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Our wish is simple but sincere ...
May you enjoy a Merry Christmas.

We hope Santa leaves some room in
your stocking for our wish of happy
limes for you and yours. Merry Christmas!

Junction Shell Service

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CHRISTMAS
_GREETINGS

On this wonderful holiday of Peace and Joy
we send our heartfelt greetings, and wishes
for your Christmas to be merry and bright.

Castle Bowl (1976) d.

Keeping the True
Christmas Spirit
All Year Long

The days grow short; the

trees are bare. There is frost in .

the air and some snow on the
ground,

The thoughts of tennis in
the sweltering sun are changed
to being all bundled up on the.
ski slope. You realize that once
again we are fast approaching
“that time of year.”

Bright colored lights and
streamers adorn the local
shops. “Sale Price” signs are
everywhere you look and you
realize that Christmas is just
around the corner.

This is a season of mixed
emotions. It is usually a busy
time for all. Everyone, in his
own way, is hurriedly pre-
paring for the arrival of Dec.
25.

Some will be travelling
many miles to join with family
and friends for this festive
oceasion. Others are planning
for a quiet day at home. As
plans are falling into place or
being changed, we quietly, in
the secret place of our hearts,
are asking ourselves, “what is
Christmas all about?”

As the day rapidly ap-
proaches, we are drawn further
and further into joy and ex-
pectation, or deeper and deeper
into despair and frustration.
The obscurity of the real mean-
ing of Christmas is the reason
for this despair.

The true spirit of Christ-
mas has been subtly perverted
and distorted through the past
centuries. The spirit of giving
for giving’s sale has been re-
placed with the spirit of giving
for receiving’s sake.

Unwritten protocol tells us
in order to receive gifts, we
must first give them. Our
giving is further evaluated by
the dollar value of our “thought
which counts.” Commercialism
is the order of the day, and
regarding Christmas, it is no
different.

But yet, the Christ of
Christmas, the real Spirit of the
season, is still alive. The Lord
Jesus Christ is our greatest
example bf the Christmas Spirit
of giving.

Some 2,000 years ‘ago,
Almighty God gave to mankind

’ the greatest gift, His only

begotten Son. Christ came to
earth to give Himself as the
payment for the sins of man-
kind.

He gave Himself, not just
to close friends, but for all, even
to those who would rebel
against God and ignore Him.
Christ lives today and gives to
each of us the gift of everlasting
life.

This gift is available not
just during. the Christmas sea-
son but all year ‘long, and is
available to all who will receive
Him as his Saviour.

This Christmas that empti-
ness, despair and frustration
can be a forgotten memory, if
you receive God's gift for
yourself,

“,.. The gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord... by grace
are ye saved through fait

And thank you for being —

hell ringing holiday!

such good friends.

Trail Chrysler

May the joys of this

* Christmas season rekindle
cherished memories, and fill
your heart with great happiness.

Helen’s Flower and Gift

Shop Ltd.

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Christmas ~

Our Christmas wish
good will
to all men,
peace,
and the
happiness
of giving.

Anderson Insurance
Agencies Ltd.

Best Wishes —

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, CHRISTMAS EDITION

Holiday Season

anda Happy New Year

Slocan Forest Produc s Ltd.

SLOCAN CITY, B.C.