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Tinkerbell tots enjoy Christmas A TOY color TV set made tot Margaret Barrett a happy little girl Mother Audrey enjoys the new toy with her daughter Gibbons photo Past memorable For the children this Is the very best Christinas that ever The adults agree but still they look back a little wistfully at the of yesteryear with nostalgic thoughts of a good oldfashioned Christmas at the pleasures of an old fashioned Yuk tomplete with long lasting peace and Dr Robert Steen and Staff or of a special Christmas memory Memories enhance the seasonal Joys and with good reason for Christmas is a memorable time Since the first Holy Night some of the most important events of both religious and secular history have taken place at the Christmas season A look at the past reveals momentous occasions Joyous or poignant as well as many or the little things that give bygone times living meaning and all taking place on or about Christmas Day DECEMBER St Francis of Assist set up the first creche or crib on Christmas Eve 1223 In the mountain village of Italy DECEMBER Christopher Columbus and his crew celebrated the first Christmas in the New World in 1492 They dinner guests of an Indian chief ruler of the of Haiti DECEMBER 1535 Beset by cold and hunger in -t- fear of hostile Indians the DECEMBER 400 A French explorer Jacques Carller In Italy in the fifth century band of settlers church bells rang on fly Canadian Christmas Eve to call Christians to worship now Quebec in 1535 This seemingly simple event The most precious of the scanty had great significance for It food supplies were set forth for a meant that Christians could Christmas feast in the worship in freedom instead of in courageous spirit that enabled secret as earlier suppression of the tiny band to hold out till Christianity had forced them to DECEMBER 1620 DECEMBER MO AD December 1620 marked the Traditionally the first the feast in Roland was Rock A site for the held at theRound Table of King firsl settlement Arthur The actual date on Christmas Eve unknown but references to this flnd ctir legendary king have been traced construction began Famous verse has very early origin In the Twelve Days of Christmas My true love to me The verses are among the most popular of the Season They date back to A when the Church proclaimed the period of days from the Nativity to Epiphany a period of celebration It is In fact the big holiday of the year in most countries where Christianity exists Festivities In medieval England festivities ranged the calendar day and night There were Jousts with knights in armor pennants flying and lances flashing in the sun wc offer for a Merry to all our friends Nielsens Clothing and dimpled ladies watching from the stands There was banqueting caroling and also mumming which originally was a pantomime dance performed by groups who were both costumed and masked Minstrels and jugglers plied their arts made music and mirth In the middle ages when few people could read and entertainment as we know it did not exist a minstrel was of necessity a many talented fellow One of these in listing his after noting the many instruments he can play says lean sing a song well and maketalcsandfables lean Ml a story against any man I can make love verses to please young ladies and can play the gallant to them if necessary Then I can throw knives Into the air and catch them without cutting my fingers I can do dodges with a string most extraordinary and amusing I can balance chairs and make tables dance I can throw a somersault and walk on head English minstrel This English minstrel of course had his counterpart Europe where the days were lebrated too with feasting The Acton Free Press Wedneiday December TOT Lisa Keanc gets some help from nursery school volunteer Van Soelen in opening her Christmas gift Inside was a miniature telephone just right for making those special calls Gibbons photo CHRIS will be happier for some little draw the lucky ticket at the schools tins year when she sees a pair of Christmas pirly Thursday morning Lucky Ann dolls underneath her tree winner was Mrs Diane Rainbow Irwin Nursery School student Allison Crescent Georgetown left helped director Jennie Gibbons photo Time to construct a backyard rink With cold weather and snow on ground it s time for outdoor skating and hockey You can construct a backyard skating rink on lawn areas without damage if you re careful soys R Gomine horticultural specialist Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food It is preferable that the ground be frozen in the location you choose Start the rink after the Ilrst heavy snowfall Select a level area and outline the rink by mounding extra snow around the perimeter Be sure to tramp the area around the rink to prevent water from draining away Boards placed on edge will make ideal hockey cushions Level the rink surface by dragging it with a snow shovel or a to bo Kg an light layers of water to build a base letting each freeze adding the next A garden hose or lawn sprinkler is excellent for this Sometimes plastic sheets can be used to help retain the water Holes in the rink or areas can be patched with snow then with water Once a good base has been established each layer of water will begin to level the ice surface Whtn the rink is in perfect condition the only upkeep is to brush off snow and another fine spray of water Greetings at To our friends a hearty holiday wish that you may all the best the season offers JACK HOLMES REAL ESTATE I Holy Night all is calm nil g i bright you the great gifts of love and pence THE HOLLAND SHOP Greetings bring good tidings and glad greetings to you and your kin for happy holidays 1 a Merry Christmas SERVICE STATION AND ACTON AUTOMAT CAR WASH this wonderful time of the year we with you and your familial the merriest and happiest Christmas A Staff Bank of Nova Scotia