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Library off"àers a quiet place to read and reflect lover the holiday season The Canadian Champion, Friday, December 16, 2005 - B3 stores are so crosxded! Christmas conjures up images of lights, trees. presents, decorations, wonderful sinelis from the kitchen and, yes, crowded stores and parking lots. Want a quiet retreat for the period before the holidays'? Christmas is a wonderful time to visit the Milton Public Library. It's a haven of peace and quiet from the hectic pace elsewhere. We have many books with Christmas as their theme. 'Me popular Elm Creek Quilts series by Jennifer Chiaverini has a new offering. 'The Christmas Quilt'is the story of a mys- terious unfinished quilt that reveals the secrets of holidays past. In 'A Redbird Christmas' by Fannie Flagg, Oswald Campbell moves to Lost River for what he believes will be bis last Christmas and becomes involved in the lives of its residents. Dave Cooks The Turkey' - one of Stuart McLean's humorous radio mono- logues - describes the lengths that Dave must go to ensure bis famnily their promnised Christmas dinner when he forgets to buy the turkey. For those who looked forward to Alan Maitland's readings of Christmas stories evety year on the CBC there is 'Favourite Christmas siories from Fireside AI'. Included in Fireside AI's collection are Christmas classies (like 'The Shepherd' by Frederick Forsyth or 'The Gifi 0f The Magi') along with some not so famiiar tales and some tasty recipes for seasonal fare. Adoramus Children's Choir AM 740 Bergsma's Home Decor Bishop Reding Secondary Sehool Carefree Mini Storage Cation Excavating Limited Cayuse Creek Ranch The Milton Canadian Champion Chudleigh's Creative Memorials Curbside Ad Dare Foods Limited Don MacRae Insurance Durante Auto Service E.C. Drury Secondary School D&S Sigos Edward Jones tnvestments (Milton) Cover to cover L~ Mystery writers find Christinas a popular setting for their stonies. 'The Christmas Thief' by Mary Higgins Clark involves the disappearance of a blue spruce destined to be the Christmas tree at Rockef'eller Center and the bag of loot hid- den in its branches. Christmas is also a season of wonderful music. Check out 'A Christmas gloria' by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or 'Christmas with Pavarotti' on video per- formed at Montreal*s Notre Dame Cathedral. For Barenaked Ladies fans we have 'Barenaked For The Holidays' or 'Country heat Christmas' including a variety of artists for fans of country muesic. Why not listen to Tom Jackson's "Me best of the Huron Carole' or Rita MacNeil's 'Late DecemberT For the movie buffs we have those perennial classics like 'It's A Wonderful Life' and 'Miracle On 34th Street'. To keep the children entertained there are many Christmas movies and animated films including *An Avonlea Christmas' and Dr. Seuss' 'How 'Me Grinch Stole Christmas'. The children's collection has many, many Christmas and seasonal books almost tooi numerous to mention. First Professional Collision & Paint Gailinger Ford Gordon Foods Ltd. Gospel Lighthouse Grace Church Bell Choir Heritage Safety Products Hershey Canada tnc. HTC S Hauting-Towing-Cartage J. Scott Early Funeral Home Karmax Heavy Stamping Kidd's Sheepdog Training Kwik Kopy Lyons Automotive Repair McKersie-Kocher Funeral Home Ltd. Merrybrook Farin Milton Boy Scouts Milton Chrysier Dodge Milton District Secondary School Milton Hydro Milton Motor Sales Lianited Milton Toyota North Halton Compass Old Bell Farm Our Lady of Victory Elementary School Oshawa Zoo Page One Services Richardson Chev-Olds Robert W Lawrence St. John's Ambulance Stessor Motors Staples Stopp's Drycleaners Timber Preser-vatives Water Depot Windrush Stables Zak's Pharmacy Y onhew-aytoýbehleýhcm@ýook.c orhoune905-164-71 27 Acooperat.ve proet of M.1Mi l ilton Ae Ch 1ta Chrhes mokn Together Nle[1 ( 111i la oi I lo th ali Milton Public Libray We look lorward to seeing you over the holidays. Cover t cover ipreparedbstaîff of the Milton Public Lihror.v Wu Coi HelpI g esrie 0 Free - *Professional * Confldenftal 2mtoLÀ 6 I IC I,. T /.< Çje Enter for your chance to C---kIN lof 15 ÀKIM buted~1 to i Milio apeciaIf aelcf#e Gift Card Gmng Supplemnent wil be ' househw d December 6-9, 2005. uF11 oSt thî ballot for your chance to win! MALENTRES TO: Metroland Corporate Sales, 10 Tempo Ave. WillowdaleOrviano M2H 2N8. INAME: IADDRESS I POSTAL CODE: TELEPHONE: G fQ r I eaOrne for entres is December 19515 2005,lSpm. Winoers will be anoounced by your local Metrolaod Community Newspapers Decembr21-23,2005.I *poyees of Metroland Printing, Publishivo and Distributing Ltd. anti er tamilies, ave flot etîgible to win the Grif Card Gioing Covtest. Limit one ballot per perso. MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS Special thanks to Country Heritage Park and Milton Home Hardware 1