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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURAL • DECEMBER 15, 2007 Continued from 6C Dear santa Close, I kow the is my third time to send you a letter. But santa my sisters and i want a cam- _ N ra, cloths, S/ \ book- Is bags, , playstation 3 and some games, CD player, nickel odeon 6in I game center, PSP.IPOD, MP3 player, DVD player, my family to be there love trfeton, kayla, keaira PS. You are the best santa i ever had. Don not forget Hiy it’s me Jake Con ner.l’m looking forward to see my family. You are the coolest. May I havev these things plesae. Also how is Mrs.Cloose? Wii, city sets, transfor mers Leden, transformers bummle bee, transformers Deluxeengure, transf or mors Dvd 2 pack, trans f ormors battle Rig blaster, transformers Barrel Roll blaster, transformers Optimus Prime voice, bat tel Ravelushen, drum set, electric guitar. Dear Santa, I know I have been in trouble some this year but,l’m sorry and will try harder to be good.l would like to have a pirate set 4 a skinny guitar and a micro phone.lf I try harder to be good will you please get me something for Christmas. « Love, Cody Dear Santa, I have been good this The Staff and Residents of Ttfe'Oaks Nursing & £ Personal Care Homes' Would Like To Wish ;: '&x You And Your Family { A Merry Christmas < & A Happy New Year! www.theoakswetJsite.com 777 Nursing Home Rd. • Marshallville, GA Phone: 479-907.2223 Jforti (Qjristmas 5k Rent Q at?ta • Unique Stocking Stuffers Suits • Christmas Stockings • Angels & Other Costumes For # * & Pageants • Table Decor, ' 9 Mt yjr* I# p PARTY STORE, INC. lAiiSeMoaii Ail Occasions] W)27 Watson Btvd. Suite 300. Galleria Suites <L 479-953-9799 la year.l would like a pet shop game that hooks to the TV.I would also like a game boy. and a webkinz Love, Sierra Worsting Dear Santa, I know you only bring presents to children that have been good. _ I’ve been f «Wm4i£mmi Ww€€§Mm<>£ CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO Mexicans share many tradi tions with the Spanish. Their main Christmas celebration is called La Posada, which is a religious procession that reenacts the search for shelter by Joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. During the procession, the celebrants go from house to house carrying the images of Mary and Joseph look ing for shelter. Santa Claus is net predominant, but the bright red suit is represent ed in the traditional flower of the season. This flower is the poinset tia, which has a brilliant red star shaped bloom. It is believed that a young boy walking to the church to see the nativity scene showing the birth of Jesus had realized on the way that he had no gift to offer the Christ child so he gathered up some plain green branches as he walked in he was laughed at but upon placing the branches near the manger they started to bloom a bright red poinsettia flower on each branch. The Mexican children receive gifts. On Christmas day they are blindfolded and taken to try and break a decorated clay pinata that dangles and swings at the end of a from Judy Smith Independent Avon Representative Call Today To Learn How To Earn Extra Christmas Money! 478-335-8686; really, really good this year, sp can you bring me these things for Christmas? Bratz computer, Hannah Montana, doll Baby Alive, diapers,suprises.l also want to ask you to please bring pease, j oy and good health around the world. And my very last JlCSfrftL w bh is for you to \ please bring presents to kids are n*t as H|J lucky as me. Love, Kayla Ma- V rie Evans ' Dear Santa, I have been very good this yearil am a good big sister to Maddy and Whit. Please bring me an animal doll house and a camera.l will leave milk and cookies for you at my house. Tell Rudolph hello for me. Merry rope. Once the pinata has been broken, the children clamber to recover the candy that was inside the pinata. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the Three Wise Men. Mexicans attend a midnight mass service which is called la Misa Del Gallo or “the rooster’s mass," and at the mass they sing lullabies to Jesus. CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND The English enjoy beautiful Christmas music. They love to decorate Christmas Trees and hang up evergreen branches. One England's customs is mum mcring. In the Middle Ages, people called mummers put on masks and acted out Chrisunas plays. These plays are still performed in towns and villages. The English gift giver is called Father Christmas. 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Love, Mary Dear Santa My name is Matthew and I am 3 years old.l have tried to be very good this year but it’s hard when your around a lot of girls. Would you please bring me a riding toy, some clothes, a play phone, and a toy car.l will leave you cook ies and milk. Love Matthew Dear Santa My name is Madison and I am U years old.l have tried to be very good this year, even when my brother messed with my stuff. Will you please bring me a bike, some barbies, a baby doll, and some clothes. My brother and AD 596, wjicn St Augustine landed on her shores with monks who wanted to bring Christianity to the Anglo Saxons. Father Christmas delivers them during the night before Christmas. The Children leave an empty stocking or pillowcase hanging at the end of the bed. In the morn ing they hope it will be full of presents. In England the day after Christ mas is called Boxing Day because boys used to go round collecting money in clay boxes. When the boxes were full, they broke them open. In England Christmas dinner was usually eaten at Midday on December 25, during daylight. In England, the.only thing that people ate on the day before the feast was Frumenty, which is, was a kind of porridge made from com. Over the years the recipe changed. Eggs, fruit, spice, lumps of meat and dried plums were added. The whole mixture was wrapped in a cloth and boiled. This is how plum Protect your rights! IPOCKEFELLER Law Center Serving ail of Central Georgia A. James Rockefeller, Esq 18 years trial experience Former Chief Assistant District Attorney , Fast action on: I • Personal Injury | I Auto Wreck \ I Wrongful Death \ 1 Premises Liability ■ •Civil Rights W False Arrest ' Excessive Force Unlawful Discrimination • Criminal Law Federal & State Practice Felonies & Misdemeanors DUI & Traffic • Family Law Divorce & Custody Child Support Adoption Member of Georgia & Florida bars Founded FAMA 2004 Christine M. 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For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit. In England also they elect Boy Bishops in commemoration of St. Nicholas compassion for children. These mock bishops were allowed to do the duties of the ecclesiastic except deliver the Mass. CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND Christmas in Ireland lasts from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Epiphany on January 6, which is referred to as,LitUe.Christnjgs. ..... Ireland’s Christmas is more reli gious than a time of fun. Lighted candles are placed in windows on Christmas Eve, as a guide that Joseph and Mary might be looking for shelter. The candles are usually red in color, and deco rated with sprigs of holly. A DIVISION OF PATTEN SEED COMPANY Centipede Tifway 419 Bermuda Emerald Zoysia For Pickup Located on Highway 96 @ 1-75 (478) 987-0776 W ' 7W I Nancy Deighan, CPCU ! State Farm Agent Providing Insurance & Financial Services 324 Butten Drive, P.O. 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After the Christmas evening meal, bread and milk are left out and the door unlatched as a symbol of hospitality. St Stephen’s Day, the day after Christmas, is almost as impor tant, with football matches and meetings going on. For children, the Wren Boys Procession is their big event. Boys go from door to door with a fake wren cm a stick, singing, with violins, accordions, harmonicas and hams to accom pany them. The reason for die , ft* a*»*y ’tot the starving wren’, that is, tor their own pockets. Children often put out Christmas sacks instead of stockings. It is tradition to leave mince pies and a bottle of Guinness out as a snack for Santa. Mercedes St. Augmjing* >? TifSport Bermuda Zenith Zoysia For (478) 825-7422 1-800-535-1320 r - STATS FARM INSURANCI ■- $4 323 Carl Vinson Plcwy. ■ Warner Robins, GA 31088' I^7B-923-1927 7C >6644 24 Hour ' Goodi) NeighborJ Service®! r 5^96»- 56867 M