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Preparing For A Visit From St. Nicholas in 1959

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Preparing For A Visit From St. Nicholas in 1959 - jim Young “Childhood joyland, mystic merry toyland,  Once you pass its borders, you can ne’er return again.” - Glen MacDonough and Victor Herbert If you shop at Costco, you might think that the Christmas season begins in late July. However, I remember the days when Christmas items didn’t appear on the shelves in Woolworths until after the Hallowe’en stuff was put away in early November. The first snowfall of the season was an indication that Christmas was quickly approaching. The Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade on TV was also a pretty reliable sign that the time was nigh. But for me, Christmas officially began with an Eaton’s Christmas Catalogue. And Oh! What a glorious time it was! I remember coming home from school to see the Eaton’s Christmas Catalogue sitting with the mail on the passthrough to the dining room. I had two older sisters and I knew I would have to bide my time until they had a chance to have their rightful first look....
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COME ON COSTCO - IT’S LIKE YOU’RE NOT EVEN TRYING

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- jim Young “ In my firm, we dealt in lies. Advertising is that… the skilful use of the truth to mislead, to spoil, to debase.” - Storm Jameson Like many Canadians these days I am trying to buy “Canadian” as much as possible. To be more precise, I am trying to NOT buy from the U.S. But it’s not always a black and white issue. In a perfect world, I would purchase only items that are grown or manufactured locally. But that’s not always possible both for logistic and economic reasons. As a retired senior citizen on a fixed income it just doesn’t make sense for me not to do at least some of my shopping at Costco. Yes, Costco is a U.S. owned company but they do have a Canadian presence with over 100 outlets across Canada that employs over 50,000 Canadians. Doesn’t that qualify as supporting local people? But it doesn’t end there. We also still check the origin of the products we purchase at Costco. Obviously I’m not going to find any oranges that are grown in Canada. Nor is it always pos...
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