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Merry Chnsimast Wednesday Dec 1979 C19 Christmas cards for special folk Variety Itself is the trademark of today greeting card business especially when It Christ mas season Special cards for special folks and nothing too trendy seems to be keynote all around Counter cards the kind you pick individually says HowordMcGirr Public Relations for the Gift packaging and Greeting Card Association have become enormously Important while once boxed cards were almost the total business All members of the Association agree that this represents a major shift In the industry of the last few years The Individ approach to choosing greeting cards Is most lm porta now says William McKay an Association director According to Rich Calms President of the Association about per cent of the cords each year are new adding to the variety and catering to Individual tastes We never try to lead tastes says Howard McGIrr but rather reflect tastes of a broad cross section of consumers Special cards designated for members of the family and loved ones rank particularly high this year as they tend towards more elaborate largesize varieties Cords to Mother Wife and Sweetheart are especially popular In their plastic coverings or ramabtes which are Indlv dually boxed In religious themes The Praying Hands are still a deeply loved symbol of Christmas as are the Bible candles and Nativity scenes Little creatures such as squirrels birds mice and kittens arc abundant ex pressing the soft and caring sentiments that go with the season And it Ian Christmas for Canadians without snow scenes glowing hearths bells holly wreaths and snowmen Santa is frequently pictured in muted reds and greens with an antique touch of days gone by With all that silver and gold foil coloured paper stock special diecutting and embossing many cards require hand finishing lending Ihe industry a home spun flavour It still a very personal business says Howard There Is still time left to go out and choose cards Santa was big a lira lion at the Acton blood donor clink Children who were walling while Soup stock A piping hot bowl of homemade soup is del and satisfying way to beat the chill of cold blustery fall and days Food specialists at Ihe Ontario Ministry of culture and Food suggest preparing the stocks or finished soups now and freezing them for use later Now is the lime to mike tram when there is a great variety of Ontario winter vegetables Choose from carrots onions rutabaga potatoes Begin a basic stock for example vegetable cooking water It Is nutritious and full of flavor For a meaty flavor add or start with pork ham chicken or turkey plus he bones Cover the meat and bones with water bring to the boil for several hours Add the seasonings to suit your laslc Common favorites include onions carrots celery stalks and leaves bay leaves parsley salt and pepper When the stock is ready strain cool and remove any this point the slock may be frozen to be used for soup Label the container with the contents quantity and Ihe date Plan to use stock within six months To complete the soup follow your particular recipe to make a vegetable or chowder soup Select your iavoritc Ontario vegetables remembering that leftover vegetables can be pureed and added to the stock their parents gave blood round jolty old entertaining Christmas trees There are many legends Indeed concerning the origin of the Christmas tree The first Christmas tree men tioned in literature was in Strasbourg in 1001 but the one associated with Martin It Is related that he wondered through the woods one starry Christmas Eve and became enamored of the wonders of the night for the sky was filled with stars He cut a small snow laden fir Iree and when the returned home set It up for his children and illumin ated It with numerous candles to represent the stars Another legend a much more ancient one tells how In the eighth century St Bonl face persuaded the Teutons to give up cruel practice of sacrificing a child before a great oak tree during their midwinter festival Instead he said Cut down a big fir tree lake It home and cele brate around It with your in nocent children He also told that fir was the wood of peace from which their houses were built that It was a sign of mortality because Its leaves were ever green and Its top branches pointed straight to a note of cheer GIFT Fran a CbMmtltni it QUEENS TIRES CdlVHoorJO HILLS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR iihPmtK mum HRISTMA If Chrbtmat families gather round the tree friends exchange greeting and best whnes to el ACTON BOWLING LANES Bob Heatiey and Staff