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In your opinion SECTION A THE HERALD Tuesday December IMt Page Lots of socks only one toy for Christmas MAWSSA FOWLER I would like a Cabb age Patch doll CLARK A Care Bear a Cabb age Patch kid film for my camera A telephone for my room A coleco vision Zxx- cartridge New Call fomia light pads for my BMXblke Christina was less commercial and more of a family celebration say some of the older members of the com munity Caught chatting about past Chrlatmues Fri day were Coffee Con versation Books CBC members Ron Stevens 70 Bob Barber Aileen Douglas and The four were sharing their Christmastime exper iences with one another in the library When I was a young in England Christ mas was much more of a home affair and one spent a lot of lime preparing for it because there wasnt the money to buy he decorations Mr Stevens said Ive a feeling that because we participated In it we enjoyed it more Boxing day was the day for visiting grand mothers and those who werent able to travel with the object of deliv ering Christmas boxes to them Mr Stevens said In England wed eat and plum pud dingontheth In those days it was the only he said The mince pies and Christmas pudding were ail homemade There was no bought stuff because people just didnt have the money In those days to go out and buy Christ mas fare Mr Barbers dad used to carve the turkey for Christmas dinner By the time he was ready to eat his dinner the first fed of eight children would be back for se conds Mr Barber laughed 1 used to look for ward to Christmas Every one of us eight children would put our own slocking on the wooden strip along the Mr Bar ber recalled I think we were the earliest ones down to our gifts of the whole neighbor hood Right at the toe of his stocking would be an orange he said You got oranges nuts and raisins and you were expected to put all back in the fruit bowl after Mr Stevens laughed They were Just stocking The presents Santa brought were much more practical than those children receive nowadays The economic lions were such that presents were more of a practical nature In the form of socks than In the nature of electronic games Mr Stevens said Nevertheless child ren used to write their messages to Santa set It on fire and let It blow up the chimney That way they were sure he got it They were also expect ed to put out cookies and a glass of wine for Santa Mr Stevens said There was always one toy for each child at Ratals home I was bom In 1924 We werent desperately poor but we were pract ical she said My baby brother practical refused to open a present If it a toy because he knew hed be getting a lot of socks At Mrs Haitis home the Christmas tree didnt go up until after all the little ones had gone to bed Christmas Eve It was Just like magic the next morn ing The Christmas tree was there all decor ated and the toys were underneath she said One Christmas after noon Mrs led how shed been visit ing her Aunt Maggie who lived on a farm on the outskirts of when Santa drove up In a horse and cutter and because he was going too fast he rolled out I remember a steam engine I got with a long chimney and belts and a boiler You put water In the boiler and you heat ed it with solidified fuel Mr Barber recal led As woo as the steam came out on top you knew you could start the engine It was always a fresh Christmas tree that went right up lo the celling at Mr Barbers home We had a ritual Christmas Eve he said My dad would decorate the tree He was always very metic ulous We didnt have lights In those days We had candles that pinch ed onto the tree branch- The right slice for turkey dinner By CHRIS AAOAARD Herald Sun Writer Knives In hand theres a right way and a wrong way to approach a Christmas turkey basking In Its own succulent steam on the dining room table Paul Brien knows he owns OBrien Meats a butcher grocery shop on Actons Mill Street Here with a few deft strokes of his knife he turns unwieldy carcass es Into dinner table sculptures and he Is particularly busy filling orders for the holiday season So theres no question about who handles the carving in OBrien household I remove the leg section first he told The Herald recently while addressing a haunch with a filet knife I slice down to the drumstick out the dark meat first For the rest of the bird he follows a simple rule of thumb TOP DOWN He carves the succul ent white meat of the breast slicing in a smooth downward stroke from the neck of the bird towards the legs Todays turkeys be said about cook themselBl requiring little attention while In the oven People setting out to cook heir first bird must remember to take out the little bag of giblets the neck heart and liver before stuffing the turkey and popping it in the oven Depending on whether the bird is or fresh the bag may be at the neck or at the rear of the cavity near the legs They can be saved to make stock gravy or added to the stuffing The stuffing or dress ing should be taken out of the bird once its ready to serve Mr OBrien advised Left in the cavity too long it can pick up an odor and give an offensive taste to the meat Mr OBrien has noti ced that another sort of turkey dinner slightly less traditional but favored by couples and who arent feed- a large family Its a boneless turkey roast with the white and dark meat roller together Turkey isnt the only thing people tuck Into at the Yule able Mr OBrien has noticed lately lhat almost SO per cent of his customers are asking or or cubed pork or beef and sometimes veal Theyre among the Ingredients found in tor- a an spicy meat pie which the OBrien ami ly also happens to enjoy at Christmas as well Families maintaining ethnic traditions enjoy duck goose or Iamb over the holidays A fatter bird than the turkey a cooking goose needs to be drained periodically Acton butcher Paul OBrien says there are many other foods betides turkey which make their own special contribution to holiday dining Bat If youre dedicated tradition turkey should be prepared and carved properly THE MANY 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