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Show itMMitfw '4 Page 14 tEimes-efn- Continued from page 13 Traditionally Yours as you can. In our family we rotate names from the oldest to the youngest so we know who we are giving gifts to each year and this gives us time to make something special for A few gift ideas we have used: Christmas tree... great for grandmothers that person. Wednesday, December 21, 1994 Christmas Supplement s all look forward to delivering our gingerbread houses and the 12 days of Christmas to our special friends. We have many fond memories and good feelings by doing it secretly: There are so many creative geese filled with popcorn; ways to wrap presents. If you socks with gifts in them; Santa start early your family will basket; snowmen filled with enjoy the wrapping as well as popcorn; pin cushion boot; the giving and getting. It is nuts about you; wishing you never enjoyable to be rushed Christmas Eve trying to get all well; 12 days of Christmas 1 do to for this least the at (we try presents wrapped. There no each but is usually year joy in anything when we person do it for more). are rushed! I like to wrap a few packages at the time I make and missionaries, gift boxes out of cards, fill with little gifts (pattern in book); popcorn bowls; recipe holder; happiness jar; money roses; sprite deer; log planter; magnet for fridge; country doll; milk bottle This Season of Wonder May you and yours experience the true nature and spirit of the holiday, this Christmas. Many thanks to all our friends and customers. Mt. Nebo Auto Supply Inc. 205 South Main Nephi, UT -- We night (menu in book). Making a monthly menu is also a family tradition (sample in book). This saves allot of time, worry and money in shopping and preparation. It is great when you dont have to wonder what to fix each night. It also gives the family a greater variety. 4. Ways in which we observe the holiday Traditions are also that link with the past that helps preserve our heritage. Your own unique heritage should be preserved in your family traditions. Allot of our or purchase them and put ancestors came from England them on our Christmas shelf. so some of our traditions have 3. Traditional list of goodies been handed down from genwe make every year. Christ- eration to generation and we mas is never complete without try to incorporate some of all the fun goodies we fix to them in our celebrations. To the people of England we eat. I like to bake at least 1 Christowe until the custom of sending thing every day mas starting December 1st. Christmas greeting cards to Then we have a nice variety of our friends. It first started things to make goodie trays to when people would greet one take to our friends and neigh- another on Christmas mornbors and have some to feed our ing with a hearty Merry Christmas. An English holiday guests. been a has Candy making painter noticed how pleasant tradition for generations in and happy it made everyone. our family. We like to dip He had the idea of painting chocolates, every kind pos- some Christmas cards to send sible. We like Krispie cups and to friends and relatives who Coconut cups. They are so were away. As all of our family live away simple, just put Rice Krispies or toasted coconut in the from us, we enjoy sending melted chocolate left from dip-- greeting cards sometimes in ping chocolates and spoon into the form of family letters. chocolate papers. Nut clusters When Blaine was on his miscan be made in the same way. sion in 1959 he sent a card to Its fun to make some candy his friend who was also in Gerdishes tti hold goodies and to many on a mission! His friend give as gifts. You can fill them turned around and signed and with Meringue Mushrooms. dated the same card and sent Mothers cracker jack popcorn it back. This same card is still is used in our family year being sent back and forth each round for gifts and munching. year at Christmas time. It is We also have the tradition of interesting to see how each a New Years Eve progressive year brings changes as they dinner. We play games and eat have married and had famisomething every hour until lies. As far back as I remember, midnight. Then in between we blow up balloons to fill the its been our family tradition room and pop them at mid to try to be the first to say Heboid tbs Loab of God, wbicb tdlzdb away tbs do of tbs world, John 1:29 Merry Christmas as we greet other family members on Christmas morning. My dad who is quite shy, would really boom forth on this morning, it was hard to beat him. We always enjoy listening to (when I was young) and now watching The Christmas Carol sometime during the holiday. The Yule Log is another English tradition. A huge log, often an oak, was brought in and lit with much celebration. The ashes and charcoal were used during the year to ward off evil and cure cattle diseases. We sometimes like to decorate a log to bum on Christmas Eve. We also make a chocolate Yule log ice cream roll to eat on Christmas Eve along with our traditional clam chowder in bread bowls. Fruit cake and wassail are also English traditions. We like the Hilton version of using grape juice instead of cider to make ours. One of our family traditions is to give each child a special Continued on page 16 May warmth and joy Srcw In abundance throushout the holidays and beyond! and understanding this bofy season. throughout May you be blessed wi3 peace Jenkins Sales & Glenns Garage Service 795 South Main 44 East Center, Nephi, UT Glenn and Peggy Greenhalgh Nephi UT A |