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Show The Summit County Bee Friday, December 15, 1989 The Meaning of Christmas do on Christmas Eve was to go to church at 11 o'clock at night and celebrate the birth of our Lord JeChristmas is the most wonderful sus. It was always a wonderful time of the year. Temple Square, feeling coming out of church at the stores, the streets all Filled with midnight with the bells ringing to the sights and sounds of the HoliChristmas morning. I would go days. The North Star, Mary and home, go to bed and wake up in the Joseph, the child in a manger, the morning to Santa Claus. Wise Men, Santa Claus on his My father decorated our house sleigh. They are all Christmas for with the old fashioned decorations me. that hung from the ceiling. I used When I was growing up in to love laying on the floor looking Scotland, the first thing I liked to at all the different patterns like they by Dorothy P. Boyer A Special Christmas Present was time to go to the hospital and have a baby. My dad came up and took us to my Grandma Nonna's house. I never woke up during this entire episode. As usual, I started waking up around 4:30 a.m. to go and see the presents the Jolly ol' Elf had left beneath our tree. I woke up and looked around and nothing was familiar. I was in a strange bed. It took me about two hours to get up the courage to get out of bed and go exploring to see if I could figure out where I was. After a tumble down the stairs, I recognized my grandma's front room with her tree there. I ran to the tree and could find nothing with my name on it. I went to grandma's bedroom and woke her up. I was very distressed that nothing was there for me and that I was not at home. After grandma calmed me down, One Christmas I remember well she explained that mom and dad had was in 1978. It was a cold Christwent to the hospital and I had a new mas Eve and I had just gone to brother. Sometimes I look upon sleep. Unbeknowst to me while I this as a very special Christmas and was asleep, my mother decided it other times a Christmas curse. Cherry Cheese Pie Mrs. Claus's! Casserole Makes one pie (9 inch) graham cracker crumb crust or baked pastry shell 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, ch 1 Makes 6 servings 6 slices bacon 4 potatoes, thinly sliced 1 bunch broccoli, trimmed and 4-- softened 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk) 13 cup ReaLemon Lemon Juice from concentrate 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling, flircd 3 carrots, sliced 12 cup celery, sliced 1 med. onion, chopped 1 lb. Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage or Polska Kielbasa, cut into 6 equal portions salt pepper In heavy skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon. Add sliced potatoes, broccoli, carrots, celery and onion to bacon drippings. Fry over medium heaL Salt and pepper to taste. When vegetables are lender place smoked sausage on lop. Heat coveted fur 12 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly heated. Top wreserved bacon, crumbled. ; chilled hi large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until and smooth. Stir in ReaLemon vanilla. Four into prepared crust. Chill 3 hours or until set Top wdesired amount of pie filling before serving. Refrigerate leftovers. were floating from the sky. There were no flocked trees at that time so my dad would take cotton wool and decorate the tree to look like snow. I tried this once, we will not discuss this further. My mother made ginger wine every year. I even now can smell the aroma. The house was cleaned from top to bottom. We feasted on roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables, gravy and Yorkshire pudding. Going shopping in the town with its old cobbled streets then, the weather cold and wet and windy coming in from the Atlantic seems reminiscent now of the old story of the Christmas Carol. These memories I treasure more than ever now. My mother will be 70 years old in December. Happy Birthday mom. My father passed away in May this year, but his spirit warms my heart and I feel his love for me. To my mother and my brother and all families in Scotland and to my sister and family in Florida and to all who read this, may the spirit touch you this season and have a Dickens of a Christmas. all your wishes come true May We extend our wishes for sincere a very joyous holiday season. Thanks for your valued business. Business Family Of UTELITE COUP. Wanship, Utah 84017 336-530- 1 WeWishouA Merry .s Christmas ft Crmdll Ford-Mercu- "Your Summit County Coalville Ford-Mercu- ry Dealer" ry 336-230- 1 3B |