C12 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, December 24, 1986

Michael & Therese O Connor & Stott

CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL

WE APPRECIATE
YOUR PATRONAGE

Merry Christmas &
A Happy New Yeor!
Sid & Amber Smith
SYRINGA PARK
MARINA

THE STORE THAT HAS
IT ALL IN DRAPERY!

Gwen Kissock

7o.m. 108 p.m

Boxing Day Specials

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special for kids [&

Christmas for kids is even
more special if they've a hand
in decorating the home with
trinkets that they made
themselves.

Candles are traditional and
your children can make an
attractive combination can
die holder/table centrepiece
from a real log.

Have dad saw a thin slice
from each end of a small,
straight log to serve as the
centrepiece base, and bore
two holes for candles at the

The actual decorating is
left to the youngsters and
this can be done with bau
bles, beads, bells, what-have-
you, along with evergreen
boughs. Spray “snow” adds a

nice touch.

Caution:
dining room finishes,
pieces should be glued to the
bottom of the centrepiece
base

The spirit of family during
Christmas is common around
the world. Your youngsters
can learn about family heri
tage by creating a family
tree, using surplus photos of

and then cut out faces of
relatives from the photos and
glue them to the tree “bran-
ches.” The “tree” may be
hung by ribbon from the real
tree.

Greetings a custom

Perhaps even more than

The personal exchange of
good wishes at holiday time
is a custom that's older,
probably, than Christmas it
self. In ancient winter fes-
tivals the renewal of the
earth at the coming of spring
was linked with the renewal
of friendships.

Though greetings and
Christmas have long been
associated, the printed greet
ing card is a relative new
comer to the Yule scene —
introduced little more than a
century ago. Nowadays,
Christmas greeting cards go

Gifts a
tradition

Since the Wise Men gave of
their treasures to the Christ
Child, giving has been part of
the tradition of Christmas.

The idea of gifts as homage
dates from even earlier
times, when kings demanded
special tribute from their
subjects during holiday sea
sons. Thus the Wise Men, in
offering precious gifts of
gold, frankincense and my
rrh, expressed their rever
ence for the newborn King of
mankind.

Giving to celebrate a hap
py time was a familiar

The Romans honored Sat
urn, their god of Agriculture.
wit! winter festival called
the Saturnalia. During this
joyous feast, they exchanged
gifts.

When these pagan customs
of exchanging gifts were
transferred to the celebra
tion of the birth of Christ,
church leaders added a new
idea; selfless giving.

out by the billions, carrying
their messages of “happy
holiday” and “best wishes.”

In the glad tradition of
sending greetings, today’s
edition of this newspaper
presents the special greet-
ings of local merchants, as
they express their good
wishes and gratitude to cus.

Happy Holidays!

Were chirping out bappy
holiday notes to greet you

CHRISTMAS
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GREETINGS

Happiness is patrons like you. Thanks!
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s Greetings from Management & Staff

MARLANE HOTEL

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS, December 24, 1986

The Songs of
~ Christmas

Supplement to
of Wednesday

the Castlegar News aed
. December 24, 1986