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Show Review - Wednesday, December 22, 1982 - Page 2 By MARY COONS Ever see one of those old movies where they show the passage of time by a calendar flipping away? I seem to see that scene every December. I don't know about you, but I've dubbed myself the "Queen of am-bition - with no time." Strange title? Not really. Every Christmas I plan on making everything for the children. I'd even make Legos if I could get the mold! This year I decided I'd make tops and jogging suits. "No problem," I to mvcolf "T can whin them out in no time." Wise statement potato brain. Hash The date is the 22nd of Decerns am yet to cut out a depressed? Oh no. I'll draw L" 1 of the shirts and jogging i ture them to the velour and give Sf'n kids. No, I can't do that-- the late at night and.... up May you all have mas.WeappreciateyouasSgnt Love, TheCooni Comment Have fun holiday, but don't forget... each of us. It tells us that giving can be as rewarding as getting that the inner glow that comes from selflessly sharing is a reward greater than material possessions. While the other activities which surround this traditional holiday make Christmas fun, it becomes an empty tradition without the "meaning" given the holiday by the babe whose birth it is we are remembering. So include Him in your celebration and have a Merry Christmas. Winter solstice has been one of the focal points of civilization for thousands of years. Even before Christ, the Romans had focused on December as the time for their Saturnalia, the annual celebration of the god Saturn. It was not a solemn occassion, but instead was one last fling before winter set in for good. Worshippers of the sun saw the season as the time of the sun's rebirth the end of continually shorter days and the start of the lengthening process that would carry their world through the bleakness of winter into the fertile renewal of spring. Hundreds of year after Christ, Christianity, struggling for acceptance in a society largely domininated by sun wor-- - shippers, probably found the time of Winter Solstice the perfect time for it's biggest celebration, Christmas. In the word's of one scholar of Roman history, "They wanted to show everyone that the Christians could have as good a time as anyone else." So if we see something of the pagan rituals in our traditional holiday, it's no wonder. That's the way Christmas has always been even before it was Christmas. The Yule season has become a time to gather, eat, get things, earn money, party, and all the other things we see during this season. It even has it's own pagan god that fat fellow in the j! red suit. We don't criticize any of the above activities. Each has it's place. But Christianity has added a new dimension to Christmas, we call it "the true meaning" of the holiday. And we continually talk about not forgetting it. 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I'll bet their gifts to each other have changed a great deal over the years. I wonder what they did give each other back in 1908? Probably a hanky or a perfume. j! Wouldn't it be funny if that is just what they are giving each other this ij. year? You know, the older people get the harder it is to shop for them because they have all they want and J: need. Personally, I still don't know what 1 my husband is going to get for Christmas. (Except the new fridge which we both got, swearing we wouldn't buy each other anything for Christmas, the fridge was it. ) He has enough shirts, his ties could fill a store, he doesn't use cuff links, he has a drawer full of hankies and he has enough fishing equipment already. The same with ski stuff and art stuff which accounts for about all of his hobbies. But I can't let Christmas come and go and not have a little surprise of some kind under the tree for him. He really doesn't care for aftershave and colognes and besides he has enough on hand now to serve an army. Maybe a puzzle book would be good, or his own box of chocolates. Church books are good but we have so many now there is no place to put them all. I detest gifts that are not personal. I do not want a vacuum cleaner or mixer or pots and pans for a gift and so I could hardly get him tools, or paneling, or acoustical tile which would just mean work, What I would like to get him is a trip for two to Hawaii on a slow luxury liner. Or a nice Caribbean cruise for two would not be bad either. He says all he wants is a million dollars so it would be nice if I could give him that, only on condition I could help him spend it. A nice Cadillac or Lincoln Con-tinental wouldn't be a bad gift. A summer cottage by a lake would make him happy. Even a cabin in the woods would suffice. A motor home would fill his dreams and it wouldn't hurt mine either. What about a freezer full of steaks? He'd go for that. Oh, well, I wonder if there are any shirts left in his size? Speaking of size, have you seen the size and cost of Christmas stockings lately? They come in large, larger and gigantic. What happened to the small size that you could easily fill with candy and give to a friend? The stocking manufacturers must have gone in cahoots with the candy makers. It used to be that a handful of nuts, a handful of candy, an orange and a novelty gift would more than fill a sock. The size of the socks now you would need a bulldozer to fill them up and maybe still have room to spare. Who wants a sock that big anyway? I suppose every kid in town would like one if it was filled to the brim with goodies. I'm not so old I can't remember that kind of a dream, but I still think the socks are way too big. You know what is going to happen Monday don't you? All the sales when the things you bought for Christmas will only be half price and suddenly you wish you were more like Scrooge and would have told everyone they'd have to wait for their gifts til after the sales started. Remember the olden days when the Sears and Roebuck Christmas cata-log came to every house and you could look through there and make Christmas wishes all days long. If they had a Christmas Wish Book now I would wish health and hap-piness for each and every one of you and I'd wish peace for the whole world. But most of all I wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a real cool yule. main iii jt . ct. a, S mn M , KLONDIKE JACK'S - The Ray Burgoyne Family say, "Whenever we got out for pizza, Klondike Jack's is our choice without a doubt." Here they compare ' both the old style pizza and the new thick and chewy crust with sweet sauce. |