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t's the 'most wonderful time of the year'. The holidays are upon us, the lights are up, the gifts are wrapped - or soon to be. Turkey and tofu recipes are being shared on social media along with photos of innovative decorating ideas and holiday vacations are booked. The spirit of love is all around.

But so are the faces of poverty - faces all over Montreal, all year round, considered to be living below the poverty line or the 'working poor'. The holidays could be the 'most difficult time of the year' for many.

It's also the time of the year when Food Banks go into full swing and charities struggle to help those whose only concern is putting food on their plates and keeping the heat on in their homes.

In Montreal the statistics are overwhelming. There are too many people struggling, working hard who still can't make ends meet.

It's not happening just in Montreal but all over Canada and the rest of the world - and it is very wrong in this day and age.

A report from Toronto, based on information from Statistics Canada Tax filer data for 2013, showed that 26.8% percent of children ages 0-17 in their city are living below living below the 'LowIncome Level' - and Montreal was second on the list at 25.5%. A more recent study by Centraide of Greater Montreal and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), found that between 2001 and 2012, the number of those who count themselves among the 'working poor' had grown by more than 30 per cent. In 2001, there were about 91,000 people in the region who fell under that category. By 2012, there were about 126,000.

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Now one in four people between the ages of 18 and 64 in Greater Montreal, which also includes Laval and the North and South Shores, are considered to be among the 'working poor'.

The study also found that 38% of them are single parents and mainly women. The highest rates of poverty in Montreal alone are found in Parc-Extension at 30.7 per cent, CĂ´te-desNeiges 18.9 per cent, Little Burgundy 18.5 per cent, Pointe-Saint-Charles 18.2 per cent, Saint-Michel 17.6 per cent and Saint-Henri 17.5 per cent. Poverty in the West Island, although less visible, still affects over 22,000 people.

One would think that in the year 2016, in a society that is supposed to benefit all its people, or for that matter the human race, who consider themselves the smartest species on the planet - no person, no child, should ever have to go without food or a proper roof over their heads.

We are living in an era that will be looked back upon as one of the most turbulent times in history. Humankind, for all its intelligence, has followed a path that has led to this great imbalance. There is war, there is terrorism, there is environmental destruction and there is great poverty, all within a framework of great riches - riches in terms of material things and the emotional gratification accompanying it.

The recent elections in the USA clearly showed the divide. Unhappiness and fear were always there, but finally brought to the surface.

Now that it is here for all to see, how will it be addressed?

Let's start here, in our own city. We have the means to make sure that every single child never goes to school hungry. We have the means to make sure every family has a proper roof over their heads and the clothing to wear in our cold winters. We have the means to provide higher education for everyone. But we need our elected leaders to use the resources at their disposal and create the framework to make it happen.

Children are exposed to the overabundance they see all around them, in shopping malls and on television. They see it as the 'real world', the way things should be, yet in reality it is not happening in their homes. Their parents, who work hard and often hold down more than one job, are witness to all this. Many go without food to make sure their children are fed. And there are people who struggle with

mental illness or physical limitations, and people who did not have the same opportunities to get University degrees - where do they fall?

Those who struggle financially need a voice. We rarely hear them complain because many manage to find the true spirit of the holiday season and are nurtured through their faith and love. Isn't that what it is really all about?

If Mayor Coderre and his city councilors could find the millions upon millions of dollars to celebrate Montreal's 375th anniversary, then they could certainly find a way to provide better and affordable housing for the citizens who need it. If the city is able to spend close to $40 million to light up the Jacques Cartier Bridge, then why are there children going to bed without a meal? If they can invest over $4 million in temporary roadwork for a Formula E all-electric vehicle road race and over $3 million on stump-shaped granite sculptures to be installed on Mount Royal - and still have constituents under their care who go without heat and warm clothing in the winter or instead of the privilege of dining out, make trips to the closest food bank, then something is terribly wrong here.

The Food Banks and Charitable Organizations are doing their part - and so are the many who contribute to them. Although there are many with wealth above the norm who play a very generous and significant part in these contributions - statistics show it is the middle class who donate a much bigger share of their income, helping to put food on the shelves for those in need.

So let's take a moment, while appreciating all the wonders that go with the holiday season, and include in our New Years' resolutions to try and do more about it. We have the means, let us make the change happen - if only for the children.

I leave you with this link to the video and song 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in reaction to the 1983-85 famine in Ethiopia. Most of it was recorded and mixed in a single day by 'Band Aid', the super group put together with artists like the late David Bowie, U2, Sting, Annie Lennox (Eurythmics), Paul McCartney and many more - and it's just as pertinent today.

"Feed the world / Let them know it's Christmastime again‌"

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WesKXdaWBq0

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estled on rue Saint-Paul in the heart of Old Montreal, Hotel Nelligan is a dream vacation just waiting for you to arrive. The bustling oldtown streets below, horse-drawn carriages, and nearby restaurants act as the backdrop to a perfect weekend getaway in Montreal. They also have plenty of onsite amenities for vacationers who want to hide inside at times.

Hotel Nelligan is a quaint old-town hotel to recommend to your visiting friends, to host your events, or sneak away for a weekend getaway in your own city. Everything about this building feels romantic and warm, yet young and fun. At first glance, guests see luxury suites and charming views. This boutique hotel even packs history dating back to the 1800s.

Views of Saint-Paul showcase the old city’s entertainment, while the port quietly waits on the other side.

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Above: The Montreal skyline can be seen from Hotel Nelligan’s beautiful rooftop Terrace

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The beds at Hotel Nelligan are like sleeping on your personal cloud - Good night everyone!

Guests don’t have to leave their rooms to enjoy beautiful views. The rooms feature characteristic red brick walls with modern accents that create a comfortable space. Guests enjoy historic architecture, with updated amenities and plenty of living room. One of Hotel Nelligan’s one-hundred specialty rooms and suites, and two penthouses are sure to provide exactly what each guest is looking for from their stay.

Hotel Nelligan’s dining, however, is to die for: both the spaces and the food. Whether guests choose from our romantic dining room, or opt for breakfast in bed, they won’t be disappointed with their meals. Those who like to dine out, but don’t want to leave the property have three very different restaurants to choose from: Verses Restaurant, Mechant Boeuf, and Terrasse Nelligan.

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The onsite Verses Restaurant looks onto rue Saint-Paul. Crisp white linens and full red wine are the perfect pairing to go along with the view. The front half of the restaurant is open concept, while the back is jazzy and relaxed. French fare features fresh produce for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reasonably priced wine will keep your warm throughout your stay.

For low-key, pub-style dining, guests head to Mechant Boeuf Bar-Brasserie.

Happy hour is their specialty, but the DJ plays all night long. Mechant Boeuf stays open for dinner all week, as well as their specialty late-night bites Thursdays through Saturdays. Everything about Mechant Boeuf is playful and hip.

Terrasse Nelligan takes things up a level—or five. Not only is this a possible hangout spot for out-of-town guests, but it’s also a popular place among the Old Port locals. It may be only five floors above the St.

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A winter stay is complete with Old Port’s festive events, but the summer promises warm sun and cool sangria in the streets.

Between the accommodation and entertainment, Hotel Nelligan is an obvious reservation for your dream getaway any time of the year. Vacation in our favourite city at Hotel Nelligan.

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BRANSON, MISSOURI – If you ask anyone in Branson, Missouri why that city begins to celebrate Christmas on November 1, the reply you will get is “because Andy Williams said so!”

From November 1 until December 31, this city of more than 10,000 residents that’s situated in the heart of the Ozark Mountains is totally immersed in Christmas, from the endless miles of lights, Christmas displays, and the nearly 100 shows that inhabit the 50 theatres across the area. In short, Branson becomes a vivid, living example of what the joys and spirit of the Christmas holiday season is all about; and if you want to experience with your family a downhome, old fashioned type of Christmas, then Branson is the place to be.

Although he wasn’t chiefly responsible for making Branson such an attractive Christmas destination for tourists, it was the late Andy Williams (who had a string of hit records, such as “Moon River”, and hosted a highly-rated TV variety series on NBC during the 60s and 70s) and his love of Christmas (especially his Christmas specials, and songs like “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”) that helped make Branson attractive to non-country music entertainers when he opened his own theatre 25 years ago (now called the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center), and heightened Branson as a major attraction to celebrate Christmas, when he staged live Christmas shows in his theatre that featured a variety of big name and local performers. www.mtltimes.ca WEDNESDAY

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Andy Williams’ Christmas legacy is captured every year in Branson, especially with two major events. First, there’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Parade, which the fourth edition was held last month, which coincided with a press tour of the city that I participated in, along Branson Landing. Broadcast live on local television and emceed by Billie Yates (who stars in the “Raiding the Country Vaults” show in Branson) and Kelly Smith (who hosts a daily lifestyles TV magazine show called “Ozarks Live”), the parade featured several of Branson’s top entertainers, such as the Baldknobbers (who began performing in Branson in 1960), the Hughes Brothers, Six, and the Lennon Sisters (who served as this year’s parade grand marshals), along with a stream of classic cars and floats that were provided by many of the city’s shows and local sponsors; it was followed by an hour-long Christmas concert, which showcased many of the entertain-

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ers that were on the parade route, and took place in front of the fountains of the main square at Branson Landing.

As well, there is the “Andy Williams Christmas Extravaganza” at the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center. This is a lively, colourful holiday spectacular that keeps in the spirit of the Christmas TV specials that Williams hosted over 40 years ago. It stars two acts that made frequent appearances on Williams’ TV show: the Lennon Sisters (Cathy, Janet and Mimi) and the Osmond Brothers (Merrill, Jay and Jimmy), who sang a repertoire of not only popular Christmas tunes, but also a selection of their own hit songs. Along with plenty of personal and video reminiscences (including clips from their respective appearances on the Andy Williams Show during the 60s and 70s), this show is a delightful nostalgia trip that really takes you back to the golden age of variety television.

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And that Christmas spirit takes over many of the 100 shows that are performed on a daily basis (sometimes three times a day) in the more than 50 theatres, many of which are dotted along 76 Country Boulevard (aka the “76 Strip”). For example, Japanese-born violinist Shoji Tabuchi (www.shoji.com), who has been a Branson mainstay for nearly 30 years, headlines his “Wonder of Christmas” show at his own art deco-style theatre. Filled with dazzling lights, dance numbers and Christmas standards, Tabuchi and his daughter Christina offer a holiday showcase that both adults and children will enjoy. And when you’re at the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre, pay a visit to its ornate washrooms, which are complete with marble fittings, stained-glass windows and upholstered leather chairs (the men’s room even has its own billiards room), which harken back to America’s

Gilded Age. To enjoy a Christmas time experience on a floating theatre that is actually a classic steampowered paddle boat, then check out the Showboat Branson Belle’s Christmas spectacular. This popular attraction takes you back to the days when paddle boats were a dominant source of transportation in pre-railroad America and also served as a floating entertainment venue. During its three-hour cruise along Table Rock Lake, the Showboat Branson Belle’s crown jewel, its 700-seat dinner theatre room, offers a Christmas revue called “Celebrate!”, which includes vocal group the ShowMen, the tap dance troupe Rhythm (whose box dance routine brought down the house), singer Cassandre Faimon-Haygood and comedian/magician Christopher James, who doubled as the show’s genial emcee.

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Stuart Nulman Flanked by Carl Perkins Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley" and "Johnny Cash" from the show Million Dollar Quartet There is one non-Christmas show that is now playing in Branson which I certainly recommend as a definite must-see: “Million Dollar Quartet”. The Tony Award-winning musical, which is playing at the Welk Resorts theatre, tells the story of the most famous rock music jam session, which took place at the Sun Studios in Memphis in December of 1956 and involved four of the greatest figures in rock history: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and is narrated by Sun Records’ legendary founder Sam Phillips. Each of the four performers are really immersed in their respective characters (especially the one who portrays Jerry Lee Lewis). The set faithfully recreates Sun’s recording studio circa 1956 and the show is a terrific time capsule to those heady early days when rock ‘n’ roll was regarded as the “devil’s music”. Following the show, me and five other journalists had the chance to go backstage and chat with the “million dollar quartet” (who are all experienced veteran musicians), who shared with us how they absorbed themselves in their respective roles, and how they love the family feeling that is so dominant not only with the “Quartet” company, but also the entire Branson community as a whole.

The first thing that popped into my mind about Silver Dollar City (www.silverdollarcity.com), was the seven episodes of the CBS sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies” that were filmed on location there for the 1969-70 season. Although many of the buildings that were used during those episodes are still standing (including the one that housed the Silver Dollar City Hotel, which is now an ice cream parlor), Silver Dollar City is an amazing family theme park that accurately takes you back about 130 years in time, when life in the Midwest was much more simpler. And during its “Old Time Christmas” festival, which runs until December 30 and was named as one of the top holiday celebrations

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of its 100 acres.

What can you say about a place that is decorated with over five million Christmas lights?

How about its five-storey special effects Christmas tree that’s covered with 350,000 colorful LED lights? Or its nightly Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade along Main Street and is led by Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and his fellow characters from the classic 1964 animated TV special? Or the two Broadway-style Christmas stage shows “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol” (now in its 14th year and has been seen by over a million people) and “It’s a Wonderful Life” (which greatly accomplishes the difficult job of staging a musical adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic 1946 film in a fraction of its near three-hour running time)? Or a down home Christmas musical jam session with a quartet called the Homestead Pickers, which takes place in an actual log cabin that was built in 1843, and offers about an hour of entertaining music and hilarious banter in a cozy setting?

And Silver Dollar City is known as the “Home of American Craftsmanship”. Visitors can get the chance of witnessing, making and purchasing wood carvings, pottery, candles, knives and other items that are crafted and manufactured one item at a time using methods that date back for centuries. There are two crafts places that I highly recommend for a visit: Hazel’s Blown Glass Factory, where master craftsman Shawn Watt creates beautiful items made of blown glass that is liquefied in a series of tanks that are heated up to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit; and Brown’s Candy Factory, where its undisputed “Queen of Candy” since 1968, June Ward, entertains visitors with stories that are just as tantalizing as the hand crafted candies she makes fresh every day (especially the peanut brittle). She will even tell you about the time she worked as a stand-in for the late Donna Douglas (who portrayed Elly May Clampett) while episodes of “The Beverly Hillbillies” were being filmed there in the summer of 1969.

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Besides being the site of the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Christmas Parade every November, Branson Landing (www.bransonlanding.com) is a model of what the next generation of shopping malls should be like.

This open-air mall, located on the shores of Lake Taneycomo, Branson Landing contains over 100 stores and restaurants for a complete, enjoyable day-long shopping expedition.

There’s major chains (Bass Pro Shops, Sunglass Hut, Chico’s), local shops (Branson Quilts, the St. Louis Cardinal’s Clubhouse store) and specialty shops (including Tervis, which manufactures a large assortment of customized drink tumblers; and As Seen on TV, which sells items that you usually see on TV commercials and infomercials, and can only purchase by mail order). And if you need a break between purchases, check out the spectacular water and fire show at the fountain, which was designed by the same people behind the famed fountains of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

Tanger Outlets (www.tangeroutlet.com/branson) is a network of 44 outlet malls across North America (including two in Quebec …

Bromont and St. Sauveur) that have some of the finest designer and brand name outlet stores with quality merchandise sold for deep discounts of up to 70% off the retail price. The Tanger Outlet branch in Branson has a whopping 78 stores (including Polo Ralph Lauren, Disney, OskKosh, Nike, Oakley, Yankee Candle, Reebok and Tommy Hilfiger) with non-stop sales. Officials we spoke to at the Branson Tanger Outlet proudly stated that they get over five million visitors a year, and that each store space is occupied; in fact, they even have a waiting list of potential retailers who want to set up shop there.

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A museum dedicated to the tragic ocean liner Titanic is one attraction you least likely suspect would be situated in Branson; however, the Titanic museum located in the heart of the 76 Strip (www.titanicbranson.com) is a place where even someone with a faint interest about the ship must visit.

The museum stands out with its exterior, which is a faithful recreation of the Titanic’s outer hull (complete with iceberg at the moment of impact). The museum’s personnel are dressed in 1912 vintage costumes, as they serve as your guide to what it was like to be a passenger on the ship before and after the tragedy; it even goes as far with such interactive displays as what it was like to be on one of the ship’s lifeboats, how cold the water was in the Atlantic Ocean on the night of the sinking, or that perilous feeling of standing on deck while the Titanic was tilting toward the bottom of the ocean. And besides some of the many rare artefacts that make up the museum’s collection (including the life jacket of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, the only surviving life jacket that was directly connected to a passenger), another unique aspect was that each visitor was issued a boarding pass that contained the biographical background of an actual Titanic passenger (coincidentally, mine was Quigg Baxter, a 24-year-old from Montreal who was travelling in 1st class). Throughout your journey, you get to discover more about the person who is profiled on your boarding pass; and by the time you reach the end of the permanent exhibit, you find out if they survived the sinking or didn’t.

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through an audition (“They have to know how to serve, too,” he added), and some of his servers have even appeared on “American Idol”. And Mel’s large menu of diner style fare carries the name of a classic 50s rock tune (I went with the delicious “Sixteen Tons chilli burger”, which didn’t leave me another day older and deeper in debt). If you liked what you heard from the singing servers at Mel’s, every table has a small stack of CDs by some of the servers, which are available for purchase (you can find them right beside the condiments).

For more information about visiting Branson, Missouri during Christmas time or any other time of the year, check out the Branson/Lakes Area Convention and Visitors Bureau at: www.explorebranson.com

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