In 1973 while working in Gander with the Federal government, my wife (Newfoundland born) and our 20 month old daughter left Gander at 4PM on Christmas Eve en route to St. John's to spend the Christmas holidays with friends. At the time the weather in Gander was fine. However, by the time we reached Gambo it was starting to snow. When we reached Port Blandford, we were in a blizzard. We were about 10 kilometres past Clarenville when the windshield wipers on our 1972 Ford Fairline completely stopped. The first motorist heading west stopped. He told us that he would drive extremely slow, and for us to follow his taillights. When my windshield filled up with snow, blink my headlights and he would stop. This I did 4 or 5 times while en route back to Clarenville. We were extremely grateful to this motorist for being so helpful. When we arrived at the Holiday Inn around 8PM there were 7 or 8 other families checking in due to the blizzard at the time. Naturally, since it was Christmas Eve, there was only one desk clerk on duty. Santa Claus will always find the children, an the next morning around 5AM the halls and rooms came alive with the sound of happy children as Santa had arrived during the night. Christmas morning was sunny and beautiful. When we cleaned the snow off our car, I started the motor, turned on the wipers, and they were working perfectly, and did so for the next 2 years while we had that car. En route to St. John's we noticed several abandoned vehicles, and vehicles off the road. If our windshield wipers didn't stop the night before that could have been us. We feel there was some divine intervention from above on Christmas Eve. Happy holidays. Vince and Mary Gillis Bible Hill, NS   Submitted By: NULL