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Page 10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 10, 1997 Section Two Royal Bank Lends a Helping Hand On December 1, the Royal Bank in Courtice donated $250 to the Helping Hands Food Bank, The money was raised over the past year through 'dress down' Fridays. Food bank representatives Audrey Johnson and Sharon lies, seen here accepting the cheque, say the funds will be used for toys and turkeys for families in need over the Christmas season. Turn-of-Century Christmas From page 1 with a bucket of water." Small presents could also be hanging from the branches, or were sometimes sometimes placed underneath, but they were not always wrapped, he noted, adding that wrapping paper was first sold in 1917, and until then, gifts were wrapped with white tissue and ribbon. ribbon. Houses were decorated with garlands and swags of cedar and holly, and a typical typical family would have the day off to spend with family, family, visiting and going to church. There were many Christmas concerts leading leading up to the day, and every school prepared a concert, with mothers making costumes and providing providing sheets for curtains, and fathers building a platform, platform, bringing in a tree and playing Santa Claus, lie said. "There was a bigger emphasis on food than now. A lot of things were only available at Christmas time because they were too expensive or unavailable at the rest of the year," Taws said. "Oysters were really popular, and oranges, too -- a lot of people would only see an orange at Christmas. "And one Christmas there was a train wreck near Bowmanville and it was carrying Christmas hams. Everyone went down to the train and brought back two hams, one under each arm. Ham was very popular that year in Bowmanville." A typical Christmas menu of the period lists clam chowder, salmon croquettes, croquettes, roast turkey with oyster stuffing, stuffed roasted chickens, a haunch of venison, maple-glazed ham, goose with fruit stuffing, potatoes, turnips, squash, onions, stuffed tomatoes, stewed celery with cream, baked apples, plum pudding with hard sauce, mince pic and apple crumb cake. A copy of an 1897 Canadian Statesman includes a variety of Christmas specialties -- from herring to raisins, figs and chocolate creams -- in their advertisements, as well as a variety of clothing. Ladies were offered flannelette night robes on sale for 80 cents (regular price $1) or corsets made of fine sateen with six hooks, on sale for 65 cents (regular price $1). Gentlemen could hint fora Beaver overcoat, on sale for $6.75 (regular price $8) and boys may have hoped for a pair of knickcr pants in heavy tweed for 50 cents. Eaton's first catalogue, "Hints for Holiday Gifts", first appeared at Christmas time in 1896, Taws added. "Most gifts would have been practical. But girls may have received a china-head doll, and boys may have received a wagon or a bicycle." GM November Sales Up 24.1 % General Motors of Canada dealers delivered a total of 34,675 new vehicles in November - up 24.1 % from the 27,935 units delivered in the same month last year. Truck sales totaled 17,196 units, an increase of 28,5% over November 1996, while passenger car sales were up 20.1% to 17,479 units. . Dick Conlin, General Motors of Canada's vice president president of marketing said, "1997 is shaping up to be our best year since 1991. Calendar year to dale sales of 408,502 units arc already up 16.5% over the same period period last year, including an increase of 12.9% for cars and 21.2% for trucks, and we arc expecting continued strong sales in December." 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