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Until Dec. 31 ’76
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Amos L. Fisher
3141 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
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1 Mile North Rt. 897
From Gap
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WISCONSIN
ABOUT THE SANTA
CLAUS MYTH
“Yes, Virginia, there is a
Santa Claus.” Remember
those words? They have
been repeated many
thousands of times over the
years since a newspaper
editor responded to a little
girl who asked the question,
“Is there a Santa Claus”’
Every year, parents of
younger school-age and
preschool children wonder,
and a few worry, about this
inevitable question. In most
families, the older children
have given up their belief us
the jolly red-suited man
while the younger children
still hold tightly to the belief
that he somehow comes
down the chimney after
having parked his sled on the
roof.'
Parents of children who
still believe in Santa do
question whether it is harm
ful for their child to believe
in someone who really
doesn’t exist. They question
whether this myth will un
dermine the child’s faith in
other things the parents tell
the child. It is comforting to
realize that millions of
people in this country have
believed, have then found out
that Santa does not really
exist, but now as adults, still
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JOHN L. STAUFFER
Goodville, PA
PH; 215-445-6175
1 A mile North of Goodville
on Union Grove Road
Myerstown R.D 2
Phone (717| 866-4695
‘A mile west Myerstown - West Mam St.
Ladies Have
You Heard?
By Doris Thomas "
Lancaster Home Economist j
have a warm spot in their
hearts for that mythical
figure of Christmas.
Most children are not
harmed by believing and
they only gradually come to
realize that Santa is a myth.
If a young child hears an
older brother or sister say
that Santa isn’t a real man,
he just doesn’t hear. The
factual information doesn’t
make sense to him and
doesn’t mean anything to
him - so why hear it?
If the child, upon hearing
such information, is ready to
give up the belief, then he
may strongly defend the
existence of Santa. He may
even shed tears and be
unhappy. But these tears
usually signal that the child
is ready to accept the factual
information. Even when the
child of seven or eight does
accept the factual in
formation, he will still
believe or accept only what
he is ready to believe and
accept.
Children of preschool age
have well-developed
imaginations. Some children
have imaginary but “real”
friends. They can
manufacture a story literally
a mile long, and believe
every word of it. And so it is
with Santa. He exists. He is
very real in the mind of the
four or five-year-old. The
child will protect himself
from hearing information
that he is not ready to
believe. This is comforting
since the child not only
protects himself from
hearing the factual in
formation about Santa, but
he also protects himself in
other areas of life as well.
As the child grows older,
he gradually develops a full
appreciation of what
Christmas is. The very
young child, under 12 months
of age, will probably not be
at all impressed with the
idea of Christmas. At great
expense, parents and-or
grandparents will buy the
child a fancy stuffed animal
or doll, only to find that when
the animal is unwrapped, the
child breaks into tears and is
petrified by the sight of the
gift. He will be far more
interested in the wrapping
paper. First-time parents
and-or grandparents
frequently expect too much
from the child - and
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DALE L. SCIINUPP
RD2, Lebanon, PA 17042
" Lancaster Fa rm ir i’& Satu rday r Dec, 4,1976
sometimes are very'
disappointed when a nine
month-old does not fulfill
their expectations.
The child of toddler age up
to around three will probably
be greedy. This age child will
want and insist on opening
every package and when a
package is given to another
person, he sits teary-eyed
saying “Anything more for
me?” If we, as parents, can
expect this kind of behavior
then we won’t be disap
pointed when the child
doesn’t act like an angel that
adorns the top of the tree.
Again, one important
aspect of parenting is un
derstanding what to expect
from a child at different
ages. If we expect only what
the child is capable of doing
at a particular age, we will
not experience the disap
pointment and conflict that
can occur if we expect too
much of the child.
The child, in his fourth
year, will have an interest m
Santa and will be excited and
pleased with the presents he
receives. From toddlerhood
on. the decorations will
probably attract his at
tention. He may sit staring at
the light for long periods of
time. He will be curious
about the ornaments. And, of
course, he will want to
rearrange some of them.
Santa becomes very real to
the four-year-old child and
when.the child reaches five
and six, Santa takes up
residence in a house, has a
Women’s
Saturday, December 4
Lancaster County Society 12
meeting at 6 p.m. Family
party at Shady Maple.
Society 1 meeting at 1:30
p.m.
Society 6 meeting at 6 p.m.
Family Christmas
program.
Tuesday, December 7
Lancaster County Society 27
meeting to visit Teen
Challenge at 6:30 p.m.
Lancaster County Society 23
meeting. Christmas
program.
Wednesday, December 8
Lancaster County Society 14
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Gift
exchange at Groff home.
Thursday, December 9
Lancaster County Society 28
meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Christmas sharing.
Lancaster County Society 21
meeting at 7 p.m.
Christmas party.
Saturday, December 11
Lancaster County Society 13
meeting at 6 p.m. Family
Christmas party at
Witmer Fire Hall.
Berks County Society 5
meeting at? p.m.
Christmas party.
For peak feeding value have your
soybeans roasted. (To kill toxic enzymes
in raw soybeans.)
Roasted soybean (not just cooked), increases
digestibility by 15 percent.
Increases weight gam for beef & hogs.
Increases butterfat in milk & egg production
Improves animal health, reduces vet bill.
Eliminates hauling to the mill & back to farm.
Feed your own grown gram. (Not exchanged
with others)
Beans remain whole. Store for months without
losing any feeding value.
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' SURROUNDING STATES
wife, and drives a sled.
Every detail becomes im
- portent; even the snack for
the tired old gentleman must
be left in a prominent place
on Christmas eve.
In the later preschool
years, the child can be in
cluded in many of the ac
tivities that precede
Christmas. Parents have a
good opportunity to allow the
child to express his
creativity by allowing and
encouraging him to help
decorate the house, make
cookies, or trim the tree.
Regardless of the end result
of decorating on the child’s
part, praise him for his ef
forts. Remember also that
contrary to the mstructions
printed on Christmas tree
light boxes, there'is really no
one way to trim a tree. A
child sees the tree from a
different angle. Let his ideas
count, too.
At first glance, we may not
see all the opportunities that
are available to us as
parents when we think of
children and the activities of
the holidays.- But there are
many, many opportunities
for the child to leam to do
things and to practice
making decisions. These
first few years of the child’s
life are the foundation years
of all that will follow. The
skills he learns, such as
making decisions, will be the
foundation for the major
decisions he will make all
through life.
Calendar
Lancaster County Society 25
meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Family Christmas party.
Vera Nauman, hostess.
Bring one hot or cold
covered dish.
Lancaster County Society 29
meeting at 7 p.m.
Christmas banquet at
Willow Valley.
Lancaster County Society 8
meeting at 2 p.m.
Lancaster County Society 7
meeting at 2 p.m. “Christ
across the Sea” is
program.
Lancaster County Society 2
meeting at 6 p.m.
Christmas meeting at the
Mastersonville Fire Hall.
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