Show Little Prune People From the South of Germany comes a centuries-old custom of making Prune for Christmas decorating and Legend has it that the appearance of these in the home during the holiday season will bring good luck and good harvest during the coming They take on characterizations of people of all ages and including St. Nicholas If Dad has some heavy wire and some scraps of plywood in his and if fruits and nuts are on hand they usually are at almost any family could make some little prune this For groups or planned or impromptu the creation of prune people could be an enjoyable Christmas Day Most people will quickly come up with their own ideas for prune characters they would like to The characterizations are limited only by the imagination and the materials that can be Traditional materials used to create heavy picture dried figs and un-shelled quarter-inch plywood scraps or wood scraps from small scraps of Christmas glue and a little To make prune follow these Cut a three-inch wooden Make two holes one inch apart in center of base and cover with paper or Cut wire long and put each end through holes in bottom of The base will now stand with wire perpendicular and ready to string on nuts or Punch hole through two Brazil nuts and string wire through holes to form fret and glue nuts to wooden String two or three prunes on each wire for Then twist two strands of wire around each other to form one strand so that body can be made from prunes or figs or six figs or two or three Twist strands of wire again to hold torso in place at Then separate wires and bend down Make arms of adding raisins for cuffs or snip off extra wire and bend into loop to hold fruit In For the make small hole in end of walnut and insert short piece of wire in walnut just far enough to hold head in using balance of wire to wrap around wire that forms body of With scraps of thumb small balls of foil or raisins and a little creative dress the little prune OF In Christmas Eve is often called the Night of This name is based on the still of baking special Christmas Eve cakes spiced with caraway |