DECEMBER 2008 #74
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DECEMBER 2008 #74
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Dec. 7 is Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 21 is the start of Winter and Chanukah. Christmas Day is Thursday, Dec. 25, and New Years' Eve is Wed., Dec. 31. |
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Merry Christmas to everyone!
CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZADECEMBER 14 TH - 2pm to 4pm * SANTA * PICTURES * * GOODIES * BINGO * * SILENT AUCTION * COME & BUY YOUR BAKED GOODS! THE MEMORIAL DINER WILL BE OPEN 10AM TO 2PM HAM SPECIAL! MMMMMGOOD! ********************************* WESTERN STATE BANK HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY, DEC. 12 TH 9AM TO 1PM DOOR PRIZES AND REFRESHMENTS ***************** IT'S CHRISTMAS, LET'S HELP! KEVIN AND CODY (BRANDT) HANSEN AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE SUFFERED A TERRIFIC LOSS. THEIR SON, BRAXTON WAS BORN EARLY AND ONLY LIVED FOR 13 DAYS. DURING THAT TIME EVERYTHING IN THE DOCTORS POWERS WERE DONE TO SAVE HIS LIFE AND MOUNTAINS OF BILLS WERE ACCRUED. LET'S HELP MAKE THEIR CHRISTMAS A LITTLE BETTER. LETS ALL SEND THEM A CHRISTMAS CARD WITH A LITTLE SOMETHING IN IT TO HELP WITH THEIR EXPENSES. NOTHING CAN BRING BACK THEIR SON BUT OUR HELP WILL MAKE CHRISTMAS A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE FAMILY. THEIR ADDRESS IS: KEVIN AND CODY HANSEN |
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HERE'S WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
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THE GRANVILLE SENIOR CITIZENSWILL BE HOSTING A DINNERMENU INCLUDES: ROASTED SMOKED & REGULAR TURKEY,MASHED POTATOES,DRESSING, GRAVY, PEAS,CRANAPPLE SALAD, & PIEFREEWILL OFFERING DONATIONSPROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBEVERYONE WELCOME!**********************THE FAMILY OF RUSSELL & RUBY BOUTILIER ARE REQUESTING A CARD SHOWER IN HONOR OF THE COUPLES 70 TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON DECEMBER 19 TH. THEIR SON AND HIS WIFE ARE GREGG AND MARY BOUTILIER OF GRANVILLE. THEIR CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ARE LES, CHRISTI, MONICA, CHASE AND STEWART JOB OF DEADWOOD, SD, BRAD, LYNNELL, COLE AND ASHLEY JOB OF BLACK HAWK, SD AND JOHN, MICHELLE AND COOPER SHIPP OF GRANVILLE. CARDS OF CONGRATULAIONS WILL REACH THEM AT: PO BOX 101,GRANVILLE , ND 58741 .CONGRADULATIONS RUSS & RUBY!***************************A FUNDRAISER SILENT AUCTION WILL BE NELD AT THE STEERHEAD SALOON ON DECEMBER 20 TH FOR HEIDE RASMUSSEN, GIRL FRIEND OF CHAD HJELDEN. HEIDE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.LET'S ALL PITCH IN AND HELP THEM COVER MEDICAL EXPENSES.**************************************UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS*AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICALCONTEST DECEMBER 6 THK THRU 12 CHRISTMAS PROGRAMDECEMBER 8 TH @ 7PMLAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2008DECEMBER 19 TH
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CONGRATULAIONS!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURIE AND BRIAN GOTVASLEE THE GOTVASLEES WERE SELECTED 2008 ACHEIVEMENT WINNERS FOR THE NORTH McHENRY COUNTY SCD. THEY GROW SUNFLOWERS, CANOLA, WHEAT, BARLEY, CORN AND FLAX. BRIAN STARTED FARMING IN 1982. THEY LIVE ON A 4 TH GENERATION FARM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1898 BY BRIAN'S MATERNAL GREAT GRANDFATHER, JOHN PETER BOUTILIER. LAURIE AND BRIAN OWN AND OPERATE THE LAND THAT WAS HOMESTEADED BY BOTH THE GOTVASLEE AND BOUTILIER FAMILIES. THEY LIVE ON THEIR FARM WITH 6 HORSES, 3 CATS AND THEIR DOG, COTY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN AND LAURIE! ************************************ BRANDING IRON BIG BUCK/DOE CONTEST A BIG BUCK AND BIG DOE CONTEST WAS HELD IN THE BI. THE BIG BUCK WINNERS WERE: TERRY FROUNFLLTER - 210 LBS KERRY BACON - 165 LBS KYLE SWALLERS – 185 LBS SMALLEST BUCK– STEPHANIE KROUT – 110 LBS BIGGEST DOE: JEREMIAH TRANA – 108 LBS CHRISTOPHER OLSON – 105 LBS KEVIN NEILSON – 100LBS SMALLEST DOE - TANYA ROTH ****************************** * THANK YOU * THANK YOU TO THE NEW NODAK MUTUAL OFFICE FOR DONATING MONEY TO PRINT THE GAZETTE... ********** THANK YOU TO MIKE SITTER FOR THE DONATION OF MONEY TO PRINT THE GAZETTE. ****************** THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE SPAGHETTI SUPPER TO HELP WITH MY MEDICAL EXPENSES. IT WAS WONDERFUL EVENING AND SO MUCH APPRECIATED. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DONNA AND ALL WHO HELPED! THANK YOU!! KARYN WENGER AND FAMILY *************************
*BITS 'N PIECES* *CITY COUNCIL – DEC.1 ST 7PM *FOOD PANTRY – DEC. 10 TH *LEGION – DEC. 2 ND AT 8PM
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*BABIES*BABIES*BABIES* GAVIN TIMOTHY KROUT WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 4TH TO TODD AND STEPHANIE KROUT. I FORGOT TO PUT HIS B-DAY IN LAST MONTH. *************************************** WELCOME TO GRANVILLE!! JULIE & THOMAS McCANE ****************************************** *SENIOR CORNER* GRANVILLE SENIOR CITIZENS BIBLE STUDY DEC. 1 ST – 1PM EVERYONE WELCOME SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 15 TH ********************** *HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU* DEC. 2 ND - TANNER SUCHOR CARTER HALL DEC. 3 RD - DUSTIN FROUNFELTER DEC. 6 TH - FAYE ANN OLSON DEC. 7 TH - KIM HALL DEC. 10 TH - DANIELLE SHIPMAN DEC. 11 TH – KARLEY BRUMMOND DEC. 12 TH - EVA DUCHSHERER CITY OF GRANVILLE 101 YEARS ETHAN BOEHM TRINDA DAWSON SHERYL BACHMEIER DEC. 13 TH – KRISTI BRUMMOND DEC. 14 TH – GRADY SHIPMAN DEC. 15 TH – SOPHIE BACHMEIER DEC. 16 TH – CURT OLSON JERRY MILLER TONYA HUNSKER DEC. 17 TH – LANE BACHMEIER DEC. 18 TH – JOHN SMETTE DEC. 19 TH – JOHN ULLAND JESSIE MACDONALD JONI ANDERSON DEC. 20 TH – TODD KROUT LEE ROY ANDERSON DEC. 21 ST – SEB TRANA DEC. 25 TH -- JESUS OF NAZARETH DEC. 25 TH – AMARIE JUAREZ KELSEY JOHNSON DEC. 26 TH – DOUG SMETTE DEC. 28 TH – CINDY ANDERSON ARDELLE HILLERUD DEC. 29 TH - TRAVIS SMETTE CHELSEY OLSON DEC. 30 TH – TIM ANDERSON CAMERON ANDERSON SAMANTHA LUNDY DEC. 31 ST - JESSE FREDRICKSON |
ANNIVERSARYSWAYNE & DENISE SHIPMAN – 1 STERIC & CONNIE THOMPSON – 6 THHAROLD & CHERYL LOVRO – 7 THARLAND & CLORINDA KRAMER – 11 THLEONARD & MARLENE LARSEN – 13 THED & VIVIAN McCLOSKEY - 14 THPAUL & SHEILA PETERSON – 30 TH*************************OUR SYMPATHIESBUD STEVENS PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 15 TH, 2008OUR SYMPATHIES TO ARDIE AND THEIR FAMILY.*****HELEN MUELLER PASSED AWAY ON NOV. 17 TH... OUR SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY.~~~~~~~WAYNE SHIPMAN PASSED AWAY ONNOVEMBER 23 RD. OUR SYMPATHIES TO ARLENE AND THEIR FAMILY*******************CHURCH NEWS*HOPE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHSERVICES HELD EVERY SUNDAY AT 9AMPASTOR FRANK PICARDNO BIBLE STUDY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWOMENS SOCIETY – DEC. 14 TH AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICECHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE DEC. 24 TH ATFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHSERVICES HELD EVERY SUNDAY AT 9AMPASTOR MARY MISKALADIES AID – DEC. 11 TH 2PMNORWICH LUTHERAN CHURCHSERVICES HELD EVERY SUNDAY AT 11AMPASTOR MARY MISKALADIES AID – DEC. 4 TH AT 2PM************************CONGRATULATIONS TO DONNIE AND CLEONE ROLLMAN. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50 TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 16 TH.***********************CONGRATUALTIONS TO DONNY DUCHSCHERER. HE RETIRED AT THE END OF OCTOBER FROM SRT AFTER 34 YEARS. HE PLANS TO DO SOME FISHING AND CAR REPAIR. GOOD LUCK DONNY! |
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... *ATTA BOY * AWARDS* OUR "ATTA BOY" AWARDS FOR DECEMBER, 2008 GO TO MERLE YODER & KATELYN FITZGERALD. MERLE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TO THE CITY AND THE FIRST LUTHURAN CHURCH. HE IS ALWAYS LENDING A HAND WHEN IT'S NEEDED. KATELYN IS A VERY TALENTED YOUNG LADY AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SAY SHE IS FROM OUR FAIR CITY. SHE WAS RECENTLY NAMED "ALL AROUND COWGIRL" IN THE NORTH DAKOTA HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOCIATION. CONGRATUALTIONS KATELYN AND READY!! . THESE TWO FINE PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE A FREE HAMBURGER AND FRENCH FRIES FROM DONNA AT THE MEMORIAL DINER. THANK YOU, MERLE! THANK YOU, KATELYN! THANK YOU DONNA ! ************************
JUST A THOUGHT. . . . CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR REMEMBERENCE, GIVING, THOUGHT AND CARING. REMEBERENCE. REMEMBERING CHRISTMASES PAST IS JUST SOMETHING YOU DO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, I REMEMBER MY UNCLE JOHNNY TELLING THE CHRISTMAS STORY. HIS VOICE WAS SO WARM AND STRONG. OTHER CHRISTMASES COME TO MIND, CHRISTMASES THAT STAND OUT ARE THE ONES WHEN OUR KIDS WERE SMALL AND WE WERE STRUGGLING TO FEED THEM, CLOTH THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND WARM. THEY NEVER COMPLAINED AND ALWAYS SEEMED HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY RECEIVED. OTHER KIDS WERE GETTING BIGGER, MORE EXPENSIVE GIFTS THAT DIDN'T MEAN THEY WERE ALWAYS BETTER. EVEN TO THIS DAY I DO NOT SPEND NEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME THEY SPEND ON EACH MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY. I TRY TO GET THEM ONE THING THEY NEED, ONE THING SENTIMENTAL AND ONE THING FUN, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE ONE FROM SANTA. AS I GET OLDER I REALIZE CHRISTMAS IS FOR GIVING, NOT GIFTS BUT LOVE. GIVING . . . ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS GAZETTE I ASKED FOR HELP FOR CODY AND KEVIN HANSEN. GIVING IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY. MOST OF US CAN NOT AFFORD TO GIVE TO EVERYONE WHO ASKS. PLUS A LOT OF THE ONES WHO ASK |
DOES NOT SEEM VERY TRUST WORTHY. IF YOU GIVE TO ONE, THEY ALL ASK. I THINK A FAMILY WHO YOU KNOW AND HAVE HAS A HARD TIME IS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO GIVE. REMEMBER, GOD FORBID, IF YOU SHOULD EVER HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU OUT. IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS!THOUGHT. . .I THOUGHT I BROUGHT MY CELL PHONE TODAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH POCKET OF MY PURSE I PUT IT. OH, YA THERE IT IS. ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT CANCER ONLY HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLES FRIENDS. I HAVE HAD MANY FRIENDS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THIS YEAR. ONE THAT REALLY THREW ME FOR A LOOP WAS A GOOD FRIEND AT WORK. HE WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER. WHEN HE TOLD ME I STARTED TO CRY. I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS MAN FOR 12 YEARS AND THINK THE WORLD OF HIM. HE TOLD ME TO QUIT CRYING. HE SAID HIS DADDY, BACK IN ALABAMA, TOLD HIM TO NEVER BE SCARED AND NEVER START RUNNING FROM SOMETHING UNTIL YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE SOMETHING IS.THINK ABOUT IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. MORE POWER TO YOU JOE! YOU HAVE AWAYS HAD THE GIFT TO SAY JUST WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. I CRIED BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU, JOE, AND THEN I STOPPED BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU.CARING. . .CHRISTMAS IS FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR FELLOW MAN. MAYBE WE SHOULD CARE A LITTLE MORE THROUGH-OUT THE YEAR. SOMETIMES WE ARE ALITTLE SHY ABOUT SHOWING OUR FEELINGS. I TRY TO DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HOLDING A DOOR OPEN OR LETTING THE OTHER DRIVER GO FIRST. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE NEXT PERSON AND IF THEY DO WE WILL ALL BE REPAID 10-FOLD. REMEMBER CHRISTMASES PAST; USE THEM TO MAKE CHRISTMASES FUTURE BETTER.MERRY CHRISTMAS!*************************NOW ON THE FUN SIDE,WE GOT A PUPPY! I HAD TO PUT MY OLD DEAR FRIEND, ACE, TO SLEEP 3 YEARS AGO AND TIM SAID I COULD NOT GET ANOTHER DOG. I LOVE DOGS. I HAVE DOG FRIENDS WHO COME OVER TO MY HOUSE FOR TREATS. OUR "PEANUT" WEIGHTS 3lbs AND IS ABOUT AS BIG AS A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER, AND SHE WON'T GET MUCH BIGGER. I CARRY HER |
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TO WORK EVERYDAY IN A BASKET AND IF I DON'T TAKE HER I GET IN TROUBLE FROM THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS. SHE IS SUCH A JOY. SHE IS A CHOW-WEINIE. HER MAMA IS A CHIHUAHUA AND HER PAPA IS A MINITURE WEINER DOG. SHE HAS SUCH A PERSONALITY. TODD SAID SHE IS THE LITTLE SISTER HE ALWAYS WANTED. WE ARE GOING INTO THE 7 TH YEAR OF PUTTING OUT THE GRANVILLE GAZETTE. IT'S BEEN FUN, STRESSFUL, AND I REALLY ENJOY DOING IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS. ENUF SAID, JO ********************* GRANVILLE GAZETTE THE GRANVILLE GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED ON THE 1 ST OF EACH MONTH. IT IS WRITTEN BY JO KROUT. EACH MONTH APPROX. 160 COPIES ARE PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED. IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE GRANVILLE WEB SITE. ALL ADS ARE RUN FREE OF CHARGE. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO RUN AN ADD OR HAS IDEAS FOR STORIES PLEASE CALL JO AT 728-6823 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY SENT TO YOU EACH MONTH IT COSTS $5.04 A YEAR. PLEASE SUBMIT 12 SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED BUSINESS SIZE ENVELOPES TO NANCY OR JO. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT! *********** NODAK MUTUAL INSURANCE MONDAY – FRIDAY*8AM TO 4PM Life - Health - Autos - Home - Commercial - Farm Owners and Crop Insurance PO Box 54 - 118 Main St S ******************************** CUSTOM CAKES BY LAURANELL DELICIOUS SCRATCH CAKES AND DESSERTS FOR ALL OF LIFES BEAUTIFUL OCCASIONS! CALL TO ORDER OR SCHEDULE A WEDDING CAKE CONSULTATION AND TASTING! WEDDING CAKES STARTING AT $1.75 PER SLICE. LAURANELL HEFRON, GRANVILLE, ND 701-833-9049 CHECK OUT WEBSITE! |
COZY COTTAGEANTIQUES AND GIFTSNOW OPEN SATURDAYS TILL CHRISTMAS 10:00AM--2:00PMCHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSEFRIDAY DEC 5--10:00AM -8:00PM--TO COINCIDE WITH HOLIDAY TOUR OF HOMESSATURDAY DEC. 6 10:00 AM--4:00PMCOME AND CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH US! INSTORE DISCOUNTS UP TO 60% OFF SELECTED MERCHANDISECIDER & COOKIESDOOR PRIZESHOPE TO SEE YA SOON!Holiday hours begin on November 3.Tuesday-Friday 10:00 AM-6:00 PMSaturday 10:00 AM-2:00 PMSunday & Monday appointments accepted(Call 728-6980 or 833-1403)Thanks so much! Myron & Linda Smette
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CYNDI'S T & T OPEN FRIDAY*SATURDAY*SUNDAY GRILL ON FROM 5PM TO 10PM 768-2811 OR 768-2662 ****************************** S & E MEATS & SPECIALTIES 701-728-6971 RETAIL MEAT CUTS FOR SALE: BEEF, PORK, BUFFALO, & ELK PORK SAUSAGE, BEEF STICKS, BEEF SUMMER SAUSAGE BUFFALO PIZZA'S * WATKINS PRODUCTS GRANITE SPRING WATER CUSTOM MEAT PROCESSING MON & TUES – CLOSED WED - 9AM TO 5PM SAT. – 9AM TO 1PM ************************* WESTERN STATE BANK GRANVILLE STATION * 728-6827 MON THRU FRI 9AM TO 1PM SAT 9AM TO 12NOON ************************* MEMORIAL DINER ARE YOU IN NEED OF AN EXCELLENT HOME COOKED MEAL? CATERING SERVICE? TALK TO DONNA OR CALL 728-9511 OPEN MON THRU FRID 7AM TO 6PM SAT. 8AM TO 2PM THE DINER WILL NOT BE OPEN ON SUNDAYS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. STOP IN AND CHECK OUT THE DAILY SPECIALS! MONDAY – ROAST BEEF DINNER *********************** FROUNFELTER TRUCKING HAULING ANYTHING YOU NEED TO HAUL! CALL TODAY FOR ESTIMATES! 728-6865 ******************************* DK SERVICE OUR 1-STOP SERVICE STATION 728-6816 OPEN 7AM TO 6PM MON – FRIDAY OPEN 8 AM TO 2PM ON SATURDAY ALL KINDS OF AUTO REPAIRS, OIL CHANGE, TIRE SERVICE, ANYTHING YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE ON THE ROAD! ******************************** NEED AVON? CALL WINONA EVENS AT 728-6623 ****************************************
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HOFFERT'S AUTO BODY FINEST GLASS REPLACEMENT WORK IN THE COUNTY! VERN HOFFERT, OWNER 728-6588 *************************** BUFFALO CREEK HORN MOUNTS *BUFFALO SKULLS* DEER HOOF GUN RACKS,* *SHED ANTLER COAT RACKS*. CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT www.granvillend.com AND GO TO THE BUSINESS LINK. CALL JOHN AT 833-1603 OR JEFF AT 833-7338 JOHN AND JEFF SMETTE 107 SHERMAN AVE NE GRANVILLE, ND 728-6581 Hey guys, its that time of year again. Thanks for your support through the past 5 years. We have added buffalo skulls to our services as well as deer hoof gun racks, and shed antler coat racks. Feel free to forward this (or print it) to anybody that may need our services. We are giving away a free sweatshirt to who ever brings us their largest scoring whitetail this season to do. Last year we did some 150 class bucks and we worked on over 70 mounts. We sell lots of Buffalo Creek sweatshirts too. Check out the attached poster. Check out our web site at www.granvillend.com then go to the business link. Thanks again, Jeff & John *********************** A BAR C WESTERN SHOP CRUEL GIRL, CINCH OR WRANGLER 20X JEANS CALL ANGIE AT 833-4727 ************************** TRUTHS OF LIFE YOU CANNOT TOUCH ALL YOUR TEETH WITH YOUR TONGUE. AFTER READING THE FIRST LINE, YOU WILL TRY IT. YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT THE TRUTH IS A LIE. YOU ARE SMILING NOW CAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT. YOU WILL TELL THIS TRUTH OF LIFE TO ANOTHER PERSON. THERE'S SMILE ON YOUR FACE CAUSE NOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY IDIOT IN THE ROOM. I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY IDIOT IN THE ROOM EITHER. I NEEDED THE COMPANY. |
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Christmas In Canadacontinued from
In Canada, from 1875 onwards, Christmas lost its essentially religious character, at least for Anglophones and the upper middle class. Little by little it became a community festival which gave rise to much family merry-making. New customs began to take root. Henceforth, the decorated Christmas tree, the cr che with its santons or plaster figures, gifts and the Christmas "rŽveillon" became part of family tradition. We decorate a pine tree with ornaments representing Christmas, buy or make each other presents that get wrapped in wrapping paper to be put under the tree so they can be opened on Christmas Day. Santa Claus is the person that who brings the presents. You aren't supposed to know what you're going to get, so that is part of the fun of Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, December 24th, there is usually a turkey dinner and in the middle of the night, Santa Claus is said to come down the chimney and place the presents under the tree. Then he goes back up the chimney (he's magic) and flies to the next house in his sleigh with 9 reindeer pulling it through the air (it flies). On Christmas Day, all the presents are opened. Noël à Québec Francophones, however, incorporated these new practices into their culture much later. After the First World War, increasing commercial advertising drew Francophones into the dizzy festive activities. During the 1930s, the working classes also joined this happy Christmas rush.In QuŽbec, which is the French-speaking part of Canada, we celebrate Christmas by putting up a big Christmas tree, sometime before Christmas. Many people also put a Christmas tree outside with colured lights. Usually we have lots of snow by the time Christmas comes around and it looks very festive. Most people eat turkey for their Christmas dinner, but in the old days people used to eat Tourti re, which is a sort of stew made of a layer of meat, a layer of potatoes, a layer of onions, another layer of meat, potatoes, onions and so on till it is big enough. A layer of pastry goes on top to cover and then you cook it for a long time. Christmas dinner is called "Reveillon" (waking up) and it is eaten when people come back from Midnight Mass, maybe at two o'clock in the morning. In our family we get a Christmas tree just before Christmas and the next day we decorate it. For Christmas Eve we usually eat duck and then rice pudding with almonds. Afterwards we open the presents from our family - and the next morning we open the ones from Santa Claus. Then my sister and I play with our presents and my parents read the newspaper. For Christmas dinner we have nut loaf and Christmas pudding with custard.In QuŽbec the end of Christmas is called La f te du Roi (on the 6th of January). For this you make a cake which has a bean inside it. The person who gets the bean is the king (or queen). |
Christmas In SCANDINAVIAIt is from Scandinavia that most of our yule log traditions derive. The dark cold winters inspired the development of traditions concerned with warmth and light. Yuletide, meaning "the turning of the sun" or the winter solstice, has traditionally been a time of extreme importance in Scandinavia - a time when fortunes for the coming year were determined and when the dead were thought to walk the earth. For a long time, it was considered dangerous to sleep alone on Christmas Eve. The extended family, master and servant, alike would sleep together on a freshly spread bed of straw. The Yule log was originally an entire tree, carefully chosen, and brought into the house with great ceremony. The butt end would be place into the hearth while the rest of the tree stuck out into the room. The tree would be slowly fed into the fire and the entire process was carefully timed to last the entire Yule season. Christmas In SWEDEN A Thousand years ago, King Canute declared that Christmas would last a month, from December 13, the feast of St. Lucia until January 13, or Tjugondag Knut (St. Canute's Day). No one is quite sure why Lucia, a 4th century Sicilian saint, came to be so revered in Sweden. Some say she once visited the country, and others believe missionaries brought stories of her life which entranced the Swedish people. Her story is that in the days of early Christian persecution, Lucia carried food to Christians hiding in dark underground tunnels. To light the way she wore a wreath of candles on her head. Eventually Lucia was arrested and martyred. On her feast day the eldest daughter in each family dresses in a white dress with a red sash, and wears an evergreen wreath with seven lighted candles on her head. She carries coffee and buns to each family member in his or her room. Many schools, offices, and communities sponsor Lucia processions in which carol are sung and everyone thanks the Queen of Light for bringing hope during the darkest time of the year. On Christmas Eve a certain Christmas gnome, known as the tomte, emerges from his home under the floor of the house or the barn. He carries a sack over his shoulder and leaves gifts for all. |
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