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2 THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1996 BY ELINOR SAMUEL Special to The Gemini As a family, my husband, Les, and our two younger daughters, Rowena and Janice and I took part in a neighbourhood Christmas party. Our daughters, aged ten and nine, respectively, hav- ing realized Santa was just the spirit of Christmas, were THE GEMINI PRESENTS THE GEORGETOWN SENIOR'S CENTRE CHRISTMAS MEMORIES A holiday visit from the Jolly Old Man, himself recruited as elves to be San- ta's helpers at this party. Leading up to the day of the party, parents of the chil- dren dropped off gifts at the host's house. They were then put into Santa's sack, so each child would receive a gift from Santa at the party. My husband was asked to be Santa, which he accepted with great pleasure. He wasa natural -- jovial with anatural love of children. As the guests arrived, the children were escorted to the recreation room in the lower part of the house and were keptamused by Santa's help- ers. Rowena and Janice were now feeling the importance of their responsibility on this occasion. There was great anticipation in the air. "3K x Co * 8x CDRom * * * * Quality * 4 ne $1988.00 * . % %€ P-Intel 133 Mhz Processor Triton II VX Chipset 256 Cache Pipeline 16 MEG EDO Fast Ram (60NS) 1.3 Gigabyte. Hard Drive 1 MB PCI/Mpeg Video Card . Sound Blaster 16 PnP Sound Card 33.6 Data/Voice/Fax Modem 60 Watt Speakers/Adaptor 1.44 Floppy Drive Mini Tower 240 Watts /LED Display 104 Win (5 Keyboard) 14" .28 DPI Plug & Play Monitor wt Ag Personal (np i aQ co * ® cg * * % MISSISSAUGA 336 Admiral Blvd. #22 Tel: 905-795-8333 Fax; 905-795-6147 He GHORGETOMN * 10 Mountainview RdS Tel: 905-877-1856 He fax $05-077-0412 PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AND 3.5% CASH DISOUNTED * * s # iF een \ Daigeous Creates KITCHENER 1400 Weber SLE. Tel: 519-896-9944 Fax: 519-896-9946 BURLINGTON 4060 Fairview Rd # 14 Tel: 905-631-0831 Fax; 905-631-0832 NEWMARKET 130 Davis Dr. #68 Tel: 905-953-9606 Fax: 905-953-9607 PICKERING 1435 Bayly St. #140 Tel: 905-839-1075 Fax: 905-839-1431 164 Guelph St., Georgetown BODY ES SOLE wee cgy x CORI'S NAIL BOUTIQUE Would like to say 'Thank You' and extend our best wishes for a Nee and Happy New Year to a "See you in the new year!" (905) 873-9558 Christmas our clients, Les and I joined the adults at the party and stayed long enough to register our pres- ence. Then we quietly left and drove home to affect the transformation to this larger than life persona -- Santa Claus. Les kept in touch with the party very frequently by walkie-talkie to let the chil- dren know the progress Santa was making and when he could be expected to arrive. Finally, all dressed, the sack of toys in the trunk of the car, we took off around the corner to the next street where the party was taking place. I let Les out of the car about a half a block from the party so that he would arrive fresh from the frosty night, and would look hale and hearty with his even rosier cheeks. Alas, when I let him out of the car I took off -- toys and all in the trunk of the car. Les was distraught! So he pro- ceeded to run after the car banging on the trunk yelling, "My toys! My toys!" I realized what had hap- pened and stopped. After some giggling and apologies, Les, still on the walkie-talkie, arrived at the party to a roar- ing welcome. Santa was seated on a large chair with his sack of toys beside him. A sea of eager faces watched his every move. The children gravitated towards this great man hardly believ- ing that they were actually in his presence. Some rushed forward, eyes as wide as sau- cers, others, a littlemore hesi- tant, while others were com- pletely overwhelmed and dis- solved into tears. Santa took each child by the hand. He talked to them about their wishes for Christ- mas, and what they wanted Santa to bring them. After each visit Santa dug deep into his bag of toys and found a gift with their very own name on it. The awe and wonder on each precious face was unfathomable! How did he know? Very gently receiving their gift from Santa, they quickly went over to their parents' side to share in the opening. As the presents were be- ing opened, there were lots of squeals of laughter and de- light, with paper and ribbons tossed every which way. Suddenly Santa quietly stood up and waved a cheery good-bye to everyone. As quickly as he had come, he was gone, but what an after- glow he left. There was a silent sigh of satisfaction from everyone. AWAY IN A MANGER: Youths gathered to pet animals at Maple Aveune Baptist Church, Friday. The animals were part of a live nativity scene. (Jamie Harrison photo) ELECTRONIC PORLISHING 2nd Sun Tel (905) 873-3961 Electronic Publishing Professional Web Page Design CD-ROM Authoring & 3D Animation Intranet Design & Installation Computer Consulting & Sales The Future Is Now! Call Today For More Information Fax (519) 853-1063