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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- CHRISTMAS EDITION 1974 How to make a Christmas scrapbook Here's a great idea for salvaging those used or left- over Christmas gift wraps. You may use a regular 3- ring loose-leaf notebook, or cut cardboard to any size you like, for the covers. If you make your covers, you 'can punch holes in them later and put covers and in- side pages together with See what a delightful memory-album you can make when you create your own Christmas Scrapbook! See directions in story and follow diagram, Photo from Norcross Design Studio as left-over Christmas ribbons (press them smooth first). Cover notebook or card- board with gift-wrap paper. You can press used or left- over Christmas wrap paper smooth with an iron, set on very low heat. Measure notebook, taking the height and width of front and back covers. Add 1" overlap to all overlap ere's hoping everyone, everywhere enjoys a very happy holiday! ROSS DUFF LTD. BLACKSTOCK p " Cheery GREETINGS Joy and laughter -- that's' what we prescribe for friends and neighbors. It's a suré way to a happy holiday. Warm thanks. Bruton's Drug Store of inside covers. Cut out one piece of gift wrap for each (this could be a contrast pattern) and cement into place, covering overlaps. Select a scene from a Christmas card and glue to the center of front cover. Trim the edges, if you like, with leftover ribbon, gold braid, or tape. ' For the inside pages, use your imagination! Group four sides. Cut out of one piece of paper, or two if you use two pieces of cardboard. Notch the corners. Using rubber cement, or any household glue, glue paper to outside covers of note- book, centering between the notched corners, Then glue overlans to inside of covers, Measure exact dimensions the Christmas cards you want to save on the pages, and glue them to paper (construction paper would be good for this). Put in souvenirs of Christmas par- ties, and photos. Youll have a Christmas . Scrapbook to cherish and remember! - lustre Cord Easy Way to Say cement Christmas Thanks to Here's an idea for a won- derful way for youngsters to say thank-you for Christ- mas presents -- and much easier than persuading them to write thank-you nates! 3 Get someone to take a picture of the youngster showing him or her holding . or-using the gift. Then get him to write just a few words of thanks on a piece of paper or the photo itself. Grandma, or Uncle, is sure to be doubly pleased! MAGIC GIFTS The gifts brought by the Wise Men all had magical associations: gold for the - sun mystery, frankincense card myrrh, the healer. the smoke-maker, and - Santa's delivering our cheery wish to all, plus many thanks for your kindness. - + wr © Jessie's Smoke & Variety Shop To our cherished customers ... thanks. Cawker's Butchershop Yule Greetings Derived from European Languages The word "Christmas" means the celebration of Christ, short for Christ's birthday. "Noel" similarly is a shorthand word, coming to English through French from the Latin "Natalis," short for "nata- lis dies" or natal day. With a capital letter "Natalis" refers to Jesus' natal day. The Italian "Natale" and Spanish "Navidad" (or Nati- vidad) follow the same pattern. But "Weinachten," the German word for Christmas, means Holy Night or Blessed Night and refers to the Nativity only by implication, "Yule" is an Old English or Anglo-Saxon word for Christmas, and there are similar words. with similar meanings in German and the Scandinavian languages. Originally it probably referred to a pagan winter festival and became associated with the Nativity with the onset of the Christian era. ~ CREFTINGS I's a season rich in brotherly love, Let's share its joys with Our sincere thanks for ~ one and all, "your kind patronage. Cy Wilson Sales Ltd. GORDON'S MARKET Gord and Marilyn Cooledge friends and loyal patrons, here's hearty wishes for the best Christmas ever. Thanks.