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The Spirit of Christmas by Charles Pickens a the old thai of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling hat blends with our conviviality and lifts the spirit to a state of hallowed and elevated en joy tint There is something in very season of the year lhat gives charm to he festivity of other limes we derive a great portion of our pleasures from the mere beauties of nature Our feelings sally forth and dissipate themselves over the sunny landscape and we live abroad and everywhere But in the depth of winter nature lies despoiled of every charm and wrapped her shroud of sheeted snow we turn for our gra fi cations to moral sour Our thoughts are more concentrated our friendly sympathies more aroused We feel more sensibly the charm of each others society and arc brought more closely together by dependence an for enjoyment Heart unto heart and we draw our pleasures from the deep wills of living kindness which lie in the recessts of our bosoms and which when resorted to furnish forth Ihe pure element of domestic felicity In Palestine The Church is Cay with Decorations In Palestine the church is gay with flags and decorations on Christmas Eve A procession is heralded by a streaming banner held aloft by a flying horseman Police mounted upon Arabian horses ire followed by a single horseman standing upon a black steed carrying the Cross At the end of the procession are church men and members of the government in two wheeled carriages bearing the effigy of the Holy Child The procession enters a church and winds its way down a grotto where marked by a silver star is the site of birth of Jesus Here too is the Kite of the manger t imtitiimN iihiii i Tante Maria Angels And the Good Star Patron Saint of Travellers of the least pleasing effects of modem refinement is the havoc it has nude anions he hearty old lustoms my of games of Christmas have entirely disappeared and like the of old are Uteris of speculation Hid dispute among eommentalors In the olden days of ranee in province vJiieh was once pari of inche unite one of the bearers is I Arn the Air or Wind Mother was eustom for inte Aria to on in ties tow Christmas which ill the children shoes and hunt from the One of lesser known gift bearers Tunte is sometimes grouped with the ir She is with is in Sue h mother legends come to us from Indiin lore to the tree and bird folklore I is tin cloud rides mi to Ihe moon 1 Winter from pigin past derive Hungary ehildrcn devoutly the Messed of tree in the Good Stars from play thai role Hie Mother Star is im personated by in a while robe and veil is attended by I- ither Siar a patriarch who Mies the children who i their prayers sing their hymns i Modern day mon carries river today counterparts of Help me in 111c potions signs used Seizing his staff ran his to dispel evil loward the river bank To his spinls gnat surprise there himself with his little burden and reach the shore exhausted but He was falling asleep when as if from great distance he of the tokens many of us little boy whin the child saw heard the child voice saying is the Saint Christopher youth he smiled and to I am the Christ You have dil seen hanging here seemed be a well real light around him carried Me Who bears the will you carry me burdens of world through across the river asked the these tonight And I ehild leave a sign so thai y thinking lhal the child had been separated from his parents picked him up and whom he named started across the river from he re vision mirror lutomoblles Who was this J His fascinating In A I there was powerful Arabian king hat will know that it is so And miraculously when wakened in the full blaze of noon he saw thai where his staff had lain there now grew a lush luxuriant palm tree with leaves flowers and dales And knew ihis was he sign for which he had been waiting He had found Christ and he would serve Him fore verm ore And from then on was known as Christopher Christ meaning Bearer of Christ Inch bearer as he proceeded the child His piss on for proving his to become and to and tide mure icau home mil seek the fiercely strong The waters He challenge carried ihcm iwiy but One night he could hear a by dint of his staff voice is if calling from the mamied to steady Holly Traditional To Christmas Molly has long been con the most sacred of Christmas greens and the red berries are said to represent the blood of Jesus Of all ihe trees that are in the wood only the holly bears the crown Seasons Greetings Helen and Arthur Speight would like to this opportunity to wish our relatives and friends a Very Merry and a Happy New Year Many thanks to all for their acts of kindness to us most needed In lieu of donation will be made to the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital ARTHUR R SPE IGHT Retiring Deputy Reeve THANK YOU For Your Votes Pour Votes ALEX BLACKWELL Water Commissioner NOTICE To the ratepayers of the Corporation the Township of Esquesing Under the new Ontario property tax credit plan All residential and farm property taxes levied and due in must be pa id by December 31 The payment of these municipal taxes will enable you to receive full credit under the On plan on your income tax return MAKE SURE YOUR CURRENT TAXES PLUS PENALTY ARE PAID IN FULL DELMAR FRENCH AMCT Treasurer Townshipof Youre at Ti STORES NOTICE FIRESTONE WILL BE OPEN MONDAY THRU FRIDAY UNTIL EVERY NIGHT TO HELP SOLVE YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DURING THE WEEK OF DEC ItthTOZlnd REMEMBER ON EVERY PURCHASE OF SO OR MORE PUT ON YOUR NEW BUDGET ACCOUNT YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE AN ELECTRIC TIMER OR ALARM CLOCK NO DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED NO PAYMENTS FOR DAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL THE STAFF AIR CONDITIONING IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL ON OUR VOLVO 164E A outlet unit with a speed fan comes builtin So when you buy a 1 64 from us you low your options But raise your standards Georgetown British Cars St 8775235 YOU could be the lucky entrant in GEORGETOWN to Win the Grand Prize of a 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