kind of medicine?" in-
sisted Santa Claus as he clamp-
ed the blankets over his mouth.
"Stomach-ache medicine," an-
swered his patient wife. She
was pouring some of the hot
liquid into •a large spoon,
"I don't want it," said Santa
Claus just before he popped his
head all the way under the
covers.
"Now don't be silly, Santa
Claus," coaxed This wife. "You
have to take this medicine or
you won't be able to deliver the
gifts to the children tomorrow
night."
"Uh-Unh," came the muffled
refusal from beneath the blan-
kets.
"Now Santa Claus, you stop
this foolishness right now,"
scolded Mrs. Claus. "You're a
grown man. What would all
the children say if they could
see you now."
"Uh,Unh," replied Santa
Claus, now face down in the
mattress.
Try as she would, Mrs. Claus
couldn't get Santa to take his
medicine. She tugged at the
blankets with all her might, but
Santa held them fast. She even
called Rudolf but he couldn't
budge the jolly old Christmas
elf, All night and half the next
day they tried to get Santa out
of bed.
Work in the toy shop stopped
entirely as the little folks tried
to think of a way to get Santa
Claus to take his medicine.
Somebody suggested that they
upset the bed and roll Santa
Claus out, but Dancer, the rein-
deer, said that was too dan-
gerous.
It was getting later and later.
There were still 95 electric
trains to pack, 105 teddy bears
to stuff, 76 dolls to dress and
17 bicycles to paint. And be-
sides all that, there was candy
and nuts and oranges to sort to
make absolutely certain that
every child had something good
to eat on Christmas Day.
But nothing was being done
as .Santa lay buried in bed,
afraid to take his stomach-ache
medicine!
At last the tiniest elf in the
workshop jumped up on the
bench. He tapped his little sil-
ver hammer on a toy drum that
was sitting there, and drew the
attention of the whole group.
"What is it, Homer?" snapped
Mrs. Claus, who was almost at
her wits end. "We haven't time
right iiow to listen to more of
your ideas for new Christmas
toys. What we want is a solu-
tion to our problem with Santa
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Claus."
"Well,. I think I know just
how to get Santa Claus to take
his stomach-ache medicine, Mrs.
Claus," explained Little Homer
the Elf.
"You do, Homer?'." cried Mrs.
Claus.
"Yes," said Homer, who by
this time was jumping up and
down with excitement. "Come
real .close everybody and I'll
tell you just what we'll do."
It wasn't long before every
one in the workshop was just
as excited as Homer. Soon all
the elves were back at their
posts, hammering and painting
and polishing and decorating,
Rudolf returned to the stable
where he and the other •rein-
deer were shining the harness.
Mrs. Santa Claus continued on.
with her baking, just as though
Santa Claus wasn't even sick!
Nobody seemed the least bit
interested whether Santa Claus
took his stomach-ache medicine
or not! In fact, everyone was
singing as loud as he or she
could . and the song they
were singing wasn't very nice.
"Santa Claus is sick in bed,
Blankets pulled up over his
head;
He'll not ride the Christmas
sled,
Homer Elf will go instead."
Over and over they sang .the
sang. Louder and louder they
sang the song.
They sang it so often and so
loudly that Santa Claus heard
it, even though he had dug
himself way down to the very
bottom of the bed.
At first Santa couldn't believe
what he had heard.
"Homer Elf is going to ride
my Christmas sled?" Santa
asked himself. "Why that's the
silliest thing I ever heard.
Homer Elf isn't Santa Claus.
I'm. Santa Claus and by the
bells on my boots, I'll be the
one who will ride the Christ-
mas sled."
Without saying another word,
Santa Claus threw off the cov-
ers, put on his long red socks,
pulled his warm stocking cap
down over his ears and hurried
down the stairs.
"Where's that stomach-ache
medicine, Mrs. Claus?" shouted
Santa. "Get my boots. Find
my mitts. Hitch up the rein-
deer."
Once more Mrs. CIaus brought
out the cup curling with steam,
but this time, Santa Claus didn't
wait for her to put some on a
spoon. He took the cup in his
hands and drained the medicine
out , . . to the very last drop!
"Mrs. Claus," laughed Santa,
"you've tricked me. I thought
this stomach-ache medicine
would taste bad, but it's good.
It's very, very good. I'll have
another 'cup, please."
"Oh, no you won't, Santa,"
said Mrs. Claus. "There is work
each and every Aire o•• f ` our friends,
we send our most cordial wishes for a
holiday season abounding in blessings,
with genuine appreciation for our pleas.
ant relations throughout the past year.
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to be done. Work that only
Santa Claus can do, You'd
better hurry, There isn't much
time."
Santa was right on time when
he climed into his Christmas
sled that Christmas Eve. As
Mrs. Claus handed Santa his
thermos and sandwiches she
whispered, "how's your tummy
ache, Santa? Better?"
"Much better," smiled Santa
as he gave his cargo a final
check, "And thanks to you and
and my helpers, I remembered
that I'm Santa Claus and that
Santa Claus makes Christmas
happier for children every-
where. That's important, you
know."
"It sure is," nodded Mrs.
Claus. "If children are happy,
the whole world is happy,"
As Santa's Christmas sled
sped out of sight, Mrs, Claus
picked Horner Elf up and set
him right in the 'middle of a
big Christmas pudding.
"Eat all you want, Homer,"
she said. "If you get a sore
tummy, we'll give you some of
Santa's stomach-ache medicine."
"1111-Unh," said Homer, as he
jumped off the pudding and
into his little bed. He covered
his head and as far as I know
no one was able to get him
out until Christmas was over.
But Santa made it . . , and
that's what's important . . ,
isn't it?
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Supper Supremes
The sixth meeting of the
Supper Supremes was held on
December 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the
home of Mrs. Doug Robinson.
The members opened with the
4-H pledge. Six members an-
swered the roll call.
Carolynne Robinson read the
minutes of the last meeting.
Discussion was on breads and
cereal. Mrs. McKinley and Mrs.
Robinson demonstrated how to
make tea biscuits.
For group work, Debbie Mc-
Kinley and Connie Robinson
made a vegetable salad; Diane
McKinley, Carolynne Robinson
and Judy McBride made a fruit
salad.
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At this time of year it is
customary for us to extend
to you our Best Wishes for
a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
and at the same time, may we
thank you for your kind
patronage.
ROBERT N.
McKINLEY
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of good cheer to bring you,
our customers, special greetings of -
the holiday season and our specitd "thank you.'
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our many, many blessings. High on our list is the
confidence and good will you've showed us. So to you, our patrons,
We're extending a cheerful, hearty holiday "thanks."
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