A tale of the Star of David at Christmas
To the Expositor:
It has been a contention of mine that when you do what you can with what you have, you can influence others around you. In the 1960s a number of homes had external fir trees with lights. My father wanted to do something just a little different. Although he was a decent handyman, he could not make an accurate five-pointed wooden frame in the shape of a star. But he could make a simple six-pointed star with two even-sided triangles. Coincidently, of course, emulating the shield of David Star on the flag of Israel. He painted the frame yellow and ran rows of blue Christmas lights on each row of the frame.
In those years most everyone had TV tower antennas. So, he climbed the tower and hung the six-pointed star from it with four trailing rows of blue lights representing star lights shining over our home. So, for Christmas 1970, the Star of Bethlehem shone over one home in Wiikwemkoong. The next Christmas, others emulated us, but we were the first.
Sincerely yours
Allan Trudeau
Wiikwemkoong
