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Lake Huron The Daytripper Stop & Shop in DOWNTOWN FOREST Check out historic downtown Forest! Browse our shops, enjoy a meal at one of our fantastic restaurants. Make a day of it in Forest! For upcoming events, see website or Facebook The CAMLACHIE, FOREST, KETTLE & STONY POINT FN, PORT FRANKS and THEDFORD Stop & Shop in Downtown Forest all Christmas Season! EARN UP TO $100 DURING YOUR STAY IN SARNIA-LAMBTON - SEE PAGE 11 - discoversarnialambton.com Forest Florist and Country Accents Let’s Make 2020 Christmas a Memory Santas, Gnomes, Snowmen, Wreaths, Swags, Lanterns Ltd. Lots of picks to make your own décor, or we can help you create a one-of-a-kind of -a -kin arrangement. ra ent. lakelifestudio.com 519·328·2217 Visit website for current and seasonal hours Handcrafted Glass Artisan Boutique Lake Life Apparel 3811 Lakeshore Road, Camlachie “Christas is not opening our hears.” hears.” - J.L.W. Brooks SHOP NY LOCAL An Old Fashioned Country Store with a Modern Twist! Celebrating 10 Years! FEATURING... • Fudge • Fresh Breads & Baking • Collectibles & Gifts • Williamson • • & More! Mon. to Thurs. 9-5, Fri. 9-8 & Sat. 10 -4 14 King St. W., Forest • 226-520-0144 Shop Online... www.williamsonfarmsmarket.com MI ONTARIO Local Delivery - Send Some Holiday Love Call or watch Facebook for updated hours! 1 Victoria Street, FOREST Mon-Fri 9-5, Saturday 10-4 519-786-2339 • 1-866-786-2339 www.forestflorist.com Cenotaph at Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Beads, Findings ngs & Jewelery e e Supplies plie Bottles Water Purses TAX FREE ZONE Open 7 Days A Week 10 to 6! • Handmade de Crafts by Local Artisans • Huge Selection ec of Craft Supplies • Native Pattern tern Blankets, Towels & Baby Blankets • Quilting Fabric & Patterns • Sterling Silver Jewelry elry • Books oks • Winterwear ea r • Gift Baskets s Women’s Vote Here are the countries and years in which the vote was extended to women: New Zealand 1893 Australia 1902 Finland 1906 Norway 1913 Denmark 1915 U.S.S.R. 1917 Austria 1918 Canada 1918 Germany 1918 Poland 1918 Belgium 1919 Great Britain 1919 Netherlands 1919 Ireland 1919 Sweden 1919 U.S. 1920 India 1947 South Africa 1930 Spain 1931 Brazil 1932 Thailand 1932 Turkey 1933 Philippines 1937 France 1944 Italy 1945 Japan 1945 Yugoslavia 1945 Bulgaria 1947 China 1947 Israel 1948 Indonesia 1955 Canada (Native) 1960 Nellie McClung Iran 1963 Switzerland 1971 Jordan 1973 Portugal 1976 Iraq 1980 Bahrain 2002 Kuwait 2005 Saudi Arabia* 2011 Credit: Cyril Jessop, Library and Archives Canada Od Ordering in person or available online at: Moccasins & Mukluks s WW . COM 6312 Indian Lane, Kettle & Stony Point FN 519-786-4775 Page 16 as the moon slowly rose on our fates and our fears, Winter 2020/21
TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME Stay, Earn, Discover In Sarnia-Lambton EARN UP TO $100 DURING YOUR STAY IN SARNIA-LAMBTON - SEE PAGE 11 - www.discoversarnialambton.com It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past ten years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas–oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it–overspending… the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma—the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an innercity church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler’s ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn’t acknowledge defeat. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved kids – all kids – and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling E-Mail The E-Mail IN-BOX Send the good stuff to info@daytripping.ca The White Envelope headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition–one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a cheque to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on. The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn’t end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more. Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing to take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit will always be with us. This story was originally published in the December 14, 1982 issue of Woman’s Day magazine by Nancy W. Gavin. It was the first place winner out of thousands of entries in the magazine’s “My Most Moving Holiday Tradition” contest in which readers were asked to share their favorite holiday tradition and the story behind it. The story inspired a family from Atlanta, Georgia to start The White Envelope Project and Giving101, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating youth about the importance of giving. Do not turn upside down. …on the bottom of a supermarket dessert box Theft of this container is a crime…on a milk crate Warning: Knives are sharp! …on the packaging for a sharpening stone Choking hazard: This toy is a small ball. …on the label for a cheap rubber ball toy Not for human consumption…on a package of dice Do not light in face. Do not expose to flame. …on a lighter Remove plastic before eating. …on the wrapper of a fruit roll-up snack Using Ingenio cookware to destroy your old pots may void your warranty. …a printed message that appears in a television advertisement when the presenter demonstrates how strong the cookware is by using it to beat up and destroy a regular frying pan Winter 2020/21 what to my wandering mind should appear? Page 17
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