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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-12-24, Page 18b 4 ® PAGE 2 - GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, TUESDAY, DEOEMBEh ► 1974 G , GrumpaIeurned.._. about Cbs OUR CHRISTMAS Every year we decorate our tree with stars,coloured lights,' candy canes, tinsel and lots , more. And sometimes we sit around and sing and play bingo and play with the things we- got. For supper we have chicken and turkey or anything, but there're most popular to us and maybe dressing and tunip and potatoes. What do you' have ? Most of us have fun on Christ- mas I hopes you do. The finest of all is presents and opening them. , M Amy Leddy Grade 5 St. Mary's School. II DECORATING THE 'TREE - Let me tell you about the one Merry Christmas I had. It was the children found huge presents under the Christmas tree. I suppose you know who brought the presents. Ho, ho, ho! Yes! me! Santa Claws! Merry Christmas! 4 Michael Madden Grade 5 St. Mary's School. OUR, KIND OF CHRISTMPAS Our Grandfather had never experienced our kind of Christ- mas. He believed that a Christ- mas should be spent chopping wood or cleaning opt the barn! But when he stayed with us last year he knew what it was all about. He helped us decorate our tree with tinsel, gay lights and bell of shapes and sizes. Mother hooked candy canes. pn it. Later on, Grandpa told up stories about when he was a little boy on the year of 1846, Dec. 25, at 8 , Christmas Eve. We all enjoyed o'clock. I recall it was the our Christmas very much that Jones family or was it the,• year. Browns family? decorating the tree. They brang in the Christmas tree, and oh what a tree! They began by put- ting , on the ba41s., Red, yellow, green. You yarne the colour and it was there. Different shapes and sizes too! The children placed snowman, Santa Clauses and bells, also other things such as this Mrs, Jones, I think, was •popping popcorn and the children strung it, then on to the tree it went. • MT. Jones was rumaging through the attic and ' found some .tinsle rope, he put around the tree, it ' realy brightened the tree up. As they decorated the tree, they left little,,spots where they could place candles. Last but not least, the star went:up. It brighten the room waited till there father came he as�it shone. Mrs. Jones had just said they could keep him if they finished making some ginger- took care of him they had a bread men and hot chocolate. very Merry Christmas.`. The children went to bed with Lynda Gleason Grade n many» dreams. Mr. and Mrs g } Jones dozed off as they thought St. Mary's 4 of Christmas. In the morning Mona Gleason Manger on our little flat porch up by our window ledge with a spot light so everyone can see it. The night before Christmas our , family goes to midnight mass and we sing carols my dad sings in the choir all by himself and I am very proud of him. When mass is, over we all go home till. Christmas day comes then we• open our presents and recive Christmas cards its the funnest day of the year on Christmas. Im going to have some fun this year on that spiecal day. Are you? Doreen .Markson Grade 5 St: Mary's School THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS` Nearly 2000 years ago Christ was born. This is what Christ- mas is all about. NoWaday,s with all the gay lights, presents, and decorations people seem to forget the true meaning of • - - ' ' Christmas. �a� Ci ti , -Grade d.e °•5 . Kin ;h r dg e ' M1. V Sf. Mary's School. THE NEW PUPPY One di; Jane and Billy were walking down 'the cold winter road, when they saw a little puppy laying under a bridge. The pup was black with a white patch over one eye. He was all curled up like a ball of fur. Billy picked him up and, brought him home, His mother said "Billy you cannot keep that puppy we can't aford to keep it out here in the cotfntry, besides we have no use for him". But Billy begged and begged her till she -said "OK wait till you father cT mes home and see what he says." So the children waited and WAKING UP ON.CHRISTMAS • One Christmas rnorni.ng I woke up and jumped out of bed. I crepted down the stairs and stared into., .my brothers bedroom but when I went in I saw that he was already awake. g, He got up and we went into the family room. Everybody was up and we had beackfast and after we opend the presents. Dad got his movie camera and -took movies of us. That Christmas our family had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year. ,floppy voices sing ow in a chorus of u' trnz wishes. It's been a pleasure serving you. the�y. -- NO' leaf 38 Hamilton Street Patrick Madden St. Mary's School Grade 4 Adge 9. The word Christ means saviour. He came on earth as God made man to' save us all. This birth is the true meaning of Christmas season. It is quite right that we rejoice and be happy during this time. Indeed!. we should give presents and send happy Christmas cards to our friends because this exactly what the three wisernan did af- ter Christ was born in a poor little stable outside Bethleham. This as you will see is the true meaning of Christmas and even what Santa is all- about. Barbara Conlon Grade 5 St. Marys School OUR SPECIAL LITTLE WAY Christmas morning in our days :is much different from the pioneers. We wake up early in the morning and run down- stairs to see our presents. But, the pioneers had no.,presents. They would carry on" -like any other day: The nights were cold so they would have to sit close to the fire. The parents would tell stories to their children-. that their parents told them. The children would snuggle up in bed and soon fall fast asleep. In one way their Christmas is like ours and that is we all celebrate in one special way of our own. PREPARING FOR ' CHRIST- MAS When Christmas is near I know 'it is time to get ready for that hard working day. My sister and I get 'out our Christ- mas tree, tinsel and ;and even the star that sits right on the. top. The lights that go on the , treeshine up all over. Sharon"" wanted to have lights on the house but this year dad said we can't have lights on the house so I hope we might pat a Theresa Osborh Grade' Five St. Mary's School PREPARING FOR CHRIST- MAS We were ,all awaiting the arrival of my dad, about quar- ter to two on a saturday he carne. We attatched the caboose to the snowmobile and went out into the brush. Once past a hole in the fence we hopped out and serveyed many trees. Then my dad found one he considered good. We cut it down and towed it home. Af- ter a bit of persuading got it intb the stand and into the house. After we changed four light bulbs and fixed the icycles so they were hanging nicely we were ready. Now all we had to do was wait for Christmas. • . Joey Mor issey Grde 5 St. Mary's School 5 May your holidays be a perfect picture of family fun and togetherness. 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