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Monday, December 23rd, 1935 T2 MA NA COAUL AND FUEL MERCHANT 64 Spruce Street South nada Northern Power § We extend to you our heartiest wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and hope it will fulfil your highest expectations Timmins The citizen who makes a child at Christmas time often learns that he gets a lot of happiness out of the transâ€" action for himself. Three Christmases are celebrated every year in the Church of Nativity at Bethlechem. The first occurs in the Roman Catholic section on December 29; 13 days later the Greek Orthodox church hold their celebrations, to be followed by those of the Armenian church in another 13 days. Three Different Christmas Celebrations at Bethlehem In the homes of England, Christmas dinner is usually an evening affair, folâ€" lowed by party games, music and romps with the children always leading. Crackers are pulled, caps and masks worn, while streamers, paper chaing, balloons mistletoe and holly form the background. On the Festival of the Epiphany (January 6th» the customary royal ofâ€" ferings of gold, frankincense and myrrh are made on behalf of the King at the Chapel Royak, St. James. The Christmas Dinner. For the rest, Christmas is still a home festival. Although within recent years there has been an increase among those who go away or dine out on Christmas Day, the largest functions in the leadâ€" ing hotels are still family parties. For this, the sea coast and inland resorts are extremely popular, hotels and local authorities arranging many a cheery function of galas, balls, Chnbtmas parâ€" ties and novelties. In cathedrals such as. London‘s St. Paul‘s and those of Canterbury, Norâ€" wich, Lincoln, Ripon, Carlisle, Chester, Worcester, Oxford, Lichfield and the rest the Deans preach at morning s>râ€" vice on Christmas Day and sp:cial muâ€" sic is rendered by the choirs. Full Churches In Catholic churches there is the Midnight Mass, and from the time hut of the country mission to the vast spaces of Westminster Cathedral there is standing room only. Indesed, most churches insist on admission by ticket only (free of course) at that Mass. Westminster â€" Abbey, crowded . on Christmas Day itself, is even more crowded during the Octave when there are several oldâ€"time elebrations. Among the most popular being that on Holy Innocent‘s Day, when there is usually a service in â€"the afternoon for children and during the week carol singing at Evensong. Many hundreds of overseas visitors will probably attend Westminster Cathedral, where Midnight Mass is either sung or attended by the Cardinal Archbishop. The Church of the Jesuit Fathers in Farin Street, Mayfair, Brompton Oratory, South Kensington; and St. George‘s Cathsdral, Southwark, are other favourite Catholic centres, while Birmingham boasts St. Chad‘s Cathedral and Manchester the Church of the Holy Name. Gold, Frankinconse and Myrrh. Many Church of England churches hold midnight Communion Services. Among them in London are St. Mary s Graham Street, Chelsea and All Saint‘s Margaret Street, Oxford Circus. Christmas morning the majority of Protestant churches of all denominaâ€" tions are crowded,. For despite the cynic who remarked that Christmas Day is spent by the British in getting over preparations for Christmas and that in residential areas the morn‘ng is spent in the hurry and bustle of disâ€" tributing gifts, churches of all denomiâ€" nations reveal more than any other day in the years the family aspect of worship. Spending Christmas in the Old Country Pavement Toy Markets One of the most remarkable sights in London is the street hawkers of Holâ€" born who stand by the pavement from Gray‘s Inn Road to Hatton Gardens, displaying the toy novelties of the seaâ€" son. ~Amidst all the whirl of Christâ€" mas traffic. Londoners watch toy tumâ€" blers and acrobats, clockwork animals and other mechanical marvels. The hawkers are usually Cockneys and use their wit to full advantage! Parcels of all shapes and sizes are another feature of London‘s Christmas, The goods department of every London rail terminal is a scene of hectic activâ€" ity. But despite it all, the averagse shopper likes to carry a certain proâ€" portion of his or her gifts, with the added excitement of smuggling them into the home unobserved, (By H. R. Williams) The visitor to London or any big provincial town during December w l1 have ample opportunity for studying Christmas activities. Shopkeepers vie with each other in docopating their windows, while stores everywhere feature childron‘s bazaars, wellâ€"planned exhibitions of novelties such as children‘s circuses, lucky dips, bran tubs, Merlin‘s cave and other mysteries, with, of course, Santa Claus in attendance. Christmas Eve Celebrations Activities reach their peak on Christâ€" mas Eve, when in many homes it is the custom to have the Christmas tree and distribute gifts on that evening. This is a reminder of old days when he Feast of Christmas, commenced with the Vespers of Christmas Eve. Christmas trees, holly and mistletoe, turkeys and geese, all psoint to the great day. Few phases of English life are more striking than that asssciated with the celebration of Christmas Day in the churches. iemarkable Sights in Lonâ€" don, England, at Christâ€" mas Time. About the Churches and Services. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE TIMMINS, ONTARIO MAKE CHILDREN HAPPY hile stores s bazaatrs, novelties ucky dips, Whore f{ewer hearts are aching, And fewer men walk broke, Where the world‘s still in the making And all hearts carry hope. Have you left the camp at daylight, As dawn was breaking forth, Brought back your deer at twilight? Then you‘ve really known the North Have you smelled the bacon frying. By streams where the big trout fins Made friends without halfâ€"trying? That‘s where the North begins. For the North is not a country Measured by terms of land, The real, North is a spirit, Which you must understand! Up where the handclasp‘s stronger Far from the city dins, Up where the smile lasts longer: That‘s where the North begins. Up where the sun shines brighter, Where worriees easily end, Up whore the snow lies whiter, You‘re in the North, my friend. Where every man‘s a fighter, And no one quits the game, Where the bond of friendship‘s tighter And honor‘s more than fame, Where you feel the fresh wind blowing, From pine woods clean and pure, Where you find the trout streams flowâ€" Where fellows don‘t mind giving And we ask no creed or name, Where the fun of life is living, For life is worth the game. The North is not an area, It‘s not a piece of land, The North‘s a spirit and a life Which you must understand. ing, You‘re in the North for sure The following poem, ‘‘"Where th>e North Begins," is reâ€"published at the request of some readers who feel it is an appropriate poem for the Christmas tim> and the Christmas spirit:â€" You tell me yowre a stranger, From lands that lie afar; You ask me where the North begins And what its boundaries are. Nowadays many Adelaide people throng to holiday resorts at Christmas and eat their Ghristmas fare from hampers containing sandwiches and jellies and ice cream. Of those who remain behind, a big proportion eat their Christmas dinner cold, or elsé desâ€" pense with the traditional Christmas viands for lighter ones, especially if the day is a "roaster." For the past few years, too, the iceâ€" cream pudding has been steadily supâ€" planting the steaming plum pudding as the mainstay of the Christmas menu. Of course it has the disadvantage of being inappropriate for threepenny bits, but it wears‘a sprig of holly on top most effectively. Most people order the pudding the day before, and collect it from the safekeeping of the shop freezer on Christmas Day if the family ice chest is inclined to be crowded, ;DB.) Calondars used to refer to "moveab‘e feasts," in Australian calendars Decâ€" ember 25 might also have the same term wriiten beneath the date, for the Chrismas dinner is moving, more and more each year, out of the home and into the air. Custom dies haxd but it only needs a burst of warm weather to make being indoorsâ€"with flyâ€"proof â€" blindsâ€"and consuming a dinner originally plannsd for the snow and red robin surroundâ€" ing of the English Christmas seem irkâ€" some to the Australian housewife. The custom of having a big feast on Christmas Day comes from medieval Europe, where Christmas fell in midâ€" wint:r. Wealthy people found themâ€" selves with big herds of farm animals on their hands to be sheltered during the wintry storms, and fed by hand. Please have him button up his coat _ So it will keep him warm; And wear a scarf about his throat If it should start to storm. And when the night is dark, please lend Him light if stars are dim, Or maybe sometimes you could send An angel down with him. Australia Keeps Its Christmas Outdoors The turkey is a later innovation and did not come in till the sixtennth cenâ€" tury. P:lease keep his heart so good and kind That he will always smile: And tell him maybe we will find And thank him after while. Please keep him safe from harm and keep Quite near and guard him when He‘s tired and lays him down to sleep. Dear Lord, please do! Amen. Christmas Feasts in the Land of the Antipodes Different from Those in Canada. (By I., W. Foley) Dear Lord, be good to Santa Claus, He‘s been so good to me; I never told him so because HMe is so hard to see. He must love little children so To come through snow and storm ; Please care for him when cold winds blow And keep him nice and warm. Dear Lord, be good to him and good To Mary Christmas, too. I‘d like to tell them, if I could, + The things I‘m telling you. They‘ve both been very good to me, And everywhere they go They make us glad;â€"no wonder we All learn to love them so. A Child‘s Christmas Prayer Where the North Begins s CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED § Christmas Section