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spending about the same as lastyear it doesnt vary too much in our family from year to year v anne nicholson when i am out and about with my family mem bers arid friends i watch for things that they like itemsthat catch theii interest or things they happen to mention to me then i go back later and purchase that item when they arent around no matter what time of year it is even february of march then at christmas when we are exchanging gifts they are often pleasantly surprised that i remem bered them this way sometimes theyforgot all about the item it makes for an enjoyable and often exciting time that to me is what christmas isall about not worrying if you spent more this year than last karen lacrok no we have too much less is more sentimental emotional things arid acts of kindness give you more dividends than spending money at the mall we are a society that has everything in abundance anyway charlotte schultz i weeks question the scheduled execution of canadian stanley faulder in texas hasbrdught the issue of cajiital punishment tdthe forefrpnteq you think capital ptinishmentis a deterrent vo murderand shpuldit be reihstated in canada- li i t 7 j submit cbritributions to views on the new fax905 40 r xemaiitheibistarcav v 5 r yc- s t v a canadian cjjrtgtmag carol lett ers to the editor jeers to santa claus parade well i am disappointed as im sure are at least 200 others who like me waited patiently at the end arid i decided to leaveit was clear that of the stouffville kinsmen santa claus there was no promise of howmuch of parade route at weston produce the parade would come our way what we saw instead- was roughly couldnt even beure that st nick him- one quarter of the parade participants t self would make it this far turn off at either stouffville veterinarian i missed last years paradebut was clinic or subwaykfc1eavinguvto see toid it was great i have no idea- what them pack up i else wol be said about this years parade my 11yearolddaughter my rrioth- but from my point ofview and many of erinlaw and i waited for over an hour the over 200 spectators around me hoping tosee what was being billed as a young and old it could do with great parade r- j iiriprovement lets hope next years we f did not see the wonderful parade is better newfoundland dogs we did not see the uxbridge legion pipe band harf isvsnoum spin ucohshiim 4 fullmgtii pfdgraiiis having loaded every canadian tv station with so much pblit- ical advertising that were all j ready to scream mike harris has taken to the american airwaves i weve been told the american coriiji mercials are an econoiriicdeyelqprnent- venturer intended tqjufe business to ontario stealingvavpage frorris- vaughans book todo a province above new york cafnpaign i but i caught one of them the other j night on a buffalo station andcouldnt help but think these commercials are j really aimed at those of us who liveyn j ontario but like to catch sabres updates with ourthirci rock episodes i can see american corporations j being interested in those 60- tax cuts f mike harris mentions in his ads but then he goes on to talk about our as one marcher told mei only fol low i dont lead i thank them for want ing to participate at all aftermore than an hour my family j great education and health cafe sys u tems modern progressive cornpanies consider these things assets when they choose a location but honestly if you give a hang about quality of life would you be in buffalo now no i think these adsare basedon the truism that canadians wont accept anything canadian until foreigners buy it we did not see the rameses band we did riot see the 78th frasef highlanders youth pipe band and those are only the floats we know about who knows what other floats turned sharon baxter stouffville thanks for relief donations t behalf of mennqnite central committee and the cafe share off before they reached us we- saw- shopperi would like to take this oppor- many but haveno way of knowingto tunity t0 m the people 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