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Each Christmas Eve, we reminisce of his special visit that year, wondering if he will leave any eviâ€" dence during his visit this year. Christmas is always a family time for us when we thank God for our many blessings and for the peace in our home and this memory will always be a special one for our family to remember and cherish. Sure enough, out on the roof above our front porch was a present. And as we looked closer, there seemed to be tracks of some kind as well. Our most treasured memory of Christmas was this one year when our son Aric, was nine and Corissa was five. It is a Christmas that they continâ€" ually talk about. On Christmas morning, when they were brushing their teeth, they looked out the bathroom window which looks over the front porch. What surprises seemed to be everywhere! It seemed that when Santa was out and about Christmas Eve, he must have dropped some preâ€" sents from his sleigh as it landed on our roof. There were blade tracks from the sleigh‘s runners on the front porch roof, footprints and what appeared to be hoof prints. After much excitement and discussions, it was settled how Santa had landed on the roof, walked around in boots that are "bigger" than Daddy‘s, been in a rush so some presents fell out of the sleigh (and one even fell on to the front lawn) and had then managed to take off for the next house using the garage roof as a ramp. The reindeer must have been anxious to get going too; as they pranced around unsettling the snow and leaving hoof prints all about. 1 It seemed we spent many hours that Christmas morning, hanging out the window looking at the evidence that Santa had definitely landed on our roof. What a picture it made as Aric and Corissa hung out the window as Grama drove up the road! To them it seemed that Grama was driving at a snail‘s pace (and that‘s not Grama!) as they called out to her to tell of Santa‘s visit. "Mommy! Mommy! Look, look! There is a present out on the roof!" For all their hard work as Waterloo Chronicle carriers, Heather and Annie will receive a gift certificate from Kâ€"W Rotisserie Chicken. Annie‘s favorite movie is The Lion King and she hopes to become an artist. Both girls are Pioneers who enjoy crafts, biking, hiking and jazz. They also like swimming, N soccer and badminton. Their favorite trip was to England and Scotland in May, 1994. ame Annie is in grade two this year. Her favorite school subjects are reading and gym Heather‘s favorite movie is The Secret Garden and in the future, she would like to be an Heather and Annie Dabrowski are this week‘s Waterioo Chronicle "Carriers of the Week" They deliver in the Academy Cres./Oid Post Rd. area. Heather is in grade four this year. Her favorite school subjects are writing, math and A visit from Santa CARRIER OF THE WEEK Heather & Annie Dabrowski 6t iteeeinrentznic Marjorie Wilson After a very stormy passage from Bremen, Germany and 24 hours on the train from St. John, we arrived on the farm near Linwood on Christmas Eve. Freddy, the foreman of Mr. Macâ€" Kee‘s farms had met us at the Guelph Junction. He drove a Pontiac and my family and our luggage fitted in. After an hour‘s drive, the car stopped on the road. It could not get into the driveway as the snow was too deep. Next to the road was a wooden shed. It was blown crooked by stormy winds. That was the first thing we saw. Then I saw lights coming from a farm house. The children had fallen asleep. I took the sleeping fiveâ€" yearâ€"old Elke into my arms to carry her in. Ulrich took Eyke, eight years old, up â€" the snow was too deep for him. Uwe tried to help Ulrike out. She cried and refused to get out. "I do not want to live in a shack." Then she saw us move slowly through deep snow towards the lights of the farmhouse. When we arrived, the big house was warm. Uncle Peter and Aunt Ulli greeted us. A Christmas tree was there and a table full of food that would last a week. We were very tired and each of us found a bed to sleep in. The next morning, I was the first one up and went to the big kitchen. The stove was warm. I opened the door of the hearth, saw glimmering coals and added more wood. I was very happy. Here 1 would cook for my family without gathering wood first as I had done for our one room in Dotzum. Ulrich came to the kitchen next. He said, "Merry Christmas!" We hugged each other and said, "What a wonderful morning!" Uwe, our oldest son, 11 years old, came down the steps. "Father, there are eight rooms in this house." He was followed by Ulrike. "We found four bedrooms, each with two beds." Eyke came next. "I found a cat on my bed when I woke up this morning." Finally Elke came into the kitchen. "I had a wonderâ€" ful dream of Santa Claus!" Our first breakfast was bread, butter, jam, puffed rice cereal, milk and coffee. We wondered how the rice got so big. We had never seen such rice before. Eike ran to the big window in the living room and called out: "Santa Claus is arriving with a horse and sleigh." We all rushed to the window, just in time to see the sleigh tip over. Santa, his bag and a bushel of apples fell into the snow. The horse with the sleigh took off to the barn. Santa picked up the apples and put them into the basket. Santa had a helper who had jumped free seconds before the sleigh tipped. He helped gather the apples and stomped to the barn through the deep snow. Santa brushed off the snow from his fur coat and boots and called at the door, "Merry Christmas!" All returned the greetings and Elke said: "This Santa speaks German. The one Address Postal Code.......................................Phone # I am interested in carrying papers on........... 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N2J 1S5 886â€"2830 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1994 â€" PAGE 15 "Who can tell me a poem?", asked Santa and Elke responded first: "Santa Claus is here today to bring us toys to play!" *Good!" he said and gave Elke a small parcel which she opened at once and exclaimed, "Mother baked exactly the same kind of cookies and sugar candies as these." Santa laughed. "My wife helped me. Here are more parcels for each of you. I have to go and visit more children." He left and went to the barn. The children put their jackets on and went to dig a path to the barn. Elke and I looked from the window. Elke jumped up and down. "I want to go out. I want to go play in the snow!" We joined the others. Freddy the foreman, on a tractor, cleared the snow in no time. In the afternoon, our neighbor Sigi, came with a horse and sleigh to drive to the main farm. He had the same dark eyes that our Santa in the morning had. This time, the fur on his coat was on the inside. We came to a road which was not plowed and it was hard for the horse to get through the snow It pulled hard and suddenly we all went flying into the snow We laughed and climbed back into the sleigh after the horse stopped running. It could not understand Estonian and would only stop for the English word. We arrived on the Henderson farm. A long table was set for many guests â€" four families and Mr. MacKee, the owner of nine farms and his son Terry. 15 years. Elke went up to Mr. MacKee and said, "You are very good to have us here. 1 thank you." Mr. MacKee Jooked very surprised to hear this from a fiveâ€"yearâ€"old girl. I thanked him too for all the food we got on our arrival. He was delighted that I spoke English and asked where 1 learned it. I said. "I have been in England many times when my hushand was a sea capâ€" tain. I travelled for two years on his boat." At this moment. a Santa Claus arrived in a red costume and he gave the children pink and white striped candy sticks. This Santa was the school teacher and asked our children if they would come to school in Linwood. Gerhard, Anneliese and Rita, Uncle Peter and Aunt Ulhi‘s children, talked English with Santa Claus. Our children stood watching in amazement. How wel} their cousins spoke the new language. MAIL THIS AD TO: is St. John spoke English. Santa shook hands with each child and with me, he bent his head and kissed my hand. That moment I knew Santa must have come from Estonia, my home country where this is a custom. Santa asked the boys. "Where is your father?" "He is in the barn to look after the animals." 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