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It was the home of Sir Allan Napier senuvaven‘as s 24 eg¢ 60. Many of Ontario‘s most interesting tourist attractions remain open throughout the year and there are sometimes special reasons to visit them during the winter. Here are five suggestions for oneâ€"day winter outings that can brighten the season for area families. PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, TUESOAY, DECEMBER 22, 1981 Cullen Gardens will remain open every day, with the exception of Christmas Day, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., as long as winter weather conditions permit. There are facilities for crossâ€"country skiing. Christmas is also the best time of year to visit Dundurn Castle, which isn‘t really a castle but a large mansion overliooking At Cullen Gardens, near Whitby, the Santa Claus Parade is a continuing, everyday affair. + But it‘s all in miniature. The gardens surround a tiny village that‘s a favorite with children. It has about 100 scaledâ€"down replicas of buildings in southern Ontario. A model railroad train circles the village continuously. the main street and is complete with miniature floats that include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snoopy, and Dumbo the Elephant. The Santa Claus Parade, which will remain on view until Jan. 2, is set out on _ Rollover tumbles By VICTOR STANTON The world of high finance tends to be a remote one for most of Even though the last couple of years probably has induced a greater number of people to become more familiar with â€"or at least more curious about â€" the inner machinations of corporate boardrooms. and stock exâ€" changes, the daily activities in such places and the personalities and private lives of the people who inhabit them still likely remain pretty much elements of fascination, mystery and no doubt some degree of envy. The movie Rollover, which is set in this rarefied environment of fiscal enterprise and highâ€" stakes international maneuverâ€" ing, attempts to capitalize on these elements, but, to a considâ€" erable degree, is ultimately deâ€" feated by them. The picture probably attempts too many things, ranging from being a Wall Street romance to being a doomsday thriller, to be totally successful in any one of _ Although these mysteries are eventually explained with suffiâ€" cient clarity, the events leading up to their explanation do not, for the most part, sustain a great deal of suspense. And, in fact, interjections of a suicide, another murder, and an attempted murder seem more like dramatic contrivances to perk up audience interest than integral ingredients of the story. At the start, we have a couple of mysteries. Who killed the head of an international petrochemical corporation, and what is the significance of a secret computer account number he had in his possession? _ s The key characters of the murdered man‘s widow and a financial troubleshooter, played by Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofâ€" ferson respectively, are not parâ€" ticularly engaging ones, perhaps because their lifestyles are too remote from the majority of us, Oneâ€"day outings offered in winter and their problems seem more than compensated for by the luxuries which they take for granted. 2y The performances by Fonda and Kristofferson also really don‘t seem to mesh that well, which again tend to take away credibility from the characters and the situations they find themselves in. Canadian Hume Cronyn is much more at ease, and subâ€" sequently much more believeâ€" able, in the role of a New York bank president, and Ron Frazier injects a strong feeling of the drive and excitement involved in overseeing the operations of a big bank‘s trading room. Pakula, who has previously directed Fonda in her Academy Awardâ€"winning performance in Klute and again in Comes A Horseman, is not able however, to generate in Rollover‘s study of financial power and greed the same kind of engrossing dramatâ€" ic action that enveloped his examination of political power and corruption in the movies The Parallax View and All The Presiâ€" dent‘s Men. The operation of that trading room, though probably the most alien aspeet of the whole picture to those uninitiated in such rites, is most effectively exploited for both drama and atmosphere. The contributions of production deâ€" signer George Jenkins and cinâ€" ematographer Giuseppe Rotunno fully complement Alan J. Paâ€" kula‘s direction. Although, ultimately, there is a horror story to be told, and one which has an unnerving feeling of probability to it, the route to this doomsday scenario seems strained and artificial, and, unâ€" fortunately, not particularly exâ€" citing or involving. While not without considerable technical and performance qualiâ€" ty, Rollover (the title, by the way, refers to redepositing shortâ€" term deposits) disperses its focus over too wide an area of a too unfamiliar environment. wl:l. â€" Most of the restored fortresses around Lake Ontario and along the Niagara Frontier are closed for the Winter but Fort Malden at Amherstburg is an exception. It remains open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year‘s Day. The fort was built by the British in the years 1797â€"99 and played an important role in the War of 1812 and the events that led Dundurn Castle is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year‘s Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Restoration of the mansion was underâ€" taken by the City of Hamilton as a Centennial Project. It is one of the most superb restorations ever carried out in Canada. Visitors can wander through magnificent rooms furâ€" nished with antiques appropriate to the time when the house was built. Christmas decorations, although not lavish, have been added. They include a Christmas tree which was an innovation introduced into England, and then to Canada, from Germany by Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. MacNab, an entrepreneur who amassed a large fortune in the midâ€"Victorian era mainly by investing in the railroads. Youfigsters‘ shows continue to receive special attention from TVOntario, spokesmen say. Beginning last week, three new series of 15â€"minute programs â€" Noddy, Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay, and Harriet‘s Magic Hats â€" have Noddy, airing Monâ€" day and Friday at 8: 30 station‘s lineup of teleâ€" vision shows for chilâ€" Children‘s shows begin telephone exchange such as was used in towns and villages all across Canada in the early part of this century. According to a speech he made in 1909, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone while he was spending‘a vacaâ€" tion with his parents at Brantford, Ont. That fact is recorded at the Bell Homeâ€" stead at Brantford, which is now preâ€" served much as it was when he lived there as a child. Next door is the former home of Thomas Henderson, who in 1877 became the first agent for Bell telephones in Canada. His house became Canada‘s first telephone ofâ€" It now serves as a museum that has many displays relating to the invention of Visit the Interpretive Centre and see models, maps and pictures showing how the fort appeared at various times and describing some of the events that took place there. most of the earthworks were levelled and became part of the town of Amherstburg so no major reconstruction of the entire fort has been attempted. But those who walk around the northwest bastion, which is the biggest remaining earthwork, can still get a good idea of the size of the fort at one period in its history. a.m., is a visual treat for today‘s presâ€" choolers. Enid Blyton‘s Noddy (so named beâ€" cause his head bobs up and down when he is excited) and her other lovable storybook characters come to life in a fairy tale commuâ€" nity of dolls, stuffed animals, and mechaniâ€" cal toys. Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay, now airs Mondays at 4:45 Robin and Rosie are typically curious, imaginative, and lively youngsters who can see a pirate ship in a piece of driftwood or a buried treasure in a pile of seashells. Their advenâ€" tures take them sailing to the Rio Grande, balâ€" loon riding over the p.m. The series has humor, charm, and imagination enough to interest any young child in the seashore and its environment. When the house was taken over for restoration a few years ago it was found to have been altered many times since the Schneiders lived there. to be opened to the public recently in Ontario. Mennonite Joseph Schneider brought his famflg to what was then . Upper Canada, now Ontario, in 1807, and the saw mill he established was the nucleus around which the city of Kitchener was built. After lengthy research to establish its original appearance, history was put into reverse. Now the house is much as it was in the 1850s. The story of the Schneider family, and of the city of Kitchener, is told by displays that include pictures, maps and many other artifacts. The house is oren 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days a week and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. _ o The Bell Homestead and the Henderson House are open yearâ€"round from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Monday. They are closed Dec. 24 and 25 and Jan. 1. Admission is free. Even closer to home is the Schneider House in Kitchener, built in 1820, which is one of the most interesting restored homes For more information on these and other winter attractions throughout Ontario, contact Ontario Travel at 900 Bay St., Harriet‘s Magic Hats, airs Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., and inâ€" volves children 5 to 7 years old who explore different occupations in their communities. Through Susan‘s adâ€" ventures and Aunt Harriet‘s magic hats, children learn about the responsibilities and lifestyles of the various occupations. ocean, and tangling with a biscuitâ€"loving pirate.