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Apart from its great religious significance, Christmas and the breathless excitement of a visit from Santa with his reindeer and sleigh is a particularly magic time for children and those adults among us who allow our minds to enter the spirit of the occasion. Sadly, however, the magic is in danger of dissipation when doubts start creeping into little minds – fuelled by listening to older companions – about the very existence of Santa Claus. Is there really a Santa Claus, they ask ? Well, I can reassure them and everyone else who doubts – THERE REALLY IS A SANTA CLAUS. How can I be so sure? Because my Daddy met him on the bus to Kildare and the proof of the (Christmas) pudding is in the eating ! When I was a very little boy, many, many years ago, living in Cut Bush, the first present I remember from Santa was a wheelbarrow and many’s the happy day I spent filling the barrow with stones, depositing them in a corner of the garden, going back for more and so on until I had assembled a really big heap. In hindsight, what a smart man my Dad was to get his garden cleaned up in such a pleasurable way ! But the one Christmas I remember better than any was a couple of years later when I had my heart set on a game of Ludo (a board game played with different coloured markers and dice). I wrote off to Santa with my wish but, in the meantime, didn’t I spot my heart’s desire in the window of O’Donnell’s shop on The Curragh, across the road from the Picture House where we Santa on the Bus neWBriDge parish LoUrDes FUnD NEWBRIDGE PARISH LOURDES FUND COMMITTEE is holding their annual Christmas Fair, Cake Sale and Coffee Day in the Parish Centre on Thursday 8th December from 11 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Santa Claus will visit between 2.00 pm 4.00 pm. NewBriDGe FooT CliNiC bernadette Slattery Podiatrist – Chiropodist M.C.S.Ch. IRL, M.I.C.P.O. Reg. Health Professional Council Nail surGerY & orThoTiCs No parking problems, Wheelchair accessible For appointment phone 045 431879. 107 Moorefield Drive. PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THIS WORTHY CAUSE. GeorGes sTreeT NewBriDGe mID WEEK WaSH & bLoW oNLY €18 also FaNTasTiC MiD weeK sTuDeNT & seNior CiTiZeN oFFers! tel: 432888 / 434995 Email: snshairdesign@eircom.net *above offers apply monday to thursday 6 by Don Kelly walked the couple of miles across the plains to the Sunday matinee whenever we could get the fourpence admission to “the gods”. There it was - and Santa or no Santa (I obviously didn’t trust him 100%) - I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. To get the half-crown to buy it, I sacrificed a couple of matinees, scrounged thruppence here and sixpence there from Ma, Granny, and Aunt Lil until, on Christmas Eve, I proudly marched home with it under me oxter. I couldn’t wait to show it to Ma but, to my great dismay, she was far from pleased. She gave out to me something fierce (most unlike her) telling me that Santa was bringing me the Ludo as I had asked him for it. When I protested and said I would leave a note for him requesting Snakes & Ladders instead, she said it was too late as Harry Rafferty, my next door pal, was getting the Snakes & Ladders. How could she be so sure, I asked. “BECAUSE” she said without batting an eyelid, “YOUR DADDY MET SANTA CLAUS ON THE BUS TO KILDARE YESTERDAY AND HE TOLD HIM”. I woke up Christmas morning to find that Santa had indeed brought me the Ludo – Mammy said that at least I was the only child in the Bush, maybe even in the whole wide world, who had two games of Ludo that Christmas – and meeting up with my pal, Harry, I found out that Santa had duly brought him the Snakes & Ladders. Irrefutable proof that Daddy had spoken in person to Santa Claus on the bus to Kildare ! I had no further doubts but, for those who still need convincing, check out Pages 62-65 in my book Wise & Witty Words of Wonder in the Parish Centre ! THANK YOU Newbridge Parish Lourdes Fund Committee would like to thank most sincerely Helen Durney and her family and friends for the proceeds of a Table Quiz they organised in aid of the Lourdes Fund. Amount raised was €1,141.60. Also many thanks to Marie Lee who organised a Coffee Morning in Cill Mhuire and raised €320. PrIVate FUNCtIoN rooM aVaIlaBle @ JoHNSoNS loUNGe Birthday, Engagement, Anniversary, Bereavement Wide choice of Catering & Entertainment Options available Free room Hire! CoNtaCt CatHerINe 087 2930881
Colour me in Competition! TRIcky TRIcksTERs MagIc casTlE have offered us 2 pairs of tickets for Breakfast with Santa at the Magic Castle on December 18th. Colour in Jesus' Birthday Card and drop it into the Parish centre by Wednesday, December 14th. The first two names out of the hat will get two tickets each. Don't forget to attach your names, addresses and phone no's. Great stocking filler St Conleth's Pantomime Troupe are proud to announce their 2012 production is: THe THRee MUsKeTeeRs Tickets available early this year and will be on sale in the Parish Office from December 8th 2011. Book early to avoid disappointment. Classes available: Singing, Dancing & Drama for age 4 up to adults. Now teaching classes in Newbridge, Kildare & Naas. For more details contact Leah on 0878809177 or email: leahmoranstageschool@yahoo.ie meaDe memoriaLs Kildare Town & Newbridge Large Selection of Headstones Additional Inscriptions Headstone Cleaning , Plaques, Etc. Lead Lettering & Hand Carving All Cemeteries Covered Professional Stonemasons 045 531516 Alan 086 8949078 7 Engineering & Fabrication Specialists Dublin Road, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare RICHARD KELLY 087 2251171 Tel: 045 529825 Fax: 045 529825
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