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Wishing all my clients a very

Merry Christmas and all the best in

2015

As Ho Won Lee pre-pares for Christmas, he is amazed by the large-scale celebrations in Canada.

“We don’t celebrate that way in Korea,” he said. “We don’t give a lot of attention to Christ-

mas.”Lee is in Summerland

this year as a Rotary exchange student.

In Korea, New Year’s Day is an important cele-bration, with its own cus-toms and rituals.

The New Year’s food is a special soup to mark another year has passed.

“When I eat that soup,

I grow up,” he said, explaining the symbolism of the food.

The meal is served in the morning and it is a special family meal. Rela-tives will come together for the day.

Lee and others also wear special traditional clothing on New Year’s Day, similar to a Japanese kimono.

New Year’s Day is an official day off in South Korea, but many will take two or three days off at that time of year, Lee said.

His family also cele-brates Christmas, with carols in church and sea-sonal plays, “but we don’t decorate this much,” he added.

The seasonal gift exchange this year will be a new experience for Lee. He said in South Korea, there is a strong emphasis on working hard, but not on gift-giving traditions.

“We don’t have that much time for celebra-tions,” he said.

This year, he will fol-low the Canadian trad-itions at Christmas and New Year ’s. He does not plan to introduce the Korean New Year’s traditions to his host family.

“I’m here to learn something new,” he said.

Christmas a quiet celebration in South Korea

Musical accompanimentLarry Crawford, left, David Jonsson, Ruth Rasmussen and Ho Won Lee provided the musical accompaniment at the Summerland Ministerial Association’s annual Community Christmas Carol Festival at Giant’s Head School on Sunday evening.


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Meeting SantaFour-year-old Cooper Miller had his photo taken with Santa at the Full Circle Outlet during the Festival of Lights on Nov. 28.

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Knit handcraftsVelvet Briere sets out some knit garments at the Holy Child Catholic Church’s bazaar earlier this month.


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Tree of DreamsThe Ninth Annual Tree of Dreams campaign is underway. Honour yourself or someone close to you by purchasing a bulb or a strand and help light the Tree of Dreams. This year’s campaign, Get BEDDER Care will help fund the purchase of technically advanced patient care beds at Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) for the Surgical department where the most complex injuries, surgeries and wounds are treated. A bed is the one item that touches every single patient receiving care at PRH. The goal is bold but theseurgently needed beds are critical.To complete the campaignwe must raise $250,000.

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BELL, JACOE & COMPANYLAWYERS

Rev. Rick GaySummerland Alliance

Church

In the song, “Grown-Up Christmas List” there

appears this line: “Well heaven only knows, that packages and bows, can never heal a hurting soul.”

While gift-giving and beautifully wrapped pre-sents can provide comfort and joy, finding healing from the hurts, hang-ups,

and habits of life requires a gift that is lasting and complete.

Enter a Saviour whose birth we celebrate at Christmas.

The birth announce-ment heralded by angels tells the familiar story: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, ‘Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.’ And sud-denly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ‘Glory

to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men’.”

Good news for the ter-rified; joy for those afraid. Peace for those who are troubled. To those trapped in oppression, a Saviour – the Messiah – the hope of rescue and deliverance.

Mind you this was not a message of polit-ical deliverance or rescue, but an announcement of something far greater – freedom from spiritual darkness!

The light of Christ shone into dark hearts liberating them from the bondage of guilt and shame and bitterness.

We, along with them, can live in the freedom of

Christ’s salvation. I invite you during

this Christmas season to seek out the message of hope and salvation. Jesus said: “So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”

May you know His joy and peace. May the light of Christ shine bright-ly in your hearts. And, may the good news of a Saviour be your news to share with others this Christmas and always.

From Jan and me and the family of Summer-land Alliance Church, have a safe and bless-ed Christmas and New Year!

Rev. Rick Gay is the pastor of Summerland Alliance Church.

Holiday bazaarTheresa Smith, left, with Keyara and Tanesha, both eight years old, look at some of the preserves and canning at the Holy Child Catholic Church bazaar earlier this month.

Be free from spiritual darkness


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Lisa Knight

Merry ChristmasSummerland!

It was a pleasure to have met so many wonderfulSummerland locals at the farmers market this year.

May you all have a fabulous holiday season!

Happy New Year!

Wishing You

WellOur prescription for a happy holiday season includes generous measures of goodwill and cheer along with a healthy dose of gratitude from us. We’re really thankful

for your confidence and support.

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

To our many fi ne customers and friends, we extend our very

best wishesfor a season

fi lled with joy.Thanks for

a great52nd year!

CHRISTMAS HOURS:Open until 5:00pm daily until December 23

Open December 24, 9:30am - 3:00pmClosed Christmas and Boxing Day

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Here’s hoping the holidays are filled with the

best of everything for all our friends and neighbors, everywhere.

We appreciate yourpatronage and sincerely

look forward to seeing you in the future.

Happy Holidays!

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Larry SchramSummerland Baptist

Church

It really is hard to imagine a more welcom-ing word than with. Say it slowly and as it rolls off your tongue think of the people you love the most.

It generates feelings of warmth and love, peace and contentment, delight and connection.

Consider: family com-ing home for Christmas, loved ones returning from trips, holding hands, cud-dling with a baby, and the surprising joy of seeing someone you love walk unexpectedly into the room.

We experience hope and peace, joy and love

with the sound of that simple four letter word.

Our hunger and need for with fills our days and compels our choices. Our time, money and energy is directed to the purpos-es of with.

Music, poetry and art express its beauty. It is the sigh of a baby asleep in your arms, the deep love of the elderly hold-ing hands on a death bed, and the tangible delight of a young couple falling in love.

It is the deep trust of longtime friendships, the joy of children wanting to be with you in your daily tasks and the even deep-er sense of knowing and being known by someone who is with you.

With may very well be one of the most powerful experiences and truths of our lives.

That’s probably why the lack of with creates fear, disease, imbalance and aloneness.

Loss of with is not good for our souls or our hearts and it fuels bad choices.

The opposite of with is alone which is pandemic these days, creating hun-gers that alcohol, recrea-

tional drugs, social media and technology cannot mask or sate.

We all need to experi-ence with at some level all the days of our lives.

Maybe that’s partly why when God wove the Bible together he made sure that Matthew remembered the words of an Old Testament proph-et as he wrote about the birth of Jesus:

“The virgin will con-

ceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel — which means God with us.” Mat-thew 1:17. This is literally translated from Greek as “with us the God”.

Please don’t miss that. In the coming of Jesus into our world God is now with us.

The thing that we most need and hunger for, that drives our choices and fills our days is found

eternally in Jesus! I can think of no great-

er or more perfect Christ-mas gift than to address our greatest need for all the seasons of our lives. That’s why I encourage you to attend a church of your choice this Christ-mas and discover again, or for the first time, the life changing gift of with.

Larry Schram is the pastor of Summerland Baptist Church.

The importance of the word ‘with’

In concertThe Penticton Tune-Agers, under the direction of conductor Gordon Dawson, performed a concert of holiday music at Summerland United Church on Wednesday, Dec. 3.


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May you and yours celebrate a season of joy and love with family and

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As Christmas rolls around again,we’d like to wish everyone the best

of the Holiday Season!

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Michael ColbeckSt. John’s Evangelical

Lutheran Church

“Have a holly, jolly Christmas – it’s the best time of the year!”

Christmas is a great time of the year, if not the best then certainly one of the best.

Here in Canada we think about having a white Christmas, with snow blanketing the earth.

Perhaps a sleigh ride would be nice followed by some hot chocolate around a fireplace. It is a special time for family and friends to come together. Parties and spe-cial meals abound.

Decorations and lights hang everywhere.

Christmas is a holly, jolly season. A time to renew acquaintances, seek out old friends and renew our relationships.

Just last week I had a phone call, out of the blue, from an old friend I had not seen for around 20 years. He was phon-ing some of his old friends just to see how they were doing, just to get in touch, just to see how life was going… It was very nice to get back in touch with him and the conversation came easy. It brought a moment of joy and won-der to me about life and relationships.

Christmas is also the season when we remem-ber that God gave us more than a phone call or a Christmas card.

He gave us a personal up close visit in his Son, Jesus.

He came down among us, knocked on our door and came in to sit down and have a cup of hot

chocolate with us around the fireplace. Jesus came to seek us out, to get back in touch and to renew our relationship with God in such a way that it would never end.

Christmas is a jolly sea-son. It is one in which relationships should be our first priority as we enjoy being with those who are important to us.

This Christmas take

time to focus on your family and friends.

This Christmas take time to be in touch with Jesus and to enjoy the gifts which God has for you.

May God’s love touch your heart this Christ-mas!

Rev. Michael Col-beck is the minister at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.

A time to focus on relationships

Carol festivalThe choir from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, under the direction of Marj Plitt, performed Calypso Gloria at the Community Christmas Carol Festival on Sunday evening.


Tis the season to be jollyTo deck the halls with

boughs of holly And so we feel

we’re right on cue By sending our

best to you!

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We will be closedMonday, December 22 and

will re-openMonday, January 5, 2015

IN STEP WITH THE SEASON

It’s been a pleasure watching our students learn and grow every step of the way, and we’d like to extend our gratitude to all of

you for your kind support. Thanks for helping to keep us “on our toes” this year.

I want to thank the parents, teachers and local merchants for their support for our trip to Disneyland - Miss Eva

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The lights are dazzling, the decorations grand, but nothing fills us with so much joy as the sight of our friends and acquaintances. Thanks for seeing us this past year.

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250-494-9266Closed

Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28& Jan. 1 & 3, 2015

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Dave Hughes250-490-7734

The Christmas Season is once again upon us and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Please enjoy a safe and happy holiday season and “All The Best” for 2015. On behalf of all previous and present clients, I will once again be making monetary donations to the ‘Toys & Toonies for Tots & Teens Campaign’ the ‘Summerland Food Bank’, and ‘Survivorship Dragon Boat Team’.

Thank you all very much for your patronage and once again... Happy Holidays! Yours Truly Dave Hughes, Summerland Realty.

Season SparklesFrances Wentzell, left, and Tricia Hunt examine some of the items at the Summerland Arts Council’s Season Sparkles art show and sale. The show opened on Nov. 28 and continues until Dec. 20.

An encounter with the GrinchLarry Green mesmerized the crowds as he came to life as the Grinch during the Festival of Lights.

Carla McLeod Special to the Summerland Review


RDOS HOLIDAY HOURSCHRISTMAS TREE

DISPOSALNatural Christmas Trees,

free of contaminants, can be brought to any local

landfill in the RDOS free of charge.

Check with your local municipality or the RDOS for potential Christmas

Street collection programs in your community.

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN

HOLIDAY HOURS OF OPERATION

The main office at 101 Martin Street

will be closed over the upcoming holiday season on:

December 25 and 26and January 1 and 2

If you have an urgent water or sewer problem please call the

RDOS Emergency After Hours line at:

250-490-4141Missed Garbage Pickup

Please call 250-490-3888

Contact the RDOS at 250-492-0237for further information

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Campbell Mountain Mon to Sat

8:30 a.m - 4:45 p.m.Okanagan Falls

Mon to Fri 10 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Oliver Mon to Fri

12 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Sat

10 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.Keremeos

Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

All landfills will be closed Statutory Holidays and

Boxing Day

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Dave Hughes250-490-7734

Leona Hopman250-460-0964

Shelley Parker250-490-6302

Nathan Bowman250-488-5025

Amanda Brown250-490-0065

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MERRY CHRISTMASFROM ALL OF US AT

SUMMERLAND REALTY!HAVE A SAFE

& HAPPY HOLIDAYDave, Leona, Shelley, Bryan, Nathan, Amanda,

Diana, Ann & Dawn

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wonderful 2015!

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There are many joys of theseason, but one of the bestis the opportunity to thank

you and wish you much success in the coming year.

A Christmas CarolMonica Keetch reads from the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol, at Summerland United Church on Friday evening. The dramatic reading was organized by Sum-merland Singers and Players and featured readers Mark Swanson, Rev. Armand Houle, David Sparks, Keetch and Don Gayton. At right, the Summerland United Church Choir, conducted by Kathleen Estabrooks, provided music. The Summerland Children’s Choir, conducted by Linnea Good, also sang. Proceeds from the reading went to the Summerland Food Bank and Community Resource Centre.


HOLIDAY HOURS: Open everyday

except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Located at the end of Main Street,Downtown Summerland

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Just a note of thanks to our loyal customers and friends.Wishing you all the best this holiday season.

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The executive committee at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22 wish to thank everyone for their support and offer their best wishes of the season

and a Happy New Year!

Festive trainSanta rides a seasonal train in a model railway display set up at Keller’s Cellar on Victoria Road North in Summerland. The model railway was created by Dave Simp-son. This is the second year it has been set up.

Don HustonSummerland

Pentecostal Church

The actual statement reads: “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” I have always had an apprecia-tion for those writers who use symbols, such as this one, to relay a deeper message to their readers.

I am not a sailor in any way, shape or form but my nautical friends inform me there are some very important things to know about the make-up and use of an anchor when at sea.

First of all, one needs a ship to tie the anchor to; secondly there is need for a “rode” – a length of nylon rope that links the boat to the anchor; and lastly, an anchor with a length of chain attached.

There are other import-ant things to consider such as the scope, the diameter of the rope, the type of anchor to use

based on the size of the ship and the depth of the water, and so on.

The true test of the anchor takes place dur-ing the turbulent tossing of the sea, when the crew realizes that there is no hope of getting back to quieter waters.

They work to get the ship into shallower wat-ers so when they lower the anchor it, hopefully, will latch firmly upon the sea floor holding the ship in place during the worst of the storm.

How does this relate to our everyday lives? As a man of faith who believes in a faithful and loving God, this analogy takes a wonderful turn towards hope.

Stay with me for a moment: The ship is us, the anchor and chain is God, and the rode is Christ. Christ, through His death and resurrec-tion, became, and still is the rode that links our lives to the very heart of our heavenly Father.

When we yield our lives to Christ, He literally

“anchors our souls” to the very throne of God, lock-ing us in so tightly that when various life storms come we can rest assured that this hope we have in him “anchors to our soul, firm and secure.”

As a follower of Christ, I know I am anchored in and can rest assured He has me locked and secured in His love.

The Christmas sea-son tends to be when individuals and families face some of their most difficult times. Summer-land has a number of pastors and church fam-ilies serving in this com-munity, each one making themselves available to those of you who may be struggling at this time of year.

Maybe, in finding the help you need, you will find hope in the One who will “anchor your soul, firm and secure.”

Pastor Don Huston is the lead pastor of Sum-merland Pentecostal Church on Julia Street. Call 250-494-8248 if you wish to talk.

Hope as an anchor for the soul


Photography by Chris385 Martin St. 250-492-2355

It’s Almost Christmas!We’re hoping your holiday season is a picture of

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Seasons GreetingsColin and staff would like to wish you and your family a safe and

happy Holiday.All the best in 2015.

Store Hours:December 24th: 8 am to 6 pm

December 25th: Closed

December 26th: 10 am to 6 pm

December 31st: 8 am to 7 pm

January 1st: Closed

Summerfair Mall7519 Prairie Valley Rd.

Summerland250-494-4376

Happy holiday toall our clients.

Thanks for helping us

make the cut!

OPEN7:30 am - 5 pm

Monday - Saturday9914 Main St.Summerland

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Monday - Saturday

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BARBER BILL’SBARBERSHOP

Merry Christmas and a Great 2015! Thank you to the

residents and businesses of

Summerland for another year of

support.

Jonney & Catrina Tel: 250-494-6431

To our many fine customers and friends, we extend our very best wishes for a season filled with joy and all the white stuff.

Thanks for making our year a huge success!

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SEASON’SGREETINGS

Closed on Dec 25th to enjoy time with our families. Back to Regular hours Dec 26th

fromJosh and Staff at

Holiday musicMembers of the Penticton Tune-Agers performed their seasonal concerts in Summerland and Penticton. The Summerland concert was held on Dec. 3 at Summerland United Church.

Rev. Armand HouleSummerland United

Church

Greetings Friends,Within the Chris-

tian tradition the four weeks before Christmas are called the Season of Advent.

It is a time when we are called to slow down and reflect on the meaning and impact in our lives of the birth of a child many years ago.

Of course trying to slow down during the run up to Christmas can be challenging and can also put us out of step with the world around us.

To help us do this there are four themes that we are invited to focus on during Advent, one for

each week. They are Hope, Peace,

Joy and Love. These themes reflect

the gifts that Christians say were brought to the world by Jesus, whose birth we celebrate at Christmas.

Through his life, min-istry and message of Jesus shows us that the way to these gifts is by opening our hearts to God and liv-ing a life of compassion in the world, seeking jus-tice and right relationship with one another and all creation.

When we can look into the eyes of another and see a brother or sister, no matter, the colour of their skin, religion, ethnic background, economic circumstance or sexual orientation, then we will

fully know the fullness of the gifts offered to us through Jesus.

My prayer for every-one this Christmas, is that you will have an oppor-tunity to slow down a little and pause for a moment and open your heart to the Holy, the Div-ine Light that shines in the darkness, the divine light that shone through Jesus and continues to

shine through all women and men of Good Will.

Let the light fill you, let the light embrace you,

let the light transform you, so that you will fully know the hope, peace, joy and love of our deepest

desiring.Rev. Armand Houle, is

the minister at Summer-land United Church.

The four themes of the Advent season


Anna Marshall

Since I’ve been in Japan, many people back home in Can-ada have asked me, “What is Christmas like in Japan?”

Japan is largely a secular country, with people visiting Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples maybe once a year.

Don’t get me wrong; there are still people who visit shrines, and temples regularly, and some-times even churches. However, the major-ity of the population has their biggest cele-bration on New Years Eve and on New Years day.

On New Years Eve, people in Hokkaido eat soba noodles, which signifies long life.

They also eat something called “osechi” which is a

box filled with vari-ous other Japanese foods, all of which are symbolic.

I decided to ask some citizens in our sister city, Toyokoro, about how they cele-brate Christmas now, compared to when they were children.

The first person I asked was Ishimaru-Kyoto-Sensei, vice-principal at Toyokoro Junior High.

He said, “On Christmas, I don’t do anything very special now. My son makes a Christmas cake and we eat KFC (yes, Kentucky Fried Chicken). When I was a child and when my son was a child, we would get presents from Santa. The only thing that I didn’t stop doing from when I was a child was eating Christ-mas cake, and eating chicken.” All of the

teachers at the junior high school were in agreement about sev-eral things.

“When Santa gave us presents, instead of putting them under the Christmas tree, he would put them near our pil-low while we were sleeping,” the English teachers, Abe-sensei, and Tsuji-sensei said. ”As in Canada, kids also write to Santa. “When I was young, I received a letter all in English! I thought my mother couldn’t read or write English and neither could I, so this must be from Santa!”

I asked Tsuji-sensei if Santa visited every house in Japan and she said, “the kids that don’t believe in Santa, don’t get pre-sents from him.” I asked my Grade 5 and 6 students, “Will you get anything for Christmas?”

Most of the stu-dents said they wouldn’t get pre-sents; instead they get “otoshidama” or New Years Money on New Years Day from their relatives.

This may sound underwhelming, but kids receive quite a bit of money and are allowed to spend it on almost anything they want.

After asking my adult English class, most things were clear. People always eat chicken (usually KFC), and Christmas cake on Christmas.

I asked them what kids thought about Santa and they said, “If you are good, Santa will give you presents. But, if you’re bad, the Black Santa will come from Germany and put a dead cat in your

stocking.” Before you get too

down on the lack of Christmas spirit, a story that Ikeda-san, one of my adult stu-dents told me was, “When my son was younger, every year he would make a trail from the chimney to the head of his bed so Santa would know where he was, and which pillow to put the presents near.”

Lastly, I decided to ask a local Chris-tian church, which is two hours west of Toyokoro in a town called Shimizu.

The little church is run by a Korean mis-sionary, Jaeran Kim, who holds services

every Christmas day. Since people will

be working that day, the service is quite short and at night only. They usu-ally have around 25 people from all over the region attend.

During the service they have a Japanese styled feast with vari-ous Japanese dishes. One of the main dish-es will be some sort of chicken.

It might sound strange that every-one eats chicken on Christmas, but since turkey isn’t easy to get here, they have no other choice.

Even though people don’t seem to celebrate it like we do

in Canada, the shops and radios are in full-spirit.

Most stores have some sort of decora-tions, ranging from small ornaments to full-out Santa dis-plays.

You can rarely turn on the radio now and not hear Christmas music; one favourite here is Last Christ-mas by Wham!

Walking down the streets here, I defin-itely feel the holiday season.

When people in Japan think of Christ-mas in North Amer-ica, they tend to think of it as a fully Chris-tian holiday.

I find that I have to

constantly tell people that even though I’m not religious, and many people in Can-ada are of other reli-gions, they still cele-brate the holidays in their own way.

Even here, in Japan, people cele-brate Christmas in a very unique and quite a beautiful way.

The main similar-ity between every-one I talked to and how it is in Canada is how focused it is on family, and being with the people you love.

Anna Marshall is in Summerland’s sis-ter city of Toyokoro, Japan as the assistant English teacher.

The holiday season in Toyokoro

New Year’s cardMasumi Nakamura created this card for the town of Summerland to wish the community a happy New Year. Every year, Japanese people send hundreds of these cards to people.

Holiday lightsWhile New Year’s is the big celebration in Summerland’s sister city of Toyokoro, Japan, the com-munity also has many Christmas decorations in place and there is a Christmas presence to the festivities.

Christmas carolsTara Commandeur, in front, and members of the Summerland United Church’s choir performed Light of the Stable at the Community Christmas Carol Festival on Sunday evening. The carol festival was organized by the Summerland Ministerial Association and featured music from the various churches in the community.

december 11, 2014

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