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• Issue 10, December 1999 • Volume 23 •

Linksmų Šv. Kalėdų!

Merry Christmas!

• Issue 10, December 1999 • Volume 23 •

The Gift to Lithuania Conference

  • An Overview by Jeanne Dorr
  • Discussion Group Results by Jūratė Budrienė
  • A Child’s Gate to Learning by Ramunė Kubilius

America’s humanitarian groups to Lithuania have an opportunity to meet and discuss their future needs and plans.

A Wintry Vacation at a Lithuanian Country House

Ramona Gonski
A couple experiences Lithuania in the countryside.

A Lithuanian Club is Born

Aldona Miller Kelly
Lithuanians find each other to extend a helping hand.

Our Colorful Past

From The Lithuanian Citizens' Society Newsletter
Newsletter readers write about the stories passed on to the next generation.

A Sentimental Journey

Kay A. Yankoski
Visiting the old neighborhood to refresh the soul and memories.

There Shines a Star

Rasa Ardys-Juška
Among the holiday traditions, Christmas hymns elicit special sentiment.

A Holiday Thank You 
BRIDGES Staff To you from us.

Departments. . .

PERSPECTIVES
REFLECTIONS

From Christmas to the Millenium
Sr. Margarita Bareikaitė

A Santa in Disguise

To shore up the government's money-saving drive, Lithuania’s President Valdas Adamkus announced that he would do his job for free during the Christmas week.

He also encouraged the presidency’s staff members to bolster the campaign as much as they could — either to go without a quarter of December’s salary or take an unpaid vacation during the holiday season.

Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius has emphasized the freewill nature of the government call, explaining that the campaign would involve only those civil servants whose salary exceeded the monthly average.

A week's solidarity holiday would allow the national budget to save around eight million litas. u 

 

On the cover:
This illustration by K. Šimunis can be found in the “First Reader” for Lithuanian children entitled Kregždutė (The Swallow), edited by A. Rinkūnas, published by Žiburiai Publishing Company in Toronto, Canada in 1956. It appears above a short reading about meals served for the Christmas Eve (Kūčių) dinner.

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