Lögberg-Heimskringla - 16.12.1994, Side 6

6 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 16. desember 1994
Light Á Candle For Peace
It’s that time of year again when we
are going to Christmas Craft sales,
be they big or small and in various
locations. For her third year now,
Tammy Axelsson will be at the Craft
Fair in Abbottsford, B.C. When she
moved there in 1991 with her husband
Grétar and children, Daniel and Fiona,
she thought back to the custom of
lighting candles on Christmas Eve in
Iceland.
Tammy had lived a few years in
Iceland and while there married Grétar
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta Lúterska
Kirkja
Pastor Ingthor I. Isfeld
1030 a.m. The Service followed by
Sunday School & Cóffee hour.
First Lutheran Church
580 Victor St., Winnipeg, MB
R3G 1R2 Ph. 772-7444
Axelsson. They came to visit her par-
ents Lil and Dan Sigmundson of Gimli
and made a decision to stay in Canada.
On her first Christmas in B.C., Tammy
particulariy remembered the signifi-
cance of the Scandinavian cu'stom of
lighting a candle for peace. She felt
that she should do something about
encouraging people in her location to
adopt this custom. She began making
her “Peace Candle” and with her hus-
band’s assistance translated the mes-
sage from Icelandic to English and had
this printed on cards which she tied to
the candle packaging. The message
reads:
In the spirit of a beautifui Scand-
Minnist
í ERFÐASKRÁM YÐAR
Tupper & Adams
BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS
ALAN A. ADAMS, Q.C.
JOHN A. DAVIDSON
HUGH A. ADAMS
DOUGLAS A. BEDFORD
DONALD L. BJORNSON
DAVID G. MEIGHEN
CATHERYN D. LOVEGROVE
IAN D. MAHON
TANYSJ. KRIENKE
ROLAND E. RIVALIN
DONALD C. BROCK
JAMES E. FIELDER
LARRYJ. BIRD
LAWRENCE B. CHERRITT
BARBARA J. Ml FARLANE, Q.C.
BRAD W. EVERS
CHRISTOPHER A. BROCK
MARLA D. MURPHY
J. STEWART TUPPER, K.C. (1882-1915)
SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BT., Q.C. (1908-1960
ALEXANDER ADAMS, Q.C. (1916-1961)
4TH FLOOR
200 PORTAGE AVENUE
SW PORTAGE & MAIN
WINNIPEG,
CANADA R3C 3X2
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(204) 942-0161
FAX (204) 943-2385
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TELEPHONE (204) 642-8192 OR TOLL' FREE 1-949-0360
DONALD L. BJORNSON ATTENDS
AT THE GIMLI OFFICE FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY
H.P.
TERGESEN
& Sons
GENF.RAL MF.RCHANT
Established 1899
Box 1818
82 - lst Ave.
GIMLI, MANITOBA
ROC 1B0
PH. 1 204 642 5958
FAX: 1-204-642-9017
att ítt
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a M^rry
Christniets
& tiappy
N^w y^ar/
inavian tradition, light this candle on
Detember 24th at 6:00 p.m. and set it
on your doorstep as a symbol of peace,
hope and love you wish for all
mankind. The small flame flickering in
the frosty stillness of the eve of Christ’s
birth represents the same flame that
flickers within each of us - a flame
yeaming for universal peace.
Set out the candle as a symbol of
your personal dedication to inner, fam-
ily, and ultimately, global peace and as
an invitation to those around you to
place their own flickering desire next
to yours and light up their doorsteps,
the neighborhood, the city, the coun-
try, and, eventually, the entire world,
with the calm, quiet joyfulness that
true peace brings.
The candle’s beauty lies not in its
outward shape or size, but in the mes-
sage it sends when it is lit and eventu-
ally joined by other candles set out at
exactly the same moment as symbols of
each individual’s desire for peace. One
tiny flame will become a huge blaze of
hope that lights up the Christmas sky
as the Star of the East must have done
at Christ’s birth.
Tammy found that often people
who were new to Canada, stopped to
buy her candle because they were
familiar with this custom from their
country of origin. Her peace candle
was registered as a Canada 125 event
since she began this project in that year
and because of this was interviewed on
the local TV.
Since this time, Tammy has expand-
ed into making beeswax candles as
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Tammy Axelsson
'holding the Peace Candle
well and tried her hand at wreath and
bough creations. She has also joined
others at the Craft sale at Iceland
House in New Westminster. She has
recognized that some Icelandic baking
might be appreciated, as well as her
candles, at this event.
We hope that every candle has been
purchased and that Tammy will have
the satisfaction of seeing a warm glow
for peace in her corner of the world on
the eve of Christmas 1994.
D.N.
Krista Narfason
represented the
Manitoba 4-H Calf Club
at the Western Canadian
Classic show held in
Abbottsford, B.C. this year.
Krista placed second in show-
manship, the highest award
anyone from Manitoba has
received over the 10 years that
these competitions have been
held. The event will take place
in Calgary, Alberta in 1995.
D.N.
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