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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 19 ,2 01 9 | 48 General $9.00 | Children & Seniors $7.00 | All seats Tues $6.00 Film.CA CinemAS ShowTimeS For DeCember 20-26 2019 new ThiS week: STArwArS riSe oF SkywAlker ChriSTmAS DAy: SpieS in DiSGuiSe, liTTle women 171 Speers Road, Oakville (at Kerr St.) 905-338-6397 (MEWS)www.film.ca StarWarS: theriSeOf SkyWalker (StC) Fri - Sun: 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:35, 7:30, 8:40, 9:45, 10:00Fri - Sun: 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:35, 7:30, 8:40, 9:45, 10:00F Mon: 10:30AM, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:35, 7:30, 8:40, 9:45, 10:00 Tue: 10:30AM, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:35, 7:30 Wed: 6:35, 9:00, 9:45 Thu: 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:00, 9:45 littleWOmen (G) Wed: 7:30, 9:50Wed: 7:30, 9:50W Thu: 1:00, 3:50, 7:30, 9:50 SpieS inDiSGuiSe (StC) Wed: 7:00, 10:15Wed: 7:00, 10:15W Thu: 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 10:15 JumanJi: thenext level (pG) Fri: 12:45, 2:30, 7:15, 9:20Fri: 12:45, 2:30, 7:15, 9:20F Sat & Sun: 12:45, 2:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:20 Mon: 10:15AM, 12:45, 2:30, 4:00, 6:00, 9:20 Tue: 10:15AM, 12:45, 2:30, 4:00, 7:15 Wed: 7:15, 9:15 Thu: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:15 frOzen ii (G)frOzen ii (G)frO Fri - Sun: 12:15, 3:15, 5:00, 7:00, 10:20Fri - Sun: 12:15, 3:15, 5:00, 7:00, 10:20F Mon: 10:00AM, 12:15, 3:15, 5:00, 7:00, 10:20 Tue: 10:00AM, 12:15, 3:15, 5:00, 7:00 Wed: 6:45 PM Thu: 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 6:45 kniveSOut (pG)kniveSOut (pG)k Fri - Sun: 1:10, 6:00Fri - Sun: 1:10, 6:00F Tue: 1:10, 6:00 Halton has no shortage of elaborate Christmas light displays. To check out a number of them, visit insidehalton.com and search Christmas lights displays. Graham Paine/Torstar LIGHTING UP THE HOLIDAYS Mrs. Claus adds a Christmas wish to the growing number of wishes already on the Bronte Christmas Wishes board launched Dec.11 and located on Lakeshore Road by Jones Avenue in Bronte Village. Some of the wishes include; World Peace, To Have an Awesome Christmas, To Have a White Christmas, Everyone to be Safe and Warm and Health and Happiness. Graham Paine/Torstar BRONTE CHRISTMAS WISHES WALL When I declutter family homes I am struck by the ava- lanche of plastic toys, most of it given cursory love before being crammed beneath the basement stairs. I hear you saying, "Yeah, yeah, when you were a kid things were different." You bet. When I was a kid my father would hand me a stick and say, "Go and whack a tree. Pretend it's a pirate." And I would. There was meth- od in his madness. He didn't just hand me my imagination, he con- jured it. Think outside of the box to be both creative and interac- tive with your family. Last Christmas my mother asked my brother what his two sons wanted. One wanted a par- ticular dinosaur. She bought it. It cost $97. I went another way. I bought the boy five walnuts, put them in a baggie along with a col- ourful sheet of paper - a cartoon of a pooping dinosaur on top and an actual scientific write-up of the contents of real dino poo be- low. I labelled the bag Petrified Di- nosaur Poop. It cost me about $1.50. He played with that, laugh- ing for twenty minutes longer than the soon-to-be hundred dol- lar plastic doorstop. For the other brother I found a wooden box and glued a mirror in the box. On the lid I wrote a note saying, "Monkey in the box. Open the lid to see the monkey." It took a minute to get the "Hey!" re- sponse but it was worth it. I'll let my brother buy his kids the latest electronics. I wanted memories at Christmas. OK and I got them books. Boo Uncle Steve. One year, for my mother, I cre- ated The Leg Weasel. I connected a funnel to four feet of tubing with a paper clip at the end. I wrote up the pseudoserious instruction package to explain how my mom could use her new pee-anywhere- any-time gadget of the year. "The funnel is inserted into the pants thusly and the tube runs down the pant leg so and clips on here. See diagram 1a, and voilà you're ready to go." My mother's reaction was priceless. I never saw my mother roll on the floor laughing before. floor laughing before. f So instead of giving the gift of plastic this year, think outside of the box, repurpose, renew, use humour and create some unique memories of your own. Try it. It'll bring a little thera- py to your holidays. Stephen Ilott is a professional home organizer with declutter- ing.ca and author of The Domes- tic Archaeologist. For more in- formation, visit www.declutter- ing.ca or contact him at info@de- cluttering.ca or 416-460-8098. OPINION THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX TO CUT COST AND PLASTIC CLUTTER MAKE A POINT TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WRITES ILOTT STEPHEN ILOTT Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM Newsletter Sign up for our newsletter at insidehalton.com /newsletter