The record, 17 décembre 2009, Supplément 1

* •«" •SSSm^t Page 2 Thursday, December 17, 2009 Season’s Greetings newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Best wishes from the Musée Sherbrooke, Tuesday 8 December.During the Holiday Season, the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke invites you to see or see again the exhibitions Mario Merola and Hairstyles and Fashion in Québec.Portraits of Women, 1790-1860.The Musée invites you also to discover the new presentation of it’s permanent collection: Espaces et paysages, made possible by a grant from the ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine.Holiday Schedule: The Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke will be opened on 22, 23, 27, 29 and 30 December and 3 January, from noon to 5 p.m.Back to the regular schedule on Tuesday 5 January 2010.And, please do not forget to visit the museum’s boutique for the last minute and perfect gift: original works from the Townships artists, including paintings, drawings, photographies, jewellery and pottery, something for everyone! The boutique’s schedule is the same as the museum’s.Happy holidays! Hairstyles and Fashion en Québec.Portraits of Women, 1790-1860 (until 10 January) The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is proud to present this introduction to the art of hairstyling and fashion between 1790 and 1860 based on a selection of full-scale portraits and miniatures from its collections.Silver and gold pieces, jewellery, photographs and furnishings provide a bridge between the works by giving visitors a glimpse of the public and private spheres inhabited by the sophisticates of that era.A visitors’ booklet, published in English, will enable you to grasp all aspect of the fashion of the era.Mario Merola (unto.17 January) This exhibition relates the many facets of the career of this artist: drawings, paintings, reliefs and sculptures.Born in Montreal in 1931 of an Italian father and a Québécoise mother, Mario Merola studied at the École des beaux-arts of Montréal and in 1952, he re- ceived a scholarship from the government of France which enabled him to enrol in scenography at the École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris.On his return to Montréal he became a regular visitor to the Atelier de la place des arts and in 1954, he joined the Société Radio-Canada, and for three years worked in costume design for the newly emerging sector of television.In .1956, Mario Merola took first prize in a national competition for the development of a mural for the Canadian Pavilion at the Brussels World Fair.This marked a turning point in his career.For more than twenty years, he produced murals, reliefs and sculptures for public spaces, and showed his work both in Québec and abroad.He has been a member of the Royal Academy of Canada since 1977.The Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, 241 Dufferin Street, is open Tuesday to Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m.Entrance fees : $7,50, adult, $6, senior, $5, student.Guided tours in French every Tuesday at 2 p.m.English tours and group tours available anytime upon COURTESY OF MBAS reservation.The Musée is supported by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec and Ville de Sherbrooke.1906: First Christmas Broadcast By: Matthew Farfan Reginald Fessenden (1866-1932), a native of the Eastern Townships, was the first person in history to send wireless broadcasts of voice and music.Fessenden was the inventor of the C The management and the personnelwishto thank their^^ friends and customers for their patronage in 2009! 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Back in the seventies, they came out with strings with hundreds of tiny lights.People soon discovered that the whole string was useless when one bulb was broken, and no one could bother taking the time to figure out which light was broken, because they were all dark and how can you tell which one is no good when they’re all dark?So they just threw them away wired for Christmas and bought new ones.This was the dawn of disposable Christmas lights.Then there were those illuminated plastic Christmas characters: Santas, Mrs.Clauses, Rudolphs, elves, snowmen, and those big red candles that always toppled over in the wind.For those of a more religious bent, there were Baby Jesuses, Mary and Josephs, and entire crèches.Plastic glowing crèches were great because there was no maintenance.There was no straw.A few years ago, hanging “icicles” were all the rage.Every second house had them.It seems no one has them now.Did people store them in their basements until they come back into style, I wonder.Or did they just chuck them out when they saw that everyone else on their block had them?And then there were those shining stars that you had to stick to the top of your house, the ones with the long string of white lights leading up to the star.These must have been quite a hassle to put up.Most of them seem to have gone the way of the icicles.At some point, someone thought of attaching an electronic music chip to a decoration.Now passers-by could be treated to synthetic Christmas carols coming out of a flashing penguin.If they weren’t too irritated at having their peaceful stroll in the snow interrupted by the noise, they could hum along.I think my least favourite of all recent Christmas innovations are those humungous inflatable figures, the ones that have to be pumped full of air.It seems to me they’re not only way too much work, but they also look really gross when they’re flat on the ground with the air seeped out.I guess it all just depends on taste.What stuff you put out.How much of it.Does more look better than less?Is too much too garish?But then again, let’s not kid ourselves: it’s always fun to outdo the neighbours, isn’t it?¦ Nutcrackers, Stanstead MATTHEW FARFAN H Service Boulet M I STOVES • REFRIGERATORS • FREEZERS • WASHERS • DRYERS • DISHWASHERS • COMMERCIAL COOLING SYSTEMS Merry Christmas ^ Gervais Boulet, owner and Happy Neu> Year! 819-875-3684' 819-822-57171 SALON ROSE MARIE 42 Parkdale St.^fternj Lennoxville 819-564-1661 Our Pleasure, Serving You Hairdressers: Rose Marie & Nancy I promised myself I wouldn’t do this again .By Claudette Mortimer At the end of every holiday season, I promise myself that next year will be different.Next year, I will be organized and I will make a list.Next year, I will start my holiday shopping in August and finish by November.Next year, I'll really get my act together! With the holiday season upon us, chronic last-minute shoppers like me are more frazzled than festive.Thoughts of holiday shopping make you want to hibernate for winter - you're frustrated, short tempered and would rather do anything but lug your winter coat through a busy shopping mall.Despite last year's holiday resolution, if you find yourself delaying the inevitable holiday shopping expedition, here are some helpful tips on how to ease the burden of the gift giving blues: Easy Photo Ideas - You know that shoe box overflowing with childhood pictures hidden in the back of mom's closest?Well, get in there and rescue it to create a present that is sure to please.Visit your local photography store and create a scrapbook, photo album, calendar or digital slideshow highlighting both old and current photos.Give the Gift of Time Together - Think outside of the box and create an experience for someone that caters to one of their passions.If you have a musically-inclined father, purchase a guitar lesson for two at the local music store.For your sushi-loving partner, book a Sushi 101 cooking lesson at a culinary school or Japanese restaurant and learn to how to make California rolls together.Gift Card to the Rescue - If a hip pair of jeans tops your daughter's wish list, but you don't know how they'll fit, consider packaging a Visa gift card with a photo of the latest denim trends so she can pick out whatever style and size she wishes.The Visa gift card can be used wherever Visa cards are accepted, which makes your gift completely versatile.And not only are they more festive than giving cash, they're more secure because they are covered by Visa's Zero Liability policy.Visit visa.ca/giftcard.With a little creativity, even last-minute shoppers can succeed at giving thoughtful, practical holiday gifts.With a little ingenuity, you will surely find something to delight even the most difficult person to shop for on your list.ernj Christmas < Kousa Tsutsumi Bin Tsutsumi t Futotsu Tsutsumi Kakushi Bin Soo Tsutsumi 2 Tsutsumi Tsutsuml Tsutsumi V t: —A a square shape.- Wash your material and press it so there are no creases or wrinkles.- Lay the fabric out flat place the present in the middle.- Fold over two opposite corners and tie them together in a square knot.- Fold the other two corners over and tie another knot on top of the first.There you should be done! One of the best things about Furoshiki wrap is that it comes in handy in many ways throughout the year.If you find yourself short of shopping bags?Take a square of fabric, you may even be wearing it as a scarf or shawl, and three knots later you can carry your groceries home.You can also use the technique to make nesting bags for knick-knacks or connect a few bags together and toss kids’ toys into them.By the way, they also make cute hand or shoulder bags.There are endless possibilities once you learn the technique and there’s also no shortage of instructions on the Internet.So search furoshiki and get crafty.SCHEDULE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON: December 24 and 31 : open until 2 p.m.December 25 and 28: holiday January 1 and 4: holiday ACCÈSD INTERNET: desjardins.com ACCÈSD TELEPHONE: 1-800-CAISSES DESJARDINS ATMs ., GIVING AND RECEIVING Trusting someone is like giving a gift.The holidays are without a doubt a time for giving and receiving.Take the time to savour these special moments with your loved ones.Thank you for trusting us.It's more than a bank.It's Desjardins.Desjardins Caisse de Stanstead Money working for people Merry Christmas from all of us! Page 12 Thursday, December 17, 2009 Season’s Greetings newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Christmas on the farm By Claudia Villemarie Going to 'the farm' was always an adventure.We're talking here about the first years after WWII.Rural life hadn't changed very much yet, electricity hadn't ventured onto the winding country roads where a strip of grass still graced the middle of the road, culverts were often just a few small logs stacked to form a tiny bridge, other occasionally wet spots were filled with round stones, easily crossed by horse-drawn buggies or wagons.Life was simple.And when leaves began their final, floating fall, country folk settled into a routine that left plenty of time for outings in the family sleigh or pung, (a larger sleigh on wooden runners with an open, rectangular box where kids could dig into straw or hay, cover up with buffalo skins and stay warm for the trip).Kitchen parties didn't take fancy planning or written invitations and the ties of friendship and neighbourly support were tightened during those long winter evenings.My first and only recollection of just such goings-on was probably during wartime.We lived in Sherbrooke, a city of just over 30,000 at that time.Getting to the farm' meant a train ride from the CNR station downtown, leaving when it was just hinting at daylight in the eastern sky.Huffing and puffing, the steam engine, towing of course, the coal car, baggage cars where milk cans glinted in the growing light and, most times, two or three passenger cars, filled with good-humored folk, quite a few in military uniform, and, as Christmas and the New Year approached, quite often, those chilly, grimy passenger cars rocked with song and laughter.My only memory of the only actual Christmas Eve and day spent on ‘the farm’ with Ma and her hired man, Dan Smith, began with just such a train ride.Bundled into a woolly, one-piece snowsuit that made walking in anything more than an inch of snow almost impossible, sleepy and fearful, Mom would tug the family suitcase, an elongated contraption of leather and frayed fene^SJSJffljKSgjgOYE if s « mmnmm ¦Evening ski pass $89.9 .until decernber 20 th ! 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