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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1998
Page
2
A reflective piece urges readers to swap excess for aid to the needy. It contrasts holiday consumerism with charity for the homeless, food banks, and orphanages, suggesting donations could amplify joy beyond gifts. The author imagines Christmas 1999 as a global act of giving.
Jim Nesbitt’s Brooks Bulletin column recalls childhood Christmas rituals in a locked parlor room and the magic of gift wrapping, church visits, and family gatherings. Nostalgia is likened to an anaesthetic that softens pain as memories shape what matters.
A reminiscence recalls Christmas as the annual high point despite hardship in the 1940s wartime Halifax and wartime isolation hospitals. The writer remembers living in Saskatchewan in the 1950s and notes mandatory Christmas church or school concerts, home-made celebrations, and family telecommunication ties during the holidays.
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