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Rt paghoae a tl 4A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridoy, December 22, 1967 WE THREE KINGS (Key of G) | We three kings of Orient are, Frankincense to offer have 1 Bearing gifts we traverse afar (Incense owns a Deity nigh, | Yield and fountain, moor and| Prayer and praising all men mountain raising Following yonder star, Worship Him, God most high. | Bene: |Myrrh is mine it's bitter per- © star of wonder, star of night 4 | fume Siz y y 4 ; Sea ara sels oh proceed: | Breathes a life of gathering * | gloom ing, A ; Guide us to. that perfect light Sorrowing, sighing, bieeding, . dying, Born a King on Bethlehem's Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. plain, Gold I bring to crown Him Glorious now behold Him ari again, King and God and Sacrifice, Alleluia, Alleluia | Earth to the heavens replies. King forever ceasing never, Over us all to reign. 0 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM (Key of G) How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is given, to human © little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie, Above thy deep and dreamless So. God_ imparts sleep hearts The silent stars go by, The blessings of His heaven. | Yet in thy dark streets, shineth, No ear may hear His coming, | The everlasting light, But in this world of sin, The hopes and fears of all the Where meek souls will receive years, Him still, Are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love © morning stars together Proclaim the holy birth And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth. CANTIQUE (0 HOLY NIGHT) (Key in © Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining li is the night of the dear savour's. birth. Long Jay the world in sin and error pining 7:11 He appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary soul reyoices For yonder breaks a new and "lorious morn Fall on your knees, Oh hear ihe angel voices, © night divine, O night when Christ was born! © night, O holy night, O night divine, Led by the night of faith serenly beaming, With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand, So Jed by light of a star sweetly gicaming : licre came the wise men from t land. AS WITH GLADNESS (iyey of A) | As with joyful steps they sped As with gladness men of old Did the guiding star behold, As with joy they hailed its light Lead onward, beaming t rt So, most gracious Lord, may we i Fivermore be led to Thee. of Kings lay thus in| i Ever seek Thy mercy seat. The dear Christ enters in. O Holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us we pray, Cast out our sin and enter in, Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell, O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel. DE NOEL D Fiat) lowly manger | In all our trials born to be our) friend, He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger, Behold your King, before Him lowly bend, | 3ehold your King, before Him lowly bend. | Truly He taught us to love one another, | His law is love, and His gospel is peace, | Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, And in His name oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, | Let all within us praise His holy | name, Christ is the Lord, Oh praise His name forever, | His pow'r arg glory ever more} proclaim. * | His pow'r and glory ever more proclaim Savious to Thy lowly bed, There to bend the knee before Thee whom heaven and earth adore, So may we with willing feet, Red Wing Orchards Wish to Extend Their Best Wishes for a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Very HAPPY NEW "YEAR By PI t BUCKLEY MOSCOW (CP) -- It locks like Christmas, it sounds like Christmas, even tasies Ike Christmas. Except it's New Year. That's the best way to de- scribe the vcar-end } lay the Soviet Union, alw biggest and gayest blow-cut of the year. Many of the trappings of Christmas are there, but sinc Christ's birth is 'reactionary superstition" as far as the Communist regim¢ Is con- cerned, the official emphasis is on New Yeor. In most homes, there is a fir tree decorated with glass baubles, cot!on wool and col- ored lights. The New Year is greeted officially by a coun- trywide broxdecast of the mid- night chimes from the great clock above Spaski Gate in the Kremlin, followed by a holiday mescage from the So- viet leaders. The chimes are the signal for raised g'lasses of Soviet champagne roughout the land, cries of "S'Novom Go- dom"--Happy New Year--and kisses. The brations in the Soviet Far Iyst have begun 10 hours ezrilier because of time differences, but are usually ren< with the Mos- cow chimes. Everywhere, family parties are likely to go on until dawn. The next Cay, for the chil- dren, there traditionally a visit from Grandfather Frost, a bearded fizure very like Santa Claus, ond his beautiful Snow Maiden. ! the children a long story about their adven- turous_ travels--preferably spiced up with wolves and other hazar?s--then pass out presents of toys, books, candy and fruit. THREE DAYS OFF This year, with Jan. 1 fall- ing on a Mon'diy, there'll be a three-day he'iday for many Soviet familics, since the re- cent introduction of the five- day work weck means a weekend off anyway. The Russian holiday tends, like its Canadian counterpart, to revolve around the dinner table. The stress is on rich help- ings of stuffed fich and pork, ham, goose. meat pies called pirogi, smoked salmon and caviar. To wash it down there are usually generous supplies of Georgian and Crimean wine, throat-searing brandy from Armenia, vodka and champagne Few concessions are made for those who celebrate a reli- gious holiday In the Baltic states--with large numbers of Lutherans in Latvia and Estonia and Roman Catholics in Lithuania --Chrisimas is celebrated Dec. 25 with traditional West- ern church services, In the rest of the country, where the Russian Orthodox rite is dominant among be- lievers and the church calen- dar runs 13 days behind ours, =" | MOSCOW CHRISTMAS? Christmas falls on Jan. 7 and thousands will attend mid night services at Elokhovsky Cathedral in Moscow and other churches throughout the country. Russian Baptists alse celebrate Christmas Jan. % FALLS ON SUNDAY This year the Orthodox are fortunate in that Jan. 7 ie a Sunday and services will not interfere with work. Nonmally there is no exemption from work for either Dec. 25 or Jan. 7 and offices, stores and factories carry on business as usual, Soviet citizens are spared the enormous commercial build-up toward Christmas that Canadians have. By early December, Mos- cow Dom Igrushki--House of Toys--and other stores had arranged special displays of tree ornaments and children's games. There were new dis- plays of imported fruit and other delicacies in some stores, A few shopping streets were decorated with lights and many shops put up pos- MARKET EXPAND | 13" 0th ove, grceunes (Continued From Page 3A) Artificial] tree sales in Alber- ta have increased steadily during the last two years but sale of natural trees has re- mained steady as the popula- tion increases.' Sales of natu- ral trees are expected to be between 350,090 and 500,000-- about four-fifths of them com- ing from British Columbia. British Columbia's tree in- dustry, started in the 1930s, has grown to a business ex- ceeding $1,000,000 annually. In 1966, 1,519,408 trees were ex- ported and this year promises to be even better. Balsam and fir from the Ko- tenays are the most popular exports and most go to the United States. A number of private operators, however, cater only to the Prairie prov- inces. Nor is the volume of greet- ing cards anywhere near the same, Post offices sell post- card - like pieces with winter scenes for mailing to distant relatives and friends. How- ever, the practice is far from universal. Many of Moscow's : foreign residents leave the city to spend the holidays abroad. For those who remain, there are both formal and informal parties for weeks ahead, Among the black-tie affairs this year will be a dinner- dance on New Year's Eve at the Canadian Embassy, given by Ambassador Robert Ford and Mrs. Ford. And some of the embassy's French-Canadian staff are planning a traditional reveilk lon--a spe get-togethe and meal jollowing midnigin mass on Christmas morning. Spruce Villa hitby OLD-FASH IONED your friendly goed will. Hotel se