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Wednesday 1M0 The Spirit of Christmas lives on Of all special days Christmas evokes the most memories These dreamlike exclu sions into a vanished past are made of many things the merry bunking of lights gar landed about a fragrant evergreen the savor of cinnamon and nutmeg ginger and allspice adding their scent and flavor to cookies cut in festive shapes the crackle of pine needles underneath as little feet grind them into the carpet while exploring the world of wonders under the tree Christmas memories themselves evanescent are bound to things material which are yet more fragile than the memories are ornaments of glistening crystal thin as paper boldly striped candy canes hung jauntily on a tree branch garlands of garnet red cranberries draped gracefully around the tree can evoke a rush of recollection with all its attendant joys beautiful if somewhat bittersweet Images of Christmas past are com posed as photographs by the mind of a church steeple soaring white against the midnight sky as bells ring the first mo ments of Christmas morning of gaily wrapped presents artfully piled of fam ily members gathered around a long ta ble young and old coming together to share this most moving of holidays Christmas memories are made of sounds and scents sights and tastes bound together with good feelings They reach back through the years and dec ades to the earliest recalled moments of childhood and beyond to stones told of holiday seasons long before memories passed on by parents and grandparents become part of the fabric of this most magical of seasons One woman in love with everything that represents remembers most fondly the ritual of the Chnstmas stocking hung lovingly on her bedroom doorknob each Christmas Eve Old enough to know that Claus existed only in the realm of the heart and the imagination she was yet too young to derstand anything but the excitement of the occasion Its moral reverberations its deeper meanings were yet to be dis covered Then dazzled by the wrappings and the ribbons and the presents today she takes her greatest pleasure in recreating that joy to share it with others Among them her 10month old daughter encing her very first and net year old mother to whom the holiday is just as wondrous as it was in her own childhood She the grandmother her turn re members stuffing stockings when she was young All the children in the family got good things to eat oranges and apples too big for little hands and colorful nbbon candy handmade sticky and sweet However in a not quite even exchange humorously endearing her fa stocking was stuffed only with coal the traditional reward of bad boys The 10month old child too young to walk or talk or understand what she is experiencing over the years will build her own store of borrowing from her mother and grandmother to create an image of which is yet uniquely hers This treasure she will be in a position to pass on in turn when the time is ripe to her own children and grandchildren For the sense of wonder and the memones are the greatest gifts of all and for caring thoughtful people they are so easy and so enjoyable to give Unquestionably one of the chief joys of Chnstmas this sense of continuity of being pan of a great human chain which stretches through the centunes sharing experiences thoughts and de sires and turning the most beloved of these into memones ves ornaments on the tree of time This reaching out this joining of hands this communion of thoughts wishes and dreams is what gives unity to the diversity of as it is brated around the globe Thus people from all over come to at this magical time of year to re and to celebrate to recall and to make memones and their sense of an occasion celebrated common has the power to overcome differences This rebirth of the human community is the true wonder of Chnstmas and in fuses the season with the glow of child hood as glorious as it is innocent It is the stuff from which dreams and mem ones are made and all the more pre cious for that Believe in Santa Continued from Page He said he remembered me because he saw me when I ran off down the beach last summer to play and you had to come look for me and you told me not to do that anymore He said he knew you and he gave you a doll when you were little and her eyes opened and closed They slowly walked away hap pily I stood there happily myself and said Why cant more Santas be more like him I realized that to be a good San ta you must have more than a round pot bell or a resounding and truly listen to young children so they can say that they talked to Santa and not have to wonder if hes real or not Without Santa Christmas wouldnt be the same and if little children dont believe Santa it wouldnt be the same either by Lindsay Holmes Middle School Grade A visit from St Nick Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 Social Catering Experts the Let the experienced consultants assist you with selections for your entire reception Choose one or all of our services mix and 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