ata ey sees is zt me y i ct Bs os pean PRS Ao SEER he RE a a RN Se nA See a tee ern nade ee a Tae eet jetted &, re on a RT: CE ae RRO Ser if SII saa “ad, An pH fe Christmas Traditions Should G y Activities Within Your Home ould Weld Bonds of Family — It never is too carly, nov too late, to develop a family’s Christmas tradi- | And let it be said, in case of lttle ritual or action that leaves ges to hang out the tunes.: The any doubt, that traditions with: thelr hostalgic associations are a very, important thing in this fast. moving world, Just-think back, if not to your own childhood then to stories strom elders, about Christmases | ip the old home, Remember the TIE MAKING OF GIFTS -midnight church services that i the-family attended logether? a Or *that’ certain spun glass jan- # gel “that made its appearance; ? year after year at the top of the tree? "There was a feeling about on ae: ' 1 a . aveibngs and abou tne eae gould be posible 0 get AVAY or brother of sine tinsos of = occasion, . “If -you want to make a con- scious project,of it, establishing a.tradilion is not at all difficult: ’ ‘tradition-steeped Christmas cel- this occasion, ‘ebration does a bunch of rela-: seg, tives become a close-knit family. been sung, It seems only natural Le t Hows means so’ much, it hardly proved sirice last year, His old- |personal gifts at home establish- « ; Justtollow out some appropriate: row Prince Rupert -D Monday, December’, 24,'19 By JOE WING happy memories, ‘Do It agaln a grade schoolers join in and the } year later—and there you have college student daughter, though it, a real, living tradition, a professed skeptic now, would- At no time more than’ al a n’t think of being lef, out on After the old, dear songs have to open the family Bible and | read once more the Christmas The buying and giving of gifts story from Matthew or Luke. The at Christmas has a long and | youngest child starts it off and honored history. Especially: IN {nore are exclamations after he a family of small children, t0 yas completed his turn about whom prestige among their fel- how much his reading has im- i from the custom even Wf desir- | the sacred passage, of course, able. And the making of a few) with a flourish. es another tradition. OPENING THE GIFTS fed. No one of course has dared! What better token of a little: Christmas morning can be a ‘tg peck in the livine room, with: boy’s love for his mother than |mad scramble if you don’t watch jtne yyles being what thoy ares a tray hacked out of plywood, !out, Some families like-it thatjang a curtain hung.up to boot sanded and varnished ever sO!way and chuckle in later days | ng . Hot. neatly? And how many wives /about the way the youngsters |i line, with others following ac- have laid up more pennies than | vied to get down to the business cording to age, Father says “AMERICAN HOMESTEAD WINTER”. an old Currier’ and Ives print. a ‘accounted for and perhaps even parigoifsS:the little’ yelps andjsay, but this maxes it cries! Christmas does come’ just every bit of time an once @ yéar thank goodness, you expense, Now the youngest stands first-| of" = iChristmas presents, | TRIMMING OF THE TREE | i out one, Setting up and trimming the] ;This is one project. in which i | Father can take a leading part ‘He hauls the stand out of Sts at- ‘tic hiding place. Even a bit of | paraphernalia like this can have ' Lamazing significance for young- sters. One man we know. still | remembers the old box, with yholes providentially bored {in it,! ithat appeared each Christmas} ‘morning, holding up the lighted : iurce. it was all the work of! Santa Claus, his parents assured him—but how did Santa know where to find that box. cach: ‘lime? so | i - Now for the trimming... If. you. are wise,- you. have saved: as ments, inciuding perhaps some! ‘ihome made ones, from last year j ‘and from the years before that. | New ones can be added of course: as the old. ones break, “but the. youngsters, will greet old favor- iites as friends. \ ! Be sure that the little ones: inet only help in the actual trim- . tming but that they really have: l something to say about: the way ‘all, is what you are thinking: about, isn’t it? | ' PLACING OF THK GIeTS ae | Whether gifts are opened ini a ee . the phine for 20 yeurs except on oma yuranmasonrenavensinst these anni eecnslons, Nite .tyour family on Christmas eve ' : paround the occasjon some body | ‘of tradition, / + Such things should be done this year, and next year, much , . moditications of course as the; cehildren grow older, "The stockings were hung by: _ jthe chininey with care” Is so In: grained in’ the national con: sclousness that you can hardly | err by having each member oi! - {the fumily bang a stocking. From the mantel preferably, Init) ‘Just ahoul as well from some: piece of furniture, Haye them! placed each time ina certahn: order, Uf yon do not care to! press thumbtacks Inte the mane: tel, obtuin a heavy bonrd that) {Its neatly on bop and drive nails Into It, This bonrd can be sived, : dong with the other Cheishinas paraphernalia, from year to year, Santa Claus, or Father or Mother, as the ense may be, probably will see to Ib that eneh stocking on Christmas morning holds an apple, an onnge, some wandy and a smal aitt or (Wo, For additional gifts, a spat may be designated for each member of the family, And onee, ¢ EF Jmore, let that plice be constant: fromy year to yen, THE SINGING OF CAROLS Too few parents realize that the singing of enrols need not be vn formal, publle thing. At their own reside, with — Just framily members and close friends present, Tb enn inst renter feclng and ereabe nore memories than all the profes sional performances on ridio and dn eoneary, halls will ever be able ta do therenfter, ' Wor sueh a vital, Cheistnias ‘Toye seoms the proper tine, Tt should never be vn question of course of who enn sing tid who enav't sing and who can sig host, ALBERTA MARKET Porhaps one of the older ehilds yor cu play uecampnninent on Your violin--ar mouth ae Mn ane household we've heard about, Intornatio nal Stora the mother, who hasn't touched A tagtu af | warm wishes and our sincore thanks to all our good frlonds and patrons, May you en]oy a happy holiday season. Perhaps 2 better system—bet- | . ter on the nerves and better for you had expected. This is the | SOCKS, dropped stitches and all, stored memoriés—is to bring a! ieal ni cata te ii? Nol for nllle organization into the, rit- SU Se é y ‘ual. - | nothing do cartoonists make, ven without an early, morn- ers ach eat wh he ae gar Ue Cai law : ar ~ {there is likely to be little enough | the. big and showy ones. And}’ ider the debt load of nis OWN sicep for the youngsters, and for | then the exclamations, the com- ‘the worn parents too, on Christ- ere TAMING OF TUE THE sng 1 te 00 Serene cumUsTAMAS DAY | | jritual, the lighted tree has be- te eaten first and that the cere-, In the 4th century, “Dec, 25) sf) -jeome such a part of Chrisimas, mony will not come off until 8(was sct aside by the church’ as). that for most families the Std-, am, or some such. half way the official day of Christ's} .- ; son would hardly be real with-' reasonable hour, the tension is| birth, In some of the Eastern likely to be a little casier. Ak 1 Comes 8 o'clock, with all mem- ;6 {s still celebrated’as the great jtree can be a comradely Job.! hers of the family present and ‘holiday. they realize in the heaven of ; first. Saite an “atte . their husband's regard. by Init- let's go,” and the curtain parts. iting him a pair of long woolen Somehow there. isn’t the rush) big moment, the moment of the|' pass. But the children crowd in at last, start opening a package a here and there—-not necessarily branches of the church January ..{Many as: possible,.of:, fhe -arnaayse:|| fit is done, Their job may not be: ; las neat as if you did it all your-. i A : self, but it will be far more sat- |. jsfying to them, And that, after: BES go out to all our . friends ‘and neighbors for this seoson of good will and cheer! : jor Christmas morning, build up ~ tas they were In the past—wilth: mnt ninn wi viii 4 Aare SAA To you, from all of us, our vory bost wishes for a holiday rich in the truc, doop mean- ing of Christmas, HOME OIL Co. 1B, WICK, Agent Chintor Kuhl--Home Stave Ol Diitebutors Q'Nolll's Buper Service year, No one. quite’wishes it to}. AF Vv ay all. the wonder ‘and jos of the’F inst. olen a ‘Noel dwell.in your heart once more this Christmas, ' 2 ‘Management ‘and Staff ces Kelly Douglas & Co. ee 1 nee ee Hire scene is set for Christmasevery - aglow with a spirit that makes this the happiest of © - , Holidays: To all our cherished friends we extend this sincerest of grectings-~ May Christmas fill your heart Se “and home with all its brightest cheer and may good oo one health accompany you throughout the corning year. ye a i re. . a Rak cate pS ee tate Mtg by tery ‘ . . us ‘ : vd ght