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IE Robert Louis Stevenson My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky It s time to take the window to see Leone going by For every night at teatime and before you take your seat With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea And my papa a banker and as rich as he be But I when I am stronger and can choose what I to do Leerie 1 11 go round at night and light the lamps with you For we are very lucky with a lamp belore the door And stops to light it as he lights so many more And oh before you hurry by with ladder and with light O see a little child and nod to him to night The Legend of The Woodman And The Little Stranger Once upon a time many years ago there lived a woodmen and his amity in a little cottage deep In the forest When Christmas Eve came the family sat down to a meagre meal but their spirits were rich with gratitude that they had anything to eat and a roof over their heads against the snowstorm raging outside TheV were grateful too for the fire During Briskly In the grate As they were partaking of their thin soup there was a gentle knock on the door Who I wonder said the woodman is coming to see us on such a bitter night But he opened the door letting the blow in There pale and tfred and in put warm dry clothes on him and gave him some hot soup and bread Then the woodman wife a kindly soul gently put him to bed on the cot where her son usually slept After a time the whole family went to bed During the night they were awakened by the sound of singing the most beautiful to fall on mortal ears tor when they looked out the window they saw it was coming from a choir of angels In the center of the choir stood the little boy dressed in splendid robes and around him a radiance which outdazzled the white snow about him Awed by he spectacle the woodman and his family knew at once that the little visitor and bowed in reverence Breaking a branch from a fir tree the Child set it in the ground saying Because of your goodness to me this branch will become a tree It will always be green and will bear fruit at Christmas and you will always be blessed with that season And so every Christmas after that the woodman and his family enjoyed delicious fruit heaped high on their table the gift of the Christ Child In Barcelona Gifts Arrive On January About the time when most westerners think about taking the tree down and putting Christmas away for another year across the ocean in Spain the season is reaching its height first Christmas when the Wise Men or Three Kings brought gifts to the Child In Bethlehem The Kings are so important there that they take the place of Father Christmas Between 5 and on the of January S the Kings appear In seacoast cities such as Barcelona they appear in the harbor on a beautiful ship are rowed to shore and then paraded through the town in full regalia with their retinue Up until midnight the streets throng with people buying gifts and the special treats offered for this occasion The true spirit and Joy of the season flower In this Latin land The outward and visible signs are everywhere In Bar celona gifts in gorgeous wrappings and a dramatic mode of delivering gifts some of the large stores send men dressed as the Three Kings to go around after nightfall leaving packages on the win and sometimes entering houses through windows to distribute the gifts and sweets On King s Day the streets are decorated magnificently there are receptions at the civic buildings which are Illuminated with spotlights even the army is resplendent in full dress in honor of this happiest of all birthdays taxed And this taxing was first made when was governor of Syria And all went to be taxed every one into his own And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea unto the city or which is called A Prayer For All At Christmas Give us the faith of Innocent children that we may look forward with hope in our hearts to the dawn of happy tomorrows Reawaken the thought that our most cherished desires will be realized the things closest to our hearts that we may come to an appreciation of the limitless joys and bountiful rewards of Patience Charity and Sacrifice Above all endow us with the spirit of courage that we may face the perplexities or a troubled world without flin imbued with the child like faith which envisions the beautiful and inspiring things of life and restore the nappy hours and experiences so many of us foolishly believe are lost forever Give us faith in ourselves and faith In our fellow man then the treasures and beauties of life that make man happy will spring from an inexhaustible source And at Christmas when the hearts of the world swell In joyous celebration let us cast aside the pretense of sturdy men and live If only for a day In the hope and Joy we knew children Bethlehem because he was of the house of lineage of David to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great with And so it was that while they were there the days were accomplished that she should be delivered And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him In a manger because there was no room for them In the inn And there were in the same country shepherds abiding In the field keeping watch over their nock by night And lo the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid which shall be to all people For unto you is bom this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU Ye shall find the babe wrapped In swaddling clothes lying in a manger And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying Glory to God In the highest and on earth peace good wilt toward men And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass which the Lord hath made known unto us And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying Ina manger they And the angel said unto them made known abroad the saying Fear not for behold I bring which was told them con you good tidings of great joy the child faithful Xet EXCHANGE HOUSE TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AT BUGariwrr May the songs of Christmas fill your heart uith the joys of the season PARK MILK STORE MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Let the blessings of peace be with alt men of Earth In a true brotherhood of all nations CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY Open Boxing Day December 12 pm to 10 pm and Restaurant South AS JOYFUL CHURCH BELLS RING WE WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS THAT CHRISTMAS TIME CAN BRING STEVENSONS MENS WEAR CENTRE Market Centre 871 We wish that thiB Christmas Season wilt bring the spirit of His loving grace to your heart May His light guide you every day CLOSED DEC 25 TO JAN 3 Global Dept Store Deck the balls with holly may joy in your hearts and homes this season John Boughton 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