Barbara Barr's Column

Season's reason: There are quite a few events coming up at Mount Pleasant during the month of December: Dec. 3 a Birthday party for Jesus was held and was a great success as usual. Dec. 10 is the date scheduled for the Christmas Program practice. The program will be held Sunday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 is also the deadline for bringing in your presents for the three families the church adopted for Christmas.

Traditions: I was shopping last week for a present for my grandchild at Kohl's and since I couldn't find what I wanted I became a little frantic. However, I asked for help from one of the store's employees. Not only did the employee look for what I wanted but to my amazement in this day and age, the employee stated they were sold out, but I could probably find what I wanted at Wal-Mart. This statement reminded me of a movie 40 or so years ago in which the employee at Macy's referred the customer to a store across the street. I was shocked, surprised and pleased that some things don't change.Bag of candy: Also, I was reading a handwritten book last week and to my surprise, it was stated that Mount Pleasant Church started treating the Sunday school children with a bag of candy back in the early 1930s and still does to this day.

Baptism: The congregation of Mound Pleasant UMC recently celebrated the baptism of Andrew Dempsey Towe, son of Jim and Emilie Towe. Andrew is the grandson of Connie Breeden and Dr. and Mrs. Jim Towe Sr.Birthday: Happy birthday to Wesley Bretzin, Maggie Grezch, Donna VanWagoner, Brandi Baker, John Baker, Debbie Barr, Sophia Coates and Johnny Wilt.

The Thanksgiving season is behind us and we must move on. Hopefully, everyone is remembering all the blessings and things we have to be thankful for each and every day as we go into this Christmas season and not focus on material things.

Editor's note: The movie Mrs. Barr refers to is "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947). Indeed when Macy's sold out of a toy, the store's Santa referred customers to Gimbel's across the street.