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In this issue EDITOR’S MESSAGE 4 Steeped in tradition
CONTEST CORNER 5 Christmas story contest winner 8 Christmas card contest winner 10 Recipe contest winner DIY CHRISTMAS PROJECTS 12 Scrapbooking the season 16 Packaged with care 20 That’s a wrap 22 Get festive with felt ornaments 26 Christmas cards on display 30 Decking your halls 32 Find the joy in giving meaningful gifts KEEPING UP TRADITIONS 34 Gift of giving back 36 Sharing Christmas memories 38 More than just a face 39 Rooted in tree traditions 40 Meet the angels of Rose Blanche 42 Sending a signal to Santa 43 Comfort for the holidays HOLIDAY HUMOUR 44 Best kind at Christmas 46 Make way for reindeer ART AND ENTERTAINMENT 47 Must-watch holiday movies 49 Island of inspiration HOLIDAY ACTIVITY CALENDAR 52 December fun for everyone
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Steeped in tradition EDITOR’S MESSAGE There’s nothing quite like Christmas in Newfoundland and Labrador. With plenty of traditions to go around, the holiday spirit bounces from one home to the next. Growing up on Random Island, N.L., in a small community, I’ve come to appreciate the little things even more now as an adult living in Halifax, N.S. I go home every Christmas and there are still certain things that make the holidays complete for me as they did years ago. Christmas Eve was always — and still very much is — reserved for visiting my grandma in Lower Lance Cove, N.L., enjoying a chocolate or two from her candy cupboard stash and bringing her gifts. For years, she had a small ceramic Christmas tree atop a tiny table. I still remember the little colourful lights and how they gave the living room a soft, warm glow. She’s since replaced that tree with a more modern version, but the memories of the miniature vintage tree are still with me and probably always will be. After a visit to my grandma’s home, we make the rounds to other relatives in the area, exchanging gifts and sharing holiday hugs and well wishes. The evening isn’t complete, however, until we arrive back at my parents’ house. My mother prepares salt fish and brewis and slices up homemade molasses raisin bread for supper. There’s just nothing else like it. And if I can manage to squeeze in a classic holiday movie, such as A Christmas Story or It’s a Wonderful Life, in between visits from family and friends on Christmas Eve night, even better. (I never do, but the fact that I try each year and fail is tradition in and of itself.) As for Christmas Day, it’s spent with my parents and Tilly, our black Labrador retriever, who always manages to steal the spotlight. And who can forget turkey dinner with all of the fixings? I can smell the savoury dressing now. Tradition is important to many during the holiday season and it’s what keeps memories alive. We pass down family recipes, keepsakes and stories to share with the next
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generation. It’s a wonderful time to create new memories and cherish the ones that continue to make the season special. While presents are part and parcel in many households at Christmastime, what matters most of all is actually being present. I hope you enjoy this year’s Yuletide Preparations. Happy holidays to you and yours.
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You never know what to expect with a gift exchange.
A gift to anticipate BY MEGAN CANNING Gander Every group has a different approach to a white elephant gift exchange. During the Christmas season of 2013, I had recently moved to a new town and gathered with a group of new friends for a festive get-together. Upon being informed that we would be having a white elephant gift exchange that evening, I looked up the tradition online. From what I read, I interpreted that I was supposed to wrap up a funny, useless item that I already owned and did not want. I arrived at the party with my gift bag in hand. I placed it under the tree along with other beautifully wrapped gifts. After some socializing and snacks, the gift exchange began. The first gift was opened and it was a lovely Christmas mug filled with candy. I looked around to see if anyone else was as surprised as I was that such a nice gift was found under the tree. The girl next to me also looked a little puzzled. The next gift that was opened was a new Christmas CD that would provide its new owner with hours of listening pleasure. “Did you bring a nice gift?” the girl next to me whispered. “No! Did you?” I asked. “Not at all,” she replied, looking horrified.
After several nice gifts had been opened, one unfortunate individual chose my gift bag from under the tree. He removed the tissue paper and discovered an old workout DVD titled The Firm, which had a dated cover image of a toned lady in a sports bra using a stepper. Upon closer inspection, he snickered, realizing the DVD was old and used. I felt my face redden as the recipient asked, “Who brought this?” I slowly raised my hand and lowered my eyes as laughter erupted around me.
“After several nice gifts had been opened, one unfortunate individual chose my gift bag from under the tree.” — Megan Canning The girl next to me whispered, “Don’t worry. Mine is way worse.”“I don’t see how that’s possible,” I replied, still embarrassed. But sure enough, the final gift to be opened was a small gift bag containing one item. It was a miniature rotten banana. Everyone burst into laughter. “You’re right, that is worse!” I chuckled. The next year, we decided to hold another white elephant gift exchange. Having learned my lesson the previous
year, I bought a nice box of chocolates to wrap up for the party. As we began the exchange, one of the first gifts opened made us all crack up. The Firm had returned. The lucky recipient of the workout DVD the previous year felt it appropriate to bring it back for someone new to enjoy. We have continued with our white elephant gift exchange for six years now. Every year, we anticipate the opening of one gift in particular. When the workout DVD appears, everyone cheers, “The Firm!” I may have been embarrassed about the gift I chose to bring to our first exchange, but that same item has become a reminder every year of what is really important during the holidays: spending time with friends and family, laughing together and enjoying each other’s company.
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The joy of Christmas can be found even in the aftermath of a snowstorm.
The purpose of Christmas BY RACHEL MARTIN It seems sometimes as though Christmas has lost its purpose. What was once a celebration of life has become a celebration of materials. Of course, there are those who can still recall the true meaning of Christmas, but there are many who can’t. It’s not that we have forgotten; we just need to be reminded. For as long as I can recall, our family had our traditions, from finding the perfect tree to attending the evening mass. All these little details were our definition of Christmas. Mom and I would spend hours in the kitchen preparing an elaborate Christmas dinner, while the others sang and played gaily around the fire. The merriment of the carols and festivities filled the air for miles, infecting all who came across it. As the years passed, the traditions seldom changed, but our perspectives did. Whereas our concerns had once been about the dinner or reunion, we were focusing more on having these superficial items for the children. It was easy to get whisked away in the glamour of technology and new invention. It was fascinating to be part of a changing world. We had grown so preoccupied with the sales and toys that we hadn’t made the time for an evening mass in years. It had become something of the past. I can remember this particular Tip’s Eve very vividly. It was typically the morning which my father ventured into 6 YULETIDE PREPARATIONS Magazine | 2019
the woods to cut down the perfect tree. I was surprised when I woke to see my father still sitting in the den with his feet propped up by the fire. He most often would have gone by now. I glanced out the window and the howling wind was thrashing about, carrying mounds of snow in whirlwinds of icy white. “All the roads are blocked,” my father explained glumly. “We aren’t getting anywhere today.” I began to worry. There were gifts to buy, a tree to cut and dinner preparations, none of which could be done without a trip to town. Opening the front door was even an issue. A colossal snowdrift had built up, leaving us entirely snowed in. “Well, we will just have to wait till tomorrow then,” I sighed. “Not without a plow, we won’t,” he replied. “There isn’t a soul able to get through.” Before I could speak again, the children had come down the stairs with boxes of trimmings for the tree. It broke my heart to tell them about the blizzard. Looking back on it makes it seem so silly, but at the time I was convinced Christmas was ruined. I assured them there were plenty of other things to do while we waited out the storm, so we set to work baking cookies with the few ingredients we had. I stared longingly out the window for hours that day, watching the few people who weren’t snowed in dig out the other houses. They were slowly making their way up the street. The number of people
increased as more were freed from their homes. Just before they could reach us, the sun set and I watched discouraged as they trekked home for the night. That night, the few of the relatives who had arrived before the storm sat around the fire, sharing the remainder of the groceries between them. The holiday spirit had been soured by the blizzard, so nobody stayed awake for carols. Our Christmas had fallen apart. No tree, no dinner and no gifts. We didn’t even have our whole family. We salvaged whatever we could from the pantry to make a Christmas dinner. It seemed so pathetic. The children had barely even left their rooms! By nightfall, the neighbours still hadn’t come. After dark, we did, however, hear a knock on the kitchen window. Startled, I swung it open to see our neighbours standing there. They invited us to the local mass. It was a shock, for we hadn’t gone in years. It was mere minutes before we had all climbed from the window into the drift below. We all trudged through the snow together and took the only seats available in the crowded church. Standing there in that room I felt so ashamed. I had completely neglected what the season was about. This was what it was about: Jesus, family and love. There wasn’t a gift beneath the tree that morning, but we had all the joy we needed right there. You see, we hadn’t forgotten the meaning of Christmas. We just needed to be reminded.
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Everett Crewe has an impressive collection of Christmas cards.
Twenty-five years of Christmas cards
BY EVERETT CREWE Amherst Cove “There’s an old Christmas card in an old, dusty trunk and it brings back sweet memories dear to me.” Everyone’s heard those lyrics sung every Christmas as the unmistakable voice of Jim Reeves reverberates from the overhead speakers in the shopping mall. As I find my way down the aisle toward the Christmas cards, eagerness overtakes me like a child on Christmas morning. I search through the hundreds of holiday scenes depicted on those colourful cards and choose the ones I will send to my friends and family. As a firefighter with the Five Coves Volunteer Fire Department, I somehow found myself playing Santa in our annual Santa Claus parade, as well as the other Christmas events being held in Newmans Cove during the holidays. I’ve donned the red suit and white beard for the past 10 Christmases and I have enjoyed every one of them. It puts me in the Christmas spirit to see the look on the children’s faces when they see and have breakfast with “Santy Claus,” as my father would say. It’s funny how they climb up onto my lap and whisper what they want for Christmas, as their parents try to listen. Later, at the kids’ Christmas party, I (a.k.a. Santa) get
to give each child an early Christmas present. It was during last year’s Christmas party that I decided to go all out! I would again display all my Christmas cards on our dining room wall for all to see. Most Christmases, I only display the cards I received that year, but every now and then I get the urge to hang up all my cards — and this was one of those years. My obsession with Christmas cards started with the very first card I gave my wife (then girlfriend) back in 1993. The front of the card read, “Sweetheart, my stocking is hung by the chimney with care ...” and the inside read, “in hopes that Saint Nicholas puts you in there.” It’s corny, but that’s young love, isn’t it? Pauline kept that card and showed it to me the next year. I was so touched by that gesture that I’ve kept every Christmas card given to us and my kids ever since. That was a quarter of a century ago and I have accumulated more than 400 Christmas cards since. Whether it was from a loved one, a friend, a MHA or the Avon lady, if you gave us a Christmas card in the past 25 years, it’s on my wall. Visitors to our home are surprised when they see such a sight. My kids tell them to take off their boots and come see “Dad’s Christmas cards.” Their first reaction is what I enjoy the most. “You’re
crazy” or “I wouldn’t have the patience” are the usual remarks. When I explain why I do it, they seem to understand and often proceed to look for a card they may have given to me over the years. It is during those quiet Christmas nights when I look at the names on each card and reminisce about friends and loved ones since passed. “Mom signed that card,” I tell my kids. “Nobody’s handwriting was as bad as hers.” I start to well up inside and my voice trembles as I picture Mom writing those words — her elbow pointing out in front of her and her small, frail hand reaching down from the top of the page, as so many lefthanded people do when they write. “And here’s the card that you made us in Grade 2, with your tiny hand print as Santa’s beard,” I tell my oldest girl with a chuckle. As my mind drifts off to some distant time, the kids wander back to their rooms and iPods. I sit at the end of the dining room table and play my favourite Christmas songs on my record player. I spend hours looking at those wonderful cards and rejoice in how fortunate I am to have had such a wonderful life. With so many holiday wishes being sent over social media these days, I still wish and merrily hope those beautiful Christmas cards still come my way. Merry Christmas, everyone! YULETIDE PREPARATIONS Magazine | 2019 7
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Scrapbooking the season A crafty way to treasure Christmas memories for years to come
It doesn’t take artistic ability or fancy craft supplies to create a Christmas scrapbook. You just need scissors, glue, photos and Christmas cards. Heather Laura Clarke photo
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I’d been saying for years that I wanted to create dedicated Christmas scrapbooks. You know, books that only contained a few pages per year and you could flip through every single family Christmas in one swoop. I’d forgotten, apparently, that I stopped scrapbooking around the time my oldest child started crawling and never, ever picked it back up again. Still, I was determined! I wanted to flip through nine years of kids-on-Santa’slap-at-the-mall photos. That meant I had a lot of sorting to do, since I had to go back to Christmas 2010, when our oldest child was just six months old. Our oldest is now nine years old and we’re about to celebrate our 10th Christmas as a family, so I had nine years’ worth of digital photos to sort through. I had some of the photos printed already, stuffed in various envelopes and tucked into folders, but I had to print most of them. It’s a long process, but it’s the hardest part — I promise. You don’t realize how many pictures you take of your children at Christmas until you’re trying to narrow it down to a dozen or so per year. To keep my photos sorted by year, I made nine folders on my desktop (labelled 2010, 2011, 2012, etc.) before sending them to be printed. Some years had more must-print photos than others and that was fine. It’s all a matter of deciding which memories are the ones you really want to preserve — family gatherings, school Christmas concerts, happy faces opening presents, special meals, pets dressed up as reindeer, etc. For me, it was important to display our annual family Christmas card, our Santa photos and the kids in their matching Christmas Eve pyjamas. Once my photos were printed, I spread out a few pieces of scrapbook paper and started grouping the photos together on the pages so I had a rough idea of how many pages I’d fill. I used between two and 10 pictures per page, depending on if I trimmed them or not. When I was happy with the amount of photos and pages, I started cutting up the photos (if necessary) and gluing them onto the pages. If there was only a tiny part of the picture that was really special, I cut away the rest and saved the page space for something Continued on p. 14
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By cutting apart pictures to save just the most important details, you can remember table settings, specific gifts, letters to Santa or even how your pie turned out. Heather Laura Clarke photo
else. I sometimes cut circles around my kids’ cute little heads and glued them randomly onto the page. I had fun with it and didn’t get too picky about how things looked. If you’ve saved copies of your family’s old annual Christmas cards or Christmas letters, I definitely recommend putting them to good use and adding them to your scrapbook. If you haven’t saved
hadn’t done anything with them except shove them into a large freezer bag. I decided to cut them up so I could recycle them into decorations for the scrapbook pages — a sparkly snowflake here, a glittery tree there. No need to spend big bucks at the craft store on fancy scrapbooking embellishments when all of these lovely cards arrived in your mailbox for free. I had plenty of
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How to maintain your Christmas scrapbooks BY HEATHER LAURA CLARKE Once you’ve done the hard work of going back through the years, printing pictures, organizing old cards and creating the books, maintaining the books going forward isn’t going to take much time at all. Here’s a quick list of how to maintain your family’s Christmas scrapbooks just by adding a couple of pages each year.
Save two extra Christmas cards each year so you can glue them onto a page together — one showing the front and the other showing the back. Heather Laura Clarke photo
decorations from cards alone, but you could also use Christmas wrapping paper, flattened bows, pretty gift tags or pictures cut from catalogues. My last step was writing out captions for the pages — by hand, as well as on the computer to print out — so anyone flipping through the book could see the year, our children’s ages, the locations of the photos and any other special details. I glued the captions onto the pages and liked how I could see, at a glance, whether my daughter was two or three in a particular photo without thinking twice. I documented nine full Christmases and haven’t even filled two full scrapbooks yet, so I hope to get 2010 through 2020 in these pretty black and gold polka-dot albums. So far, I’m planning to keep them on display year-round for people to flip through, but you could also tuck them away with the Christmas decor and only bring them out in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Either way, I hope you decide to give these Christmas scrapbooks a try. You’ll love being able to easily look back at the special holiday memories you and your family have made together over the years. I know I have.
Cutting apart old Christmas cards is a free way to incorporate 3-D design elements and page decorations. Heather Laura Clarke photo
• Put aside a copy of your family’s annual Christmas card (or two, if it’s double-sided). • Save any Christmas cards your family receives and cut them up at the end of the season to save the best bits (e.g. pretty decals, metallic decorations and/or glittery snowflakes). • Go through your camera roll and print out the very best photos from mid-December through New Year’s — ideally no more than four images for every page you wish to add to your scrapbook. • Glue the cards, photos and cut-out decorations onto scrapbook paper. • Write or print captions for the photos that require them and be sure to include the year, as well as the age of any children. • Slip the new pages into the end of your scrapbook and you’re home free until next January!
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Packaged with care Give the gift of home this Christmas
BY PAULA BUGDEN For those who will be away from the province this holiday season, there’s a way to make them feel a little closer to home — no matter the distance. I recently asked fellow Newfoundlanders and Labradorians which locally made items would make the quintessential Christmas care package. Here are 20 of the most popular answers for your gift-giving inspiration (in no particular order).
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4. Yuletide magazine Pick up an extra copy of this year’s Yuletide and tuck it in the holiday care package for that special someone who would love a piece of home. 5. A small rock from the Rock Simple and symbolic all in one — what more could you ask for? Plus, it wouldn’t cost a cent!
6. Locally made tea towel or dishcloths There’s no shortage of these useful, decorative pieces if you look around. If you can find one with an iconic Newfoundland and Labrador image, even better. 7. Postcard from home This doubles as a way for you to send a small reminder of home and also write a thoughtful message that can be treasured for years to come. Besides, who doesn’t appreciate a handwritten note these days?
9. Christmas plaque from Jellybean Row For the person who adores festive decor, Christmas plaques from Jellybean Row are both colourful and classic. Visit jellybeanrow. com or look for Jellybean Row on Facebook. 10. A packet or jar of savoury Christmas dinner isn’t complete without this kitchen pantry staple — and we all know it. You can smell the dressing just by thinking about it.
11. Mummer tree ornament Be on the lookout for these comical ornaments to add to the Christmas tree. 12. Homemade jam You can’t go wrong with holiday care package preserves. Whether it’s bakeapple, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, rhubarb or partridgeberry jam, there’s nothing like the taste of home in a jar. 13. Bottled moose meat This is the perfect addition for anyone who misses moose meat and enjoys eating it straight from the bottle or adding it to a hearty stew. 14. Pease pudding bag These aren’t always easy to find for those who live outside the province. (Don’t forget to include a bag of yellow split peas.)
8. Labradorite jewelry Whether it’s a necklace, a pair of earrings or a bracelet, this is a great choice for anyone who likes adding to their jewelry collection.
15. Homemade pickles Pickle lovers will be pleasantly surprised when they see this in their holiday care package from home. Continued on p. 19
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That’s a wrap Give your presents a presence this holiday season The options are endless when it comes to adding a special touch to holiday gifts.
BY NICOLE GNAZDOWSKY We spend a lot of time trying to find that perfect gift for our perfect someone during the holiday season, only to scratch off the price tag and put it in whatever gift bag we have left over from the previous year’s festivities. This year, try taking an extra step. If you’re looking to get crafty, check out the following ideas for gift-giving inspiration.
simple and inexpensive ways to add a personal touch to the outside of your gift. (Imagine how meaningful a present could be wrapped in the musical notes of your loved one’s favourite song.) Do you have an avid traveller on your gift list? Try incorporating a map from their favourite city, a country you recently visited together or somewhere they’ve always dreamed of going.
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Leave the traditional wrapping paper for Santa Claus. The typically colourful and cartoonish paper will always have a special place at his workshop, but try making your gifts extra special with more modern and stylish options. Using a blank slate like brown paper will allow your decorative items to really pop. Or try using burlap to give your gift some texture and add a homemade feel. Newspapers or sheet music are
Traditional ribbon can be paired with alternative wrapping paper — just try to get more creative with your selections. Instead of the classic plastic, singlecoloured ribbon you curl with a pair of scissors, opt for a fabric ribbon or a unique pattern. Tie it in the classic four square, fashion a bow or use a variety of co-ordinating ribbons on the same present. Twine provides a natural look, but if you’re looking for something more
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A piece of evergreen tree, pinecones, cinnamon sticks or real or faux flowers can give your gift more visual appeal — and they smell great! Not only are these options easy to find, but they also look pretty and add a unique twist to your gift.
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Now that you’ve crafted the perfect gift box, you can’t just slap on a traditional name tag sticker. Try spicing things up by creating handmade tags. Cut paper into unique shapes and tie them to your chosen ribbon. You can often find free, printable templates online or try stencilling a name directly onto brown paper.
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Get festive with felt ornaments Add a handmade touch to your Christmas tree this year BY HEATHER LAURA CLARKE Some of my favourite Christmas ornaments are the soft felt ones sewed by my mom and her friend back when I was a baby. Every year, I marvel at their tiny little stitches and how they’re still in perfect condition after so many years. Meanwhile, most of our other ornaments look pretty rough. The plastic figurines have snapped-off limbs, the salt dough ornaments usually turn mushy after one season and we often smash a couple of bulbs at some point. Since I love to sew, I decided to try making my own set of felt Christmas tree ornaments. It’s something I wish I’d done when my children were smaller, since felt ornaments are much safer for babies and toddlers. Nothing to crack or shatter! Felt is very inexpensive at craft stores and dollar stores and the only other supplies you’ll need are a pair of scissors, an embroidery needle, embroidery floss and a bit of cotton stuffing. (You can buy stuffing, but I just cut open an old pillow I found in the very back of the linen closet.) Are you ready to get crafty and create something with your hands (preferably while relaxing on the couch in front of a good show)? Here’s how to make your very own felt Christmas tree ornaments.
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DIY felt star ornament PIECES TO CUT OUT: • Two large yellow stars (one front, one back) • One smaller golden star (front accent) INSTRUCTIONS: 1. P in the small golden star to the front of the yellow star and stitch around the edge with yellow or gold embroidery floss. (You can also run decorative stitching around the small star, if you’d like.)
2. S titch the front of the star to the back of the star most of the way around. Poke stuffing inside the star and stitch up the gap. 3. S ew a small yellow or gold button to each of the five star points. 4. S ew a loop of yellow ribbon onto the top of the star so it’s ready to hang.
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2. O ne by one, stitch each light bulb with co-ordinating thread so it’s connected to the cord. Do a mixture of pointing-up lights and pointing-down lights and try to space out similar colours. 3. S titch the back of the tree to the front of the tree around the edges with green embroidery floss,
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Christmas cards on display Decor, function go hand in hand with this DIY holiday project BY HEATHER LAURA CLARKE While I love all things digital, there’s one old-fashioned tradition I refuse to budge on. Without fail, our family mails out beautiful cardstock Christmas cards at the beginning of December. Since our cards hit the mail nice and early, we receive a lot of cards back in return. At first, we tried hanging a long piece of ribbon across the doors that lead to our back deck and using red plastic clothespins to clip up the cards. It looked OK, except for the small detail that we couldn’t use the back door until January. Last year’s solution was to hang the ribbon across the hutch in the dining room and display the cards that way. But every time we’d open the back door to let the dog out, gusts of wind would send the cards flapping and
usually falling to the floor. This year, I was determined to come up with a better way to display our Christmas cards. I designed a wooden Christmas tree card stand that we could stand up on a table in our kitchen or on the floor in our living room — far away from doors and drafts. If you’re looking for a way to display your Christmas cards without an avalanche of them slipping off the front of your fridge, tipping off your entryway table or taking up space on your kitchen counter, here’s a rundown on how we created a DIY Christmas card tree. • Taking a leftover piece of mediumdensity fibreboard (MDF) from another project, my handy husband used our table saw to rip it into 5.5-inch wide strips that would make up the tiers of our cartoon-like Christmas tree.
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• We decided the longest, lowest tier of the tree should be 23.5 inches long. Then, he cut most of the additional strips two inches shorter than the tier below. (The second-lowest tier is 21.5 inches long, the third-lowest tier is 19.5 inches long, the third tier down from the top is 17.5 inches long and the second tier from the top is 15.5 inches long.) • Since we were making a six-tier tree and we wanted the top tier to be tiny, he cut that one to only measure 7.5 inches long. • Once he had all six tiers cut, he set his mitre saw to a 45-degree angle and nipped off the end of each tier — giving them nice, sharp triangular ends for that classic Christmas tree look. (A 45-degree cut takes off quite a bit, so
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the lowest tier of the tree measures 23.5 inches long across the bottom, but just 12.5 inches long across the top.) • Now, it was time for me to paint my tiers. I poured a little bit of royal blue paint into a cup of yellow paint and mixed a custom shade of Christmas tree green. I painted the front and back of each of the six tiers, giving the front two coats for perfect coverage.
Using baker’s twine and miniature clothespins, you can easily clip up Christmas cards as they arrive.
• While I was painting, my handy husband worked on the back strip (the trunk of the tree) that would hold all six tiers together. He grabbed an old 2.5-inch wide board and cut it down to 39 inches tall — a good height to hold all of the tiers with a nice gap between them. • He built the tree’s stand from a foot-long scrap of thick two-by-eight lumber and routed out a groove in the middle so the trunk would rest nicely inside (with a bit of wood glue and an L-bracket on the back). Then, I stained both pieces a rich brown. If you don’t have a router, I’d suggest just making a classic X-stand like folks did for Christmas trees they cut down years ago. • Once the green paint was dry, I positioned the tiers along the trunk and used my finish nailer to secure them in place (each with about an inch gap between them). Continued on p. 29
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Start by ripping a sheet of mediumdensity fibreboard (MDF) into 5.5-inch wide strips.
Cut six strips, each one two inches smaller than the last, and cut the ends at 45-degree angles.
• The tree was really coming together, but it needed a star on top, of course. I printed out the shape of a star, cut it out and traced it onto a scrap of MDF. My handy husband cut it out with his band saw. After a single coat of warm yellow paint, I tacked it in place with my finish nailer. • The last step was tying baker’s twine or thin gold rope around each tier —
Route a groove to hold the tree’s trunk in the base.
stapling it in place on the back, just so the knots would stay put — and adding tiny wooden clothespins to hold Christmas cards. Cards that open can be placed directly over the twine and flat cards can be easily clipped. This Christmas card stand cost us nothing to build, since we used scrap wood and leftover paint, but it would probably only cost $10 in lumber and a few bucks in dollar store paint, string and
Paint or stain each piece and use a finish nailer to secure the six tiers of the tree, as well as the star, onto the trunk.
clothespins to make your own. I love that it’s low enough for our children to easily add new cards as they arrive, especially since ripping open the envelopes is usually their job. It’s not blocking any doorways and the cards aren’t going to blow off, but we’re still able to admire the cards sent from our family and friends throughout the whole Christmas season.
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Decking your halls Holiday decorating ideas for the enthusiast
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DIY CHRISTMAS PROJECTS Choose your theme
Are you ready to take your Christmas decorating to the next level? Here are some pro tips that can elevate your holiday embellishments from merely so-so to full out sublime.
Next to palette, the most important decorating decision you’ll make is in regards to theme. The idea is to take an evocative word or phrase and let your imagination go to work. Here are a few examples:
Choose your palette The pro-decorator’s cardinal rule? Choose a palette and stick to it. Make sure your ornaments, ribbons, lights, stockings, gift-wrapping and more are made up of hues from your chosen palette. Here are a few colour combinations to try:
• Winter wonderland. Think white and lots of it. Include elements like snowflakes, tinsel and wintery animals, such as reindeer and moose.
• T raditional. Tried-and-true, red, green and gold make up the classic Christmas colour scheme. • I cy. A more modern option, this palette is made up of periwinkle, teal and silver. • Jewel. A vibrant palette of green, purple, orange and red. • Metallic. A glittering and regal palette of silver and gold. • Monochrome. If simple and elegant is more your style, consider a colour scheme made up solely of whites.
• Rustic farmhouse. Use logs, sticks, pinecones, greenery and other natural materials. Plaid patterns are a fitting accompaniment. • Christmas cheer. Combine festive colours like red, green and gold with classic Christmas imagery. • East Coast Christmas. Bring the charm of the seaside indoors with shells and starfish and a colour palette of soft blue and beige. Once you’ve found your starting point — whether it’s a colour palette, a theme or both — you’ll find that your ideas start to flow. Happy decorating!
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Find the joy in giving meaningful gifts Be thoughtful this holiday BY PAULA BUGDEN
If you’re on a budget but still want to go the extra mile to let someone know how much they mean to you, write down whatever special thoughts come to mind when you think about them.
Get scrappy Take time to make a scrapbook that highlights your best moments together. You might have to do a little digging to find your favourite photos and keepsakes to include, but it’s worth it to see the joy on your loved one’s face and give them something they can treasure for years to come.
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Does the person you’re shopping for have an interest in astrology? Try looking for a gift that includes their zodiac sign, such as a nice mug, keychain or piece of jewelry that suits their style. If you have a bigger budget to work with, consider finding a local astrologer who
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Give back What can you give to a person who enjoys volunteering and/or donates to a certain cause, non-profit organization or foundation? If they have a special place in their heart for a local food bank, hospital, pet rescue, theatre or school program, for example, making a donation in their name can mean a lot to them and go a long way for others.
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Gift giving goes hand in hand with the holiday season for many people. And while some are easy to shop for, others are a bit trickier. There’s the mom who insists she just needs a new pair of socks. There’s the dad who’s tired of getting the same old box of chocolates, yet only reveals what he really wants at the last minute. Or maybe you have a friend who somehow always manages to one-up you with an amazing present every year. The good news is that finding meaningful gifts for those you love doesn’t have to be a challenge. Here are some ideas to get you started.
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The Sweet Newfie Kitchen Christmas Project has grown to include a large number of volunteers from the Mount Pearl area and is expecting to help more people than ever this year.
Gift of giving back Newfoundland restaurant helps Mount Pearl families in need at Christmas BY SARA ERICSSON Giving back began for Brooklyn Bartlett when her mother revealed it’s what Christmas is really about. Her mother and The Sweet Newfie Kitchen owner, Jaime Ryan, started putting together food baskets for families in need in the Mount Pearl area to help them enjoy a Christmas free from financial stress. Their first year counted five families. Now, six years later, the project is helping hundreds of families each year. And Bartlett, who was 12 when she first asked Ryan if they could help others enjoy their Christmas, is now 18 and heading this year’s project herself. It’s a big job, but one she’s ready for because helping people is what she now
lives for at Christmas. “When I was a kid, it was a typical Christmas with presents, but then we started doing this and it’s really what made Christmas special for us,” says Bartlett.
Bartlett says the project began as a way to hand out Christmas dinners and has escalated to ensuring presents or gift cards are available to those who’d
How it works The initiative is known as The Sweet Newfie Kitchen Christmas Project and involves sending food hampers and cooked meals to families who need a little help funding their holiday celebrations. The dinners are typically delivered to families who are not able to cook for themselves and the hampers to those who can or are having larger family celebrations. The project has delivered help to around 500 families — 300 family dinners and 200 hampers.
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Taking the reins Running the project is a big job for Bartlett as she heads into her first year as a Memorial University of Newfoundland
student. It’s also a big transition, since Ryan has spearheaded the project since it started. However, the two will work on it together, as Ryan remains involved as an adviser for Bartlett, who will dedicate her Christmas break to organizing the project. Ryan says before the project, she had lost touch with what Christmas was really about, due to her children’s difficult autism diagnoses. “I didn’t know how to teach or show my daughter the true meaning of Christmas,” says Ryan, adding that it all changed when it was Bartlett and her project idea that reminded her. “Needless to say, I am very proud of her.” The moment that cemented it all for Bartlett was among the project’s earliest deliveries that brought her and Ryan to the home of a family who had very little — so little that the sight of an orange sitting atop the Christmas hamper sent a two-yearold child into a fit of excitement. “It just hit us right there — that is why we do this. It’s to make a difference, even a small one, for people. Because when you give back to others, you’re giving them hope, too,” says Bartlett.
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Sharing Christmas memories Q&A with archivist Larry Dohey BY DANETTE DOOLEY
Larry Dohey was known for his storytelling, research and passion for the province’s history.
When Larry Dohey passed away in August this year, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians mourned the loss of the well-known archivist and captivating storyteller. Dohey was the director of programming and public engagement at The Rooms in St. John’s. He died on Aug. 28. The 59-year-old’s love of the province, its people and its history has been heralded by politicians, journalists, researchers, colleagues and others whose lives he enriched with his soft voice, kind smile and terrific sense of humour. Whenever he was contacted for interviews for information about province-related topics, Dohey was glad to share his knowledge and memories. He did just that during a phone
interview on Aug. 23, when he answered questions about Christmas traditions and memories of the season while growing up in St. Bride’s on the province’s Cape Shore. We publish this in his memory and with blessings from his family.
Q: What would you consider one of the oldest Newfoundland Christmas traditions? A: I suspect one of the oldest would be
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KEEPING UP TRADITIONS “Christmas morning came and you opened up your presents and, because there was so many of us, there was always joy and enthusiasm and awe in the air. You went to bed and there was just the Christmas tree. Then, you woke up in the morning and the whole downstairs would be filled with presents.” — Larry Dohey
Q: What is one of your fondest Christmas memories as a child? A: Getting the Christmas presents. I
came from a large family (seven girls and six boys), so there was always a party atmosphere in our home. Christmas morning came and you opened up your presents and, because there was so many of us, there was always joy and enthusiasm and awe in the air. You went to bed and there was just the Christmas tree. Then, you woke up in the morning and the whole downstairs would be filled with presents.
Mother would pay it off ... and come Christmas Eve, we’d sneak up there and bring it all home for the little ones .... Another memory is the Christmas catalogue .... We spent hours looking at the toys .... That particular car or that particular toy or that particular slide .... We often ripped the page out and brought it to school to show our friends.
Q: Is there anything about Christmas in the past that has changed over the years? A: One thing you don’t see much
anymore is the family going in the woods and cutting their Christmas tree .... We really looked forward to going into the woods with your father and a few brothers and getting that tree and bringing it home. You’d know Mother wasn’t going to be pleased with that first tree or maybe not the second tree or the third tree. Then, you’d bring in the first tree again that our father may have cut a branch off ... and that tree was great .... Another thing that people forget about is the Christmas parcel or the Christmas box. If you had relatives outside the province ... you’d always look forward to the Christmas parcel. It would be clothes that their children had outgrown .... They’d send it all home to relatives in a box or a barrel.
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Q: Is there any one particular Q: When did Santa start showing up in homes in present you remember? Newfoundland? A: I remember getting this little A: My parents were born in the 1920s. plastic car .... And another Christmas, I remember ... getting up and my brother, Pat, had gotten up before the rest of us ... and he laid claim to just about all the presents .... [Their mother sorted things out.] When I got older, Grade 7 or 8 ... we were in a small place, St. Bride’s. There weren’t many stores to go to. Mother would go up to Miss Louisa Conway’s store in advance of Christmas ... in October or November ... and put [the gifts] on layaway .... Gradually,
The Santa then was St. Nicholas and his Christian spirit. The modern-day Santa was developed by Coca-Cola in the late 1920s and early ’30s ... the jolly old St. Nick, who was chubby and had a beard. Shortly after this interview, Dohey shared several Christmas-themed stories he’d written for his blog, Archival Moments. You can find them at archivalmoments.ca.
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More than just a face
Family shares memories of special holiday heirloom BY DANETTE DOOLEY
Dad said we couldn’t all pull it at the same time, that was it. You might have The Peddle family of Bell Island mumbled under your breath, but you have a treasured keepsake from didn’t question it,” FitzPatrick said with Christmases past that reminds a chuckle. them of what the season is all Decades later, as adults, about. FitzPatrick said she and her “As far back as I can siblings realized buying the remember, we had this decoration was likely a luxury little Santa face that for their parents. was a big part of our “With that many kids, Christmas tradition. As you were lucky to get soon as my dad hung a few candy and a it on the wall, we all few grapes in your seemed to get a stocking, let alone little more excited have a Santa hung for Christmas,” on the wall. That said Jean (Peddle) was just amazing FitzPatrick, during when we got The musical Santa has been in the a phone interview it,” she said. Peddle family for decades. from her home on FitzPatrick’s Bell Island. parents have both FitzPatrick’s parents, since passed away, but the Mary and James Peddle, had 17 children, tradition continues. They left the singing one of whom died at age six months. Santa to their daughter, Betty (Peddle) Her father worked in the mines on Bell Ryan. Island all his life, she said. Her mother Ryan lives in Nova Scotia and hangs was a homemaker. FitzPatrick is pretty the Santa wherever she is when sure her parents bought the Santa face celebrating the holidays. at Woolworth’s on Water Street in St. She came home to Bell Island for John’s. It was a magical Santa, she said, Christmas several years ago and, to her that was hung on the kitchen wall until siblings’ delight, brought with her the Old Christmas Day. special family heirloom. “When you pulled the string, Santa “Betty came walking down the stairs sang Jingle Bells. We all wanted to pull and she pulled the string. A few of my that string, but my father would say, ‘You brothers were here, too. We were in the can only pull it once.’ We couldn’t all do kitchen. When we heard the song, we it at the same time. Each day we took a just looked at each other. There was turn.” almost silence because we all had a As children, FitzPatrick said they million memories running through our couldn’t understand why their father heads.” FitzPatrick remains ever grateful was so protective over the Santa that her father was so particular with decoration. And children back in those the treasured keepsake. “Santa still sings days, she said, never talked back to Jingle Bells and I’m so glad that Dad was or questioned their parents. “When so strict with it,” she said.
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Finding one’s own Christmas tree has taken root for many Newfoundland families Christmas prep for Shaun Boone involves weaving wreaths and trimming trees — not with decorations, but rather pruning the branches themselves to ready them for families fulfilling a Christmas tree tradition. He runs the Boone’s U-Pick Christmas Trees in Grand Falls-Windsor alongside his wife, Jennifer Boone, and daughters Kerri-Ann and Krista, who travel home each Christmas to be with their parents. It’s not a business that makes Shaun much money, but that’s just fine with him; it’s not his main objective in running the U-pick. “I do it mainly because people come with small children and have a ball of going out to try and pick a tree. It’s a rewarding feeling when they come out,” he says.
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Shaun started his U-pick farm more than 20 years ago, when family trips in search of a wild tree were constantly thwarted by too much snow and too few trees that fit the bill. “So, I had spare land and here we are. Each year, I’d cut out a small section and plant a few trees. I now plant about 100 per year,” says Shaun. He soon found there were too many to manage and invited family and friends to come pick their own, but even that didn’t cut it. “It became too much work for a hobby, so Krista made up a sign and we put it on the side of the road. I didn’t expect to sell any, but those first three to
five years sold a lot of good trees,” says Shaun. The U-pick counts 700 to 800 trees and, while the number of visitors can vary year to year, it can see up to 70 people per year. The main customers are families with small children, many of whom have returned year after year since the U-pick first opened. “Last year, I remember someone saying they weren’t big enough to carry a tree before, but that they were this year. It always feels good to hear things like that,” says Shaun.
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Meet the angels of Rose Blanche Sewing love, cheer into every stitch Shown here are the angels of Rose Blanche: (front, from left) Mildred Hatcher, Edith Leamon, Judy Hardy, Rita Currie, Joan Herritt, Valarie Pink, Alice Billard, (back) Maxine Edwards, Lesley Hardy, Violet Clarke, Lena Penney, Erna Buckland, Phyllis Horwood and Victoria Savoury. Missing from photo are Judy Francis, Ruth Deveaux, Audrey Best, Diane Hardy, Sylvia Munden, Diane Munden and Wanda Anderson.
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member pays a weekly due of $3, which goes into a pot for purchasing material. The ladies socialize while they work to create lap quilts for patients receiving chemotherapy treatments — quilts the patients then keep to comfort them at home. The ladies sew bibs for every resident of their local long-term care home and
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KEEPING UP TRADITIONS knit afghans to drape over residents’ legs. “It’s a group of ladies that never had They knit hats for homeless people anything to do with one another at any and orphans in Guatemala, sew dresses other time,” Edwards said. “Some people for children in South Africa and they put can’t sew at all and they learn. And we’re together emergency personal hygiene there sewing and knitting, telling stories kits to donate to local hospitals, which and laughing. It’s a beautiful time.” include knitted slippers for men and As if they weren’t busy enough, the women. ladies also hold a couple of fundraising The ladies also knit teddy bears to nights each year to pay back the church include in baptismal bags given to each for using the heat. child baptized in their church. The list “We do a local, old-fashioned concert of all the items they produce for various every November, where we go onstage, groups is too extensive to list in its perform and do skits. We sell out both nights,” Edwards said. entirety. People and Every item made “It’s a group of ladies that businesses also by the ladies comes never had anything to do donate materials, with a heavenly money and sewing with one another at any touch. machines to help “When we get a other time. Some people these knitting and pile of things, we can’t sew at all and they sewing angels keep take everything up their selfless work. learn. And we’re there we make up to our The ladies receive sewing and knitting, telling church and Rev. personal satisfaction Jeff Petten blesses stories and laughing. It’s a from creating Judy Francis works on a quilt. everything before beautiful time.” incredible work and we give it out,” from helping others — Maxine Edwards organizer Maxine through tough times. Edwards explained. “It is just the best The talented feeling in the world. I can’t explain it and knitters and sewers have even branched that’s why we all love it,” Edwards said. out into making homemade medical The group especially enjoys hearing aides. Their hand-knit prosthetic breasts back from people who follow up with the are popular, as many breast cancer ladies through the label they affix to each survivors find them more comfortable item they make. than store-bought prosthetics. The “We send some lap quilts to the Ronald knitted breasts are fitted to match the McDonald House for children,” Edwards size required by the recipient. The angels said, “and we’ve had several pictures also comb local beaches for flat rocks to come back from families who’ve received give the prosthetics some weight and those quilts. It’s beautiful.” help hold them in place. Edwards became emotional when she Through a request from their local found out that a chemotherapy patient, hospital caregivers, the ladies recently who owns one of their quilts and found started making knitted or crocheted out about all the group does, suggested tachometer cases for heart patients who that The Gulf News write and share their need to wear a monitor on the side of story with a wider audience. their body. “That’s the best Christmas present I They are also looking into a request to could have received: to know people make touch quilts for Alzheimer’s disease appreciate what we do,” Edwards said patients. The blankets would be created between tears. “The ladies will be so with different materials and textures that happy to hear it.” Ruth Deveaux is an angel at work. a patient can touch for comfort, such as a section with fur, one with a rough feeling and another one with strings that patients can tie. Campbellton Berry Farm The group was started in 2013 by At Farm Market & Petting Farm sewing and knitting enthusiast Pamela Gosse, the wife of a former reverend who served at the Rose Blanche church. “When they left and moved to Stephenville, myself and Edith Leamon decided to continue the group because we loved it so much,” Edwards said. Locally Made Newfoundland Products, perfect for Christmas Gifts near and far. Although the group’s focus is on • HOLIDAY EVENTS • KIDS EVENTS • WREATH MAKING • BOOKINGS helping others, the weekly gathering is also therapeutic for its members, giving OPEN YEAR ROUND! HWY 340 Road to the Isles, Campbellton, NL A0G 1L0 them an opportunity to learn, be creative 261-2739 • Cell: 541-0825/541-7140 and socialize.
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Sending a signal to Santa Passing down Christmas tradition in Burgeo The smoke from the burning letters is said to reach Santa at the North Pole.
BY MARTINE BLUE Special to The Gulf News Burgeo It’s a Christmas tradition Burgeo Academy teacher Jenn Vatcher did not practise herself as a child growing up in Burgeo, but she knew lots of people who did. “We live in my husband’s grandfather’s 100-year-old house,” Vatcher said. “When we took out the old stove, my motherin-law said, ‘There’s where we put all our Santa letters growing up.’” The ceremony of burning children’s letters to Santa in a fireplace, so that the smoke and ashes can carry the children’s wishes to the North Pole, has roots in England and likely came over to this province with English settlers. This holiday tradition would likely die out in small communities like Burgeo if it wasn’t for the efforts of people like Vatcher. The combined Grade 4-5 Burgeo Academy teacher arranged a letterwriting session followed by a field trip to her friend Mike Green’s shed, so the students could personally put their letters in the fire, then run outside to watch the smoke carry their wishes up into the sky and off to the jolly elf in red. “I was thinking maybe that would be a way to bring back a tradition that some of their parents or grandparents would have done, get them out of
the classroom for a little bit and bring them into a different environment for an hour in the afternoon,” Vatcher said. She speculated that the tradition might have also been a way for outport Newfoundlanders to save on postage. Vatcher said the students were very curious to see if a burnt letter could actually make it all the way to Santa as smoke. “One little boy asked, ‘Does that really work?’ I said, ‘I don’t know. I’ve never done it personally, but I did have friends growing up who did it and Santa visited them,’” she explained. Vatcher and the 10 students in her class walked to Green’s shed during school hours, where her husband, Brock, Green and their dogs were waiting with hot chocolate and cookies. One by one, the children tossed their letters and dreams into the fireplace and then rushed outside to see them escape the chimney and float off to the legend himself. The children then had an opportunity to play some darts, practise math by adding up their scores and sign a wall of the shed that many of their fathers, who achieved dart scores of 180, had also signed. “Mike said, ‘I will leave a spot for when you come back next year,’ so I said, ‘OK, I will bring a new class back next year.’” Vatcher added. “That can be our tradition.” The idea of keeping traditions alive is important to Vatcher. “I’m one who loves tradition,” Vatcher
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said. “It’s just fun and something we want to hold on to and teach our kids that this was a way of life in Newfoundland and it still can be, if you mind to keep it up.
“Some traditions are dying and it’s important to still teach them to our kids when we have an opportunity to do that and, as a teacher, I have every opportunity to do that.” — Jenn Vatcher “We think that as the kids grow up and leave this community for postsecondary and work, meet new people, form new relationships and have families and kids of their own, they can pass on the traditions and say, ‘This is what I did in Burgeo when I was growing up.’ Some traditions are dying and it’s important to still teach them to our kids when we have an opportunity to do that and, as a teacher, I have every opportunity to do that.” Vatcher noted that creating special memories for youth is also important for their growth and sense of community. “We spent an hour and 15 minutes in Michael Green’s shed and we made so many memories that afternoon that I’m like, ‘This is what the kids will remember.’” The students enjoyed their traditional shed experience, according to Vatcher. “When we got back to school, our secretary sang out, ‘How’d you get on?’ The kids shouted out, ‘Best field trip ever!’” The students weren’t the only ones who had a time in the shed. “Michael and my husband really loved it,” Vatcher said. “They thought the kids were so well-behaved, so interested, really funny and a lot of fun, where they are not used to spending all day with kids this age.” Vatcher said the students received a return letter from Santa himself through Canada Post. They were happy to report their Christmas experiment worked.
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Melinda Myers with new pyjamas donated to her annual drive. The boxes under the table are also filled with sleepwear.
Comfort for the holidays Pyjama project gives back to children, youth in Labrador West Melinda Myers of Labrador City knows how it feels to be given a pair of new pyjamas to wear on Christmas Eve. It’s a feeling she’d like all children and youth in Labrador West to experience. “I grew up in a home with a single parent because my dad passed away when I was only nine and my brother was 12. But, every Christmas Eve, we received new pyjamas and that was a highlight in our home,” Myers said. A gift of pyjamas for the holiday season is a tradition Myers and her family continue to this day. When she went looking for a way to
give back to her community a few years ago, Myers decided she would like to hold a pyjama drive for less-fortunate children and youth in the area. During the first year of her Pajamas for Kids project, she collected more than 1,100 pairs of new pyjamas. Hundreds of pairs have been donated to her project every year since, she said. “Even during the hard years in our community, I’ve still collected over 400 pairs of pyjamas,” she said. Myers also donates extra sleepwear to the local shelter or any other children and youth in need during other times of the year. While the pyjama drive is Myers’ initiative, she stressed it’s the people who donate
who deserve credit for its “amazing success.” “There’s just so much generosity in our communities, including our neighbouring community of Fermont, who also help out and donate,” she said. “When you are sorting the pyjamas and you know where they are going [to children and youth in need], it just melts your heart … I was one of those kids who didn’t have a lot when my dad passed away. So, to get those new pyjamas was huge. And now this [project] is a very big part of my Christmas,” she said. For more information, visit Pajamas for Kids (Labrador West) on Facebook.
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Best kind at Christmas
What better way to kick off the holiday season than with some humour? Comedians Colin Hollett, Michael Lynch and Brian Aylward wrapped up their second annual Best Kind Comedy Tour across Canada this past fall. They recently took time out of their busy schedule to answer questions via email for Yuletide Preparations.
Q&A with comic trio Colin Hollett, Michael Lynch and Brian Aylward
Q: What’s your favourite holiday tradition? Hollett: Tibb’s Eve on December 23,
when people drink and eat at kitchen parties and bars with all the people they want to celebrate with before spending time with those they have to. I have no idea how that isn’t huge everywhere else.
Lynch: Slamming a 2-4 for Groundhog
Day.
Q: What’s it like touring with the other two? Aylward: We laugh our way across Canada. Last year, we drove 15,000 kilometres in nine weeks! We do give each other time and space or use headphones or pretend to be asleep. Hollett: The guys won’t say it, but they love touring with me. I’m the heartbeat of our group — without me, it falls apart. But with me around to constantly pick on, it keeps the whole ship happy.
Lynch: Colin and Brian are savages, so
I need my daily meditation. But they’re two of the most hilarious people I know and also have to put up with me saying “keep it down,”“get outta dat” or “remind me to take me pill, will ya.”
Mike Lynch (top), Brian Aylward (bottom) and Colin Hollett (right) say they grind each other’s gears, but share many laughs while out on the road together for their annual Best Kind Comedy Tour.
Q: How does selling out shows feel?
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but I’m sure the guys are grateful and loving it. For me, the question is what’s it like to not constantly sellout massive venues worldwide? It must be harsh.
HOLIDAY HUMOUR Lynch: Selling out shows feels amazing. Shout out to Brent Mac, Brian, Colin, Justin Hawco from The Outhouse and to all the people from Newfoundland and Labrador [for] making it possible across Canada.
Q: What’s the best thing about a Newfoundland Christmas? Aylward: Family and friends and
“Newfoundland and Labrador is full of undiagnosed funny people. Storytelling and hum our are part of our history and ev en survival. I don’t know if it’s the water or the turnip, but it’s somet hing.” — Brian Aylward
getting smashed.
doubles in population and is full of everyone that wants to be home and should be home. For a week it actually feels prosperous.
Lynch: Just eating and drinking with
good friends, especially at our annual Secret Santa with my old high school buds. We’ve been going 11 years strong now and sit on each other’s laps, exchanging gifts and running around like youngsters.
Q: Newfoundland and comedy — is there something in the water? Aylward: Newfoundland and Labrador is full of undiagnosed funny people. Storytelling and humour are part of our history and even survival. I don’t know if it’s the water or the turnip, but it’s something. Hollett: We’ve got misery, struggle
and absolute ridiculousness everywhere you turn that forces us to be half burnt and humorous so we can get through this life. Only other Newfies get it and it’s what created Newfoundland pride and unites us all.
Lynch: Of course great comedians come out of Newfoundland. There is endless inspiration from who you meet and what you get into. Being from here sometimes makes it hard for my ego to keep doing comedy, because I grew up with and know so many people I think are way funnier than me.
Q: What makes you laugh at Christmas?
Hollett: Watching Dad trying to enjoy Christmas before going on some ridiculous rant that he promises all year long that he won’t go on.
Lynch: Mom trying to drag mine and my brother’s hungover arses out of bed Christmas Day. “Time for a mass — yee reeks of booze!” Brings me back to when she’d get us out of bed for school: “Time for school — yee reeks of booze!”
Q: Why should people support comedy? Aylward: We all just need to laugh. Life isn’t easy for many people and comedy is ultimately the release they need, whether they know it or not.
You might even walk away with a fresh perspective and learn to not take life so seriously.
Lynch: I won’t tell anyone to come out to a comedy show just to support us — that’s a bit selfish. But if you do, what a ... time you’ll have. There is no better time than seeing good live comedy in a good venue, packed with people, there is no better time.
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Make way for reindeer BY CHRISTINE FAOUR On the Bright Side Can you imagine getting up close and personal with a reindeer? Not many people have, but I know someone who once got too close for comfort. It was an experience she will never forget. This is a true story about something magical that took place one Christmas right here in Newfoundland. All of the family had come from around the country to be together in Corner Brook for a good, old-fashioned Christmas. There had even been two new grandchildren born that year, which made the celebrations complete. My sister had arrived from her teaching post in Conne River, in the wilderness of central Newfoundland. She was enjoying life there, she said, but she really needed a car because it was so remote. Taking time out from some of the Christmas festivities, she shopped for and bought a new Chevy Scooter from a
local garage. Between the gift openings, the lighting of the plum pudding and the camaraderie only a large family can have, she negotiated her price and colour: a steel grey beauty. That was before grey was fashionable for cars. As our time together wound down, we packed our treasures and memories of a wonderful Christmas and said our goodbyes until the next time. The excitement was over for another year, but not for my sister. She had a four-and-a-half-hour drive from Corner Brook to Conne River, but she wasn’t worried. The route was pretty straightforward: hop on the TransCanada Highway, follow it as far as Grand Falls-Windsor and then take a sharp right turn onto Route 360. Follow this for about an hour and 45 minutes and arrive in Conne River. She left around noon, after a hearty lunch and admonishments to drive safely. She drove along the Trans-Canada Highway, which was easy enough, turned onto Route 360 and
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entered the vast wilderness of central Newfoundland. The late afternoon light and softly falling snow gave a mystical air to that lonely wilderness. As she basked in the afterglow of a great Christmas, she noticed that hers was the only car on the highway. She was driving pleasantly along, following the speed limit and watching out for ice patches on the road, when she saw something in the distance. She couldn’t believe her eyes, but there ahead was a herd of reindeer running down the middle of the highway. There were about 15 of them. She wasn’t sure what to do, but she wasn’t afraid. She kept driving, keeping her eyes on the road and the huge animals ahead of her. She sang Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, since it seemed so fitting. She thought it was a good thing that both she and the reindeer were going in the same direction. They might lead her right into Conne River! But she was going faster than them and, before long, the Chevy Scooter was bringing up the rear of the thundering herd. Tightly gripping the steering wheel and keeping her eyes on the road, she managed to keep steady and eventually she was driving in the middle of the reindeer herd. They were on both sides of the car, some ahead and some behind, as she drove her way through. She became one with them, a part of the herd. Looking out the side windows, she could see the heads and shoulders of the magnificent beasts, steamy puffs of their breath and their massive antlers. But she just kept driving, gripping the steering wheel. She was too awestruck to be afraid, so she never once thought of the danger. After what seemed like a long while, she was leading the pack. In her rearview mirror, she could see the reindeer growing smaller in the distance. It was a late visit from Santa, she thought, as she arrived safely in Conne River. Or were they angels protecting her on her journey? Either way, she had a story to tell for many years to come. Christine Faour grew up in Newfoundland, where she spent many Christmases with her family in Corner Brook. She has brought her memories and traditions to Nova Scotia, where she now resides with her husband, Dave.
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Must-watch holiday movies From classics to comedies, the options are endless for film fans BY SARA ERICSSON Sit back, relax and enjoy a night at home this holiday season by watching your favourite festive movies or explore others you’ve yet to watch. With so much hustle and bustle leading up to Christmas, kicking up your feet in front of the TV is a great way to tune out of the chaos and tune into a classic. Here’s a list to get you started. Don’t forget the popcorn!
Classics Miracle on 34th Street (1947) A man named Kris Kringle is the best Santa in town, but he’s put on trial after revealing he’s the real Santa Claus. The trial explores the good he’s done and whether people believe in him and Christmas. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) It’s a Christmas classic you can sing along to with Judy Garland as she navigates life and love and the prospect of a family move — meaning she may have to leave it all behind. Christmas in Connecticut (1945) This enduring classic is all the proof you need to never lie on a job application. Things hit the fan, but it’s a resounding riot that has stood the test of time.
Get cosy on the couch this Christmas and enjoy a festive movie marathon.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Whether it’s the exploding cat, torpedo sled or Christmas light mishap that makes you wheeze, this movie guarantees the most laughs of any Christmas movie around.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Jim Carrey is a comedic genius in his portrayal of the self-loathing Grinch who, despite routine self-serving crankiness, can’t escape Cindy Lou Who’s Christmas joy.
Home Alone (1990) He’s a smart-aleck kid with a knack for getting left behind and an endless supply of traps that never get old — and yes, that film in the background was made just for this movie.
The Polar Express (2004) This movie’s animation style received mixed reviews, but its gripping story of a mystical train, its cross-continent voyage and a boy who learned to believe ranks among the most unique takes on Christmas.
Underrated Mixed Nuts (1994) It’s the cult classic you’ve never heard of. If you’ve seen a Steve Martin comedy, you know to expect shenanigans, but that still doesn’t prepare you for the ridiculous scenes this film delivers.
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White Christmas (1954) This feel-good classic is an all-American hit about finding fame and love and saving the day for an old friend who is down on their luck — all of which happens with slick songs and dance moves.
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How well do you know your classics? Do you love a good Christmas movie? Think you know them like the back of your hand? Let’s see if you can correctly answer these 15 questions.
Which movie came out first?
1. Home Alone or National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? 2. The Santa Clause or Jingle All The Way? 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol or The Nightmare Before Christmas? 4. Elf or The Polar Express? 5. Love Actually or The Holiday?
What’s the name of:
6. The elf played by David Krumholtz in The Santa Clause? 7. The Grinch’s dog in How the Grinch Stole Christmas? 8. Doris’s daughter in Miracle on 34th Street? 9. Kevin’s mother in Home Alone? 10. The two sisters in White Christmas?
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7. Max 8. Susan 9. Kate 10. Betty and Judy Haynes 11. A Turbo Man action figure 12. A pool 13. A harmonica 14. Surrey 15. Kingston Falls
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A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) This is the single-most important Christmas program people should watch. From its life-pondering cast of kids, to its beautifully simple musical score and famed twig-like tree, this defines the holidays. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Rudolph is self-conscious about his red nose and his father struggles with his son’s difference. There are life lessons hidden within this movie and characters who’ll make you laugh, no matter your age. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) The Muppets hold a special place in people’s hearts, whether during their TV heyday or more recently on YouTube. Regardless, this sweet movie is among their best and should be on your holiday must-see list. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) It’s considered a masterpiece and among the best animated films ever made. The film’s artwork may look macabre, however the story is anything but.
Romance The Best Man Holiday (2013) These friends are as interwoven as they come. They’ve overcome the romantic wire crossings and grown as people and, despite still hashing out past dalliances, they prove friendship and love always overcome. The Holiday (2006) Two women looking for change switch homes and friends and find what they’re looking for in the other’s world. It’s light, easy and an all-around good movie, whether you’re into cheesy or not. Love Actually (2003) This compilation movie stands out amongst contemporaries like Valentine’s Day. Its sweet, quirky characters navigate relatable and overblown storylines — a combination that makes it a classic romantic comedy for the holidays. Not suitable for children. Elf (2003) Most people think of this as a comedy, but the awkward and innocent romance between characters Buddy and Jovie will melt your heart and make you cringe simultaneously.
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Newfoundland and doing this,” Young says. “At the time, I thought I was making the worst decision of my life.” Young, who’s 39, paints the scenes and life of Newfoundland and Labrador and other parts of Eastern Canada. He uses acrylics and inks to draw icebergs, the ocean, the skies of Twillingate and saltbox houses. He likes the way the light reflects off the sea on dark, crisp nights. He’s especially
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ART AND ENTERTAINMENT Now, his paintings are rich with colour, including reds, blues, greens and yellows. Young started taking drawing seriously when he was in high school in New Brunswick. His art teacher, Dave Brooks, encouraged him to create and taught Young about various mediums, as well as art history and how art has evolved over the years. “He really nurtured that passion in me,” Young says. “He really fostered that idea I could take this further. He gave us a solid understanding at a young age.” Young received his bachelor of fine arts degree at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. He focused on painting and printmaking while there. Then, he spent years creating illustrations for newspapers and magazines across Canada. “That kept me going through the years and it kept me interested in drawing,” Young says. He followed in the footsteps of his mentor Brooks, and studied to become a teacher, getting bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. He met his now wife, Jennifer, while studying to become a teacher. Young went on to become an art teacher himself. It was his dream job. “The idea that I would be painting and people would purchase it never even came to mind,” Young says. His wife wanted to go home to Fogo Island. The couple would visit every summer and Young would draw scenes of the province even then, but his wife wanted to move back permanently. Young was less enthusiastic about the idea. By then, the couple already had one daughter, Bella. “It was a hard decision for me,” Young says. “I struggled with it for a while. I chose family over career, but it turned out even better.” Young came to Fogo Island at just the right time. The former fishing community was undergoing a revival led by Zita Cobb, a businesswoman and social entrepreneur who grew up there and returned to the community
Artist Adam Young has been living on Fogo Island since 2008.
and started Shorefast with her brothers, Anthony and Alan Cobb. Shorefast’s goal is to bring economic and cultural resilience to Fogo Island. The community is now a hub for artists. Young says Cobb is an advocate for the arts, bringing artists to the community who, like Young, are inspired by the scenes there. “It was the ideal situation for me,” Young says. Young got a teaching job on the island and, in his spare time, drew and painted. He started a Facebook page to promote his work. He started exhibiting around Newfoundland. “My artwork spread organically and unintentionally, really,” Young says. “When I started to paint and draw, it was just for the love of it.” Young paired up with fellow artist Robbie Craig. They’d host art shows together on the island and in Halifax. Social media and the internet gave Young a chance to stay and work on Fogo Island, but also sell his work anywhere he’d like. “These shows allow me to get to talk to people face to face,” Young says. “It’s a nice balance between
interacting in person and being online.” He tells young artists to create every day. “Eventually, it’s a habit,” Young says. “If you get out of it, you’re out of it.” He remembers some of the best advice he received was from the parents of a friend who were having breakfast at Cora, a restaurant in downtown Halifax, where Young worked. “They said if you’re creating it and it comes from the heart, everything else will come,” Young says. “You have to continue to create it.” Young continues to look ahead. He and his wife have another daughter, Scout. The couple is working on a children’s book about a little red fishing stage that goes on an adventure. The book is set to be published in 2020. He wants to host more art shows, including in Ottawa, Edmonton and Fort McMurray. When he exhibits off the island or visits family elsewhere and heads back to Newfoundland, he feels he’s finally going home. “You can live in a place where you gather your artistic passion and not be at the mercy of a gallery,” Young says. “You can stay where you enjoy working and I can look out the window and love what I’m looking at. I’m more of a country mouse now.” To learn more about Young’s art, visit ayoungstudios.com or look for Young Studios on Facebook.
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BY SUZANNE BARTLETT There are many things Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are known for, such as our humour, kind spirit, hard-working nature and, of course, our love of food and drink, especially when sharing those with family and friends. This love of gathering over delicious dishes is particularly evident during the holidays, when kitchens fill with smiling faces, drinks are poured and plates are piled high. Continued on p. 54
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FESTIVE FOOD AND DRINKS Blueberry beverage Blueberry grunt, a popular East Coast dessert, has numerous names and variations, but simply put is a dessert made using cooked blueberries and a steamed pudding or dumpling. This dish is believed to be a version of an English steamed pudding and the term “grunt” was believed to be given to the sound the dumplings make when they are steamed. “I had this idea to recreate a traditional Newfoundland staple, which I recall having often as a child. Some places refer to it as a blueberry grunt, while others call it a blueberry buckle,” says Sheldon O’Neill. A St. John’s native, O’Neill has been creating cocktails and designing and consulting on bar menus in the city for decades. Now, he owns and operates St. John’s Charcuterie, a booming custom charcuterie board business, but he still loves creating cocktails with local ingredients. “This is a playful take on the blueberry buckle and to relate the obvious presence of alcohol in the cocktail, I named this The Buckled Blueberry. It’s a fun, drinkable blueberry grunt [or blueberry buckle], depending on where you’re from,” O’Neill says.
Directions: Dip the rim of a coupe glass into blueberry jam and then into the graham cracker crumbs. Be sure to get an even line around the lip of the glass. For base: Iceberg Vodka (2 oz) Pure, concentrated blueberry juice (1 oz) Freshly squeezed lemon juice (2/3 oz) Fresh blueberries (2 oz) Simple syrup (1/2 oz) Directions: In an empty Boston shaker tin, muddle the fresh blueberries. Add the remaining ingredients. Fill shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into the rimmed coupe glass. For float: Fussell’s Thick Cream (2 oz) Simple syrup (1/2 oz) Freshly squeezed lemon juice (1/3 oz) Lemon zest Cinnamon sugar (half sugar, half cinnamon)
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From cookie to cocktail Purity Jam Jams are a beloved Newfoundland and Labrador treat, often shared with friends over a cup of tea (and often dipped into said tea). They remind many people of a visit to their nan and pop’s home or a care package received while living away. O’Neill was tasked with creating a cocktail for the St. John’s Fish Exchange, in response to a request for a sweeterstyle addition to their cocktail list. “As Jam Jams are another staple of Newfoundland and Labrador pantries, I thought this would be a great addition for those with a bit of a sweet tooth,” O’Neill says. “Following the trend of all of the signature cocktails for the Fish Exchange, this one features several Newfoundland products, as the recipe demonstrates. The Jam Jam Martini makes use of Newfoundland’s famous Screech dark rum, Crosby’s molasses and Purity raspberry syrup. The finished product is a drinkable Jam Jam, with the iconic cookie perched atop the glass. Enjoy!”
Jam Jam Martini For rim: Crosby’s molasses Graham cracker crumbs Directions: Dip the rim of a martini glass into the molasses and then into the graham cracker crumbs. Be sure to get an even line around the lip of the glass. For base: Screech dark rum (1.5 oz) Purity raspberry syrup (1 oz) Apple juice (1/2 oz) Freshly squeezed lemon juice (1/2 oz) Directions: Add all ingredients to a Boston shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into the rimmed martini glass. Garnish with a Purity Jam Jams cookie.
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Tales from the kitchen Rum cake infused with redemption
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FESTIVE FOOD AND DRINKS BY ADAM RANDELL The Central Voice They say the fun is in the trying. When there’s rum involved, this rings particularly true. A couple of years ago, I offered up a Christmas treat from rural Newfoundland and Labrador’s past: molasses candy. And considering the floption (state) it turned out to be — what was supposed to be a chewy treat turned out a rockhard mess — there was a need for redemption. Rum cake isn’t a unique dessert to the province, but it is quite popular during the holidays. I’ve come to realize, though, most traditional rum cake recipes for Newfoundland and Labrador are done in a fruitcake style. But seeing how the only good thing about fruitcake is that it makes an excellent boat anchor, there had to be another way. In considering the options, I immediately thought of my Ship Cove friend, Kathleen Tucker, who passed away. The former Northern Pen columnist would often stop into the St. Anthony office, where I was working at the time, with a yellow cake-style rum cake, cookies and other goodies. She always offered them with a smile and a warm voice for a friendly chat. Her rum cake was so amazing that it didn’t always make it home. So, with her in mind, I decided to make the yellow cake style. After googlizing the internet, there were numerous options and the good people at kingarthurflour.com became my guiding light with their online recipe. God bless the internet. My baking skills haven’t gotten any better or worse since last Christmas, but cake from scratch has never been an issue. How hard could it be? After all, flour, sugar, baking powder and a dash of salt is all standard stuff when it comes to cake. But instant pudding is something I’ve never heard tell of in a cake. Who puts pudding in cake? Plus, there was no instant pudding in the pantry. So, off to the store I went in the middle of a storm and Christmas shopping madness. Thirty minutes later, and slightly frustrated with the lineups, the instant pudding was added. Then, it was back to the good ol’ standards: butter, oil, milk, eggs and vanilla. Until, at last, the good part: adding the rum. While this wasn’t a traditional Newfoundland-style cake, there was a need to infuse something to give it a provincial flair. Enter Old Sam, that dark
Adam Randell tries his hand at rum cake.
rum with a head when mixed with cola. Putting my not-so-established baking knowhow to use, it seemed the sweet taste of this rum would pair well with cake. Plus, I would get to enjoy the leftovers. So, into the batter it went, a half a cup and a splash or two extra for good measure. With everything mixed together, I placed it in a Bundt pan. What the heck is a Bundt pan anyway? (I kid. That bit of research was done beforehand and one was taken out on loan from a friend.) Then, the waiting game began — 50 to 60 minutes, to be precise. What came out of the oven was a very
crisp and delicious-looking cake, until I remembered the vanilla was sitting next to the oven and not in the cake, where it was supposed to be. Ruined! Fire it in the garbage, one would assume, but the saving grace to it was the sauce. Now, I’ve never been one for sauces; it’s too much effort and attention for a wandering mind. But the ingredients are simple: water, butter, sugar, salt and another half a cup of rum. Bring it to a boil, let it simmer to thicken up and then add vanilla. Don’t forget the vanilla. It didn’t thicken up, but the vanilla was added anyway. I was informed by a baker afterwards that I likely didn’t use enough sugar. In the name of soldiering on, I poked holes in the cake and added the sauce a little at a time, letting it soak in and repeating until the sauce was gone. Then, I left the cake to absorb the sauce. Five hours after adding the first ingredients, surprisingly in one fluid motion, the cake slid out of the pan and onto the serving platter. The bumps in the Bundt were a little burnt, but the addition of the sauce made it moist. The plan was to add an icing sugar glaze for a little showmanship, but the taste was perfect just the way it was. The choice in rum had helped maintain a moist, sweet-tasting cake. And the success was quickly noticed. Slice after slice was freely carved out and carted off by friends, whereas the molasses candy would still be in the container if I hadn’t thrown them out. It appears the best part of this cake wasn’t the rum, but the redemption. Give it a whirl For anyone wishing to get in on the rum cake fun, King Arthur Flour has a wonderful recipe online. It can be found at kingarthurflour.com/recipes/ caribbean-rum-cake-recipe. Fresh Meats, Poultry * Fresh Produce Deli * Seasonal Gift Items * Hardware
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1 lb onions 1 large head cauliflower 3 large cucumbers 1 red bell pepper 1/2 cup salt 1 qt white vinegar 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup flour 2 tbsp dry mustard 1 tbsp turmeric 1/2 cup water Directions: Skin onions and separate cauliflower into small pieces. Cut unpeeled cucumbers and red bell pepper into wedges. Cover with water, sprinkle with salt and let stand overnight. Boil for 10 minutes in same water used to soak. Drain. Heat vinegar and sugar. Make smooth paste with flour, mustard, turmeric and 1/2 cup water. Add to the vinegar and boil until thick. Pour over vegetables while still hot. Seal in hot, sterilized bottles.
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Main dishes Baked Chicken Wings
2 lbs chicken wings Flour, as needed Pinch of ginger Salt, to taste Pepper, to taste 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup vinegar 1 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp ketchup 4 tbsp relish 1 tsp mustard 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce Directions: Roll chicken wings in flour, ginger, salt and pepper. Mix together lemon juice, vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, relish, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over chicken wings and bake at 350 F for 1.5 hours. Cynthia Maloney Sweet Bay
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Main dishes Linda’s Best Stuffed Chicken Breasts
6 chicken breasts 2 boxes chicken-flavoured stuffing mix Egg wash (2 eggs, 3/4 cup milk) 2 cups flour 1 tbsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1 medium onion, chopped 1 individual package onion soup mix 1/2 individual package herb and garlic soup mix 2 to 3 tbsp oil 2 cups chicken broth (50 per cent less salt) 1 cup water To thicken: 2 tbsp cornstarch 1/3 cup water Directions: Make stuffing as per directions on box and set aside. Whisk egg wash ingredients together and set aside. Make a pocket in each chicken breast and insert enough stuffing to fill cavity. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Use toothpicks to keep pockets closed. Dip the chicken breasts in egg wash and roll in flour. Add oil to a hot frying pan and fry the chicken breasts on all sides until golden brown on medium heat. (I even fry on the stuffing side.) Transfer chicken into a 9-inch by 13-inch casserole dish. In the same frying pan, fry chopped onion until sautéed and almost brown. Add in onion soup mix and herb and garlic soup mix with chicken broth and water. Let simmer for 5 minutes and use cornstarch thickening to make smooth sauce. Pour over chicken and cover. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes at 350 F. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes and vegetables. Linda Smith Raleigh
Linda’s Scallop Stew
8 large Atlantic scallops (each quartered, measuring 2 to 3 cups) 1 large onion, chopped 3 tbsp salt pork scrunchions Pepper, to taste 1 small or medium turnip, chopped 4 medium potatoes, chopped 3 tbsp oyster sauce 2 cups water Directions: In a large, deep skillet, fry scrunchions until rendered and add onion until sautéed. Add turnip. Shake on pepper. Using medium heat, let it fry until both onions and turnip are brown. Add potatoes. Continue frying for 5 to 10 minutes. Make a well in the frying pan and place scallops, adding more pepper and oyster sauce. Continue to cook, stirring often. When scallops are cooked, pour in 2 cups of water and let simmer for 15 minutes (or until vegetables are cooked). Serve with fresh, homemade bread rolls. Linda Smith Raleigh
Set the scene with a holiday-themed table setting.
Sweet and Sour Pork Chops 4 pork chops 1 onion, sliced 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp garlic powder 2 tbsp cornstarch 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup pineapple juice 1 tsp ketchup Splash of lemon juice 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp curry powder 1/4 tsp pepper 1 tsp soy sauce
Directions: Brown pork chops and onion. Make sauce from remaining ingredients. Pour over pork chops. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour. Serve with rice or baked potato. Marina Donovan Melrose
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Directions: Sift flour, baking soda and salt onto waxed paper. Beat butter, granulated and brown sugars, egg and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Preheat oven to 350 F. Stir in flour mixture by hand until mixed. Stir in nuts and chocolate. Drop teaspoonful of batter an inch apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes or until cookies are golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on wire racks. When thoroughly cooled, store in covered containers. Grace Percy Brigus
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Cookies and bars Christmas Balls
Eatmore Bars
2 cups wafer crumbs 1/2 cup green cherries, halved 1/2 cup red cherries, halved 1 can condensed milk 1 bag mini coloured marshmallows Coconut
1 cup corn syrup 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup crushed peanuts 3 cups crisped rice cereal
Directions: Mix all ingredients together, except coconut. Shape into balls and roll in coconut. Keep refrigerated.
Directions: Melt first 3 ingredients in a bowl in the microwave for a minute and a half. Add in peanuts and cereal. Spread over cookie sheet and refrigerate. Cut into squares.
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Melting Shortbread
Snowy Date Balls Makes 30 balls
1 lb softened butter 1 cup icing sugar 4 cups flour 2 tbsp cornstarch
Directions: Mix butter and icing sugar together. Add flour and cornstarch. Roll out and use cookie cutters. Bake at 350 F until brown. Cynthia Oliver Burnt Point
1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/3 cup icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp milk 1 1/2 cups flour 2/3 cup dates, finely chopped 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped Directions: Cream together butter or margarine, icing sugar, vanilla and milk. Beat until light and fluffy. Blend in flour. Stir in dates and walnuts. Shape into 1-inch
balls. Bake on non-greased cookie sheet in preheated oven at 325 F for 15 to 18 minutes. While warm, roll in sifted icing sugar. Doreen Moss Bloomfield
Apricot Coconut Bars For base: 1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup flour
For top: 1 cup apricots, chopped 1 can sweet milk 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups coconut 1/3 cup flour 1/4 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt Directions: Mix together base ingredients and press into greased 9-inch by 9-inch dish. Combine all top ingredients and pour over base. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 F until top turns golden. Let cool before cutting. Sheila Bowers Grand Falls-Windsor
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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
1 2/3 cups natural peanut butter 1 cup olive oil-based margarine 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1 egg white 3 tsp honey 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 tsp sea salt 3 cups rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup raisins 1 cup crushed walnuts
and then flatten with fork. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 F. Use parchment paper. Cream margarine, eggs and brown sugar until smooth. Fold in peanut butter, honey, vanilla and sea salt. Work in flour and oats. Add walnuts and raisins. Form balls
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Date Squares
1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 to 1/2 cup butter Dates Directions: Mix together and use 3/4 of the mixture on greased dish. Press firm. Boil dates, cool and spread on top of firm mixture. Top with remaining mixture. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into squares when cooled.
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Cookies and bars Nougat Squares
2 tbsp butter 2 bags mini marshmallows (250 g per bag) 2 bags white chocolate chips (225 g per bag) 2 cups gumdrops Directions: Melt first three ingredients together until smooth. Mix in gumdrops. Spread on parchment paper-lined 9-inch by 13-inch pan. Chill overnight in fridge. Cut into squares. Can be stored in freezer. Della Coates Wings Point
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Cookies and bars Moose Farts
1 can condensed milk 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups graham wafer crumbs 1 1/2 cups coconut 1 cup chocolate chips Directions: Combine milk, butter and vanilla until well blended. Add graham wafer crumbs, coconut and chocolate chips. Mix to combine well. Put in fridge for 1 hour. Shape into balls and roll in graham wafer crumbs. Daphne Legge Heart’s Delight
Pineapple Bars
For base: 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup flour Dash of salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups coconut
For filling: 3/4 cup white sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 cup crushed pineapple, with juice 1 tbsp butter 3 tbsp cornstarch Directions: Stir first four ingredients together in saucepan on stove. Bring to a boil. Add cornstarch to thicken. Let cool. Spread on bottom mixture. Cover with remaining crumbs. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes or until brown. Cynthia Oliver Burnt Point
Cosy up with your favourite Christmas cookies and hot chocolate.
Easy Graham Bars
3 cups graham wafer crumbs 1 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions: Mix sugar, butter, milk and crumbs. Add the rest. Mix well. Spread in a greased 9-inch by 9-inch pan. Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes. Let cool. Cut into squares. Cynthia Oliver Burnt Point
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Directions: Mix together, like making a crumble. Press about two thirds in a greased 8-inch by 8-inch pan.
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Puddings Add carrots and half of potatoes. Sift flour and spices and add to creamed mixture. Add fruit, coconut and flavourings. Mix well. Put soda in remaining potatoes. Stir in last. Don’t beat. Steam in large tin or mould for approximately 3.5 to 4 hours. Marina Donovan Melrose
Coconut Bread Pudding
6 slices of bread, cut in cubes 2 eggs 1/3 cup sugar Dash of vanilla 1 tsp softened butter 1/3 cup raisins 1 cup shredded coconut 1 can coconut milk
Carrot Pudding
1 cup carrots, grated and raw 1 cup potatoes, grated and raw 1 cup flour 1 cup coconut 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup raisins 1 cup currants 1 cup cherries 1/2 cup mixed peel 1 cup suet or butter
1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cloves 1 tsp allspice 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp soda 1 tsp rum or brandy 1 tsp vanilla Pinch of salt
Directions: In a bowl, beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, butter, raisins, coconut and coconut milk. Add bread to the mixture and use a spoon to ensure bread is soaked. Place in a greased 8-inch by 8-inch dish. Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes or until brown.
Directions: Cream suet (or butter) and sugar.
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Puddings Chia Pudding
2 tbsp chia seeds 1 can coconut milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp honey 1 tsp cinnamon Directions: Mix well, pour in serving dishes and let chill. Daphne Legge Heart’s Delight
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Cakes and desserts
Blueberry Croissant Dessert 5 large croissants, cubed 2 cups blueberries 1 package cream cheese 2/3 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk 2 eggs
Directions: Put cubed croissants in bottom of 9-inch by 11-inch dish. Put
blueberries over cubed croissants. Beat cream cheese and add sugar, vanilla, milk and eggs. Beat again. Pour over cubed croissants and blueberries. Let stand for 20 minutes. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes. Daphne Legge Heart’s Delight
Coconut Cream Pie 1 cup coconut 2 cups milk 1/2 cup sugar 2 tbsp cornstarch 2 tbsp level flour 2 egg yolks 2 tsp butter 1 tsp vanilla 1 pie shell, baked Meringue
Directions: Mix first 8 ingredients together in pot on low heat. Stir until thick. Pour into baked pie shell and top with meringue. Betty Button Laurenceton
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Moist and Easy Carrot Cake
Pineapple Cherry Christmas Cake 1/2 lb butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 1 cup coconut 1 1/4 cups red cherries 1 1/4 cups green cherries 2 tsp vanilla 2 tsp baking powder 3 eggs 1 can (14 oz) crushed pineapple, plus juice Dash of nutmeg
Directions: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and pineapple juice. Add dry ingredients. Mix well by hand. Add lightly floured cherries and vanilla. Put in greased tube pan. Bake for 2 hours at 300 F. Marina Donovan Melrose 78 YULETIDE PREPARATIONS Magazine | 2019
Moist and Easy Carrot Cake 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 3 cups carrot, grated 2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups oil 4 eggs 2 tsp cinnamon Pinch of salt 2 tsp vanilla
Directions: Mix together and bake at 350 F in tube pan for 1 hour or until done. Beulah Drake Harbour Breton
Partridgeberry Crumble
Partridgeberry jam Whipped cream or ice cream (optional) For crumble mixture: 2 cups rolled oats 1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 cup butter Directions: Put partridgeberry jam in a greased 9-inch by 13-inch dish. Top with crumble mixture. Bake at 350 F for 35 to 45 minutes until topping is golden and starts to crisp. Scoop out while still warm and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. Sylvia Meadus Gooseberry Cove
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Cakes and desserts Wine Cake
1 package yellow cake mix 1 package (3.5 oz) instant vanilla pudding 3/4 cup wine, white or red 3/4 cup oil 4 eggs 1 tsp nutmeg Powdered sugar Directions: Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix first 6 ingredients and beat for 4 minutes. Pour into greased angel food cake pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool. Remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cake should be made 2 to 3 days in advance to achieve best flavour and will keep for several weeks. Cynthia Maloney Sweet Bay
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Cakes and desserts Bakeapple Dessert
1/2 cup margarine 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup flour, sifted 2 cups rolled oats 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups fresh bakeapples, sweetened (or bakeapple jam) Directions: Place margarine, sugar, flour, rolled oats and baking soda in bowl. Rub with fingertips until fine and crumbly. Spread half of the mixture in pie dish. Spread with bakeapples or bakeapple jam. Cover with remaining mixture and gently press down with hands until even. Bake at 350 F until golden brown. Serve hot. Cynthia Maloney Sweet Bay
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Raisin Bread
1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups raisins 3 packages yeast 7 lbs flour (or 1 package of bread and roll mix and 5 cups flour) 5 cups water, warm 1 can milk (mixed with water noted above) Directions: Mix and knead well. Place in warm area and let rise for about 2 hours. Knead again and put in greased pans. Let rise. Bake at 350 F for 35 to 40 minutes. Marina Donovan Melrose
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Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Buns 4 cups flour 1 egg, beaten 4 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 cup white sugar 1 cup margarine 1 cup white chocolate chips 1 cup dried cranberries 1/2 or 1 cup fresh milk
Directions: Mix together and bake at 350 F for 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into individual buns. Shirley LeDrew Lewisporte
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Bread and buns Custard Buns
4 cups flour 5 tsp baking powder Salt, to taste 1 cup coconut 1 cup milk 4 tsp custard powder 3/4 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup sugar (or less) 1 tsp vanilla Optional ingredients: Raisins Chocolate chips Berries Directions: Mix butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, custard powder, salt, coconut and milk. May add raisins, chocolate chips or berries, if desired. Using a tablespoon, shape into balls and place on cookie sheet. Gently press down on each formed ball. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 350 F. Sylvia Meadus Gooseberry Cove
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