The Weekly Times - 13th December, 2017

24 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 13 December, 2017
Santa’s visit delights
local Graves family
A TOY BUNNY RABBIT, a model car and a baby rattle are a Macquarie
Park family’s special request to Santa for Christmas.
The Graves family visited
Santa on Level One of the
Macquarie Shopping Centre
on Friday and put their
Christmas wishes to him,
in person.
“It was a special occasion
for our family, we were
delighted to meet Santa
and we will be thrilled to
see the photo in our local
newspaper,” Mum Prue
Graves said.
Santa said that - while
he mostly lives at the North
Pole - he loves to visit The
Weekly Times territory and
have his photo taken with
local families.
He will be at Macquarie
Shopping Centre from
9.30am until 6pm on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
as well as from 9am to
8pm on Thursday and from
9am to 6pm on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
Ross and Prue Graves
and their children Harriet,
Jude and three
month old Freddy meet
Santa at Macquarie Park
Shopping Centre on Friday.
Santa looks forward
to meeting local families
and having his photo
taken with them. TWT
on-the-spot PHOTO
Christ-massive generosity
for Toys N Tucker Appeal
Rev David Mears, Senior Minister at Christ Church Gladesville, pictured in front of a small portion
of donations in this year’s Anglicare Toys N Tucker Christmas Appeal.
“We’ve been blown away by our
community’s generosity” said Rev
Mears in response to the collection of
new toys and food from Gladesville
and Putney residents.
Anglicare needed to send a 1.5
tonne van to collect the donations.
The appeal was run by Christ
Church Gladesville who worked
in partnership with Putney Public
School and Christ Church Gladesville
Pre-School in asking neighbours,
school families and friends to donate
tinned food, toiletry items or toys.
“Christmas reminds us of God’s
gift to us in Jesus, so it seems fitting
that our community would reflect that
generosity in their gifts to others,”
Rev Mears said.
“Our church has been part of the
Gladesville community for almost 140
years and we love being able to encourage
our neighbours to look out
for those less fortunate. I’m thankful
to God for Principal John Koletti,
Director Tara Downton and all the
families at Putney Public and Christ
Church Preschool for their help in this
collection.”
All donations were collected by Anglicare
to be packaged into gift boxes
at their warehouse in Villawood.
Christmas Services at Christ Church
Gladesville are 5pm, 7pm and 11pm
(Christmas Eve) and 8am and 9:30am
(Christmas Day). All welcome.
Christmas
Trading Hours
More time to help you create a Christmas less ordinary
Thu 14 Dec 9:00am - 10:00pm
Fri 15 Dec 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sat 16 Dec 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 17 Dec 9:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 18 Dec 9:00am - 8:00pm
Tue 19 Dec 9:00am - 8:00pm
Wed 20 Dec 9:00am - 8:00pm
Thu 21 Dec 9:00am - 12:00am
Fri 22 Dec 8:00am - 8:00pm
Sat 23 Dec 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 24 Dec 7:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 25 Dec CLOSED
Tue 26 Dec 8:00am - 6:00pm
Inspiratio n
Everywhere