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Vol. XII. No. q
..'‘CHRISTMAS-*
Christmas arrived on schedule time
on Wood Island. Perhaps, however,
it u uId he more correct to say that
it v me a little ahead of time, for our
O', -tmas program and tree at the
Hi • h was oh Saturday evening.
Church was decorated with
rvi een wreaths, hells and festoons
of and green crepe paper. Hut
tti entral attraction was the *ree
wliu h was a sight beautiful to behold.
program which was just ihe
ru: > ength was given by the child
ren without the slightest hesitation in
an. particular which reflects great
cro '11 on Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Snod
gr ' the teachers in our school, who
wi re untiring in their efforts to train
the • hildren in their parts. The
chor;>es however, were learned in
the mid week meeting and at morn
in^ Mid evening prayers.
A large platform was built in the
front >t the Church a*d all the child
ren w e seated upon it, so that t .ere
wa* :• re room than usual in the body
ol the - hurch. With but few excep
tions -very man, wum&n and child on
*he i>land was present ami some peo
ple ft'til other places.
Aft- the program, every native on
the island was presented with a china
plate ami every person present receiv
ed a small bag of candy, nuts and
cakes
We had our Christmas dinner at
the mission on Sunday. Prepara
tions for it were made some days be
fore so that it required veiy little
more extra work than for the regular
Sunday dinner. Three geese, five
ducks and thirteen roosters were
cooked. These together with dress
ing, vegetables, jelly, ice cream, cake,
candy, nuts and oranges made what
little Gorgie called "a big eat.”
Two wireless messages conveying
Christmas greetings were rceived
from I'nalaska; one from Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Goss and the other from
the "Jesse I.ee Home". These were
read as the dessert was being served.
In the everiug we had stereopticOB
pictures at the Church, Christmas
pictures, illustrated songs, and the
first hslf of Pilgrims Progress.
On Christmas morning at 10:30,
children and workers gathered in the
assembly room for the Christmas tree.
Mr. and Mrs. M. I). Snodgrass und
Mr. anl Mrs. It. P. Snodgrass and
Glen, Mr. Apple and Mr. Brown were
with us.
Just as we were about to take the
things from the tree there was a loud
knock at the uoor, and to the com
plete surpt ise of the children in walk
ed Santa Claus, bearing a great hag
on his back, and accompanied by
Mrs. Santa Claus. It was found that
the bag was filled with gifts from the
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