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Christmas Tragedy If Safety Tips Neglected Why The Christmas Tree Wears Icicles And Tinsel One of the most beloved about the Utile spiders and how they helped trim the tree According to the old tale one Christmas morning after the tree had been trimmed it reposed there In all its glory the children new has spiders curious creatures that they are wanted to see the lovely tree too notjustfromthefloor but up close So they crept all over it until tby had satisfied themselves completely that the tree was Indeed a wondroualy beautiful thing But as they crept they left cob webs beautiful also to Natures eyes but not so at tractive mothers When the Christ Child came to bless the tree he realized that the mother or the household would be dismayed So He touched the webs and they all turned to silver Ever since that time Christmas trees are hung with shining tinsel Shining icicles are also part of the pretty Christmas picture Another old story gives a reason One wintry night the Christ Child was wandering through a forest It was cold and he knew he must find shelter for the night The trees were bare But a pine tree with low hanging branches offered some protection from the wind When the pine tree with Its prescience that is known only to Cod realized It was caring for the Christ Child tearsof joy fell from Its branches As they fell they froze Into icicles In the morning the pine tree had been transformed into a vision of dazzlinR brilliance And that is why at Christ we trim the tree with icicles The Faith Of A Little Child Let UsAttempt To Regain It The words are famous all over the world and have been translated many languages In this year 1972 It epitomizes the nine need to believe in the simple realities not necessarily In the hard facts sometimes they are material secondary to the spirit thai is Intended With the world full of torment and of raging wars and revolution there is more need than ever today to hold to the Spirit of Christmas Believe what you like about the divinity of the Christ of he miracle birth of the angels appearing to the watching shepherd of the Star that led the Wise Men to the place where He lay Believe or not no thoughtful person can discount the beauties of the Christmas Season away the tinsel though in I It Is only an embellishment to something possibly very real It Way be necessary to close your ears to the commercial din which descents on American cities and towns as early as October ft may be necessary to overlook the feverish exchange of gifts that pyramid In portance or monetary value without any spiritual substance whatever It may be necessary to dig deep for the true beauty of Christmas in our own lives and In the lives of those who touch us day to day This year let the spirit of Christ do its own thing on its own precious terms Let us go back to seeing Christmas with the eyes of a child not the selfish little child who thinks only of what gifts Santa will bring but the polled little child who is as yet untouched by the super and the meaningless trappings of Christmas Let us give freely of our selves without thought of return us put aside old resent old feuds corrosive habits which splinter our souls Let to welcome our neighbor of any any persuasioneven the It tt loneliest of all Let us be Joyous with that springs from faith that we and all mankind can work toward a new year with goodwill to all Ml work And let us pray Great Spirit Father of 1 tbit He will guide us along our pith always For as Charles Dana to Virginia seventy four years ago The moat real things In the world re bow that neither only filth poetry love push tilde thai curtain and view and picture beauty and glory I May the true glory of Chrittmat with you and your loved ones at this time HARRINGTON HAND CRAFTS Prince street GLEN WILLIAMS Ontario May all Joys be Yours RAY LENZ ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Phone A happy Christmas can moment Into a family tragedy warns fire chief Ken In homes where fire safety precautions are neglected Such precautions should head the list of every sensible family preparations he says The fire chief urges the public to exercise special care In the Retting up and decoration of Christmas trees and draws attention to the following points If plans call for a natural tree It- should be bought fresh and green and kept outdoors or In an unhealed garage before being brought into the home for decorating Then one or two inches should be cut diagonally from the butt and the tree be set up with the butt In water which should be main above the level of the cut Check strings of electric lights carefully for worn in broken plugs or loose bulb sockets Only CSA lighting sets and only non flammable decorations should be used Declare the tree a nosmoking area and keep matches out of the hands of children Do not allow discarded gift wrappings to accumulate the Dispose of them as soon as the Rifts ore opened Even a green tree will burn If by burning paper around the base Set up the tree bwbv from heat sources such as TV sets or radiators Do not allow It to block access to doors or windows In the event of fire Switch of tree lights at bedtime or leaving the house The Christmas tree safe with Intelligent use can present a serious fire hazard if Improperly handled The difference lies In the tree moisture contenta condition over which you have a sur prising degree of control There are three simple steps to safe enjoyment of your favorite tree 1 Don t purchase a tree that has dried out Trees that are too dry have brittle branches that shed needles easily Test twigs and needles for flexibility Store tree outdoors preferably under shade until It Is to be used If It must be stored Indoors recut butt and immerse in water Maintain water supply When tree Is to be erected recut butt diagonally Stand tree in water and maintain TWO IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS l A tree whose moisture content has dropped to a critical point before immersion will not recover but will con tinue to dry out even when standing in water Check tree again for flexibility 24 hours after erecting If there Is any sign of lessened flexibility In needles or twigs the tree should be removed The Spirit Of Christmas from the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Of all the old festivals that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations There Is a lone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality and lifts the spirit toa stale of hallowed and elevated enjoyment There is something In the very season of the year that gives a charm to the festivity of Christmas At other times 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 when nature lies despoiled of every charm and wrapped In shroud of sheeted snow we turn for our gratifications to moral tour Our ihougbta are more concentrated our friendly sympathies more aroused We feel more sensibly the charm of each others society and are brought more closely together by dependence on each other for enjoyment Heart calleth unto heart and we draw our pleasures from the deep wells of living kindness which lie in the quiet recesses of our bosoms and which when resorted to furnish forth the Sure element of domestic THE HERALD Wednesday DEC PageUB HOLLY TRADITIONAL TO CHRISTMAS Holly has long been con the most sacred of Christmas greens and the red berries are said lo represent the blood of Jesus Of all the trees that are in the wood only the holly bears he crown water supply for duration of tree use A tree handled In this manner will achieve a moisture content equal to and in many cases greater than its moisture content when cut and will stay fresh green and safe through the Christmas season JOYOUS NOEL May peace of Christmas be in all hearts this the most joyous of reasons ROBERT JOHN FASHIONS Georgetown Market Centre Hope your holiday menu Includes all the Joys of the 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