The borough office will be closed Dec. 24 and 25 and Jan. 1, 2014.

There will be no Camp Fire Girls hoagie sale in January, 2014. A middle-school aged lady is needed to be a leader of one of the groups. Call Hope DeIaco at 610-966-4663 if you are willing to help.

Friday night bingo at the community center continues with doors opening 5:30 p.m. and games beginning 7 p.m. The kitchen is open for refreshments. The center is located at Second and Walnut streets.

The Alburtis Lock Ridge Historical Society meets at the society's headquarters, lower level, corner of Church and Franklin streets 7 p.m. Dec. 12. The meeting is open to all those interested in the history of Alburtis and the surrounding towns. President Kevin Shoemaker wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Alburtis Senior Citizens will have a Christmas party at its noon meeting Dec. 18 at the Church of the Good Shepherd UCC, Penn Avenue and Quarry Road.

Check the Alburtis Area Community Center website, www. aacconline. org or call 610-966-2954 for information about coming events. The center is available to anyone for wedding receptions, birthday parties, showers. Call the above number or use the website.

There are many Christmas decorations that symbolize the Christmas season. Santa Claus reminds us of St. Nicholas who secretly gave gifts to the poor. Candy canes represent shepherds' crooked staffs they used when they walked to the stable. Ornaments are a European custom. Long ago they were made from dough.

As a reminder to thank the Lord for our daily bread, it is said, that according to German folklore, tinsel strands were really miracuously transformed spider webs.

Have yourself and your family a merry blessed Christmas and a new year filled with hope, love and joy.