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Whatmkuit ttttrenter'" that “all, IU right m to Mart e1,fetieititdtarLiiGtiaiGG 1tltteAmtthit_tiieiiitiaGiiT, "ttttPt/ttttht' A? yet., lu "I! f.irit1g on full “It'a not too important to me. bringing is Christmas uny- If you stop learning, you stop growing Tamra Roche Waterloo welenmod Ji, if you don't LG are time fora t'rhgu,e,',ytga,,'gitt1tgLtpi: or your pet project. t 'tlt t tpadjrtgWarandNau,the Bib ,the Outline of History or the works of W._lt'| a wondaful mental dimpliin and you 'tiii-ini/Gait the energy." You won't have the energy until you start learning! The exuberant energy we traditionally associate with children is not because they are young, but Muse they are learning all their waking hours, and it is known that learning not only requires energy I it aleo releases it. End-such by} just don’t seem to have can 1hluthagiving, so my embarrassed friends have plenty of time to scoot out and buy me one when they previously didn't intend to even send. Can't say I haven't had good intentions, the cards have been staring me in the face at our kitchen table for weeks, but I just lights ttp the week tttter golf canon m. Ham to any I well-phat! boot crtteoiCirhestlit_tttdu,GirdTiii houe,.sPdtmkriLGjitireUiiir.7ii; 1ert?tetur/ttrtnt1uriiiiGTiiii"iiii' bought a pairof _f1oodh'ghta. You know L1e)feier,itAGGr'iurfiri"ti at t'igt"d,e,,tigfd ofthe berg ' tamjmt ti ice , .tii'iiii,"iit1'4'hfl','dhl'lt)eel'lr,t out my Christmas cards until tonight? may fet.tre posted by the Ameri. "It's not really infportant. I guess it depends on what Christ. mas means to you." Geoffrey Fellows "That’s Lfe' Cindy Wideman St. Clements Riil Campbell How important Is a White Christmas to you? becoming tremendously interested in what you’re doing, once you take the dive and get going on it. With the use of tape recordings, it is so easy to learn a foreign language these days, and there are so may languages now to be heard on cable TV, even Hindi, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, so that you can tune your ears to the right pronunciation and learn the idioms. So, when you ftnd yourself ftoundering for words in Quebec or Mexico, don't come up with the old line 'Tve been meaning to learn that for years." Learn to speak it before you go and you can really brush up on it while you're there. I have a friend who used to visit a different country each summer, having spent the previous winter learning the language. When he arrived, he would speak nothing but the national tongue, about; or wot-sew he 33d comic w: a wor know . edge d that m. ,rsudoet'tttaooentouveanesrror lttt'.t.trotaetmn1tottertirueitu About time, when I go home, at Beth what’s for dinner, and she no: "pork chops, potatoes, green beans Christ. mes code” Ouch! Which reminds me, I've been otrieial Christmas, and pool coordinator at the f.tkt.rorth-t9rast,Gitiiirar0 flt,1 'g',ht'd 1g,h','g, T,'e"td, BO goes my we’ get. What t"ctgptgtrt,d,t,.,k'At the company . . usunl y book it around Halloween, and here I was, rushing around this morning, mak. ing arrangements. Way I've been acting, I'll forget to show up for it. Many Rick. no one noticed. Atttiailyrotherthingsr'veturtud on. We still haven’t had Jordan’s official photo taken with Santa. That, I hear, comes tonight. And no tree yet! Lees than two weeks before Christmas, and I'm out at White Rose Sunday. scouting this year’s crop. Go home and announce, "her, the trees are looking pretty good this year, should have no problem Wins" ni.e1rthae4 one." ,rmam'tharatouveanearror “It's important for the kids, but I like to see a white Christmas I," said getiiPiihiii% I plan for . 1'.LA1ePt2f'itmtxE.mrtteatrAvoErx-s,-aaeAr Lynn Hiebert Waterloo (Gaol? Fellows operates the Human 2g'tg. Development: gauging PO. .Camhndge' , 1 5 J, pmvid. in! Whac- training . for busing amiistduatry.) languages, or don't intend to travel, learn some manual skills or become computer-literate. play an instrument or learn to paint. You know it does wonders for your self-esteem to be an expert 1n any one subject, because the high regard which you may enjoy in that expertise has a tendency to slop over into other areas. And it doesn't take all that long to become an expert in any one subject. So, what have you put off learning because you thought either you didn't have the energy or that it would take too long? Surely you're not one of theme people who think they know all that they need to know? When we stop learning, we stop growing as a wand, atd.whetswetrtopgrowitigweitartu; That its, unless he steals it while we're watching his Christmas, special on TV. C'mon Campttells, gather round, Ricky’s about to make up for lost time Now where’s that Bing tape, don't think our neighbors have heard it... ttie 'lg 21-3.: tt t"lg,ttl "arent Christin-s tape? WE sure are." List My night was the first Christmas party we attended. I huen’t forced the futilrto,itgrmtariii%iiA7éiriic ms medal. Haven't even started sing- tS?ti,tttti"itt,tgt/iiiiei,i'-, 's psycho axial though, don't want Jordan thinking his father is getting murdered behind the shower cumin Asyou can easily see. I feel as ifl've been been leh in the starting gate when it comes to celebreting the Christmas season. But ifyou think I'm going to let the Grinch steal my Christmas. you’ve got another think arming. inundated? tal,ha'g,i,'.gri.2yrttttrPt, m WW. . weather - but 1t,t'tyuift.tontthinirya/Notiie" "Yes, ith important. It's a ttrm- bol of Christmas and part of the atmosphere. It gives a warm feeling even though it's cold outside." Rose Turvey Waterloo