LL ERI RT THE JOYS P CHRISTMAS) {0 =] COMPTON CABLE T.V. 108 Water Street - Port Perry J ra 1 30, = A) | Qe RY GREETINGS wishes for all our friends in the community. Thank you and happy holidays. LAKE SCUGOG LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED Santa's mode of transporta- tion wasn't always as lightfoot- ed as his eight happy reindeer. Matter of fact, Santa didn't meet up with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Blitzen, Donder, Cupid and Vixen until 1822, when Clement Clark Moore penned his popular poem "The Night Before Christmas." Before the Reformation, Dutch children pictured St. TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS Most people celebrate Christmas as just a holiday a time to get intoxicated, and just have a good time. They give presents in order to recieve them in an act of greed; they don't know what the true meaning of Christ- mas is. } Kids in school think Christ- mas time is pretty good. They get out of school and get presents and to them it is just a time of fun to play in the snow. The real meaning of Christmas is to celebrate Christ's birth. He was born to die for us. He lived part of his life on the earth and then he was crucified on a cross. After 3 days he rose and went to heaven. Paul Evans Grade 8, R.H. Cornish P.S. Santa As A Sky Pilot: Bearded St. Nick uses an early machine. for a delivery of toys. This Christmas card published in made in the late 19th century by L. Prang, father of the American 1915 is from the Hallmark Cards Historical Collection. sunckstock 4161986 - 4477 and Best Wishes "We thank all of our Clients & Friends. Merry Christmas to all for 1979." Nick riding about on his pony "Swarte Piet" (Black Pete). The Pennsylvania Dutch turned the animal into a white mule and called the rider Kriss Kringle! Antique cards in the Hallmark Cards Historical Collection, show Santa riding everything from a rocket ship to a "Pennyfarthing" --essen- tially a unicycle with a small back wheel. The father of the Port Perry Star Christ 8° ying Santa's Pennyfarthing bicycle cutting through the mas Edition - Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1978-7 -snow on a card Christmas card. From the Hallmark Cards Historical Collection. American Christmas card, Louis Prang, showed Santa pedaling through the snow with a holly branch in hand and reindeer in pursuit. A 1909 postcard pictures St. Nick at the helm of a ship, one from 1915 shows him flying an open airplane. Even contem- porary cards portray jolly Santa getting around in a vari- ety of ways, from motorbike to reindeer. Antique Cards Illustrate Santa Claus's Merry Mythical Excursions From Frosty North Pole Santa himself has been portfayed in many shapes and sizes. He is alternately pic- tured in Christmas archives as a white bearded. priestly look- ing man, a black bearded buc- caneer, a roly-poly elf and a gaunt old man! Whatever his means of transportation, Santa is Santa. beaming and jolly. and Christmas would surely not be the same without him! R.R. 2 - PORT PERRY 25" Sig, a song of Christmas we ors - 00 yr 0: snow and faces glowing. or gr ' or 228 0: holly wreaths and mistletoe "os no S90 - 5 % Ha O.. fashioned joys still growing! ogo iY PERDOR ® C "eo! °, 0)... gratitude 207s ool to one and all. 2a op! By ed viol? "0% 0 "e070 f o 6 REN : 2 ot So oO * : ° eds EN LT i 0 . . 0 cl °c . ° 2 to 985-3261 ---- SR RR EN ~~ % os Eg TR a ~ os ~ CRS a --_ ET NC A ry Wty I a ta we A Be ih . on » SN. Sete - ~ ar =e : REE ". ay Rea Cnn I 2 wl a ME Te PT ae oan os ; - 4 ena SE A) ~ ~~ Pe (J » ~ eg ned ~ - -- = CA: ni -~ Nel ¥ ~~ Th ys er WY -. ro TC on oe 3d av : SAV TA wis Rs -- a Selo Se PAN ~ EA Zag i A 7 Bd Art Toe CRA Be {nip HN) \ {iy