That sounds like a lovely custom, and a delicious meal. Cindy --- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi:) > > One we always did at Christmas was Christmas eve > dinner. Before the meal > everyone would get what was called A-poo-ah-tec. I > don't know the spelling > of that one. It was the thin wafers that would come > in sheets with different > Christmas scenes on them. We would each get a piece > and then go around to > everyone and take a small piece off theirs and they > would take a piece of > ours and eat it. At the same time we would make a > wish for that person for > the next year. > > I think there was some real power in that because > for about 18 months my > husband and I at the time were trying to get me > pregnant. Everyone that > Christmas made the wish that we would give my Mom > her first grandchild. > Well, it must have happened that night or in the > next couple of nights > because Emily was born on October 4th and she was > two weeks late. > > Then we would have a dinner starting with creamed > haring, followed by > homemade polish sausage, homemade breads, rice with > honey and lots of other > little goodies. IT was always a very special day of > the year. > > Katie Hill > The Reconnection & reiki Healing > Get yur personalized numerology chart > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > AIM SStarangel@xxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Kasondra Payne > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:04 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O T Christmas > Traditions > > Lyssi, > > My family isn't Eastern European, but that sounds > like an interesting and > yummy tradition. My aunt used to teach my siblings > and her children German. > She had spent a year and a half in what used to be > West Germany serving a > mission for our church. The same aunt also tried to > teach us to sing and > have an appreciation for classical music. Well, she > taught us to sing three > Christmas carols in German. We would go caroling to > an older German woman > we knew from church. She would gather all her > friends together to hear us > sing. Ruth Baker was one of the sweetest women I > ever knew. My mother > would always tell us not to expect to get anything > from her, but Ruth never > failed to give each of us a bag of cookies, a candy > cane, and and an > ornament. We performed for her ever year from 1984 > to 1997. I missed our > last performance because I was sick and breaking off > and engagement at the > same time. Kelly C knows what I am talking about. > In 1998, Ruth was living > in a nursing home and too sick to have all of us > perform. I did go visit > her that year. It was the last time I saw her. She > passed away six months > later, just before my wedding. That caroling is one > of the most special > memories I have of a Christmas tradition. Ruth > would complement us that our > German was so good, but I knew how much it sucked. > We added other carols in > English and Spanish, but we always sang the German > ones. To this day, I > cannot sing the first verse of Silent Night in > English. I know it, but the > German is so ingrained in me. It bugs everyone > else. Thank you for letting > me share. > > Kasondra Payne > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.3/209 - > Release Date: 12/21/2005 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.