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The Brussels Post, 1977-12-21, Page 44---TH E BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 21, 1977 7A: 04-0 .,iks',V4 OA- 4,4 Vok• ' .fer •:10 .-Krog.%,(01. Ak1i, 04:404,0( - TiffC -4!o' Amen by Karl Schuessler A smooth show THE NATIVITY — Margi,e Raymond, I, and Jackie Burge, Grade 5 students at Brussels. public school, played Mary and Joseph during one of the acts at the annual Christmas Concert. (Photo by Langlois) Maple Villa Choir entertains Members of 'the Brussels United Church Choir entertained the Senior. Citizens in the lounge at Maple Villa on Thursday evening with Christmas. Choir 'numbers. At the dose everyone joined in singing carols. The choir members and their partners later met at the home of Eric • and Marie 'Le Drew for enjoyable Christmas Jolly Santa appeared and presented each one with a gift from under the Christmas tree, after which lunch was served .by Luella Mitchell, Anita Harison, Mary Thomas. Marie Le Drew, Ruth Hupfer and Betty Campbell. Election of offices followed. The executive will- remain as follows; President, George Cousins, Sec. Treas. Barb McCutcheon, Social Committee Betty Campbell, Ruth Hupfer and Anita Harrison. George Cousins thanked Mr. and Mrs. Le Drew for inviting the choir to their home. Reg. $879.95 SPECIAL TO DEC. 24, 1977 TEAR DROP LAMPS PLAQUES POTTERY New Year's eve is drawing near. Don't forget to get your tickets for the New Community Centre. Member B.D.A. ,8814305- BRUSSELS- RISATMASf At thss glittering time of the year we send wishes * for your happiness, glowing with bright* hope for the future. We look forward to serving you again SINCE 1950 JEWELLERS LTD. Waikett00- Clinton iSealatth ..„. Atir- .04 .* 0.*.0.4246.420-* How about decorating tubs, to protect the spirits your tree with apples and of the woods and to bolster - round wafers this year? They may not be as color- ful as the glittering balls and ornaments you normal- ly use, but they're more in keeping with the early me- thods of tree-trimming. The tree is a symbol of immortality, the apples stand for sin, and the round wafers mean redemption. That, at least, is the way Christians after the 15th century saw it. They took the Paradise Tree (symbol of the fall of man in the miracle plays of the Middle Ages ), brought it into their homes, and used it as a lesson in moral- ity for their children. Over the years, the reli- gious aspects of the tree gave way to pu-., decora- tion. The apples wet6 re- 'placed by ornaments; the wafers, by stars, moons, men and animals. Evergreens alone attest- ed to the return of light and life and the revival of the sun god, The primitives brought them inside in :Yuletide Tree • Has Orifius la Primitive -Beliefs family courage through the dark winter days. I know most of you in these parts aren't addicted to Toronto radio stations. Why listen to all their weather and traffic jams, when we've got problems of our own 100 miles away? Who cares if the Queen E is bumper-to-bumper for two and a half miles? Or the subways are running on schedule despite the rainy weather? It could be blizzard and zero visibility with all the schools closed down out here. And that's what I want to know when it conies to radio news. But still. I keep the dial tuned fairly dead on 740 CBC Toronto. Of course I'm prejudiced. What with a little stake in the broadcasting. And then, of course, you get used to the voices. And none is more welcome than Bruce Smith between four and six o'clock in the afternoon. Bruce has been around the mike for many years. His Bruce Smith Show is easy and relaxed. He's getting everyone home into the suburbs and out of the Toronto downtown jungle. He doesn't bother you with any of the world's headaches. You've heard enough about them all day. Bruce's program is on the light side--with public service announcements, small talk about new books and play openings, and some easy joshing with the program's great man of humor, Ian Laidlow. And old as the format is, you can find out what great men are celebrating their birthday on that day and what momentous events happened in . history on the days. a You hear funny line or two. Like the other day when Bruce said, "Nothing's impossible, until you try to do it." All this light touch of Bruce's slides down as easy as a before-dinner drink. But then, that could be the trouble, Bruce might make things too easy. You could say he's plain pollyanna -- one of those rose colored glasses type -- one who always sees the good in everyone and every situation. Some one who accentuates the positive and skips over all the negatives. He's j ust plain trouble blind. You and I both know it's hard to take the bumps and blues of life and turn them all into peachy creams. But that's Bruce's style. And you figure -he's the nice guy kind, the swell guy. And you can't really dislike a nice guy, can y ou? But the other day, Bruce said a few lines with such conviction and assurance that he realy surprised me. He lowered his voice and spoke in a such a deliberate way I felt God himself was delivering the message. One of the sports announcers, George, Duffield, had started to worry about Santa Claus. George wondered if Santa would really come this year. The snow storm of a week before left enough snow to bring in millions of Santa Clauses. But now with all the rain and melting snow, Santa might get stuck in the mud. How would the reindeer manage? It's reindeer-and not ducks that pull the sleigh. It was then that Bruce came through. "Don't you worry your head about that, George", Bruce said, "Santa will come. Of course, he'll come. There's no question about it. • "And if a sleigh won't bring him, then a helicopter will. Santa's going to manage. Just you make no mistake about it. Santa's is coming, • this year." And if saying it with feelingand sureness ever made it so, Bruce made it so that day., Bruce had it right on. There was no question about it. He knew Santa was coming. Santa' had to come. 1 thought of all my talk about the Messiah's coming. That's VHAT I've been saying these many days in Advent. The Messiah is coming. Maybe I've repeated it too often. Maybe I've tried to say it enough times so you'll get that feeling of conviction -- that same kind• of conviction Bruce carried when he insisted S •anta's coming. I've wanted to say it -- full of hope. Real hope, with none of this wishy-washy "hopefully". You know, we've sapped hope of all its meaning with that vogue and vague "Hopefully" we start off so many sentences with. We use that word as a very doubtful wish--hoping against hope that somehow a certain thing will come 'true. That's not hope. Because the word means "fullof hope -- not "full of doubt". It means I know. It means I trust. It means I believe in. I believe and trust and know the Messiah is coming. Filled with this kind of hope, I say once again The Messiah is coining. And because of Him, I can wish you all a joyous and Merry Christmas.