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Quebecers Are Coming Waterloo Quebec versus Water- loo Ontario hanlam and juvenile hockey division games are set for Dec. 28 and 29. Teams from Quebec will arrive at the arena here Dec. 27 and will be billeted in local team members' homes. Games on the ensuing days will begin at ll a.m. Final games of the tournament will begin at 6:30 pm. Dee. 29. Novice all-star games between banlam and juvenile teams will also he run off. The events are sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Water- loo minor hockey association and Walorloo community se rvic c s board. The star-bedecked sky, play- ing silver moonlight onto white mots, brings to mind crisp, snowy winter evenings. But ab- sent are the over-coats, mufflers Members of sponsoring bodies will attend a luncheon in the Knights of Columbus hall Dec, 29, at which all four participating teams will be present. Strolling carollers sing of peace on earth and goodwill to men. But sung with the tradi- tional carols are calypso rendi- tions of otherwise familiar Christmas songs, providing a dis- tinctive Bermudian flavor. Bermudians love traditional informality. In their decorations and festivities they manage to create a holiday spirit that makes many people think of the Cur- rier and Ives prints and old-fash- toned Christmases few people to. day have actually known. Long-lived have been the blaz- lng yule log, the British plum pudding and the scarlet poin- settias and holly berries glowing in copper bowls. Yet in Bermu- da the yule log is of fragrant Bermuda cedar, the plum pud- ding is accompanied by Bermu- da cassava pie and cedarberry wine, and the poinseltias grow naturally in gardens. L Here, British traditions merge with Bermudian customs, pro- viding a yuletide like none any- where' in North America. For more than 350 years. Bermud- ians have been celebrating Christ. mas in their island and the col- ony remains rich in English tra- dition. This is an old-English Christ- mas with all the trimmings, but not in England - in Bermuda! Then outside palm trees Sway and decorated casuarina trees stand. HAMILTON. Bermuda _ In the warm glow of a crackling rule log, one eats traditionat plum pudding with brandy while admiring the Christmas tree and emerald-leafed holly and listen- Ing to the carollens singing old- English madrigals. SUPPLIES 358 King North 742-81“ (All WAmtll.00 HUME lllPllilllBm 'Iprical Bermuda Keeps Old-English Yule WMMWM,M’.IW and boots necessary elsewhere at this time of year. Massive casuarina and whist- ling pine trees are decorated with garlands of lights. Christmas lights are also strung in the trees along Front Street, adjacent to N0 DOWN PAYMENT . . . 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Bermudian families make it an occasion for going from house to house sharing good cheer. In front of the blazing hearth old acquaintances are renewed and perhaps new friendships are born as Christmas day dims into even- ing. The day after Christmas is ar so a holiday in Bermuda. It's called Boxing Day. This very English holiday has been en- Churches such as old St. Pet- er's in the town of St. George, Trinity Church at Bailey's Bay and Old Devonshire Church speak strongly of the religious side of Christmas as their cedar wood. work glows in candlelight and the decorations are reneeted in rare and valuable communion silver. the stountrvsiddHiiJyGGiiriiuiit of granite, though, but of native Bermuda limestone. And with that spirit comes the cherished tradition of attending Christmas church services. Ber- muda's rugged, Gothic churches tend a touch of old England to and guest houses are decorated with white and red poinsettias, Bermuda holly, cmarina boughs and many tropical greens. 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Grotesque masks and huge pea- cock feather head dresses com- plete their outfits. Their excit- ing dancing and costumes make a delightful conclusion to Christ- mas festivities on this semi-tro. pical island. Throbbing drums are heard as the Gombeys - men and boys of the island - dance along the streets and roads and in many of the hotels. Their traditional costumes are colorfully decorat- ed with pieces of mirror, buttons and trinkets. Originally it was the day when the landed gentry ot.Eatrland boxed goodies and simple gifts and presented them to the less fortunate. Here, it is a holiday with a picnic, more parties, ten- nis, sailing, golfing, fishing and, sometimes, swimming. --Hight entertainment is gala and evening dress is slightly more formal than at other times of the year. Ycletide music gives way gradually to calypso and the heat of the Gombey dancers. mudian twist. with a T46-1t01 576 8400 578 -li880