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big christ ms dinner much like that served in canada 1 and wc also serve special little picy christmas cakes 1 day of worship as in other countries christ i mas is more a day of worship and it is on new years that we realty celebrate in fact from holiday highlight christmas until new years our celebrations include the singing of special songs to remind the people thjt st basil who brings the gifts is coming accompanied b a tnangle and drums the singers go from house to house with the cheer ing news that the good saint is on his wav think st basil was a ver rich man who centuries ago gave his money to the poor bv putting it in special cakes which he would leave on the doorsteps of needv people now st basil s cake is a very special part of our new years celebration ii is a large light cake and a silver com is baked in it when the cake is cut at noon new years day the person who finds the coin in his portion is the lucky person of the year it is very exciting oh yes and after dinner the 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lieu lues t liifii ol the ve il li ptoplt llleir llclec lse gods as christmas uifoldt its naflcjl charm lad wondrous btatrty wt wtbid hearty pettinp to ad our cherished friends franklin prouse motors limited 351 queen st jluuji8mjah- we wish you a won derful christmas may the joys of the season long abide with you jj4k tenpro distributors limited 126 main st n acon ont the evergreens stood tall along the shore and back to them their branches barely outitned against the sky the oaks and maples beckoned the explorers into the mysterious unknown land of donna cona now called canada it was christmas night 1535 and the explorers were jacques cartier s men wintering for the i first time at stadacona quebec city i in his famous voyages car tier records that it was bitterly cold that winter with snow four feet deep outside and ice of four fingerbreadthv m thickness be low decks id his three little ships i scurvy threat i scurw had broken out and but for a miracle cartter might in wilderness never have seen france again it happened that on his first voy age the previous vear when he did not stay the winter he had taken two indians to france he brought these indians back home on this second ovage and oae of them dom agava was able to tell him how to cure scurvy with a tea made of ever green needles yet the scurw did not deter cartier and his breton crew from a good christmas because they were breton men their sort of christinas included the yule log ceremony j an oak was the yule log in i this traditional observance the master of the household spilled wine three times upon h and then exhorted it to rekindle the christmas fire svmbohc of symon h ardware acton ont flrtrli and the angels wng on earth peace good w ill toward men may the christmas message bring you joy manning electric christmas hope then the yule log was burned amid prayers and hymns followed by general mer nment aside from the christmas ob servances of early settlers in newfoundland cartier s may well have been canada s first christmas and it is certainly the first one we know anything ab out name gulf on this first voyage when the captain was 44 years old he named the gulf of st lawrence and discovered anil nanwi mount royal another famous early canad ian christmas was that of jens munk the head of a jdanish ex pedition that landed op the shor es of hudson s bay where fort churchill now stands and win tcred there in 1619 this expedition of 65 men was also stricken with scurw and they too did not let ihe fact hamper their christmas celebrat ion munk records that on christ mas bvc thev drank wine and beer and had a gav time on christmas dav there was a ser mon and mass then each gave to the pnest according to his means the poor ones gave the skins of while foxes trapped al ong the coast then all enjoved games and general merriment but munk s expedition ended in disaster lacking anv cure scur v killed all but three men be fore winter released the ships order of good cheer an earlier and happier chris i mas was spent bv samuel de champlain at port roval sova scotia in 1606 he had establish ed lhe famous order of good cheer lo raise his mens spirits everv dav a different man was named to take charge of the hunt al dinner time this man wearing a special ornamental chain led the procession of lasiv dishes into the dining hall thus it was during the festive season of 1606 the hunter of the dav led the members of the or der into the lug built room and placed ihe steaming dishes on the rough wooden table champlain himself would lead a lo all- coe extend our warmest christmas greetings coopers drug store