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Parade starts'at 1 1 :00 am sharp a at Coulter Avenue and proceeds down Weston Road, ending at Dennison Road. You’ll see bands, fancy floats, clowns and much more to delight you. Come out and enjoy the friendliness of the Weston Community! The Weston Letter Carriers are going to be in the Parade. Write your letters to Santa and they will collect them along the route and see that 'they are delivered to the North ole! it: _ cr I ill? er, rr', C 37,. "1 Saturdsm "HOME OF THE BICYCLE" caNES , L05 I-'i"f cl LawrencetWenue West Highway 401 Oak Street PARADE ROUTE St P Dennison Ave 36* Sfllltill"rfll C1dllWllllS Inhn Shem PUBuSFEDBYTHEBESmNBuSlhlESSCtWM0hmf THIS YEAR'S PARADE _, GRAN} MAR9IAL IS __ ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, EVERY FAMILY’S FAVOURITE CHARACTER, POLKA-ROO WILL LEAD THE ANNUAL PARADE DOWN WESTON MM. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS GREAT EVENT! jl0lr3illlri'T0, EDITION 93 VOLUME 4 Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way, C) what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh! Walt Rombough remembered the use of sleighs in Weston when he was growing up. "One of the early signs of winter was the change from wheels to sleighs on horse drawn vehicles after the first big snowfall. Roads were not salted and sanded as they are now, but allowed to build up to a good base - it is hard to imagine in today's environment of noisy motor vehicles and the roar of jet aircraft, how different it was -. nice and quiet as a horse and cutter would glide past with the ring of sleigh bells on the harness." This was the time of year when children would be rehearsing lines for their Christmas concert. Pearl Canning Simpson wrote: "At Christmas, the Sunday School pupils always put on a Christmas concert. For several weeks prior to Christmas, we went one evening through the week to practice. Church members would help out by building a platform across the front of the church. When the night arrived, everyone dressed in their Sunday best. My Auntie would tie my hair in rags the night before to make ringlets for this special evening. Some of the children would recite, others would sing or perhaps do both - the young adults always had a dialogue or two. The excitement often resulted in stage fright or some of the performers would forget their line but the audience of family and friends always applauded loudly. At the end of the concert Santa Claus arrived and handed out the gifts from under the tree, one for each Sunday school pupil." At home, preparation for the family Christmas dinner went on for days before the holiday. Dorothy Davis Taylor remembers: "Jellied salads (always red and green) were made, potatoes peeled, furniture moved and tables set in readi- ness. Grandma and mother made Christmas cakes with thick almond icing, plum puddings and shortbread. Uncle Will killed two of his largest g,eese and brought them already plucked, the feet tied together with a string along with a pair of wings from the geese which were used to dust out the difficult corners during houseclean- 1)lrofesiutttals from the merchants Jiettsunts areetittgs (mnl'v page