CB CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, December 24, 1986

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Oglow’s Paint & Wallcoverings
Castlegar

To all our
Customers
and
Associates
from

Art Coburn
and

Staff at

Let Christmas fill
your heart with
gladness. Thanks.

Ernie’s Towing

Phone 365-5690

«May your happiness grow more each day

. warm gratitude for letting us serve you.

CHANG’S NURSERY & FLORIST LTD.

2601 - 9th Ave., Castleger Ph. 365-7312

Christmas scene to color

Dolls gone high-tech

Dolls have gone high-tech. ~

The new ones talk and walk with microcomputer-based
“artificial intelligence.” Interactive is the word

Baby Talk from Lewis Galoob Toys is an 18-inch
voice-activated doll, with varied vocal responses in addition
to animated facial expressions. She asks to be picked up, lets

you know when she wants to eat, then s More, Mommy”
if she can't get enough. She says, “I'm sleepy,” and
automatically shuts herself off if left alone for a time

A companion is Smarty Bear, who answers “Positively,”

Way all the homespun joys of an
old-fashioned holiday be yours:

good friends, good fellowship. . .
good fun! Thanks for everything!

Libra Music

840 Rossland Ave. 364-2922

u're the greatest,” “For sure” and “Hey, turn me over”
when held upside down, among 16 programmed responses.
He giggles when “activated” in a ticklish spot
Not all is high-tech. Old-fashioned batteries are
Four C's and four AA's
a panda from Audec Corp., recognizes
predetermined questions and answers on the basis of its
electronic random access memory. “Oh, yes; let's have fun
it replies to “Do you want to play?” for example.

The first character-licensed learn-and-play Muppet dolls
are Baby Kermit and Baby Miss Piggy. They can be zipped.
snapped, tied, buttoned and buckled

The Veggies are soft-sculpture dolls in the shape of
fruits and vegetables, including Cornelia Husk (an ear of
corn); ballerina Zaccarina (zucchini), Sheriff Damon Onion
and Tony Scallione (scallion)

Fluppy Dogs and FluppyPuppiesare shaggy dog dolls
from Kenner-Parker Toys and Walt Disney Productions.
Kenner also has Shimmers fantasy dolls and their Care
Bears are back

Jem is a new rock ‘n’ roll fashion doll from Hasbro and
her group. The Holograms, have their own songs on a
cassette

GOURMET TIPS

Add a gourmet touch to fect complement to holiday
holiday snacks. Offer fresh meals. In a large skillet
raw vegetables in a basket melt three tablespoons
or clean clay flowerpot margarine. Saute 450 g
lined with the outer leaves sliced zucchini with ‘4 cup

WHITE BEARD
AND RED GARB
ONLY RECENT

Genial, jovial, red-cheeked and white-bearded. As
any child can tell you, that’s how Santa Claus look:

But the benevolent giver of presents has not always
been pictured like this, nor has he always travelled by
sleigh or brought his gifts on Christmas Eve. In fact, he
has not always been named Santa Claus!

“Santa Claus” is in truth a child's euphonic way of
expressing the Dutch int Nikolaas,” or St. Nicholas,
says The Encyclopedia Americana.

St. Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop, was later
honored, in Europe, as a friend to children. Legend finds
him making his rounds on Dec. 5, the eve of St. Nicholas
Day, with gifts to reward children for good behavior.

Instead of a jolly red suit, St. Nicholas wore a robe,
or tabard, and for that reason he really didn't need a
sleigh, or even a horse. His robe enabled him to travel
from place to place, instantly.

In Holland, however, he was said to use a horse for
his journey at night over the roofs.

Duteh settlers brought St. Nicholas to the New
World, where he gradually changed his name to Santa
Claus and traded his horse and robe for reindeer and a
red suit.

It was Clement C. Moore, in his poem “A Visit from
St. Nicholas,” who made Santa into a jolly elf “Saint
Nick,” who rides “in a miniature sleigh drawn by eight
tiny reindeer.”

In more recent years, St. Nicholas in his new guise as
Santa Claus has journeyed to many parts of the world,
becoming the most widely known of gift givers.

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EARLY SANTA . . . This Santa, featured on a 1909

Christmas cord, carried his gifts in a straw basket

which later became the Christmas sack of toys
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Houseware gift ideas

CHICAGO Homemade salt, no electricty and very
food can be a welcome and little muscle power. The
highly personal Christmas Donvier Chillfast freezes ice

veiled in time for Christmas the trend is toward two-oven
at the fall International families — one in the kitchen,
Housewares Exposition one in the family room

of fresh cabbage or lettuce.
Serve dips in a hollowed
out cabbage head or large
bell pepper.

SQUASH
Nutty squash is the per.

chopped onion, '/: teaspoon
seasoned salt, '4 teaspoon
garlic powder and a pinch
of seasoned pepper until
just tender. Stir in % cup
Spanish peanuts. Makes 4
to 6 servings.

present. So can the equip
ment to prepare, serve and
store it.

What child wouldn't be de
lighted to have in the family
pantry a Teddypan — a cast

iron muffin pan that makes’

eight teddybear-shaped. muf-
fins.

How about an ice cream
maker that needs no ice, no

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business ever hod!
Please hove

holidays... and our
thanks for your con
tinuing loyalty

cream with a mixing pot that
is stored in the refrigerator
freezer for seven hours be
fore use. Dump in the cream
mixture, give the handle an
occasional turn, and in 20
minutes you have ice cream.
It costs $25 for the pint size,
$30 for the quart.

These are two of thousands
of giftable housewares un.

Microwave ovens and food
processors head the list of
electric housewares people
intend to buy in the next
year, according to a con
sumer buying survey just
made by Better Homes &
Gardens.

The polls shows 51.5 per
cent of consumers already
own a microwave oven, and

That means a booming de
mand for microwave acces
sories, from meat racks to
fancy but metal-free china on
which one person's meal can
be reheated quickly. Ump.
teen companies make micro-
wave dishes.

Teledyne, which also
makes fancy shower heads, is
pushing SinkMate.

‘e’re zooming right to you
and carefree .. . to bring you the
best of good wishes and our sincere
thanks—for your loyalty!

FORD
TRUCKS

Management & Staft

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CHRISTMAS GREEINGS, December 24, 1966 o

Wishing you
Happy Holidays as
Christmas lights
the world! Thanks all

ELY’S BOUTIQUE & GIFT SHOP

910 - 4th St., Castlegar 365-2432

Hope your holiday
ts a bell-ringer!
Have a happy day!

B&W SIGNS &
TROPHIES (1982)

and
THE CRAFT CORNER

Ken & Bev Hayashi

ANDERSON INSURANCE
AGENCIES LTD.
Motor License Office

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KORPACK

CEMENT PRODUCTS

Trail Phone 368-8266