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HERALD Taetdav Dee em bur HIS Ford Bros Feed and Seed BALUNAFAD it Heras you a holiday that with peace and joy FROM HIGHLAND ELECTRIC GEORGETOWN 8771129 and happy Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Peggy Anns Beauty Shoppe 126 MILL ST GEORGETOWN SEASONS WISHING ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR many thanks for your patronage STORE CLOSED Christmas New Years Days KING VARIETY Cor King a Union Greetings and compliments of the Season to all our Friends and Customers G R CO Hi St Georgetown Here hoping you experience all Ihe joy from npwmen to peace and love happlne and cheer Our From Management and Staff CUSTOM MEATS R GEORGETOWN Have a folly good holiday full love and laughter HALTON HILLS Furniture Appliances a good man Many stories evolve from legends con cerning the Bishop One which not as well known is told which introduces his connection with chil dren Three boys were mur dered by an innkeeper cut up and the pieces pre served in barrels of vine gar St Nicholas found these truncations fitted them together with a prayer and brought the boys back to life To our century minds this may seem a most macabre way to begin a legends as- a lovable legend bringer of gifts Throughout history Santa Claua has had many names many origins He has as many personalities as fertile imaginations through the ages can dream up The symbol of Santa and other magical bringers of gifts is infin itely variable In Europe the chief giftbringers are St Nicholas on his saints day the 6th of December his AngloAmerican de scendant is Santa Glaus in porta of Scandinavia dwarfs and goats take his place there is the Christ Child of the Ger man Eve the whiterobed girl Kolyada in prerevolutionary Rus sia arrived by sleigh on Christmas Eve with at tendant carolsingers and the Epiphany giftbearers associated with the Magi such as the of Italy of old Russia and the Tres Reyes of Spain all parade down through the centuries with essen tially the same function to bring gifts to good little boys and girls Santa Claus himself is composed of many ele ments he is half Saint Nicholas and half ancient yule god St Nicholas the original was a bishop of in Asia Minor in the fourth He is sup posed to have wrought miracles certainly he was SEASONS GREETINGS WISHING YOU A HOLIDAY FILLED WITH HAPPINESS AL CARPENTERS of GEORGETOWN with children In Holland St Nicholas becomes Klaas The children put out a pair of shoes or clogs filled with hay water and carrots for his white horse these are placed before the fireplace and the next morning the shoes are found filled with either sweets and little gifts or depending on past behavior birch rods Santas arrival by chim ney in America probably has an origin of significance Hearth- gods and gods of the Yule- log went in and out by chimney also witches adherents of the old and earliest religion of the horned god only much later made into a Satan ic Christian devilfigure Shades of an exorcist I These people used hallu cinatory drugs and used ointments like belladonna that made them feel like they were flying So it seems that the jov ial genial fellow whom wo know as St Nick or Santa Claus has had his darker side too All very inter esting as is most history if you dig deep enough Santa popping down chimney with a Worry to all our Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from MOORE PARK TEXACO ollday greetings To friends old and netc Greetings of the Season TURC01TE ROOFING For a Happy Holiday Season To All of Our Patrons CONSTRUCTION Georgetown May the radiance of the Christmas spirit shine upon all men BAILEYS HOME HEATING SERVICE R R 1 Georgetown toils To our Frltndi and Cuitomtra FROM MANAGEMENT STAFF THE HAIR SHOPPE SOUTH The Blessings of the Season to Our Friends Watsons Auto Parts May the of the season warm hearth and home 4594140 The Carpet Clinic BRAMPTON faithful Set abort Him the EXCHANGE HOUSE May peace of tins Holy Season bring joy to all Mankind FROM B C Masonry MILTON May tut ftrmr A R PAINTING and DECORATING Georgetown 8777260 CHEERS We hope thai you experience all the nice big and that have much to do with tho meaning of Have A Merry Christmas And A Happy New year from Georgetown Chrysler Ltd Have a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyful New Year We have serving you In the past and hope that wo can continue to do so In the future 1 lioliilai Its been a pleasure serving you we hope to serve you again I 48 Streets Martin AVer rfc SILVERCREEK SERVICE CENTRE 1 Georgetown 8779042 GRANT S MARY JANE ROLLY BOB AL- RICK-TIM- JIMKEVIN