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p 10 tribune thursday december 11 1997 st every tree is perfect at christmastime yes siree we rural routers love the yuletide season with a passion when you were a little kid you knew jewellery season gold silver diamond custom design a gem of a christmas deal receive a voucher for a free breakfast at a local eatery with any jewellry purchase over 2999 like santa this offer is only good til december 25 fantastic quality at great prices sat sun woodbine stouffville sd rd stouffville sales barn ne corner gormley centre hwy 47 stouffville side rd joe dehond 90588798327892 f churchill community church invites you to free standup christmas buffet with lloyd knight soloisttv producer at ballantrae community centre 35 p sunday dec 14 1997 leave message 6404704 number coming our gift to community 9clude glvuit in yowi glvuiintaa the magic of christmas as the years go by and we all get older you have to work at keeping that special spirit of christmas alive in the country with tree farms everywhere it is like we are living in the heart of christmas town and that warm festive feeling is easy to capture drive down our rural roads any weekend and you will see happy folks dragging that perfect tree to their cars sometimes those tree farms are so busy that a normally quiet rural road needs a police offi cer to direct traffic selecting and buying that special tree has become quite an event in the country nowadays offers of sleigh rides and hot drinks and magic shows for the family are just some of the entice ments to come visit tree farms after tying the tree on the car roof or packing it in the trunk it heads off for home and decorating what a haphappy time this adven ture of getting a christmas tree has become when the big guy and i first moved from the heart of toronto to our rural roust we took to the coun try like santa to a sleigh that first christmas feeling a bit like pioneers we decided to walk the fields behind our house and find a tree that would stand in our living room together carrying our saw we hunted high and low for a fir tree after losing feeling in our feet we decided in a brain numb state to cut down a jack pine for our christ mas tree jack pines are the charlie browns of trees with branches irregular and demented looking dragging it home we faked enthu siasm exclaiming that the true meaning was not in the tree but the meaning of the tree that gooey sentiment lasted until it stood decorated looking like everything a christmas tree should not top branches extended farther than bottom branches and the tree had a drunken look to it rural route ruth iv mt 4 m m yj warehouse rsal childrens books howto books art books cookbooks gift books paperbacks hardcovers fiction nonfiction and a whole lot more bestselling authors and titles some never before sold in canada 3 days only location 120 duffieid drive markham ontario friday dec 12 saturday dec 13 sunday dec 14 s 1 hwy 7 3 m n t so s duffieid dr a 14th avenue 5 o a a steeles a c o finch a hwy 401 90 off original publishers suggested retail prices crohns and colitis foundation of canada all profits from this sale will be donated to the crohns and colitis foundation of canada registered charity 118831486rr ruth leblanc like the big guy said weve tried it once been there done that wont be doing it again since our marriage we have had artificial trees where the colour coding has worn away and the final look of the tree was different in a bad way we have cut fresh trees and driven with ropes flying untied along the 404 with fellow drivers honking and pointing at the tree now standing on our sunroof now a large box containing a perfect artificial tree waits in the darkness of our basement and you know what i miss the adventure of finding a real tree in the end it doesnt matter about the size or the type of tree it repre sents the magic of the season and that is what it is all about add a christ mas tree to any room and mem ories of past christmases come flooding back and that certain magic that you swore you could never recapture does if only momen tarily return two short weeks from today the turkeys will be roasting and happy sighs will be heard across the countryside even the homeliest of christmas trees will shine with beauty on the most wonderful day of the year as you swear this is the most lovely tree you have had despite its imperfections the season is short so get out and savour the joy of our coun try christmas 7 liquidation sale 6276 main st across from cibc ps only open till boxing day open mon sun 10 am 6 pm housewares clothing for whole family makeup wow everything 50 off wow grand opening thurs dec 11 cash carr stocking stuffers galore