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lib JI tor many needy families in the Weston District thanks to the students of West- gm Collegiate & Vocational School. For _ By Emily Bertttey Christmas Day can be too ex- Citing tor small children what with all those new toys and visit. ors and rich things to eat. To make their Christmas as merry as possible, and to salvage some peace for our own Christmas, we have found that following their usual daily routine is the best way. IT WILL BE A MERRIER CHRISTMAS Usual Routine For Toddlers Ensures A Merry Christmas We open some gifts after breakfast, and then the little ones it: E te't'e""itreteM'eWtr'tPiT'r.'trW'HW't"Ettt'+-rgttr2- .. re; Tis"aiN " V“ ssPg?ililstiiii f 'ri, r , A, " ' h" a r V E??,! 2%../ s, _ P),t-f1lLlL er.;)] L: CHRISTMAS TO OUR MANY FRIENDS lf cnvnnu [ICU _...I (”Inc Pm I - TH! WIS‘I’ON “MI! - M. 't-ther 'o."" E Owner -- Mr. J. Burns yy f j Manager -- Mrs. Penny Bertoin f 3 ', 1980 WESTON RD. CH 9Ai688 _ otro9rPoot'ooo0ooooo_oWot=WP-ooootr,-o-aooe t"<'woe'"'"s'ereeoeeeom'ooeeteeoe'-iweeeomroeo-rewra 2849 WESTON RD. Cut_'N Curl (i-i:,,':",;:,],",) Hairstyling "'(i_i)'jj.r"ri1'i_' "to-to-ret-toe-tee-ee-tet-oc'- GAYDON FISH and (HIPS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP go out to play as usual, often with a new sleigh or shovel. We try to go out with them tor a little while. Then everyone comes in and opens more gifts before and after lunch. By this time all are ready for a nap, and Mommy and Daddy seize this golden opportunv ity for a quiet hour, tpo, if poss- ible (providing the turkey got stuffed and into the oven!). This afternoon nap, which they / ..C,St 'i] HK\\W 'a-F" t ’, CH 9-6501 the past 2 weeks they have been collect- ing foodstuffs which will be made into Christmas baskets and distributed to- morrow. are used to, certainly saves our Christmas dinner and evening from being a shambles. The children are in good humour and we can all enjoy our Christmas even opening a few more gifts after dinner! One year we were so busy look. ing after two babies and dinner and company that we never had time to open all our gifts on Christmas. so we had two days of Christmas! No one really minded that, so it set the pattern for the following years, and we have found it quite successful with the preschoolers. Each year, of course, they get more into the spirit of the day, but we are convinced that the best way for all of us to enjoy it is to keep the excitement to a minimum and not let anyone get overtired. (Commued from page 6) , lish a council called the "Advis- ory Council on Industrial Change and Manpower Adjustment" and lo provide tor the Chairman's re- muncration and for ccrlain ex- penses of the members of the We're hoping this year will work out the same so that we can truly say we had a merry Christmas in our house. and 1 hope, however you plan your Christmas Day, that it will be a merry one for each member of pensos of the members or the Council“. Tho quvstion of "labour mobil- ity inconlive" is one that has grave dangers in it if it becomes the prime weapon in an effort to correct the chronic unemploy- ment in depressed are“. This point was brought out very clear. ly by Mr, Herh Gray. the Mrsm- her from Essex West. As he put it -- "There is no question that if workers are willing and are im terested in moving from one part of the rounlry to another in order to take up employment for which (Continued on page 9) r the family, [ETTERS "Christmas in too commercial- Ved," remarked our guest die gusledly. All of a sudden it is all over and what is it anyway?" We were seated around the dining room table enjoying each others company when our young friend made the above remark. My first impulse was to say that I loved Christmas and what would winter be without it. Coming in from the cold to the warmth of a pine scented " ing room; watching a starry eyed child as he decks the tree with glittering baubles; catch. ing the aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg as the big wooden spoon stirs the Christmas cake; all these and more awaken within me a thankfulness that I am a- live and that I am privileged to celebrate the season in tradi- tional Canadian manner. But I had to admit that what he said was true. Christmas is too commercialized. It can mean too many cards to write, too many ogitts to buy, too many rounds in crowded stores where Christmas carols are blazoned forth in an atmosphere of crash commercializm. l paused before answering and said, It is like reading a book. It is a lot more fun if you know the author." Iteottyoooooetooetrttme4 How few of us really know the One whose birthday we are celebrating.' Even the little girl who carried Him close to her heart those perplexing months before He was born did not al- ways understand, After all peo- ple will talk and the folks of Nazareth were no exception. "Mary, she who has kept the law so faithfully and been such a home loving girl! Look at her, Christian Thought hy Clolr Goody.» I wonder it Mary kept close to Joseph when the caNFlut left Nazareth to go to Bethlehem to be taxed. In all probability she would shun the comma! of the older women for she know what they were saying about her as they gathered round the well each day. And when she went into Egypt after the baby was born and did not return for many months . "Weit was not that prod of her embarrassment and shame?" will you. and only been married those few short months." I shall never cease to marvel at the humility of the Son at God. Because of the circum- stances of His birth no one need ever feel that they are outside the pale of His sympathetic un- derstanding. We hang our gifts upon a tree and tie them with a red rib- bon. God did the same for us. He hung His Son upon a tree at Calvary, but the red ribbon He used was a red ribbon ot blood that flowed down from His side atoning for the sins of the world. Christmas is too comm mercialized, but if we know Him, amidst the paganism ot modern living admist the hustle and bustle of life we can carry joy _. deep down J because ot Him. When tinting cocoanut, place it in a screw top jar, sprinkle with few drops diluted food colouring and shake with the cocoanut is evenly coloured. This works best it the in is only about hall-filled. Clair Goodyear