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Saturday, December 13, 2014 Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Phone (269) 945-9554 1351 North M-43 Highway • Hastings, MI 49058-0188
elen Altoft doesn’t need to fill her Hastings home with Christmas cookies every season to encourage her family to visit. Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren do that anyway because of her heart that beats the rhythm of love all year round. One Saturday each December, though, even friends will join the Altoft family in baking, decorating and then storing more than 1,300 cookies for the official Altoft family Christmas gathering that usually tops out at more than 70 people in Altoft’s home. Look inside to read more about the Christmas cookie workshop and the remarkable elf who’s keeping alive a family tradition of nearly 20 years.