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j the georgetown herald wednesday dec 24 1w page 11 r -hi- christmas season folklore is fascinating whether true or not thera are innumerable tales on traditions of the holiday if i k i kwtihg museum party goers see christmas past among the guests at the annual christmas party at halton county museum were from left tom brotherton keith bar ber mrs jean barber of the museum board mrs barbara brotherton and crown attorney douglas latimer jll of the georgetown area the party is held each year for county officials and county councillors and their guests the museum was decorated to achieve the atmosphere of an old faswoned christmas with holly wreaths and garlands on the old stone walls antique paper decorations on the tree and toys from a bygone era under the tree animals arc prominently mentioned in many jegends and customs one christmas legend tells of the little gray lamb with a longing in its heart to be white it wandered to the dwelling of the holy family lingering at the door the christ child seeing the lamb beckoned it in he laid his hand on its head land it became a white as snow norwegians swede and the swiss make it a special point to be extremely friendly and hospitable on christmas both to domestic pete and wild birds a persistent christmas legend is that bees hum a carol in honour of the christ child in england holly is placed on the hive to wislr the bees a merry christmas spaniards are taught to treat cows kindly they believe that cattle breathed upon the christ child to keep him warm trad ition holds thattowa and hor ses kneel in alteration at mid night each christmas eve am ong the residents of the ger- alps r is believed that on christmas eve ao animals can speak in worcestershire it was at one time the custom to give- a bough of mistletoe to the cow that fust bore a oalf after new years day to bring good luck to all in syria the youngest camel which accompanied the three wise hen is called the camel og jesus and it is this camel which brings gifts to the children in bohemia a horse is taken into a river at christmas and walked against the current the rider tosses an apple into the stream and if it hits the jwrse it will be stronger during the coming year v bill garbutt plumbing heating j hi the mail bag dont object to drpgstrip hits 50 miles away r r 3 georgetown dear sir i wish to reply to g k thompsons letter about the dragstrlp that is proposed for near georgetown i suggest that mr thompsons obvious preoccupation with car racing has blinded him to certain facts which he should get straight he claims that it is noiseless if he believes this he should have his hearing aid batteries replaced as it is obviously the only reason that to mr thomp son this calamity would be noiseless i wish he would come out to my home on a pleasant summer evening when you can hardly talk or sleep for the constant and incessant noise from the local mokart track this disaster was allowed to be constructed iy council township in a usual weak mo ment i would also like to say that i reside over one and a half miles from the track of course i suppose a high power ed dragster at 450 h p would make less noise than a gotart as far as cayuga dragstrip is concerned why do we have to subject ourselves to the un fortunate conditions that exist there has anyone thought to ask what happens to the residents that have given up their land and homes because of the har rassment that they would be subjected to by the undesirable elements that would be sure to congregate please don t tell me that this would not hap pen just take a run up to mosport district when the races aic on the racing bums and hippies come and camp on their land and have to be ejected by force they have no respect for people or their possessions sure these tracks bring some prosperity but only to a select few people the problems that the local residents have are with wilful destruction of pro perty and the wholesale scat tering of tin can bottles and paper why does a small group jn fact a very minor group seem to demand the privilege of pol luting our ears with noise and air with reek of gasoline the stench of burning rubber and exhaust fumes and the sur rounding ared with garbage for any large group to submit to conditions like this for a few tax dollars would have to be insane mr thompson claims that the sport is safe with this 1 have no argument but how about the 50- that after the race meets are over drive around the countryside trying to copy their track heroes at excessive rates of speed and a constant disregard for human life on second thought there is enough of this being done now on our rural roads so maybe we shouldn t worry about the ex tra traffic i mil admit that it does at tract the 130 year old group and that they do burn the mid night oil fixing their cars this however is only a very small percentage of the people con cerned about 5 the other 95 are the ones to worry about we will have a 5 nrnip with a high mechanical ability won derful mr thompson come up with something equally com mendablc about the other 05 and you will hive solved the problem i am not an uneasonabla person mr thompson 1 lo not object tohe dragstrp in any way- as long as it i situated at least 50 miles from georgetown yours truly pctei b snider one good thing about winter there is one good thing ab out winter he brings christ mas through the bleak decern ber the thought of the coming festivities is pleasant like the reflection of a fire on our faces we taste the cake before it is baked and when it is ac tually before us we find that it is none the worse for the fond i handling of imagination i creative writing the best creative writing is contained in the bits and scraps sent to santa claus it will not vin literary awards but it con tains the ultimate in excite ment drama and the poetry of the soul to the writer santa claus is not a red frocked myth he is as real and as vital as love hunger tears and passion ful st tot ttf oftt at cfffttuuut golden 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