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Show r ftOiwii " I Page 26 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. IVccniNrr J -- V A stocking for Jesus Submitted by Gordon A Michele Willey May our prayers for peace and goodwill add spiritual depth to the celebration of Christmas and may yov and (base close to yon, be blessed with the true meaning of this holiday-Ware truly grateful for your kind friendship and generous Support. Our family has a favorite holiday tradition called the Christ Sock." Each Christinas Eve we gather in the living room to read the Nativity story from Luke II. Then with pen and paper, eschofus writes down sgift we will give to Christ during the coining New Year. Such as mending a relationship, accomplishing goal, being kind to a neighbor, volunteering in the community, etc. Then we put our gifts" into the Christ sock and hang it on the mantle with the net ofour socks. This helps us to remember the true reason for the Christmas season. cuedwe e J&P Saddle 9-7:- 30. 722-917- 0 Submitted by Kathleen Marshall When my husband and I moved to the Uintah Busin, in the 70s, we we res young married couple expecting our first baby. We had only the Christmas traditions of our parents. Wemovwi across the street from Clyde end Edith Grady, who every year had Christmas Story Alex B. Monsen The Christmas I found out Santa Claus doesnt exist was when I waa seven yean old, and very excited for Santa to come this year. While at school one of my fellow students told me Santa didn't exist. I didn't believe him, no not At least I didnt at fint; but the more I thought about it, the more I seems to believe that he didn't exist. For the next week I thought hard on the matter. I researched the matter deeply. I asked adults questions. Like do reindeer fly, read Christmas books, watched movies, but they all told me he did exist Then a plan hit me. I thought it should workTlt could work, it would one-wor- d. Christmas caroling Submitted by LaVon and Linda Andereon Family 5 10-- 5 Every Christmas Eve from about p.m. we go caroling. Each of the children choose some people they would like to go to and then we plan a route trying to include as many of them as possible. We sing one ofthe Christmas Hymns and then while singingWeWishYouaMeny Christmas we present them with cookie or candy nd continue in our way. Upon re turning home we have hot chocojate with a light meal and then read the Christmas story. 3-- 6 Warm Winters1 Christmas eve finally came around. After family and friends had left, and everyone was asleep, I pit our of bed and grabbed my equipment. I walked out into the front room and set my plans to action. I grabbed some strong from my pile of equipment and tied one end to the door ofour wood stove, and tied the other to my open door." 1 then hung bells to my door ao that when Santa came down my chimney, and opened the stove door, it would slam my door shut rattling the bells, and waking ms up. I would then jump out of bed and run into the from room where I'd find Santa and know the truth. Well, I awoke the next morning to find all my presents and goodies, but my strong and bells were all gone. Baffied, I told my parents the whole thing. They simply replied, There is no santa. By Rachel Mitchell What is this? I ran outside Wet, white wonders. Fell from the sky. Pajamas and bare feet, I was only three yean old! How was I to know. That winter was so cold? Yean later I would learn. Snow required boots, And winter needed, Hats and scarfs and suits. Stingingcheeks, Toes with frostbite. Over whelm my thoughts. On bleak winter nights. 1 9 It tAtirtii eP EZirssiEZiBn rx t. .'art Lifeless, rigid, earth. Bare trees powsleep rura, suuainenng white, - . rHldes my cores in snow so deep.-- ' All around is raging. An icy winter storm. But even though its odd outside. My heart is very warm In Anticipation of a Joyous Holiday lfe wish you. a season filled with magic, wonder andgifts of A Christmas By Koaey Fronetn Story In the country of Egypt, nearly 2,000 years ago, there was e man names Sheko, who was a trader that would Car China to trade. One day.as Kas is leaving to go to India and countries surrounding India, he saw a couple approaching: As they got closer, he could see that they had a baby with them and that they were foreigners. Because he was a trader, he knew many languages, and was able to understand their greeting. The man introduced himself es Joseph, and explained that they were looking for place to stay for a few weeks. Sheko, after looking at hie family's possessions, told Joseph that for half of the gold he had, he would be allowed tolive in Sheko'shiaiM as : long aa they needed. When .Joseph asked about finding ajob, Sheko told him that if he would sell his frankincense and myrrh, he would be able to feed his family for at least ten yean. Soon he left, and five years later be came back, finding his house saempty as any other timehe returned froma trading trip. Nearly 28 yean later Sheko was onatndingtripthet tank him through Jerusalem. He wasn't sure what had cause him to remember, but he remembered that family that he let use his house S3 yean ago. He got curious of why they had left so soon, ao be decided to find this family. Soon he found them, and found out they didn't leave very soonjust two weeks before he had come back. When he asked them about their son, they got misty-eye- d and told him that ha was menrisly killed only two days beforo for no reason. This stirred up some feelings in old Sheko, enough that, after he left, whenever he came across some on in need, whether it was a widow with two small children, or an old beggar that hadn't eaten todays, be would showsome compassion, and give these people more money that they would see in a week. And this is what Christmas is about. every kind Thanfyou for your fondness and loyal patronage. 1 10 N. 300 E Roosevelt, Utah My Parents Didn't Care Kobe Sorensen The snow, it was still falling, The Christmas lights were on. The fire was still burning But the happiness was all gone. My spirit had been soaring That evening before. But those dreams had all been dashed When I tiptoed to the bottoms floor All I had wanted was a stereo With lou of new CD's It had a lot of features Including two animated LCDs But all I got that Christmas morn Was a little cassette player I had wanted so much more But my parents just must not cere. aelMruauttjusHi WW md (Arne SY'm eSmtyi Gilley's Carpets a beautifti! lighted Christmas dislate play in front of their home. In the sifcw than more had few homes 70's, lights around their windows and we admired the Grady hone so much as it was special. The Grady's were so kind as they gave us our first outside nativity set to help us get started with outside lighting. So began our tradition of setting up Christmas lights, a nativity set, Santa Claus, reindeer, etc. everyyear. Each year my husband would come horns after work to begin setting up lights in the dark. Ladders of various sizes were bought, blowing fuses, making holes in the roof from Santa falling down during storms, trips to the store for mors lights, more connection cord, fuses, spot lights that exploded in the snow, boards to supthe angels that too continued to iver, and all the disasters began that befall having a lighting display. As the years went by my husband added Lights to each window, each tree, with the constant complaint, Why am I doing this again? Did you see our light bill?" The last ten years, my husband haseqjoyedwatclihingall the homes in the area put up their own lights with striking displays. He says, it means he can put up less. The Basin truly has become a remarkably brilliant place at Christ mas time, a delight for young and old. Another tradition of our family is cutting ourown tree. Unlike the trees ofOregon or Washington which grow straight and bushy, the Basin's trees have there own unique shape. Here the family has to hike in after plowing through the snowy roods in a truck. When the right tree is picked and hacked down and carted tothe truck, the real work begins. It is the women and children's job to jump in the bar k of the truck and try and pull the seemingly 500 pound tree in while dad lifts the trunk. Limbs snap, chil- dren get stuck underneath but fi- nally the tore is wedged in Once the tree is squeezed in toour double front dons, my husband goes to work. The tree, which looked so shot in the woods is always too talL Sawing the trunk off in the living room floor becomes the next order of business. When the tree is the right height, the many holes in the tore ere checked and the discarded limbs are then wired to the tore. Next comes the hammering the tree stand to the floor and balancing it correct with book and boards.Then comes fishing line, anchoring the tree to the ceiling so it will stand straight. A large tree skirl v placed around the tree to cover the books and boards balancing the tree. After the fishing line is checked and carefully put on through the fishing line. Now the children can decorate the tree while their dad exhaustedly takes a long needed nap. TradiUon.yce, we have followed this routine for twenty years. K work. E. US Hwy 40 722-216- Lights and Trees Christmas Tradition contest winners kHstmastime Main Street in Roosevelt Mon-F- ri Sat. 1 t 1?2QM fK Slessings mu T Stfff teStftrrnce Robison Construction West Hwy 40 722-91- 85 722-376- 8 Another Christmas And wed like to say thanks for helping to keep us on a roll! With best wishes fora merry season. Dans Tire Service West Highway 40, Roosevelt 722-504- 5 Stewarts 722-565- 0 Am Hardware 722-051- Inteani RadioShack. 722-595- 0 0 Wcs Hwv40 Roosevelt |