On the photo it said Christmas, 1967
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Correspondence from Uncle Felix and Aunt Carol (part 4)
[As always, if anyone wants to type out the text, that would be much appreciated]
Correspondence from Uncle Felix and Aunt Carol (part 3)
[Transcription services would be most welcome]
Things I Remember Fondly… by Aunt Sis (part 6)
Christmas at Honey Creek Immanuel Church was the best and took quite an effort. Adolph’s cousin Mary and Leona told us there was candy and peanuts and oranges there for all school children so we were eager to get there. The tree was a tremendous size and beautifully trimmed. It was lighted with real candles, when I smell wax burning it still takes me back all those years. The Immanuel school children sang all the pretty carols, and the service was in English and we got to hear the story of the birth of our Savior from sin. “Momma and Daddy used, THE STICK often, so we knew about Sin.” The ride to church, 8 miles by horse and buggy seemed forever, except coming home the sky was full of dazzling stars and it was so cold we covered with Adolph’s heavy lap robe to keep warm. We had our goodies in our arms and listened to the horses shoes hit the flint stone rocks on the road, and the sparks were as pretty as the stars in the sky.
Grandma’s Hickory Nut Tea Cake Cookie Redux
There should be a special category for “things that Lloyd should have put on the website months ago, but never got around to”. I don’t know if everyone saw the link that Julie Baker posted to their successful recreation of Grandma’s Hickory Nut Tea Cake Cookies. If you didn’t, here it is:
You can also see the whole Christmas Cookie Extravaganza by clicking on the photo gallery below (you probably have to have a Facebook account for the link to work).
Aunt Cleo’s Christmas Letter
Julie sent this to me a while ago. I was waiting until I received some more before starting to post them, but maybe that’s not the best thing to do. Maybe seeing a couple will get other families excited about sharing what they have been doing for the last 12 months.
I should probably point out that Julie really went above and beyond the call of duty here, and although you’re welcome to send in anything that you like, we are all thrilled to just know what you are up to. Anything else is just icing on the cake.