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All lit up for the holidays VOLUME.....16 ISSUE.........51
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> STORY ON PG.18
Santa’s Big Day
WELCOMING SANTA TO ST. CLEMENTS
PHOTOS
» JAMES JACKSON
Residents of St. Clements got a preview of Saint Nick’s arrival during the community’s annual Santa Claus parade last Saturday. Meanwhile, youngsters – and the young at heart –are anxiously awaiting Santa’s official visit tonight, Christmas Eve. See page 10 for more photos.
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hose dreaming of a white Christmas will just have to put that dream on hold this year. The majority of Canadians will wake to a green Christmas this year even though 85 per cent of the country will be covered in snow. The snow will be contained to the most northerly parts of the country with people living in southern urban centers across the Canada only experiencing the odd flurry, said Dave Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada. In Woolwich and Wellesley townships temperatures are a little higher than normal and although the temperature for Christmas Eve is expected to be below freezing there is no precipitation in the forecast. Christmas Day will see a high of plus one with a 40 per cent chance of flurries, but to qualify as having a white Christmas, there must be two centimeters of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. on Dec. 25. “You don’t get a white Christmas
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