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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, December 22,1993 11 ^ (#€£ <-M'l ;. Tasty Christmas Cookies Christmas Stories from Knox School Christmas cookies to use as tree ornaments The Pennsylvania Germans, who introduced the first Christmas tree in America in 1747, have a tradition of making Christmas cookies in a variety variety of patterns. Here are some variations variations to use as ornaments: Edible Cookies to Hang leup butter, softened leup sugar 3eggs, beaten l/3cup brandy 1 teaspoon mace 4cups flour Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, brandy, and mace. Add sifted flour and work dough until smooth. Shape into a roll, wrap in plastic wrap or foil, and chill thoroughly. Working on a lightly floured surface, surface, roll dough out to 1/16-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with colored sugar. sugar. Use a toothpick to make a hole near the top of the cookie for inserting inserting string after baking. Bake at 375 until golden, 8 to 9 minutes. Makes about four dozen cookies. Nonediblc cookies to Hang leup salt 4cups flour 1 l/2cups water Mix salt and flour. Add water slowly. Knead for 10 minutes. Roll out to little more than 1/8-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Use a toothpick to make a hole at the lop of the cookie for inserting inserting string after baking. Bake at 275 for 1 1/2 hours or longer -- cookies should be hard. Store in a cool, dry place from year to year. MARZIPAN STRAWBERRIES "Take a pound of Jordan Almonds, Almonds, blanch them and beat them in a Marble Mortar very fine; then put to them three Quarters of a Pound of double-refm'd Sugar, and beat with them a few Drops of Orange-flower Water; beat all together together till 'tis a very good Paste, then roll it into what Shape you please; dust a little fine Sugar under it as you roll it to keep it from sticking." sticking." Ingredients 3 3-ounce packages of strawberry-flavored gelatin Ismail can flaked coconut leup pecans, finely chopped lean sweetened condensed milk Red granulated sugar Slivered almonds Green food coloring Mix gelatin, coconut, pecans and condensed milk together and refrigerate refrigerate for 24 hours. Form into strawberry strawberry shapes about 1 1/4 inches long. Do all of the shaping and then roll each one in red sugar. To make strawberry leaves, soak almonds in green food coloring. Separate slivers slivers to dry. Insert two slivers into the top of each strawberry. Makes about five dozen confections. From Yuletide at Winterthur: Tastes and Visions of the Season (Winterthur Museum). Christmas Jesus loves Jesus love you We like to get together Jesus is special to us. by Stephen Gr. 2 Knox C.S. Christmas Jesus loves I love Christinas We give to others. You get lots of presents By Ryan Gr. 2 Knox C.S. Christmas Jesus loves, Jesus is nice, I love Jesus too, I love Jesus too much. By Holly Gr. 2 Knox C.S. What I am Looking Forward Too!! I am looking forward to buying Christmas presents for the poor. At my church there is a big Christmas tree with lots of paper angels hanging. hanging. On the angels it says teenage girl, or teenage boy or baby girl or baby boy or toddler or even woman or man. You can pick some and bring it to the ladies at the table beside the tree. They will give you a paper for each angel. On that paper it will tell you what to buy for them. It will suggest you buy them socks, toothpaste, toothbrush, toothbrush, pencils, pens, paper, candies and other sorts. Then when you buy all what it says on the paper you put the gifts in a box and wrap it. The next Sunday when you go to church you put the present under the tree. Wien most of the angels are' taken the missionaries will take the presents to the poor. By: Erica Gr. 4 Knox C.S. Christmas Jesus Christ I love you I love you Jesus Have a Happy New Year by Rachel Gr. 2 Knox C.S. Christmas Jesus Christ Jesus was bom Jesus is so special Jesus is so so special By Nicole Gr. 2 Knox C.S. Christmas is fun, Christmas is fun, I like Christmas, I like the presents Sent from God above I like spending time with my family family on Christinas The End By Jeffrey & John Gr. 2 Knox C.S. A Christmas Poem T'was that night so long ago, and now it's Christmas day, When Jesus Christ was bom, and bundled up in the hay. A star shone bright through the rafters into the manger where he lay, But still, hardly anyone came. When the wisemen saw this great star, their jaws dropped in awe, They loaded up their gold and silver silver not knowing a reason why. Then the shepherds and the sheep also saw, and walked until their feet were raw, But, even though Jesus was a man, he then later died on the cross which would have been a great pain, He took away our years of sin. By: Jorin Gr. 7 Knox C.S. Hi! I'm Mary and a marvelous thing happened to me last week. Well, I was pregnant and my ruler told me and Joseph, my husband, to go to Bethlehem. So we packed up and we traveled very far. So Joseph said to an innkeeper, "Do you have a room for us? My wife is going to have a baby." But the innkeeper said, "Go! My inn if full." So me and Joseph Joseph kept doing this, but every answer answer was "No." Finally, someone gave us a stable and I had a baby boy that very night and God told us to call him Jesus. God told us that baby Jesus was his son. People from everywhere everywhere came to to sec Jesus. Three wise men were studying the sky when they saw a big star. One of the wisemen said, "I did not sec that star yesterday." So they followed it. (Remember (Remember I don't know that they're following the star). After two years me and Joseph were living in a nice house. We were an ordinary family until we heard a knock on the door. It was the Three wisemen. They came to give baby Jesus Jesus gold and riches. The first wise- man gave him gold. The second wiseman gave his frankincense. The third wiseman gave baby Jesus Jesus myrrh. By Leah The End. Q r j Knox C.S. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Jack and Alice Burgess and Sons of JACK BURGESS Plumbing and Heating Hamoton ••• 263-2151 nnnnrinnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnnririmnr^^ We value the friendships we've built with customers like you. Hope you all have a happy holiday! I OLD FflSfflOIiED We'd travel any distance to wish you all a very merry Christmas season. 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