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i \ i i Section Three The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, December 20,1989 13 Christmas Christmas is a time for fun When you open your presents one by one When you sing a merry song . and have fun all day long.- •• ..Christmas is when Christ was born. : He was wrapped in his blanket all tattered and tom Christmas is a time for joy i and love and harmony and peace. by Sara Pollock Stacey Welsh Grade 4. Scenes from Annual Christmas Concert at S. T. Worden Elementary School Wrap up a glorious holiday! Thanks for your business. Sheila, Wendy and Chris The Furniture Store The junior choir of S.T. Worden Elementary School, in Courtice entertained last week at the school's Christmas Concert. The choir was under the direction of Mrs. Vondracek. These students of S.T. Worden Public School are The theme of the concert was: "The Space Family acting out a scene from a soup kitchen in the 1930's.P Came A-'Travelling". A Very Close Call for Santa Claus David hated Christmas. He hated the cheery days where everyone was happy. He had even slammed the door on the Christmas carolers. carolers. Oh but David loved to get presents. Since David was like the average 8 year WeWish You A Merry Christmas! May the love of home and family be a special gift to treasure throughout the season. from John and Steve Hamper Bowmanville Sand and Gravel R.R. 4, Bowmanville Telephone 263-2263 May the beauty of Christmas grace your heart and home. We appreciate your loyal support. Color Your World 237 King St. E., Bowmanville V., ■ -- Ifflv V™" m e W'nV V tf-ttKSi on€ARCH iVliiy you mid yours rekindle the spirit of Clivistimis past. St. Marys Cement Company m Bowmanville vj old boy he had no idea about what Christmas really meant. Days drew on to Christmas Christmas Eve. David decided to stay up and make sure Santa Santa gave him a lot of presents ana toys. David fell asleep waiting for Santa to come. After a while when ring, ring, ring and a loud thud awoke him. David jumped up with a startle. "It must be Santa Claus!" he said to himself. He ran upstairs to the attic and looked out the attic window. Sure enough it was Santa. Then a light' bulb clicked inside his head. David ran back downstairs and phoned the police. When someone answered the phone after two rings David said "Hello, there's a man on the roof who claims to be Santa Claus, trying to get down our chimney." "Well, o.k. We'll send someone down tight away," said the lady on the other end of the phone. "Thanks and goodnight." The phone went dead. David put the receiver receiver down. ^1" When, the policé finally arrivéd they took Jolly Old St. Nick, who looked pretty disappointed and sad to jail. As the siren faded, David- decided to get dressed and! take St. Nick's sleigh for a! ride. He climbed the T.V. an-- tena and hopped in Santa's! sleigh. Meanhile it was almost dawn at the home of Santa. Mrs. Claus and Willy Claus, her son, were worried to death and wondering were Santa had gotten to. Willy was looking through his telescope telescope then yelled to mama Claus, T see the sleigh, I see it." But when the sleigh pulled up all that was in there was a little boy who Santa had told Mrs. Claus all about. "Willy, Come at once" shouted Mrs. Claus. "Yes mom, what would you like?" Willy replied. "Help me move David Shear to the farmhouse to lay him on the hay to sleep. The two of them picked him up and layed him down but accidently awoke him. Mrs. Claus left the room, Willy still remained. ' "Where's Santa?" he yelled at David. "He's in jail" replied David David to Willy. Willy picked up David and threw him down to Earth. Willy ran to the sleigh and delivered all the toys. When he arrived at home he was very sleepy. He told Mrs. Claus where Santa was. Mrs. Claus left on her journey to bail out Santa. When they finally got home they fell asleep for tomorrow tomorrow they had to start to make toys for next year. David learned that he was wrong and he never did it again. Also he didn't get any toys from Santa ever. By Heather Matthew Grade 6' >* ;>t : • One of the joys of Christmas is remembering. It's always nice for us to recall the pleasant association we have with our customers. Many thanks. We will be closed Dec. 25-26; open Dec. 27-28 -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will be open Jan. 2, 1990. 710 Wilson Road South Oshawa, Ontario L1H6E7 (416)579-4000 Bp bodîWORKs OWEVER you SpENd youR liolidAy, we're sencUnc, you our I)est wishes! ÉWerp jMertp Helen's Tailor Shop 168 Church Stroot Bowmanville Telephone 623-2741