‘PAGE SIX After "Delay Of 54 ‘Years | (As: told’ to Ray» ‘Crann). _ the sleigh rides, the. chimes of bells | NHRISTMAS, 1953, is here. | “Aton clear,‘ cold. frosty.. nights, the! young. man: (my. grandson) : in- . gists that I: tell you. ‘why an old. lady of 87 truly: believes in: Santa Claus: goose and plum puddings and all the extras ‘of family dinners, and the a ° ¢,, friends coming: and. going. to - wel: ! - Santa brought me my «miracle. gift, G \ 5 v3 yd d- ..» .just.as. his spirit brought Baby Jesus saill “of christmas. Joy and S100 “> to..us.two thousand odd years ago. O y | "Santa of my.. childhood’ was .a ieee -- grand. fellow, much more mysterious| Santa, the ‘mysterious. fellow, was “-"and less seen, I) suppose, because I| seen once a year on December 23; lived in a small village quite near| at the church concert. Big city dwel-| you. Other grandfathers and grand-|lers miss the warmth and expect-: ett renee emmy goodwill helped Eileen and ine when | year old again, just-as pretty and as SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW yours sing Christmas Carols and recite recitations. ! Mother said, “The spirit of Christ-! Jmas is giving love and goodwill just as Jesus did, throughout the year, the goodwill of |! sharing with all Christmas is the real Santa Claus.” | TD believed mother. Years later 1 told my little girl she believed as 15 did. =. . : T know now our: faith, fove and we were separated. Some folks thought she ran away, others that she had died. 1 knew neither was true. Someday 1 would see my five- young as she was. | did. Santa found 54 Years Later New Stewardess ——— | favorite fairy stories, in which the PLUM PUDDINGS, _ Wednesday, December 23, 1953. TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT principal male characters—such as “Dick Whittington” or “Robinson + Crusoe’”— are played by women and {the Ieading female roles—such as the “Ugly Sisters’ in “Cinderella” or Overseas visitors spending Decem-]| the “Widow Twankey” in “Aladdin?” ber and January in the United King-|—are undertaken by men. dom. will. be able to visit one of! In the 1953-54 season, many new Britain's traditional Christmas en-. ideas and effects will supplement tertainments—a pantomime. the age-old elements of pantomime. There will be a least 200 to choose} Theatre stages are, in some in- from—in London. and the major] stances, being. converted into rinks, provincial centres. _Pantomimes are] @s- at Leeds, in Yorkshire, where spectacular musical shows, woven Tom Arnold will stage “Robinson around one or other of the children’s| Crusoe”. as an ice spectacle. During the ten weeks’ run of “Dick Whittington” at Exeter, in Devon- shire, a million gallons of water will be used in a waterfall setting. against which will appear the Dag- PRAYER BOOKS mothers will remember the same: ancy of the village Christmas party,! Fifty-four Christmases later I did Christmases that I do, the snow and! when the neighbors’ children and’ Mot live near you. ‘the water had been my home for In the Book of Common Prayer, ¢nham Girl Pipers (well known’ in of the Church of England the prayer] North America) and representatives | A big city across : for the last Sunday before Advent! of the Royal Canadian Mounted Seung St an Si Ss NE ne PS CES OS oe ee NS OR CA EO AS ae | many years. Time had taken its began with the words—"“Stir up”, | Police, i Ftoll, | was an old lady alone in a The people af Peterborough took!” May All the Joys ali fast changing world. this ‘to be a reminder that they| : Santa was everywhere at Christ- should start their plum pudding at of a mas. Department 9 stores brought that time, and everybody i in the fam- . . “6 him to shake hands with hundreds ily took a hand in the stirring until Glorious Christmas of little tots. Because I loved the it was ready on Christmas. be the Santa of my childhood 1 spent the This indispensable old time Eng- week before _ Christmas watching | oe ; lish Christmas dish was furmety | ¢ d FE these yonnygsters and their Santa. ' It’s a wide and wonderful w orld. AN ivian Yoneda (right), a 22-yeur- frumenty, which according to old oo ortune Vive years ago as 1 was watching, old Japanese-Canadian girl from Victoria and Regina, looks at the lime recipes was “wheat boiled until of our ee To know praying, a matronly! globe and dreams of the places she will see as a TCA stewardess in the the grains burst. then strained and » be . i on - , sane if . fice VF ‘da. show Pee wel Miss Kay Avery, steward- - ; : ¢ voice beside me said, Look at my, near future, Miss Yoneda, shown here with Miss Kay Avy cry, stewar l- | hoited again with broth or milk and Eileen.” Lo fainted. They told me ess instructress, starts to fly as a stewardess on the Montreal-Halifax yolks of egg”. Frumenty was. the| afterwards that T screamed, “Santa. run. One of the only two Japanese-Canadian girls ta became TCA | - = : at et _ Many Friends forerunner ¢ dj that's my girl” ; Stewardesses, Miss Yoneda hopes some day to fly to the homeland of | °2 anner of plum pudding. her peaple “for a visit—but | want to make my life in Canada.” ere ete wep coca Pen and ' A shock of joy and a healthy faint | her Peop peal . nnn ne BN SESS OE LESS AE ASAE AEE IS OS AEST TES Patrons did not kill an old tady of 82. My In nearly every home in Spain a In Modern Spain | In Spain on the eve of Epiphany, daughter was beside me and I was! seging my granddaughter for the first time. Santa truly found them. When you see the three of us at the school concert. you will know the: Christmas Spirit and its Santa Claus | 5 is Special for us. We will be singing with you. Silent Night, Holy Night, All is calm, all is ull is bright. crib will be found at Christmastime. ' . ~ . | According to a Spanish folk-story, ithe wise men go to Bethlehem each shoes with straw, for the wise men 's| year to pay homage to the Christ camels and place them on the win-| Child. dow ledge or doorstep. Next morn-| As they pass through Spain they | ins. they find that the straw is gonc{ leave gifts of candy and toys for the [nl in its place are gifts. children. FOR REN Clean, modern, three-room cot- tages, central heating, fire- place, electric stove and refrigerator, closed gar- age. Some available for year around occupancy. BRENTWOOD AUTO COURT Phone: Keating 42M. Brentwood Bay BEACON MARKET PHONE 69 SIDNEY —_—. gos rose csaresoucniat onan cs ami eden mameaeuONG 'not Christmas, the children fill their Pinion Nis Nin Dis Bin Dia Wis Nia Sis Nis is iin Bey) ieamineaes avin tinea High fidelity fans are tho: are those newly ‘discovercd people who deplore. mass mediocrity in recorded music. 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