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dan ad se npinnd 4 Sania a \ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE irda Bi A = TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1946 A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Ce and a HAPPY NEW YEAR R TO ALL PEOPLE OF OSHAWA and VICINITY! 4 FARRAR | Samuel Schwantz 21 BOND ST. W. 4 Might Be Worse %| to have at least half as many * | again as there were last Christmas, They are coming from Northern ARAN RARNARAARARVAANAANA | GREETINGS! Have a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy, Happy New Year. 'SOANES BROS. GROCERS | Friendship and happiness go hand in hand on this joyous day. Accept our sincerest wish for a full meas- ure of both for you and yours. ' BLACK'S MEN'S [} | ERE EERE EERE ERE : [- are cleared, there are bottling de- ~ ( risa (yrding from us to you along with our sincere thanks for your patron age this past year. We extend our best wishes for a Merry Christmas--a Happy New Year. | The BURNS CO. Lid. BERERRURE EERE ¥ | Christmas supplies will be the best since the war began. Allied Poetry . Moscow, Dec. 24--(AP)--The So- described | ¥ as "bankrupt" the pobtry published | § gin the United States and Britain Britons' Fare For Christmas Despite general conditions of food shortage, Britain's Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, has labored hard to provide the homes of Bri- tain with a few extras for the Christmas season. They are not as much as Britons had last year, but still they are extras. There is to be a little more meat and a little more sugar, and children under 18 and le over 70 are to get an extra half pound of chocolates and sweets, Turkeys From Commonwealth Y and Europe About turkey the Ministry has done very well indeed. Britain is Ireland, Eire, South America and from Australia, which is sending Britain 500 tons, and from whom she had none last year. Another interesting thing about turkeys is that there will be 500 tons from Hungary and 500 tons from Yugo- slavis, so Britain's Christmas din- ners will certainly be internation- al Fruit Another bit of welcome news is that everyone in Britain is going to have & pound or oranges each. They will come chiefly from Palestine and South Africa and there will be smaller quantities from Cyprus and Jamaica. Palestine is sending a small quantity of lemons--not near- ly enough to go round, but they will help to make Christmas meals more interesting. Canada, which alone has sent 54,000 tons in the past two months, and the U. 8. are sending enough apples to make a country-wide distribution, and the children will get some bananas from aJmaica. Bottleneck in Bottles The wines and spirits picture is much brighter, There will be sup- plies from Australia, South Africa, France, Holland and Denmark. But there is an internal difficulty here; there is a shortage of Customs In- spectors, so therd is delay in clear- ing the wines and spirits through the Customs sand, even when they lays becduse of an acute shortage of bottles. But' all the same ...,But Frosted Cakes Owing to the acute fat shortage re will be no additional cakes, or richer cakes for sale. But, as a special concession, for Christmas |¥§ y | Only, bakers will be allowed to put | § a little icing on them. So that, all | § in all, the pictufe as regards Christ- | § although it | § ¥ | might be a lot better, might be a |3 ¥ | lot worse, mas fare in Britain, Ruskies Dislike viet Literary Gazette during the war. "A confusion. of solitude and deep - Indifference to the surrounding world" were the only two emotions reflected in the bulk of British and \ American verse, the critique said. The Gazette 'expressed objection | § to the inclusion in anthologies of | § war verse and poems by E. E, Cum- |} mings, whom it described as "an |§ old reactionary whose confused, | § poetryless verses are an outright mockery of common sense," or of |§ Robinson Jeffers, whom it alleged | ¥ cynically attempted to sow the |¥ spirit of defeatism." A Visit From St. Nicholas "Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house i Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there, The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads, And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap-- When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow, Gave a luster of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my. wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On! Comet, on Cupid, on! Dunder and Blitzen-- To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall! Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!" . As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So, up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of toys--and St. Nicholas too, And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof, The prancing and pawing of each little hoof, As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound, He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on' his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkled! his dimples how merry; His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, - And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That shook when he'laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump--a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his. work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his' sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!' Joyous Christmas To All! . May you enjoy to the, fullest a truly old fashioned Christmas -- is the best wish we know. Good cheer, good health to you and yours. see A.F. COX ¢ SON 168 King St. W. Phone 666 New Year's Eve Festive Occasion For Native Scots Christmas never aroused much |¥' enthusiasm in Scotland -- but on |§ New Year's eve the Wassail bowl |@ around, filled with savory |¥ uid mostalgically fragrant. \ Floating atop the Wassail bowl, | § apples stir memories of the "apple- | § howling" when boys switchéd the | trunks of fruit trees petitioning "a Our greeting to you is short, simple but sincere. Merry Christmas -- Happy New Year. howling crop": somehow, the good "lamb's wool" (as the d tion of the Wassail bowl is often called) seams reminiscent of young folks rushing to the nearest spring at the stroke of 12 to drink the "cream of the well""--the first, one so doing, might expect good fuck during the ensuing year. Handsel Monday--the Monday after New Year's, is traditionally the "big Day" for Scotch boys and girls: and, in addition to being the Scotch day of gift-giving, it is a day of feasting and gaiety. Small wonder, that families and friends gather on New Year's eve to "Drink a cup of kindness yet BLACK'S LADIES WEAR : Extend Hearty YULETIDE GREETINGS to all Their Friends and Patrons For Auld Lang Syne." We Wish You All the Very Best of Everything! " Everyone loves Christmas and we all eagerly wish each other well during this jovial season. To you from us--a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ARAN OSHAWA LAUNDRY & DRY 'CLEANING COMPANY LTD. We Wish You All the Very Best of Everything! ke Christmas is a wonderful time-- because it reminds us that no matter how busy we are, no matter how great our responsi- bilities, we can always find time to be generous to and considerate of 'others. And therein lies our own greatest happiness. Fred D. GARRARD L) w = il Ih > . . a EL ~ i "on - 0 ! We send you our shycerest greetings this yuletide' :#eason and wish you a joyous /Christ- mas--a bright and happ)y New Year. A "ANGLO CANADIAN DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED | \ 3 M4 *