"Cat's Meow Jazz & Blues JIXAXJLJI XXJI EASE the stress of FINALS. Be our guest for one FREE TAN at SUNSHOWER f on campus Good for Dec 7. 8 & 9 ★ Call for Appointment ★ Please bring photo ID with this Coupon Gifts from Afar :i: I lousewares & Homo (Decor * Gourmet Cookware * Glassware & Dinnerware * f ashion AccessoriesJ^r^th & Body Care * Unique Stocking Stutters jCtk Seasonal Gifts for Natural Home* ami Garden* 5th A Olive. Eugene - Always Free Parking Holiday Hours : 9am * 8pm Fri. & Sat. I Home & Gift Store : 344-6357 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT for every member of your OR! CiON family The Idtest, greatest original designs not available anywhere else. Give a gift that will be apprec iated and used!! u u i Pre-Christmas SALE 20% OFF on all non-custom OREGON & DUCK Designs We also carry U of O mugs, shot glasses, buttons, pennants, stationery, decals, hats. T's. tanks, embroidery...the selec tion is inaudible! CAMPUS COWK'I ION (next to the Dairv Queen) 344-3439 I U 5 A R Movies part of season By Christopher Blair Emerald News Editor Whether they use Christ mas as merely a setting or as their reason tor being several movies have become an inte gral part of the holiday sea son Most tilm critics either give it four stars or have it on their ten greatest movies of all time lists Frank Kapra's 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart Donna Reed and Lionel Barry more Most of the movie does take place at Christmas, but the movie's what it I hadn't been born?' romp at the end is a fascinating bit of storytelling, and the ending is enough to put even a satanist in the holi day spirit One of the few Christmas movies that is as good as It's a Wonderful Life - and prob ably the only one that gets played more often between Thanksgiving and the end of December is Miracle on .lath Street starring Maureen O'Hara. an eight-year old Nat alie Wood, and Edmund Gwen as Santa Claus For literature buffs any of the- ten or so movies based on Charles Dickens holiday ghost story A Christmas Carol n should be ,i staple of holiday video rental Two. one made in 1938 and the other in 1951 with Alastair Simm in the title role, are regarded by many as the best Another classic is The Bish op s Wile (194 7). starring Cary Grant as a angel who helps Loretta Young and David Niv en raise money to build a new church A newei movie 1983's A Christmas Story, is a hilarious look at the splashy, some times tacky, holiday Christ mas has become The nostal gic Norman Rockwell-esque look at the holiday can be de fined as a family film, but that doesn't keep it from being funny Every year, the airwaves are swamped with an annoying assortment of kiddie Christ mas cartoons Only one. Dr Seuss How the Grmch Stole Christmas, is worth the time of kids over the age of 18 The dastardly Grmch, star ring the voice of Boris Karloff, is the ultimate Scrooge and the real meaning of Christ mas message at the end is pleasant without being syr upy All of these films are cur rently on heavy rotation on television, especially on ca ble If not they are available at your local video store. n HAPPY HOLIDAYS UO STUDENTS Gift Savings € t.K 20% OFF .\J 30% OFF All Bags in Stock All Riding Shorts Numerous Accessories Available Up to $175.00 OFF on 1988 1989 bikes. Gifts for the whole family • CYCLE-3111 > REPAIRS & CYCLES (J The MOUNTAIN BIKE PEOPLE 18th & Chambers Next to Dari Mart 10am to 6pnr Mon Fri 10am to 5pm Sat 687 0288 For the perfect gift There's no place like Eugene's Flower Home for the holidays. We will help you select, gift wrap, and deliver Christmas flowers and plants, plush an imals, mugs, c andles, and many gift items. £ ugm's f to wit Mom THF UNIVERSITY FLORIST ^ 610 E. 13th Ave 485-3655