Tofield Mercury Christmas Supplement 2019

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SECTION B Vol. 102 Issue 17, Wednesday, December 18, 2019

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Enjoy our Christmas greetings section Thank you for your contributions!

Please support the Tofield and Area’s community-minded businesses and organizations enclosed in this special section!

Kerry and family Moush and family Lisa and family Joanne and family Sarah and family

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Christmas Giving Ideas •VOLUNTEER FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER Firstly, if you are one of those people that hate your family Christmas dinner, or are feeling lonely yourself, volunteer in a soup kitchen

or homeless shelter. Not only will it make you feel good, but you will also be helping other lonely people feel welcome and wanted.

•SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR LONELY

NEIGHBOUR Do you know any seniors who live around you, who may not have family and will be celebrating Christmas on their own? Consider approaching them

All The Best

Wishing you and your loved ones a wondrous season filled with all the trimmings and hopes of a prosperous New Year!

From Mayor Deb Dueck, Council and Staff

before Christmas and ask them if they would like to spend Christmas dinner together with you. Furthermore, you could make a simple dinner, or just bring round biscuits and cake and have a chat. This will help tackle their loneliness and social isolation.

You may even make a new friend.

•BABYSIT FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THIS CHRISTMAS If you are an introvert or just someone that hates the Christmas fever, instead of joining the festivities, babysit for your friends and family that want to. At least, this way you both are in a place you want to be. You may

Greg Litwin would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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not enjoy the parties, but you are allowing other people to enjoy the night.

•DO AN ACT OF KINDNESS THIS CHRISTMAS Christmas is a time to bring peace and harmony into your lives. Think of a way to be kind to someone you dislike or even the people you do like. Giving on Christmas to people will increase your feelings towards them, and that’s definitely a brownie point to show Santa!

•LIGHT UP THE WORLD WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS BEAM Give a smile, a smile is worth a million words.

Presents are materialistic but a nice smile and chat with a stranger on the street or in a nursing home, will be sure to change someones Christmas and help tackle loneliness and social isolation.

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Best holiday hot chocolate recipe

Hot chocolate can be made in many different ways, beginning with either cocoa powder or actual chopped chocolate.

• Heat up milk in a saucepan with a smidge of sugar, which is optional.

• Bring it to a scalding temperature, which is about 180 degrees Fahrenheit or 82 degrees Celsius. Basically, when little bubbles start to form on the side of the pot, but

it’s not quite boiling.

• Be careful to not let the milk come to a boil, or your end result will be grainy.

• When the milk is properly hot, turn off the heat, and add melted chocolate straight into the milk – just microwave the chopped chocolate in 30 second intervals – stirring after each time, until melted.

• The melted chocolate whisks in beautifully and

May the Holiday Season bring only happiness & joy to you & your loved ones!

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you end up with creamy, smooth end result.

• Serve with eithermarshmallows or whipped cream.

• If you’re reheating hot chocolate, make sure you don’t bring it to a boil, and try and reheat it on the stove top until it’s steamy.

Tofield Lions Club

We’re really grateful for your loyal support and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a joyful holiday season!

The staff at BHD Tubular would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!

From Trevor, Lindsay & Staff at UFA Sharek Enterprises Ltd. Tofield 780-662-3233

Dr Kallal, Dr Lim, Denise, Tanya, Nova & Ryean Happy Holidays from Tofield Eyecare

JACKIE LOVELY, MLA

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Fri Dec 27 9-3 Sat Dec 28 9-1 Mon Dec 30 11-4 Tues Dec 31 10-3

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!

Dec 25 & 26 Closed

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A Christmas message from BESC 780-662-4091 “The staff at BMO Bank of Montreal, Tofield Branch would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!”

The Beaver Emergency Services Commission (BESC) has a Christmas message for Beaver County and area residents.

Recent fires including a house fire that killed five people in a small hamlet

School’s Out!

within Lac Ste. Anne County – northwest of Edmonton, should serve as a reminder to be extra vigilant this holiday season. Please take a moment to assess any home hazards to ensure your family has a safe and joyous Christmas season.

Here are a few quick

household checks to make: •Ensure Christmas lighting and wiring are clear of any combustibles and your circuits are not overloaded •Keep natural trees well hydrated to avoid them drying out •Keep lit candles away

BP s GLASS wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Cell: 780-884-5698 childrenofofBattle BattleRiver River School School Division Christmas TheThe children Divisionare areonon Christmas vacation from Friday, Dec. 20 to Sunday, Jan. 5.

Please watch out vacation until Monday, January 3. Please watch out for them, fortothem, to ensure all ahave happy holiday season. ensure we all we have safea safe and and happy holiday season.

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Kyle Pomfret

from other flammable items and do not place them under cabinets or shelves.

•Do not dispose of Christmas wrappings in a wood burning fireplace •Ensure smoke alarms are unobstructed, working and vacuumed clear In addition, when cooking ‘watch what you heat’ and always have a plan and meeting place assigned if the alarm sounds.

BESC is committed to being prepared just in case.

“We would like to thank our firefighters for volunteering to spend their holidays on call to ensure everyone’s safety” said Gene Hrabec, Chairman of BESC. On behalf of the Beaver Emergency Services Board, we would like to wish you and your families a safe, healthy and happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year.

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From the students and staff at Tofield School

From the Staff and Students at CW Sears School

Join us for a Ukrainian buffet on Jan. 5th!

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We join in praying that the light and peace of Christ’s presence would be known in your heart and home.

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We invite you to join us in celebrating Christ’s birth:

Merry Christmas!

May the New Year bring you joy and laughter.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship: 7:00 pm, Dec. 24

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We would like to wish our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Seasons Greetings and All the Best in the New Year!

Thank-you to all our customers for your support throughout the year!

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PLUMBING & DRAIN CLEANING Ph: 780-662-7237 Cell: 780-238-7429

The Ryley Pool would like to wish everyone a

Brenda’s Bookkeeping and Tax Services Ltd. Wishing everybody a very Merry Christmas and safe New Year!

BRENDA THOMPSON

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

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Season’s Greetings from 780-662-3003 5031 - 53 Ave. Tofield

Thank You to all our valued customers!

We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

Would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2020!

Barrister & Solicitor 5120-50 Street Tofield 780-662-3293

Wishing you a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year from

Merry Christmas!

Tofield Hotel

Nancy Buchko

Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year

As we enter into this glorious season, our spirits are uplifted by warm thoughts of the many good people we’ve come to know. We are again privileged to have this opportunity to wish you all a very Brian, Elaine, joyous Christmas. & Sandy

from

Tofield Lumber 780-662-3342

662-3550 662-3550

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WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON

780-918-5757 Merry Christmas from the staff at Farout Fitness!

Thank you to our customers, and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Grooming Appointments: 780-243-0206

Boarding Services: 780-243-3206

May the sights and sounds of Christmas work their merry magic in your heart!

Here’s hoping your holiday season is filled with glad tidings, happiness and joy from beginning to end!

Coyote Auto Salvage 780-662-2403 • Tofield

Did you know that The Tofield Mercury provides laminating services?

Wallet size $1.50 each & 8.5 x 11 $3.00 each

The Management and Staff of Tofield Wish the community of Tofield a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Best wishes for a joyful holiday season Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

From the Management and Staff at Clean Harbors Ryley facility

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Not all products available in all provinces.

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Some Christmas facts you should know

Do you know which provinces boast the most generous gift givers? Or how many turkeys get devoured at Canadian dinner tables? Here we go . . .

A Christmas Story has Canadian roots – While the tale appears to be allAmerican, a substantial part of the movie was filmed in Canada. Ralphie’s school, the Chinese restaurant where his family ate, the famous swearing scene as well as the interior segments were all shot in Canada. And where else would you find the old TTC “red rocket” streetcars?

The Atlantic provinces spend the most on Christmas – A 2018 survey conducted by the Re-

tail Council of Canada discovered that residents of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador plan to spend more per capita ($813 on average per person) in retail stores than any of the other Canadian provinces. Citizens of Ontario and British Columbia will cause cash registers to ring in holiday exultation, too, as they ranked in at no. two ($805) and three ($688), respectively. Quebecers plan to spend the least, at $458 on average per person.

Canadians love department stores and alcohol – According to Statistics Canada, Canadians prefer to shop in person.

With total sales of nearly

May your home be filled with love and laughter throughout the holiday and after!

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$3.2 billion dollars, the number one place for Canadians to check off their holiday shopping lists was department stores. Care to guess the second most-visited venue for festive spenders? Pop the cork and raise a glass to Canada’s beer, liquor, and wine stores. Their $1.6 billion dollars worth of holiday sales earned the runner-up position.

Christmas trees – Did you know our country had 1,872 Christmas tree farms in 2016? According to the 2016 Census of Agriculture, the farms were concentrated in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

If you can’t spend Christmas in Canada, you might as well take a little piece of the country with you. In 2016, Canada ex-

Canada grows a lot of

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Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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All the best to you and your family in 2020!

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Happy Holidays No matter what your age, Christmas is a time that makes us feel young at heart and our hearts are gladdened by warm thoughts of good customers like you.

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(780) 818-8700 From all the staff at DRIVEN Transport we would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

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Some Christmas trivia

Continued from Page B7 ported 1.95-million Christmas trees to over 20 countries, including Australia, France, Jamaica and Thailand.

Rudolph was Canadian – If you were born in Canada after 1964,

to say “thank you” to so many of our supporters!

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your Christmases probably involved an annual viewing of the “animagic” holiday special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rankin-Bass, an American production company, created this beloved Christmas program, but did you know that there’s a secret Canadian connection? All the characters’ voices – with the exception of Sam the Snowman – were performed by Canadian ac-

tors, singers and voiceover artists at the RCA Victor Studios in Toronto.

Canadians really dig turkey – According to Turkey Farmers of Canada, Canadians consumed a mighty 153.1million kg of turkey in 2017. During Christmas that year, 3.3-million whole turkeys were purchased – that’s equal to 47 per cent of all the whole

turkeys sold over 2017.

Canadians can’t get enough of ballet – Dreaming of Sugar Plum fairies, mice and soldiers dancing through your holiday season? Since 1995, the National Ballet of Canada’s The Nutcracker has been wowing audiences from coast to coast.

Over one million people have watched the annual play since its premiere, and as of 2018, 6,722 pairs of pointe shoes have been used by The Nutcracker‘s ballerinas.

Christmas isn’t only once a year – In some corners of Canada, it’s Christmas 365 days a year. Welcome to Reindeer Station (Northwest Territories), Christmas Island (Nova Scotia), Sled Lake (Saskatchewan), Holly (Ontario), Noel (Nova Scotia), Turkey Point (Ontario), and Snowflake (Manitoba).

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Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas, and to stay warm during the holidays!

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Here’s how Canadians across the country celebrate Christmas

Canada is known to be a little quirky. Visitors to the great white north often have some questions with how we go about our day-to-day: why is there a Timmy’s on every corner? What does “eh” even mean? bagged milk, really?

So it only makes sense that our holiday traditions are little odd. Here is a sample of the shenanigans our fellow hosiers get up to across this strange country.

• Meet your soul mate at a taffy pull On St Catherine’s Day, Quebecers have a sweet (and strange) tradition: they make taffy. The patron saint of unmarried women, St. Catherine was executed in 307 AD for refusing to marry the Roman Emperor Maxentius. So how did taffy get into the mix? This tradition began in New France by a teacher who decided that taffy would focus the attention of her distracted students. It became customary on St. Catherine’s Day for “marriageable” women to show off their cooking skills to young men in the area by making taffy. Today, people still celebrate this strange holiday with a fundraiser, traditional music, and of course, taffy.

• Find the bean To mark the end of the holiday season, Quebec celebrates “La Fete du Roi,” which for those who might be a little rusty on your high school French, means “Party of the King.” Hidden in a cake is a small bean; whoever gets the slice of cake with the bean is named king or queen for the day.

ing is probably the strangest of their holiday traditions. While it has tapered off throughout the years, mummering still remains a holiday tradition in some parts of the province and beyond.

People travel from house to house with masks on and disguise their voices as they ask “are there any mummers in the night?”

Once they are invited into the house, their hosts will watch as they perform and try to guess their identities.

It seems that Nova Scotians also like to dress up and test their neighbours.

Similar to mummering, “belsnicklers” move from house to house dressed

Hereʼs hoping everything runs smoothly for you this holiday season.

Weʼre always at your service and are grateful for your business.

Don Henriksen Jeff Van Engelen

780.662.3988 Box 478 • Tofield, AB • T0B 4J0

K e e p i n g y o u o n t h e ro a d . . .

Kelly A. Kristensen Barrister & Solicitor 780-662-2572 Here’s wishing you a Christmas day full of joy and laughter.

Savor the wonderful delights for months to come.

• Who am I? Though Newfoundland has quite a few to choose from, mummer-

Tofield Chiropractic

Greetings of the Season

O ff i c e H o u r s Wednesdays 1:30 - 5 pm

Call Dr. Yaremko 780-662-6388

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Tofield Agricultural Society

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

identities guess at.

Wishing you a holiday Filled with merriment and mirth Plus lots of love and laughter, With joy and peace on earth!

• So many Santas

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up in Santa costumes, perform for their neighbours, and have their

from

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Christmas traditions Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Explorer Welding Ltd. Aurel & Sue Perry & Family (780) 662-2047 Cell (780) 499-9295

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• A Christmas tree of thanks During the Halifax Explosion of 1917, Boston officials immediately sent a relief train to help the survivors. The people of

Nova Scotia decided to honour this show of support with a very festive gesture; they sent a massive Christmas tree. Now, years later, that tradition endures. Nova Scotians continue to send a Christmas tree to

Merry Christmas to all our Customers & Firework Sponsors this year!

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Boston in remembrance of the first responders who came to their aid.

• Travelling light show What could be more Canadian than the CP rail? Starting back in 1999, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train travels across the country, spreading holiday cheer, raising money, and collecting donations for food banks.

• Spend Christmas with the birds This one’s for all the nature lovers out there.

Each year, thousands of Canadians participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count across the country. For over a hundred years, this tradition has worked to gather valuable information on how North America’s

feathered friends are faring over time.

• Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?

And finally, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without an orange in your stocking.

Whether this tradition began as a representation of St. Nicholas’ gold, the result of Depression-era gift giving, or a way to fight off scurvy, this sweet orange surprise still finds its way into modern day stockings.

STOCKYARDS VETERINARY SERVICES 780-662-0085 Wishing Our Valued Customers A Very Merry Christmas!

Be sure you re stocked up for the holiday season for all your animal supplies and pet foods!

Dec. 24th 9:00am 1:00pm Closed Dec. 25th & 26th Dec. 27th 9:00am 5:00pm Dec. 28th & Dec. 31st 9:00am 1:00pm Closed Jan. 1st Open Jan. 2nd 9:00am 5:00pm

May you and your loved ones rejoice in the splendour of all His creations during this beautiful and wondrous season.

We thank you sincerely for your valued business throughout the year!

From Cliff & Sharon & all the Staff of

Viking Auction Market Ltd. 780-336-2209 www.vikingauctionmarket.ca

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Things to do locally in the Christmas season If you’re not travelling this Christmas season, here’s a list of things you can enjoy with your friends and family.

Take a stroll down Candy Cane Lane It’s one of Edmonton’s most popular Christmas traditions. Stroll the lane to view all the stunning Christmas decorations.

You can drive the lane or better yet book a sleigh ride through their official website!

The Lane is run by Crestwood residents and volunteers, and serves as a collection site for Edmonton’s food bank, so when you visit, please remember to bring a non-perishable food donation.

Time: Nightly from sunset to midnight Where: 148 Street between 100 Avenue to 92 Avenue, Edmonton Website: www.yegcandycanelane.com Enjoy Light Festival in St. Albert Celebrate the magic of the Christmas season with the Edmonton area’s newest holiday festival – the Enjoy Light Festival.

From Nov. 21, 2019 to Jan. 5, 2020, The Enjoy Centre in St. Albert will be trans-

formed into a glittering Winter Wonderland.

Stroll the interactive light

gardens and experience the magic of favourites like the shimmering

Light Tunnel and Comet’s Cove, where meteors fall from the ceiling of this glowing room.

Time: Thursday through Monday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: The Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Drive, St. Albert

Website: enjoylightfestival.com Continued on Page B12

Wishing you a merry Christmas and peace throughout the year.

from Tofield & District Chamber of Commerce

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR from

TOFIELD

662-3334

Staff and Management It is our wish that everyone in our community has an enjoyable Christmas with their family and friends.

It’s not often enough that we get the opportunity to thank you for your business, that is, until the Christmas season.

So thank you for your support and also for all the extra service at times.

We hope that you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

Francis & Sandi Van Engelen, and staff, Jesse Brown, Rick Arychuk and Zach Smuk.

Tofield Auto Body (1987) Ltd. 4908-52 Ave. 780-662-3432

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Things to do locally during Christmas Continued from Page B11 Zoominescence Festival of Light at the Zoo Starting Dec. 6, and running every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in December, including Dec. 26, visit in the evening as the zoo will be transformed into a magical and bright win-

ter wonderland. Enjoy the light displays set up throughout the zoo grounds, see your favourite animals, or maybe even go for a skate. There will also be ice sculptures, fire dancers and other seasonal special events.

Zoominescence is a fundraiser for the Valley

Zoo Development Society, and regular zoo admission passes are not accepted for this event.

Time: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Where: Edmonton Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road, Edmonton Website: buildingourzoo.com Canadian Tire Magic of

Lights at Castrol Raceway Castrol Raceway and Canadian Tire have teamed up to bring the magic of the season to the racetrack. Canadian Tire Magic of Lights is your chance to drive the track at Castrol Raceway, and the entire twokilometres is decked out

With Our Gratitude

We’re serving up an extra order of thanks for our many dear patrons and friends. Serving you is always a treat for us.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dec. 24 7 am - 7 pm Dec. 25 Closed Dec. 26 7 am- 11 pm Dec. 31 7 am - 7 pm Jan. 1 Closed

with festive and vibrant LED holiday displays, including the stunning 200-foot light tunnel.

Select days and times will also offer “horsepowered” hayrides through the displays. A portion of proceeds supports 630 CHED Santas Anonymous and Canadian Tire Jump Start.

Time: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Where: Castrol Raceway, Highway 19, Nisku Website: www.castrolraceway.com

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Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

Thank you for visiting us at the Tofield Municipal Library!

Holiday Season Hours:

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Salem Mennonite Church Wishing Everyone a safe and Merry Christmas. God Bless!

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE DEC. 24 AT 7 PM

Dec. 24 – 10 am - noon Dec. 25, 26 & 27 – CLOSED Dec. 28 – 10 am - noon, 1 - 5 pm Dec. 31 – 10 am - noon Jan. 1 – CLOSED Jan. 2, 2020: Regular hours resume at 10 am

Wishing you comfort and joy this holiday season...Merry Christmas!

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Happy Holidays from everyone at Beaverhill Veterinary Services. We hope your holidays will be filled with joy and laughter through the New Year!

The Doctor’s & Staff of Beaverhill Veterinary Services 780-662-3400

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pastor@salemmennonite.ca Phone: 780-662-2365 Everyone Welcome!

Glen’s Mechanical Services in Ryley 780-663-2299 Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and may God continue to Bless you in the New Year!

Thank you to our customers for their continued support!

Christmas Eve: Christmas Day: Boxing Day: New Yearʼs Eve: New Yearʼs Day:

6 am - 8 pm CLOSED 8 am - 8 pm 6 am - 8 pm 10 am - 6 pm

Happy Holidays and a heartfelt thanks to all!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Prairie Pride Meats 780-662-3661

Andy Kowalski and the staff at Ryley Sausage would like to thank our customers!

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the very best in the New Year!

780-663-3990

Tofield Car, RV, & Truck Wash also RV &Storage also SeaCan RV Storage 780-913-5318

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Delicious Christmas Butter Cookies

Butter cookies are a holiday classic for a reason: They're delicious, versatile, and make the perfect foundation for sugary-sweet frosting.

Using the cookie cutter of your choice, turn this basic dough into stars, Christmas trees, and more.

Ingredients 1 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 large egg 1 tbsp. vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder Assorted colored granulated sugars for decorating Directions • Preheat oven to 350ºF. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended.

Increase speed to high, beat until light and creamy. At low speed, beat in egg and vanilla.

Beat in flour and baking powder just until blended.

• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Wrap each piece with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour.

• On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick. With floured 2- to 3-inch assorted cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible, wrap and refrigerate trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on large ungreased cookie sheet, sprinkle cookies with colored sugar now if you like, or frost with Orna-

mental Frosting after baking.

• Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. If you like, brush colored sugar remaining on cookie sheets onto piece of waxed paper to use

again. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.

• When cookies are cool, prepare ornamental frosting if you like, use to decorate cookies as desired.

Sprinkle colored sugars as desired on frosting before it dries. Allow frost-

ing to dry completely, about 1 hour. Store cook-

ies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.

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Merry Christmas!

We are closed Dec. 20th - Jan. 5th

Christmas Hours Dec. 23rd & 24th - 8 am - 3 pm Closed: Dec. 25th & Dec. 26th Dec. 27th - 8 am - 5 pm Dec. 28th - 8 am - 12 pm Closed: Dec. 29th Dec. 30th & 31st - 8 am - 5 pm Closed: Jan. 1st 780-662-4842

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

D.P.I (Diesel parts Inc.) Would like to extend a warm Holiday Greeting to ALL!

May the spirit of Christmas be with you throughout the New Year!

May Christmas warm your heart the whole year long!

Marsha Matiyek • 780-662-4886

780-662-2227 Merry Christmas & thank you Tofield & Area for your support!

Tofield Bottle Depot would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Here at D.P.I, we handle a Complete line of good quality used automotive parts & rebuildable Cores.

For More info, please contact Jorja Office: 780-662-4255 Cell: 587-983-3396 Email: dpartsinc@gmail.com or Check out our Website: www.dieselpartsinc.weebly.com

Holiday Hours: December 24th 10 am - 3 pm December 25th CLOSED December 26th CLOSED December 31st 10 am - 3 pm January 1st CLOSED

Ryley Seventh-Day Adventist Church invites you to our Christmas Worship/Program on Saturday Dec. 21st 11:00 am start.

Regular Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm We are located at 5304 - 56 St. Ph: 780-662-3936

We sort your bottles!

Merry Christmas & God Bless you in 2020!

Potluck dinner to follow.

All are welcome!

55 Ave. & 49 St., Ryley

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All about ‘Elf on the Shelf’ ‘Elf on the Shelf’ is a Christmas tradition where a special scout is sent to your home from the North Pole to encourage kids to behave them-

selves. The idea is that Santa’s little helper watches the children by day, and each night, it returns to the North Pole to report on whether they

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The Christmas tradition has just two rules.

First, children are not allowed to touch the elf or it will lose its magic. If an elf is touched by mistake, the official ‘Elf on the Shelf’ website advises children write a letter to Santa to apologize and sprinkle a little cinnamon

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beside the elf before bed.

“Cinnamon is like vitamins for scout elves, and it helps them get back to the North Pole,” the website reads. “Once they arrive, the North Pole doctors will check them out.”

The second rule of Elf on the Shelf is that the elf will not speak or move while the kids are awake.

The elf only moves at night when it makes its trip back to the North Pole. Once it returns home, it then assumes a new position in the house.

In the past, we’ve seen the elf get up to all sorts of crazy antics, from playing poker to taking selfies to sunbathing on the kitchen counter.

The world was first introduced to the Elf on the Continued on Page B16

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Continued from Page B14 Shelf in 2005. That year, Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell published a children’s book called The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition. They teamed up with Aebersold’s other daughter, Christa Pitts, to market the book to kids.

Elf on the Shelf

The story was based on the family’s own holiday tradition that started in the 1970s. In their household, an elf would appear every year after Thanksgiving to keep an eye on the children and prevent them from misbehaving.

In 2008, the book won a number of awards, including the Best Toy

Award by Learning Express and Book of the Year Award from Creative Child Awards.

Phenomenon continues Today, the book has be-

come a bestseller and inspired an animated TV movie called “An Elf’s Story: The Elf on the Shelf.”

The phenomenon has become so strong that the

Elf on the Shelf is also now a regular at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the US. Kids can adopt an elf and register it online.

They can even receive a

personalized adoption certificate and letter from Santa.

Usually, the Elf on the Shelf arrives at the end of November or beginning of December.

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