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Oh, Christmas Tree-
Oh, Christmas Tree!

The lights of the Christmas tree, most ‘beautiful

when reflected in the eyes

of a child, ‘will bring peace

and joy to milloins of homes again this season, as they

have for centuries.

But how ‘did it begin? Why
do we. connect trees and lights
with the birth of the Babe
whom Christians consider the
Messiah?

There are several stories
about the origin of the Christ-
mas tree. People in Scandinavia
once worshipped trees, and
they made evergreen trees part
of Christian festivals when they
became Christians.

One legend tells how the
first Christmas tree was shown
in a miracle to the English
misslonery Winfrid later called
Boniface). More than 1,200
years ago, while travelling in
what is now northern Germany,
Winfrid found a group
heathens at an oak tree, about
to sacrifice a child to the god
Thor.

Winfrid stopped the sacrifice
and cut down the “blood oak.”
As the oak fell, according to
the legend, a young fir tree
appeared. Winfrid said the fir
was the tree of life, represent-
ing Christ.

The Germans probably were
the first to decorate Christmas
trees, They used stars, angels,
giled nuts, and candles wrap-
ped in bright paper, and later
added tinsel and lighted can-
dies. Scandinavians at one time
trimmed their trees with little
flags. Now they also use cook-
ies, apples and gilded auts.

In the United States and Can-
ada, homemade paper orna-
ments, candy canes, and strings
of cranberries and popcorn
were popular before the advent
of shiny colored halls and
strings of colored electric
lights.

‘

HI HO THE HOLLY

Holly has long been symbolic
of Christmas and the glossy red
berries and shiny green foliage
with their cheer and brightness
have been used as decoration
for nearly 2000 years. In every
Canadian home kolly is as
much a part of Christmas as
the festive dinner of turkey
and plum pudding.

Lights at Christmas repre-
sent Christ as the Light of the
World. According to one story,
Martin Luther put lights on his
trees to represent the glory and
beauty of the stars above Beth-
lehem on the night of Christ's
birth.

In the United States and
Canada, many churches hold
candlelight services on Christ-
mas Eye, People .in- Ireland
leave a candle burning in the
window. In The: Netherlands,
on the eve of Epiphany, young
men carry the Christmas star
— actually a lantern containing
lighted candles — as they stroll
through the ‘streets singing
hymns and carols,

No. matter- what the origin,
the tree ablaze with lights is
something we remember from
our earliest childhood . . and
something -the. very "youngest

children will begin to learn this

Christmas.

Seal Purchase Helps
Endless Program

Last year Operation Door-
step discovered 74 new cases of
tuberculosis in this province.

This was made possible
through the purchase of TB
Christmas Seals which become
part of early Christmas mail
in most homes in this area re-
cently.

The Seals make possible a
never-ending set of programs
operated by the B.C. Tubercul-
osis-Christmas Seal Sociéty to
carry onthe year around.

In additlon to the active
cases of tuberculosis, there
were 900 non-tuberculosis chest
conditions uncovered, 25 oper
eent of which represented ger-
ious conditions including —
lung cancer, emphysema and
heart abnormalities.

are available in your commun:
ity from members of the local

hours of volunteer time to join

the fight against TB and other —

respiratory diseases.

Christmas Seals and would tike

SNUGGLING UP TO SANTA—Expo Hostess Lise Michaud puts the word in Sonta’ Ss
ear about the ideal bonus for everybody's Christmas stocking. The word to the
wise on this subject is an Expo Bonus Book, which represents a discount of approx
imately one third on admission charges as well as the costs of food, entertain-

ment and other attractions:at Expo 67. There cre Bonus Books with admissicn. |

passports (for those who didn’t get a passport last Christmas) and without pass-.
ports (for those who have passports and might like to save on the food and fun).
Expo Bonus Books come in two sizes: for big kids (13 years and up) and little
kids {12 years and under),

Additional Christmas Seals} guy

committee, who are donating|#

Ié you did not receive any :

to obtain some, you may phone :

Annette McColl at. VI 32-5387.

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stumbled ‘from: one: drdads

a rence Seaway Authority,
gall this in the midst of the
a same government's
@ curb inflation.

ma came a party to a hefty wage
f increase for workers on
4 waterfront

the
in Montreal and
those working for the St. Law-
and
desire to

It got its fingers burned at

that time. The next time a °

j labour --management dispute

a arose it kept out, oF it.

ly.

With the waterfront? iapuite

Fin B.C, government kept out

of the matter because it rea-
soned that it had no authority,

B then got into the’ dispute after

The recent shutdown on
B.C'’s waterfront, besides hav-
ing some serious consequences
for upcoast communities had
some longer range conse-
quences for. the relationship
between labour and manage-
ment under federal jurisdic:
tion.

It wasn't so much the water:
front situation by itself as it
was that.this was probably: the
last straw,

The . federal government, in
recent years, has been getting
more and more involved in’
labour-management’ disputes to”
the point where the federal
law governing negotiations:
means practically nothing. In
effect, the government by be:
coming involved, has. destroyed’
the law. I think that it is good
that the government has gotten -
into these disputes because it
is the only element that. can.
bring about sensible and rea-
sonable relations between -em-
ployers and employees, ° .

T also. think it ig ‘good

a law which has a ely out
lived its usefulness anyway.
However, there ‘is - one sad:
note in all of this and: that is.
that government has no clear’.

the damage had been done and -

ettled the dispute by doing

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that which it had earlier. said.

couldn't be done.

Yes, collective bargaining at”

the federal level has. been. ef-
fectively interfered with by
government, But government
hasn't yet decided what it
wants to accomplish and hasn't
yet made any proposals gener-

ally to deat with collective.

bargaining. There .is no point
‘in our continuing to operate on
such a hit and miss basis. for
‘if we do we can only look
ahead to more. trouble.

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plan as to what to. do. Take the: a

waterfront situation. We in the ..
New Demoeratic Party persist.
ently asked the government to.’
step into the. picture right:
from the very. start, The Min-
ister of Labour. persistently re-'.
fused, because aa he ‘sald, he"
didn’t think that there was any
thing that'he could do. He said
that the dispute was such ‘that’:

“far: a change
of Pace... Eat
ial ;

he couldn't appoint a mediator «

or’. anything.-of . that -sort..
_AS a Tesult’ of this’ stub-
borness

progressively worse’ and finally
resulted in the. ‘Minister. Boing
to. Vancouver -hiniself: |

When he, was there he made
proposals. to settle the dispute

which he. previously. said would!”
be, illegal, Now, ‘don’t get me ::
wrong. I'm’ not: knocking Mr, *:

Nicholéon,“'nor-- his \ efforts, °
which finally settled :the dis:
pute. I’m: shyply. saylng that

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the federal government has no *

idea. what 4o .do.in this'field, -
AS ae consequence :; it~ hag
to
another: in’ . the. Jabout-mansige.
ment . fleld..'Because - At: hag. ng
plan about’ ‘such “matters

Aphid Poor Present.
On Christmas. Tree
Don’t make ita Merry Christ.

‘}mas for the balsam woolly

aphid.  -

The B.C; ‘Forest “Service - ‘ts|
concerned: that the annual cut-
ting of Christmas trees -for
Yule-tide may lead to a spread
of the insect which, already ‘is

umbla’s Balsam. fir’ forest.
Forest protection officials)
warn that the aphid an’ con-
tinue to live for several months |
on a cut balsam fir tree and
may be able to survive over the
winter. This means. that one
of the most familiar symbols of
Christmas-time, if it is a balsam
fir, could also ‘represent a
major threat to British Colum:
bia’s aphid control program. —
A part of .this program
the province-wide ban on trans:
port of balsam fir which went
into effect early ‘this: year.
Success is largely dependent}

control: measures and the .For-
est Service. ig-requesting the
co-operation of every British
Columbian this winter. .-
It is also pointed out that
the aphid threat has made it
imperative that there be strict
enforcement of the regulation

trees of any species from
Crown land without first ob-
taining a permit.

GREEN CHRISTMAS.
Some stores in the United
States and Canada depend on
Christmas shoppers for a fifth
of the sales they make in the
entire year.

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on public observance of | the}

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