B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31,1981
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Tis time to plan for Christmas
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANCASTER ‘Tis two months
betore Christmas and all through
the Farm and Home Center
squeezed over 900 women deter
mined to .see the annual
Homemaker’s Christmas in Oc
tober program, Monday and
Tuesday.
Everyone except the mice were
stirring in the auditorium as they
worked their way trom gnnger
bread houses to Christmas cookies
to calico wreaths as visions ot
finished, homemade presents
danced in their heads.
The participants had all seated
themselves and were in tor a day
long bout ot tun and education
when what to their wondering eyes
should appear but live excellent
speakers talking on all phases ot
Christmas and the holidays.
They knew in a moment the hrsl
speaker to be Dons Thomas,
.Lancaster County home
economist, who gave the
homemakers a Christmas present
ot cookie, candy and tudge recipes.
According to Thomas, she com
piled a list ot nutritious recipes,
looking for foods that used whole
wheat and nature’s candy dates,
raisins, and nuts.
Find some ot Thomas' recipes
following the story.
The next little elt helping Santa
prepare mothers tor Christmas
was Michelle Rodgers, also a
Lancaster County home
economist. She showed the women
how to coordinate a Christmas
theme using calico material.
This Christmas as you hang stockings for nex * Christmas, and
each member of the family, why not add a gingerbread cookies,
homemade gingerbread family? They'll last till
machine, material, paper, am a gooi
imagination to make almost a!) the gifts above.
According to Rodgers there is no
other ait medium which will allow
you to do all the things you can do
with material: told, paste, pleat,
cut, tear,etc. She also pointed out
that calico is m hetty supplies in
most material stores in the area
this year. Rodgers supplied-the
homemakers with instructions tor
such cratts as putty Christmas
trees, lollipop ornaments and
candlestick holders.
Santa Claus is to Christmas,
so Fatti Hudson is to gingerbread
houses. Hudson/ homemaker,
speaker and workshop teacher,
shared her love and skill in making
gingerbread houses and her
collection ot such With the
audience.
And alter Christmas comes, the
presents are wrapped, and the
decorating finished, it’s tune to
entertain triends. Marcia Wharton
showed the ladies how to speak not
a word (ot panic; but get straight
to their work and entertain with
flare. She urged the homemakers
to use their imaginations' and dig
out old crocks, bowls and con
tainers and decide how they could
use them to add that certam touch
when entertaining.
"You can add that special magic
to Christmas tor others because
children are tascmaled by things
they see so little such as special
bowls and dolls,” she said. In
explanation she spoke ot a jar ot
jewels she remembered as a child
which was nottung more than a
glass jar holding toy necklaces and
trmkets.
The last speaker ot the day was
Gloria Zimmerman, tioral arusi.
Zunmermaa created Christmas
and Thanksgiving scenes tor the
homemakers using vases, tlowers
and fabric.
Several tarm women societies in
Lancaster County were on hand to
show and sell crafts made
throughout the past year.
Nobody letl the Center without a
new idea, and a fresh approach to
Christmas. According to Thomas,
over 3UO women had been turned
away due to lack ot room.
Flans tor a three-day program
next year have been tentatively
discussed.
Nobody left the Center without a
new idea, a tresh approach to
Christmas, and a wish tor a Merry
Christmas to all and to all a happy
two more months till the big event.
HEALTHFUL FUDGE
1 c. honey
1 c. peanut butter
1 c. carob powder
1 c. shelled suntlowerseed
1/2 c. toasted sesame seed
1/2 c. flaked coconut
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. raisms
In large-saucepan heal honey
and peanut butler, stirring con
stantly just till smooth. Kemoye
Irum heat; stir in carob powder.
Mix well. Stir in sunflower seed,
sesame seed, coconut, walnuts,
and raisins. Press into a buttered
UxSx2 inch pan. Chill, covered,
several hours or overnight. Cut
into 1 inch squares. Store m
lelugeialol. (Turn to Page B 21)
next, u
When decorating for Christmas, only the imagination can
stop you. Would you ever have thought of using apples to
create a tree and adding an old doll for an "old fashioned"
Christmas?
A cute idea for entertaining friends at Christmas is to have
small yuletide-decorated boxes full of thoughtful gifts ready to
send home with them. Small tin boxes are great for holding
cookies and fudge.
This sewn creation serves
both as a toy house for the
children and a tissue holder
foryou.
your
What could be easier or
prettier than this cen
terpiece? It’s made simply by
pouring cranberries in a
smoked-glass container and
adding a candle.