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PAGE 8, Wl IIT13Y FRÈEE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMI3ER 23, 1987 LETTER Dear Santa, c,>.~ s,~,1You know that microphone you gave« to me last year. Well the bat- >&YO~ >4> -~teries ran out. Could you bring me Olé *~ some please? And on Christmas QM 0 rùyo 9>qpq day my sister Lisa gave me her b" > O eord player because.she got a stereo from you I think. 1 need a new needle for my record player. And could you bring me the games monster mash and mousetrap pleaseYours truly, Laura Dalrymple Leslie McFarlane LETTER Dear Santa, I am agood boy. When are you coming to scoole. How's Mrs. Claus and the elves and the reindeers is rodof the red nose reiendeer O.K. I would like a peyauowe book. Wel biy you must have a lot of work to do. - Love Niraj Dr. Robert Thoruton lA ..CI(d2e CfhrLtmas studentç ofcur, <îhJitly s'c(ioo( THE ADVENTURES 0F 'A CHRISTMAS TREE "Oh great! nobody's oy~t take me before Christmas,'I thought in the woods one night. Just then somebody came and said " This is a stupendous tree. " He was chopping me down it really hurt. They pulled me like 1 was heavy I ouly wiegh 500 pounds. They hauled me into a truck. It was a bumpy ride. When we got there I was put beside other firs. They covered me in lights, or- naments and bake candy canes. By the way IPm at Sears Departmeut Store. I arn the centre of attention, but stili nobody buys me. One night there was a robber in the store he had a flashlight and a gun but it turned out he was the night watch- man doing his rounds. The next day a girl pricked one of my needies. Ouch, it hurt!! 1 wonder how she would feel if I pulled her hair out. I got sent to St. Paul's School for a Christmas play. 1 guess you know what part 1 played. When the play was on I stood and thought this is the best Christmas I've ever had. By Leo van Wyk Gr. 4, St. Paul's What are you doing 14 Christmas Eve? Join us in Worship Celebralion at WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH. 25 Manning Rd. Whithy (beLween Thickson & Gurrard) 7:00 Famnily Worship Cbldren-Creche-Candles 10:30 Festival Service of Carols - Candies and Communion.» "O0 Corne Let Us Adore Hr. 1 LLILL Corne Share the Hospitcdity of Course Dinner oltiars no aes. Cete with& topseats, I Reserve now for New Years Reserve ear1yý' Entertainment Beautiful Classical Guitar bil Fraser Lee 89 Simcoe Ste New Yearsý Eve Menu 1 . Rosette of smoked salmon with beluga caviar 2. Capon consomme with chicken and pistachio quenelles 3. Confit of duck salacl with walnut oil and apple cidar vinaigrette 4. Skatewing with scallion and caper sauce 5. Champagne granite 6. Filet mignon with shallot sauce served on wild mushrooms 7. Sacher torte -8. LeTrou normand $70. per person se., Oshawa 571-2488 SANTA IS KIDNAPPED One day Sauta was workiug in his shop. AIl of a. sudden someone grabbed him! They pushed: him in a sleigh and hurried away!. Mrs. Claus came out of the house, "Where is Sauta?" she asked ber- self. 1Then an elf came in, "What's wrong? ", he asked. " I don't kuow. " "Where's Santa?" "I1 don't know." ¶'What's that?" "A kuife. " "But itis real." " Don't be silly." "I'uot" '"There's a note Lt says if you want to see Santa ever, again send $5,000 to 1001 Walton Boulevard before Christ- mas. The next day Mrs. Claus came out with a suitcase. in her haud. "What is in the suitcase? " said an elf. -"6t5,000 for thé kidnappers." She got into ber car and drove off. When she got to the kiduappers bouse she put the suitease on th eir door step. Santa was pusbed out and the money pulled in. Mrs. Claus took Santa home. Everyone was glad to see Santa. Tbey had a party. Debbie Wbelan Gr 1~, St. John's LETTER Dear Santa, Here is a list of things that I would like to give this Christmas. A smile to my sister Erin. Make my bed for mom. Take care of Kevin, walk Katie to scbool and take Puai to the barber. Then I will, give my fifteen dollars to the poor people. Then I would give some of my toys to the poor people. After that I will help dad get the Christmas tree. Then 1 will help mom do the dishes. Sean Shaugbnessy Gr. 3, St. John's SANTA GOES TO JAIL One cold Christmas eve Santa was in a bouse putting gifts under the tree. Some childreu heard a 'bump". They thougbt it was a robber. They called the cops. The cops came and they got Sau- ta and took Santa to jail. Ms. Claus came to tell about the escape plan. The reindeers were attacbed to a rope. Crash! the bars were gone. He was gone. The cops let him go. Steven Johuston Gr. 3, Leslie McFarlane L 4b By MARC VISCONTI Gr. 7 St. Theresa SANTA HAS LOST ALL HIS REINDEER It ahl started just a few days before Christmas. Sauta had been ridiug lu very thick fog. AIl of a suddeu a big thing came roariug out of the fog. It bumped into Sauta and sent the reindeer flyiug into the Artic Ocean! Santa sighed, but he had worse troubles. His sleigh was headiug for the Empire state building in New York. Luckily be jumped just in time before the state building speared bis sleigh. However, some how elf magic carried him safely back up to the North Pole. But Sauta had one problem lef t. How could he deliver the toys? Well ... he didn't think about it any longer. He quickly Went back to his worksbop. He im- mediately ordered bis elves to make him a sleigh, with two jets stickiug ùut about a foot and a haîf. After they were fiuisbed doing that, Sauta started wiring, and putting in gas aud speed meters in the dash-- board that he built. After he finished putting iu the iguitioný hole and the throttle aud fiuished' iustalliug the gas tank, he took his jet powered sleigh for a test fligbt, and it was successful! So from that, Christmas on, Sauta used bis jet powered sleigh to deliver presents ahI arouud the world! David Goodwin Gr. 3, West Lynde Pearson Lanes overal winner for decoratio Stores that make up the Pearson Lanes boutique development on Mary St. W. made up the overal wiuner in the Cbristmas decoration contest for downtown Whitby businesses. The judges, members of the Durham chapter of the Architec- tural Conservancy of Ontario, noted the "tastefully decorated" stores with natural boughs, red bows and white lights. Break-in at ehapel Durham Regional Police are in- vestigating a break-in at the Town Funeral Chapel at 110 Dundas St. E. early Sunday morning, Dec. 21. Police say a passerby noticed the front door stained glass window was broken around 4:45 a.m. Police report nothing was taken, but damage to the door is est imated at $30. A second break-in occurred at Tim Horton Donuts at 301 Dundas St. W. on the saine morning. A sm.all amounit of cash was stolen from the donut store. Windows broken Rocks were used t'u break sev en windows at Anderson CVI on Friday. l)ec. 18 ;ina es t inat ed a1 $,8011 There were five winners in the shop window decoratiou contest. Wiuners, and their category, were: Leouard's Flowers, floral Christ- mas; Judy's Flowers, classical elegauce; Harrison's Christmas outdoors; Daufortb Typewriter, children's window; Heatber's, old tyme window. The Earl of Durham for its -old world look," won for best facade, In the category of combined( storefronts, four Brock St. S. stor-es won for their joint effort. They wer*' Picture This And That, Olde Silver Thimble, Ferguson's kint Celebrations To Go. Tires are talkeiî Four tires valued at $304.) amd îh'u rims valued at $804) wert' stolc'îi frorn a Datsur. automobile sit t ing 40 the back of G N Auto Services ai *-,t4 Hopkins St. on the weekend. l'oýivt are investigating. Correctio n It was incorrectly stated m tilt, Dec. 9 edition that hourly î-te. 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