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PORT PERRY ST < CHRISTMAS EDJTION, 1964 As we greet the Christmas season, it is with deepest gratitude that we thank our friends for their kind support during the past year. Van Camp Contracting Limited loyal friends. ° al TN DOUPE'S Carload Food Market Prince Albert When Christmas Groups Gather, I's Game Time Everyone's a child at Christ - mas time, and that's why there's nothing as much fun when family and friends gath- er as game-playing. Since Christmas groups usually in- clude both children and adults, games that both can enjoy are best. The following games can be played with no special equip- ment, other than that on hand. Char alos «dn Christmas charades is a lively game 'that the whole family will enjoy. Divide the group into two ada ~ teams. Individual members of teams are then called upon to act out a word, character, phrase, scene or situation and since it's Christmas, all the gharades should have Christmas overtones. Subjects are supplied on a slip of paper by the opposing team and then passed on to the "actor." From here on, it's his job to see how quickly he can get his teammates to guess what he is acting out, "The Night Before Christ- mas," "Jingle, Bells," "A Par- tridge in a Pear Tree," and "Filling the Christmas Stock- ing' are just some of the many, "many subjects that can be used. < Word Play... A popular pencil-and-paper game is called "word play." The object of the game is to see how many words can be made from a phrase such a "Merry Christmas to All" time limit is set, and the " is that no letter can be used in any word more often than it appears in the phrase. In other words, words made from "Merry Christmas to All" can include no more than one "e," "i" or "0," while they could contain as many as two "m's" or three "r's." Since' word play involves competition among its players, it's advisable to allow the chil- dren to compete against one another, while the adults bat- He it out among themselves. Santa's Sleigh . . . "Santa's Packing His Sleigh" is a quiet Christmas game that provides fun and hearty laughter. It starts simply enough with one member of the group saying, "Santa's packing his sleigh, and he's bringing a toy dog." Then each person repeats the sentence, adding another gift. to Santa's sleigh. The ob- ject of the game is to repeat correctly, in order, the com- plete list of gifts in Santa's sleigh -- and it's harder than it sounds. As the list gets longer and longer, more and more players just can't seem to remember the whole list and its order, so consequently they drop out, until only. one is left, A MERRY CHRISTMAS The sounds and scents of Christmas fill the air with joy and merriment. May your .Day be filled with these pleasures. 'Burnfield and Ballard ae ne nd LTT Nag \ 64 MAT PAGE Stockin g Up Starts with Santa Santa Claus, envisioned to- day as a jolly, cheerful man with an affinity for children, was a romanticist too, accord- ing to legend. The first Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, started the custom of hanging stockings by the chimney when his romantic heart was' touched, and he gifted a bankrupt merchant's three marriageable daughters with gold for their dowries. Desiring anonymity, he tossed the three bags of gold through the window, or, as some tell it, down the chimney. One of the bags landed in a stocking which had been hung up to dry on thg mantelpiece. \3 In Holland Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Rudolph would cause no ex- citement in the Netherlands, where children believe that a horse pulls St. Nicholas' sleigh. The great horse is named Sleipner, and the Dutch chil- dren fill their wooden shoes with hay for him. This gives him energy to get St. Niek to every house. Candles Glow At Christmas Many traditional candle customs brighten today's Christmas celebrations. From Ireland ¢omes the custom of putting a lighted candle 1 the window on Christmas Eve to light the Holy Family's way. The candles denote a house where the Holy - Family would have been wel: comed, not turned away as they were at the inns in Bethlehem. In Germany, too, can- dles are placed in windows to provide a glowing wel. come. for the Virgin Mary amd a host of angels who the Germans believe pass over the countryside each. Christmas, In many countries, such as Germany. beautifully decorated candles are an important part ofl Christ- mas celebrations, En- hanced with religious and other figures, they add an artistic and reverent touch 10 holiday festivities, Similarly, many still cel ebrate the medieval custom of lighting a giant Christ mas candle that burns brightly until Twelfth r i i Ob. wish you the happiest of holidays, filled with all the friendly worth of a good old-fashioned Christmas. EARL WALLACE PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Our heartiest good wishes for a happy ~ and joyous Yuletide go to you and yours, G. M. WILLIAMS MOTORS Lid . PORT PERRY F 2K