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i and Express Tuesday Dec Head Office Bay St Toronto Our sincere good wishes to yon on this happy holiday A LLOYD HOLLAND LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY LTD Carol Ave Newmarket TW 54336 Joy and Blessings oar wannest wishes for unlimited Holiday joy and bountiful Christmas blessings I Oriental Importers Co i m- t AH fe calm all is bright And the radiance of Christmas fills cur hearts with rejoicing May the blessings of the season tie yours Rose CUSTOMS I dont know that I can answer your question son but Ill try The Christmas spirit well its something you cant touch as you can the tree or feel as you do the cold and the wind and snow Its greater than the dis tance to a star or the silence of the night more wonderful even than Santa Claus Oh yes Christmas trees and snow presents and things theyre all part of the Christmas spirit But these are things that we could have the whole year round without the Christmas spirit Its only at Christmastime that they Why Well its because the Christmas spirit sort of changes the way we look at things and the way we feel Little every day things usually so important go off somewhere and are lost among the Christmas tree lights or the evergreen arches along Main Street We completely for get about ourselves as we gather presents for all our friends Our troubles just seem to melt away We buy gifts the year round for birthdays and anniversaries its true but its not the same When the Christmas spirit moves us we feel happy We just want every one in the whole world Is it being happy Not just being happy as such Its being happy and kind and generous full of peace and most import ant of all being reverent all at once MANY PEOPLE STILL CELEBRATE FEASTS BY ANCIENT CALENDAR Many people who use the Gre gorian calendar still solemnize traditional feasts including New Year in accordance with ancient calendars The Jews observe a 10day New Year season at the time of the autumn equinox The observances begin on and end on Yom Kippur Rosh commemorates the Day of Crea tion and is also the annual day of judgment with judgment be ing irrevocably sealed on Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement therefore the spirit of penance dominates the solemnities Penance Is also a feature of Hindu observances solemnized in accordance with the ancient lunar calendar during the spring equin ox The Moslem calendar which dates from A D is unique since the twelve months of the year begin with the approximate new moon without any calcula tions to keep them geared to the seasonal equinoxes Thus the months and New Years too retrograde through the entire year in about 33 years Sure like when we are in church Outside the snow is deep and the midnight wind whistles through the trees But inside theres warmth and comfort and a quiet that you dont find anywhere else Though just outside the world with its wind and snow and trees and stars and sky seems far removed The flickering altar candles seem to be repeating a humble prayer in a language of their own Your heart swells inside you and sud denly you are warm to the very tip of your toes Its then that you know that you feel it the true Christmas spirit With every breath you know that you are nearer and closer to Him know God Surely God You knew it all the time The Christmas spirit doesnt come from Santa nor does it come to any man as a present It comes only when each of us though we may have been careless or forgetful reaf firm our faith in His presence and goodness and so strengthen our hopes to be with Him forever and forever Then we have the Christmas spirit the most won derful feeling in the world Coed EGYPTIANS PIONEERS IN STUDY OF TIME The Egyptians were probably the first to develop any exact method of calculating time about B C they devised a cal endar The Christian era begins on January in the middle of the fourth year of the Olymp iad the year of the building of Rome and in the 4714th year of the Julian period The Jewish calendar reads in relation to A since ac cording to Jewish dogma and tra dition the Creation antedated the birth of Christ approximately years The Jewish calendar was adopted during the ccn- Use of the notation A D year of our Lord was inaugurated in of Eating peas with a knife is con trary to Emily Post and doesnt seem to have much qualification for observance as a Christmas tradition but for more than years coeds at Pennsylvania State University partook of a forkless meal each Yule season The traditional medieval din ner complete with everything from costumed lords and ladies to the legendary boars head dated back to 1919 finally had to be cancelled when coed ranks swell ed to almost 1900 The affair sponsored by the Womens Student Government Association began with a formal procession though the dining hall Lord and Lady McAllister the dinner was in McAl lister Hal led the throng which included noble lords and ladies heralds a poet a cardinal pages and two jesters bearing the boars head All these girls were appropri ately costumed and sat upon a raised dais in the center of the hollybedecked room which was illuminated by candlelight A choir furnished Christmas music and the poet entertained the guests by reading Old Eng lish poetry from a scroll In ac cordance with medieval custom no forks or napkins were allowed although guests sometimes secret ed them in their pockets The menu consisted of roast pork mashed potatoes peas and a very rich plum pudding Todays students eat a special Christmas dinner before going home for vacation but its serv ed sissy style Theyre allowed a full complement of table uten sils TIPS ON CHOOSING CHRISTMAS TREE THAT WILL LAST If your Christmas tree shed needles all over the living room last year chances are you werent careful enough in buying a fresh tree Touchtyping will help you pick a tree You can tell by the feel which trees are better able to withstand the hot siege indoors If twigs and arent rea sonably resilent or needles feel dry and crumbly better pass up the tree Chances arc it will look like a hatrack before Christmas day And if youre not quite sure by the touch method bang the butt of the tree sharply on the floor A shower of needles will tell you if the trees drying out even be fore you get home Of course the way the tree looks is an impor tant factor but an attractive tree that will lose its beauty in short order is hardly a bargain The ideal holiday tree boasts the traditional pyramid shape with lush branches reaching to the base The two favorites in the market places are Balsam fir and Norway spruce The slowergrow ing Balsam fir is more expensive than the spruce but it retains its beauty longer indoors SAVE THE TREE If your tree holder is the type that allows the butt of the tree to rest in water you can help keep needles from dropping by dissolv ing plant food in the water If you use a pebble or rockfilled pail to support the tree cover the peb bles or rock- with a plant food so lution Use one of plant food or one plant food tablet to gallon of water in the con tainer TELL ME TELL ME This lovely lady has succeeded in Old Santa into view by Into her crystal ball yet it seems that the vision Isnt clear enough to foretell the gifts that he Is bearing Oh well Christ- Is only a abort time away season Hope you Km A NEWMARKET DRUGS nd Staff As the angels sang on that first Christmas night so will there be singing in the village of Bethle hem in this year of Bethlehem- caroling is in many languages An Arab choir will join with the voices of tourists fand pilgrims in a simple outdoor service In a grotto which might have been the for the watching shepherds the Christ mas story will be read from the Gospel of St Luke The stone buildings and churches of Bethlehem will be filled with thousands of pilgrims who have journeyed here for a pontifical mass at midnight in St Catherines Chapel and the pro cession which later leads down a flight of stone stairs to the grotto beneath the Church of the Na tivity According to tradition nearly 2000 years old the grotto is the site of the stable where Jesus was born when Joseph and Mary could find no room at the inn During the ceremony an infant figure of Christ is placed first on a silver star then in a manger in a wooden crib where it will re main until the feast of Epiphany On both sides of the IsraelJor dan border a short distance from Bethlehem tent cities are set up to facilitate border crossing for malities for almost 2000 Chris tians living in Israel and tempor ary Christian residents of Israel traveling to Bethlehem for Christmas The formalities do not take much time In one tent pilgrims get stamps for their per mits in another their luggage is checked finally their money is changed Then they cross the border Bethlehembound just as was Mary and on a similar night long long ago and just as are fervent travelers from all parts of the world in this year of I Flaking Decoration ML Make your holiday decorations and you will not only save money youll have fun A kissing ring for a doorway can be made by covering two em broidery hoops with ribbon or tinsel Place them at right angles to each other and add a bell ball ornament or sprig of mistletoe in side Attach a bow at the bottom if you wish Instead of embroid ery hoops you may use can rings painted with gilt or tempera paints Evergreen branches can be us ed in many ways Have you ever tried covering the wood moulding about a door with them Or bend ing a wire coat hanger into a cir cle and attaching greens to it to form a wreath You can add ball ornaments or bright cranberries to brighten it a bit Then about decorating your windows and mirrors Cot ton white spray paint of while paper always look pretty But if theres an artist in family why not have him paint a scene of a jolly Santa or a window or mirror with pera paints GRANDFATHER FROST IS RUSSIAN SANTA Christmas in Russia Behind the Iron Curtain its Grandfather I Frost who delights the children Grandfather Frost really an actor from the Moscow stage was revived by the Russians years ago Through most of the month of January thousands of Russian children dance around a fir tree in St Georges Hall and may sh ake hands with Grandfather Frost the Russian Santa Claus Grandfather Frost entertains the children with the aid of sing ers dancers and variety artists from the theaters Last year for the first time American corres pondents were admitted to the Kremlin to see one of the ings LONGEST YEAR NEWMARKET FURNITURE AND STAFF Once there was a year which contained 445 or an extra two months PompHius supposedly created the Roman calendar in the seventh century C Al though revised several times the calendar by Julius time was two months behind the sun When Ceasar set his experts the task of revising the calendar in the century they found they had to meet the problem of catching up with the sun So two months were inserted between the months of and De cember for the year C The little metal trumpets dec orating Christmas trees date from early Danish custom of blowing in the Yule with four hymns representing the four of the world 116 Main St Wed like to help brighten your holidays with our sincere thanks for the privilege of serv ing you and warmest wishes for every happiness ROMEO HAIR STYLISTS Ronald and Yvonne MEATS AND GROCERIES a KiZ y T iki for mm Harvey LANES Pharmacy Best a spirit of the first Noel we extend to oil our friends our best wishes for a Christmas rich in the blessings of peace and good love and happiness WALLPAPER PAINT- LINOLEUM ill