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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December IS IMS Pag Entertainment Outlook Little Ian gets things straight with Santa Hear Sin la Well I guess its lime or my annual feller So how are things up there at the North Pole Cold enough foryouMHOIIOIlO How Mrs the it the re- lea IDId it something nice and straightforward like Spot or Rex J As you may have guessed Santa Im not in a very good mood Just now Oh dont worry Im mad at you or anything Its not that I harbor any fingering grudges about the gifts you sent me last Christmas Heavens last Christmas was proba bly the best one Ive had since I was eight That year I asked you far a pony and you sent me Junior Microscope Kit the one that came complete with the pickled frog in And last Christmas as youll recall I asked you for a Thank you for Ihe shirts They were very nice No the plain fact been feeling Im not really sure why shopping mall owner are all so much more vir tuous than the rest of us But the unde niable fact is that these are people who fill right up with the Christmas Spirit as soon as theyve finished the Fall Clearance Sale So the plaintive question Santa Is this Is there anything wretches like me can do In order to start feeling the Christmas Spirit as early as were sup posed to Is there a way feeling unChr 1st massy even when Its nearly Halloween rablc the is Season armed kick i third vcek of September We all knew It the start of the Christmas Season because everything was beginning to look so Christmassy The leaves were starling lum the days were starting to get shorter and there you were on the television In those nifty Canadian Tire commercials of Im particularly of those com mercials the ones that urge Us to give like Santa and sate like Scrooge What a neat conccpl And it explains those shirts huh Bui the truth is that I just didnt feel brim fult of the Christmas Spirit in Sep tember It come lo me in Octo ber either or even In November So theres this lemble question have to ask whats wrong with This is a particularly pressing Santa considering that ihis is the time of year when you re making your list and checking It twice jus I find out whos naughty or nice And It goes saying lhal peo ple who lack Christmas Spirit arent going lonukcilonlolhc nice list the one that includes Mather Teresa Fred Davis and Mom No were going lo end up on the other list along Cynt Sneer the Gnnch and Harold Ballard Oh Its not lhal Im completely inca pable feeling Christinas Spirit Its Just thai I seem to be the sort of per son whos so meanipiriled thai he never feels the Christmas Spirit until its actually Christmas Naturally this leaves people like me feeling lernhly guilty and morally in to people who start feeling ihe Spirit months in advance people say OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey McQualn this query because Ihe origin of the expression is uncertain The likeliest Use colossal to describe something explanation is found in Robert huge or gigantic Dont lose out on this Chapmans New Dictionary of clue the middle of colossal is can Slang which points lo scratch loss line Thais the line forstartinga race a line often scratched In dirt Start Fritter wastes or spends bit by bit scratch means begin or build Its almost always followed by away toe ground up a tip you shouldnt fritter What do people mean by the start from scratch Whats A I havent been Itching to answer Before You Tie One On A tie is an essential accessory a mans wardrobe And with quality tics costing and more getting a long life from your tie is very Important Most tics arc cut on the bias of the fabnc or against the grain This makes ihcm susceptible to dis tortion from pulling and stretch ing To prevent distortion knot tie gently and always re move the knot when you lake off the lie Store your lies hang ing straight If you spill something on a lie blot it gently Never rub itain as his may cause chafing of fibers especially in silk tic Bring IK soiled This can help ihe lie last longer and look better Dont allow your tie become heavily soiled before cleaning BARRAGERS CLEANERS LAUNDROMAT LoattlonM ToSantw YouBftmrl 1134 Could we create the proper frame mind by resolving to do one good deed each day of the year Or perhaps by smiling Joyfully at he strangers we pass on Or would you rec ommend buying stock in a well Ill just have hope thai you havent written me off as the sort of hopelessly InNice person who doesnt deserve get anything for Christmas at all even a Junior Microscope Kit So Id like humbly to place my an giftorder This year Santa forget the Id bo quite happy with a nice new domestic model Perhaps that needs a bit of clarification Im ref erring to a domestic model like a Chevy ralher than a domestic model like Christie Brink ley Although come tolhlnkofit In any case I know thai youll take my request to heart and as you so unfailingly do endeavor lo fulfil my fondest hope As such thank you In advance for Ihe Your friend etc Utile Ian GEORGETOWN CINEMAS STREET CINEMA 1 NOW PLAYING Evenings at 700 91 5 pm Matinee Sat Sun at 2 pm R A CINEMA 2 STARTS TODAYI Daily at pm Matinee Sat Sun at 200 Claras Heart CINEMA 3 NOW PLAYING KmLAND Dally at 700 pm Matinee Sat a Sun at pm STARTS FEDS Daily at 91 5 pm Only STARTS Daily at 9 15 pm Only SPIRITS MayOffandScn