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Show DECEMBER 22, 1982 iJ.m Family Includes Ancestors And Posterity 2T j.i ..m Freservm Family Holiday Traditions Our minds naturally tend to focus on families during the Christmas and New Year's holidays when families spend more time together. Thoughts about the sigmfi. cuncc of families are also prevalent during this time. ACCORDING to Dr. Glen Jenson, the department head of Family and Human Development at Utah Stale University, "family," in the true sense of the word, is far larger than parents and children. Properly envisioned, the family signifies many and forward to the yet unborn posterity, Jenson says. 4. VISIT, write or telephone your Forget the jokes and tell them thank for something nice they have done, 5. Write a letter of appreciation to your spouse and children -- even if you are currently living with them. A letter from a family member delivered through the mail will probably be one of the best 20 cent bargains available during the Christmas holidays. time-wor- n 6. BURY A family lime capsule in the back yard. Enclose written messages from immediate family members with sonic current photos. Set a time, perhaps year from now. when you can assemble to open the capsule. 7. Plan a family vacation during the holiday. Don't spend lots of time planning or traveling, but rather just spend the day visiting significant places in your city. 3-- 5 1 HF FAMILY specialist gives these 10 suggestions to foster a sense of family during the holiday season: 1. Contact all your living family members, including grandparents and grandchildren. If you can't contact them face to face, schedule time for letters or rhonc calls. Happiness, instead of many presents, is what the Buckley Christmas is all alioui. Memories Keep You Together By DO.NET A GATHERUM CLEARFIELD "Work together as a family to establish memories and traditions that will keep you together through good times and through bad times" is the philosophy Debbie Buckley and her husband, Danny established more than nine years ago when they were first married. WHEN THE Buckleys first got married they decided they wanted to raise a large family. After the first two girls were born, they thought seriously about the Christmas practices many people have. "We decided if we had a large namily, they couldn't have enormous numbers of presents at Christmas time. We wouldn't be able to afford them and besides, it isn't wise to teach children the can have everything they want and more," says Debbie. This belief was the beginning of the first Christmas tradition established in the Buckley home. The five children, Eden, age 8; Jacy, age 7; Sarah, age 6; Haley, age 3 and Kelsey, age 2, have all been told the story of Santa Claus. They enjoy visiting with Santa at school, church functions and in retail stores. Near Christmas time an uncle dresses like Santa and comes to visit the Buckley girls. These children love Santa Clausand the giving spirit he represents as much as any other children. DEBBIE and Danny do explain to their children that the presents they receive come from Mother and Father. Each child is asked to write down the three gifts they want most to receive. The choice is made by the parents for the younger children. These three gifts represent the three gifts the baby Jesus received from the Three Wise Men. The girls love the excitement of deciding what they really want and they appreciate the effort their parents make to give them the things they desire.. Early in December the Buckley family members draw names of family members. The special person whose name is drawn is treated with extra kindnesses all during the month of December. On Christmas the family exchange gifts buying only for the one person whose name was drawn by the individual. THROUGHOUT the year, Debbie buys books for her children. On Christmas eve these are wrapped into separate packages, one for each child. If a child wakes up with excitement very early Christmas morning, she can unwrap the book parcel and read books until she falls asleep or until 6 oclock, the time set to officially get up. Gingerbread houses are made by Debbie and decorated individually by each child. The girls that are attending school take their gingerbread house to school and all members of the class eat it. EVEN THE smallest child can stick the house parts a little together and decorate their own house, with just bit of help. The gingerbread recipe Debbie uses is as follows: GINGERBREAD HOUSE gift-givi- cup shortening cup brown sugar 'A cup molasses 1 egg 2 'A cup sifted 2 tsp. soda Vz tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cinnamon Vz tsp. cloves 3A 1 pants from Deseret Industries at very reasonable prices. These are cut down to fit her young children. The material in most of these used clothing articles is very good. Patterns for childrens clothing can easily be fitted onto the larger clothing items. THIS FALL, Debbie was able to provide her three children that attend school with 15 outfits each for a total cost of less than $10. Debbie loves plaques with clever and wise sayings inscribed on them. She jokingly says her friends come to visit so they can read her walls. One favorite motto shows two large feet and carries the inscription "Think Giant Thoughts." POSITIVE THINKING must be one major characteristic in Debbie Buckleys make-uShe has the ability to face reality without complaining and to make the best of her situation. Debbie was bom in Illinois. As a small child, she moved with her family to Denver, Colo. She met Danny Buckley, a native of Ogden who was stationed at Lowery Field near Denver, in a Sunday School class. DANNY HAD decided to make the USAF a career because he wanted to travel. After the couple was married, Danny received an assignment with the Air Force to Hill Field. This was nine years ago. Other Air Force people have been transferred to many remote places in the world. Danny spent his nine-yeAir Force career at Hill. IN JULY of 1982, Danny was given a medical retirement from the Air Force when it was discovered that he had cancer. Although Danny has undergone the best treatments available, doctors are not optimistic about his condition. Debbie also faces a future of health crisis with her daughter, Sarah. Three years ago, this child was diagnosed as having leukemia. Debbie is positive about Sarahs condition. For the past eight weeks, she has been off medication. Many wonderful things are being done for leukemia victims. BECAUSE OF her husbands condition and the health problems facing Sarah, Christmas 1982 must be a time for the Buckley family, especialmemory-buildin- g ly the children. The beautifully decorated tree that stands in the Buckley living room combines many secular traditions with the deep religious meaning Christians celebrate each December 25th. Homemade ornaments including clothespin reindeer, foam balls covered with material to y resemble suckers, childrens contributions made in school and special expensive decorative balls, one for each year the Buckleys have been married are all used for decorations. UNDERNEATH the tree sits a neat row of Raggedy stuffed dolls made carefully for each Buckley girl. Over to one side is a manger scene. The background for the setting is a large poster with the Christmas story from the Bible printed on it. The poster is illustrated by the older Buckley children. Later on a doll will be carefully wrapped by the children in swaddling clothes (tom sheets) and laid in a small manger box filled with straw to remind the family of the most important Christmas p. ar all-da- gift. flour When Debbie cooks goodies for Christmas she chooses recipes that can be made in part by her chilf. dren. The carmels Debbie claims is If you let the syrup get too hot the mistake is corrected by adding one additional cup of cream at the end of the cooking process. Carmels are soft. They are by family members and friends. fool-proo- well-receiv- CREAM TOGETHER the first four ingredients until into molasses fluffy. Sift together dry ingredients; stir in Roll granulated sugar. mixture. Form in small balls. Roll out and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake in bemoderate oven (375) for 10 minutes. Cool slightly fore cutting into shapes. When making gingerbread for for in the bouses, add a little more flour than is called better. works A stiller dough ecipe. Debbie Buckley is a young, energetic homemaker. She has made many decopage pictures and plaques ncluding some collages of her favorite family photos. STITCHER Y IS one of Debbies special crafts. Clev-- r d pictures are dis sayings and beautiful home. her layed throughout Debbie claims she didnt like to sew when she was she lending school. After her first child was bom, d purch-;eShe hasnt the for baby. ;cided to try sewing since children for her or tops any dresses, pants it first girl, Eden, was six months old. hand-stitche- ONE ROOM in the Buckley home is premanently set as Debbies sewing room. Danny has made shelf iace and counter tops plentiful so Debbie can work, without cleaning up op and come back to her project them away. ings and putting De-i- e Making clothes over is one way to save money, and sweaters believes. She purchases adult sized GRANDMA JOYCES HEAVENLY CARMELS 2 cubes butter 2 cups sugar 2 cup light com syrup 2 cups cream dash salt PUT ALL ingredients except 1 cup cream into a pan. Bring to a soft boil (232) and boil for 30 minutes. Add reserved cup of cream. Bring back up to 232 degrees and remove from heat quickly. Pour into a buttered pan and let it set overnight. Cut and wrap in waxed paper. Peanut butter balls are easy to make. They taste like Butterfinger bars. PEANUT BUTTER BALLS cup margarine 2 cups chunky peanut butter 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar Vz PUT IN pan and mix over low heat. Pour in Vz cups Rice Krispies. Cool so the mixture wont bum your hands. Shape into small balls and roll into melted dipping chocolate or almond bark. Place on waxed paper. Debbie says the children enjoy rolling the ingredients in the melted chocolate. 2. SELECT an ancestor who somehow made a meaningful contribution to your life. Compile information about that individual to share with other family members, 3. Hold an "I remember when" session during the holidays wiih as many of your extended family members present as possible. Recall significant events in your family's history. 8. SAY SOMETHING positive to those you live with each day during the holidays. 9. Select one of your children or spouses most undersirable characteristics and forget it for at least a week. 10. IF YOU are a grandparent, choose as many grandchildren as time w ill allow and spend 15 minutes doing something with them that they enjoy. |