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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. December 24. 2002 - Pare 34 Looking for Christmas crafts --fr- :.; 4 4 for preschoolers? Y V genealogists letter to Santa A . - " coundlmen, school teachers, county clerks and town historians. In the I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary, Montagnard or Here you go! (FeatureSource) - If you're the parent of a three to you're probably already hearing, How many days left until Chriat miw?" Help shorten the wait for your prexchixiler with these Christmas crafts from "The Preschoolers Busy Book ( Meutluwhmnk Press) by Trish KufTner. Melchenick von Steubenhoffmansi or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John Jones or Mary Abbott. r want ancestors who could read and write, had children baptised in rI , 1? 1 V v m f A Christmas Place Mats 'r v'-- JLS. Pour glitter into a shallow dish. Spread glue evenly over a Styrofoam hall and roll it in glitter. Let the ball dry and attach a thread for hanging it on the Christmas tree. still-exta- nt Christmas Tree Picture Paper Plate Wreath - calligraphic inscriptions, and carved voluble and informative inscriptions on their headstones. I want relatives who religiously wrote in the family Bible, journaling every little event and detailing the familial relationship of every visitor. I want relatives who managed to bury their predecessors in established, (and indexed) cemeteries. I want family members who wrote memoirs, who enlisted in the military as officers and who served in strategicallyimportant (and well documented) skirmishes. I want relatives who served as Glitter Balls Cut a hole in the center of a green six-- r plutc. Cut or tear red and green tissue puper into small pieces. Have yoiirchild twistor crumple thepaper into small balls and glue them onto the plute. Add a ribbon bow. de- tailed wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees,) had their photographs taken once a year subse- - rate isinriassframes annotated with Cut upoldgreetingcards, glue the artwork onto a piece of construction paper or light cardboard, and cover it wil h clear contact paper. You can also hnvp your child cut his or her gift wishes from a catalog or magazine und glue them onto paper to make a wish-lis- t place mat. Cut out a Christmas tree from green construction paper. Use a paper hole punch to punch out dots from various colors of construction Kiprr. Glue the dots to the tree for decoration and add sequins or glitter und u star at the top. to school, purchased land, left SPREADING in those them to have arriv years wherein passenger indexed by National Archives, and I want them to have applied for citizenship, and to have done so only in those jurisdictions which have since established indices. 1 want relatives who were patriotic and dubby, who joined every patrimonial society they could find, who kept diaries, and listed all their addresses, who had paint-an- d who ings made of their houses, i dated every piece of paper they touched. I want ancestors whowere wealthy enough to afford, and to keep for generations, the tribal homestead, and who left all the aforementioned pictures and diaries and journals intact in the library. I want ancestors who did not lie, or knew and told the enumerator everything they had, about their birthplace, age, occupation, etc. in every census available, and who lived at the same address throughout their lives, with all their descendants. But moat of all, I want relatives I can FIND!!! HOLIDAY CT IliER These kindergartners from East Elementary sang Christmas songs for the residents of Stewart's Care Center in Roosevelt. Some members of the audience even sang along The special Christmas gift by Anna O. Jenkins As fur as Christmas goes, life holds muny wonderful memories. It all begins with parents, I guess, and my purents loved Christmas. My father was u child huving fun at Christmas time. Early on that important morning we would be awakened by Dad shouting, "Christmas Gift! Christmas Gift! while loudly ringing a cowbell. Thank goodness, he wasnt Scnxigc- - but then, Scrooge didn't huve uny children, did he? That isnt to say my Dad wasn't careful about what was spent on Christmas. In fact, I often think that I remember that about the first of December I would hear Dad saying to Mother, Things are a little tight- - be careful whut you spend this month. But we didn't haveanythingto worry about-could always. depend. pp Santa Claus. There wus always a Christmas Nirty u few days before the big day at the Ward. Kverylxxly went, and there wus u program about the birth of Jesus. I remember that one year Mother lixik the part of Mary, and she lixiked so pretty in a blue shawl over her black hair. A year or so later my Dud hud some responsibility with the program that made it necessary for Mother to take us children alone to the program, und she said we could set him there and all come home together. The Christ-chil- d program went on as usual and we listened to the camls sung hy the choir and the chil we dren, and then the announcement was made that sleigh bells could be heard in the distance. We were all so quiet, waiting to see if it was Santa coming! Sleigh bells rang and got closer and closer still, then out onto the stage bounded Santa Claus with a cowbell in his hand, and a big hearty laugh with his pillow-bell- y shaking, he shouted, "Christmas Gift! "Christmas Gift!, I thought. Nobody I knew said that but my Dad. "Where's Daddy? I asked Mother. "He's coming later, Mother said, and laughing and clapping. "Watch out presents. "Christmas Gift! Santa shouted, as he brought the candy treats from Santa- - hes going to be handing his pack. "Ho, Ho, Ho, he cried. "Have you been a good little girl? "Oh, yes Santa, Ive been good, I answered, while I thought, "You should know I have. Later, when all the goodies had been distributed from Santa's pack, and the jolly man had said, "Good night! Ill see you all on Christmas Eve! Be good little boys and girls! and he had vanished out back to his waiting sleigh and reindeer, and the bells had become fainter in the distance- later, here came Daddy asking if we had enjoyed the program and had we seen Santa Claus? As we al 1 went home together, my hand in Daddys, and Santas words ringing-imy ears- - Christmas Gift! Christmas Gift!-- 1 thought it was a most wonderful Christmas. Words alone can't express how grateful we are, or how blessed we feel to have you for our friends. (chilled With Our Gratitude Thanks for making it all worthwhile. To all our friends and neighbors goes an extra measure of good cheer along with our well wishes Tor a happy and healthy holiday season. It's always a pleasure to serve (ou. Uintah Basin Medical Center 250 West 300 Nort Roosevelt, Utah 435-722-46- 91 Uintah Basin Medical Center250 Pharmacy 300 W. 722-469- N. 1 t P jm- j L - - 4 POP |