1 '.in I r f I f - , i- , 11 '' ' j ? -J ! ; 7 i . v v: .1 . I ,, ..: j '.yTy. , ,; .j : lV f V i ' i i j i ) r, ' - f I . V, Cv 7L"' i i . ! i s V " KAYTASSAINER and her sister Ann Larsen ended the riddle of i who was sending the gifts on Christmas Day when Ann's i' daughter Rachel delivered the twelfth ornament, the drummer and sang "The 12 Days of Christmas" to Kay. hisfer gives gift of j!2 days of Christmas J Surprises are a part of Christmas, i J iilMs year Ann Larsen surprised her I J iiler Kay Tassainer for 12 days. Ann began making stuffed felt tree j naments in October depicting the 12 j its of Christmas from the song, Kjnning with a partridge in a pear I She had an ornament delivered to l ii) each day for 12 days, each one by a IJftrent person who sang the verse j t went with the ornament. "If they wouldn't sing, I wouldn't let an take it to her," Ann said. "But MPle. as busy as they were, were i ally willing to do it and were excited j at it." k Inner suspected Ann," Kay said. I Isriew how busy she was. She made j 'own decorations and a three-story Jprbread house, so I just thought it J we a girl friend who was doing it. ;leven called Ann and told her about 3Ml "ling that was happening and 'Sifts I was getting," Kay added. "I j myself singing the song to figure "hat I'd get the next day!" j to commented, "The fun part was I "8 it and watching her go a little During the 12 days, Kay and her husband went to'Las Vegas' for four " days. But that didn't stop the ornaments or-naments from being delivered. Ann just arranged for the couple who accompanied ac-companied them to deliver them while on the trip. "The treat of it all was the last day," Kay said. "I had the family here for Christmas, and Ann's three-year-old daughter Rachel had a surprise for me. So I shut my eyes and she put the drummer in my hand and sang the whole song." Now the drummer as well as a piper, a lord leaping, a lady dancing, a maid milking, a swan swimming, a goose-a-laying, five golden rings, a calling bird, a French hen,' a turtle dove and a partridge decorate Kay's Christmas tree, and will remind her each year of the 12 days of surprise her sister planned for her. "Christmas is a time for expressing our feelings," Kay said. "I thought it was nice that we could share our feelings of love and that my sister did something special like this to show how much she loves me." , V .tX 1 I i , - Si . ; ! , ; ft i JhE,LADlES DANCING. ..As the ornaments continued to arrive I h daV, Kay decorated her tree and tried to remember the j well enough to guess what would be next. J - -v. -vet st.- .r'-'.''T. fur"" . ""I ; T I, ' .;,-'- j - V?1i i7 K r X - V"; 1 , -v ; - ' , ' r'i.T;"i r - ., - L ' ' AND A PARTRIDGE in a pear tree...the first gift Ann Larsen surprised her sister Kay with was this stuffed felt ornament.