November 2014
Get in the Holiday Spirit!
Below are 4 Typical Holiday Traditions.
Can you identify them?
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Clue: deck the halls!
Clue: a tradition imported from the old county
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Clue: Santa’s snack
Clue: the official Holiday beverage
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November 2014
Let’s Talk !
You will find below information on the Holiday traditions shown on page 1.
Use them to start a discussion with your residents. You will also find a few questions that may help
your residents recollect memories and personal experiences.
Holly
The species are evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide. In many western cultures, holly is a traditional
Christmas decoration, used especially in wreaths and illustrations, for instance
on Christmas cards.
Did you collect the holly ornament decorating Christmas log cakes?
In your family, did people kiss under the mistletoe?
Have you ever seen natural holly?
Fruit Cake
Dark, moist and rich Christmas cakes are the most frequently consumed, with
white Christmas cake rarely seen. These cakes tend to be made in mid-November to early December when the weather starts to cool down. They are a staple
during Christmas dinner and a gift generally exchanged between business associates and close friends/family.
Did your family receive a fruit cake from a faraway kin as a gift at Christmas?
Do you enjoy eating fruit cake?
Would your mother prepare such cakes for the Holidays?
Milk and Cookies for Santa
In Canada and the United States, since the 1930s, children have left cookies
and milk on a table for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, though many people
simply consume the cookies themselves. The cookies are often cut into such
shapes as those of candy canes, reindeer, and holly leaves.
As a child, did you leave milk and cookies for Santa?
Was baking Christmas cookies a family affair at your house?
Eggnog
A sweetened dairy-based beverage traditionally made with milk and/or cream,
sugar, and whipped eggs (which gives it a frothy texture). Spirits such as brandy,
rum or bourbon are often added. The finished serving is often garnished with
a sprinkling of ground cinnamon or nutmeg. Eggnog is traditionally consumed
throughout Canada around Christmas.
Do you enjoy eggnog?
Do you have a special ingredient or a special recipe for eggnog?
Was eggnog a special Holiday treat in your family?
Source: Wikipédia
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Holiday Treats
Easy recipes to make and enjoy with your residents!
Coralie’s Christmas Cookies
recettes.qc.ca
Warning : be careful to mix dry ingredients well, otherwise result might be unsatisfactory. Plain cookies are
good, but iced and decorated ones are better!
No bake Snowballs
myrecipes.com
Preparation time: 20 m
Cooking time: 10 m
Total time: 30 min
Portion(s): 15
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
2 1/4 cup of flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of milk
PREPARATION
Soften butter in microwave (or take out of fridge in
advance). Add sugar and mix well in mixer. Add the egg
and vanilla and mix well in mixer. Add the egg and the
vanilla to the butter and sugar and mix some more.
Mix well together the dry ingredients (flour, baking
powder and salt), then sift. Add to the first mix, alternating with dry ingredients and milk, first with mixer, then
with spoon.
With a rolling pin, flatten the dough to approximately a
centimeter of thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters or the rim of a glass.
Bake from 10 to 12 minutes at 375 °F.
You can add icing, chocolate chips or other decorations
once cookies have cooled off.
Preparation time: 25 m
Portion(s) : about 28 balls
INGREDIENTS
2 1/4 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs (we used
crumbs made from Oreo cookies)
1 cup finely chopped pecans
3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut (optional)
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup strawberry preserves
another 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
PREPARATION
Combine cookie crumbs, pecans, 3/4 cup powdered
sugar, and coconut, if you’d like, in a large bowl; add corn
syrup and preserves. Stir until well blended.
Shape mixture into 1-inch balls, using 1 level tablespoon
of mixture for each. Roll balls in 3/4 cup powdered sugar.
Roll each ball again so it’ll be coated very well. Store
cookies in an airtight container up to 1 week.
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Holiday Treats
Easy recipes to make and enjoy with your residents! continued
Eggless Eggnog!
eggnogaholic.com
*The original recipe asks for a pasteurized egg in order to avoid salmonella
bacteria (look at http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/eggsdairy/ht/pasteurize_eggs.htm for micro-wave method). You can also heat home made
eggnog up to 71 °C (160 °F).
The vanilla, the ice cream and the egg, all work together to
make this an eggnog like tasting shake. Try adding a splash
of rum and extra nutmeg for a true eggnoggy taste.
Eggnogaholic’s Basic Eggnog Recipe
eggnogaholic.com
INGREDIENTS
8 cups milk
1 (3 oz) package of French Vanilla Instant pudding
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp of nutmeg
PREPARATION
In a large bowl, mix the pudding with 1 cup of the milk.
When pudding is formed, add in the remaining ingredients and mix very well. Chill. Serve and Enjoy!
Eggnog Milkshake
For 1 portion :
INGREDIENTS
1 egg*, beaten well
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla
3 scoops vanilla ice cream
(more or less to desired thickness)
PREPARATION
Beat egg and sugar together. Beat in milk and vanilla.
Add this mixture with the ice cream in a blender and mix
completely. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately in
a tall glass.
INGREDIENTS
6 eggs separated
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups milk
from 1/2 to 1 cup rum
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
PREPARATION
Whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, salt and vanilla until
light yellow and creamy. Add alcohol and milk. Cover
and refrigerate for several hours. Refrigerate the egg
whites, as well.
When you are ready to serve your Eggnog, whip the
heavy cream in one bowl and the egg whites in another
bowl. Both should be beaten to stiff peaks form. Then
alternate folding in egg whites and whipped cream to the
eggnog mixture.
This Eggnog is rich, thick and delightfully creamy. You
can use less whipped cream and more milk, it’s a matter
of taste. I use only 1/2 cup rum, but you can use up to 1
cup, again it’s a matter of taste. Garnish with nutmeg and
cinnamon if desired.
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November 2014
Get in the Holiday Spirit!
Nothing will get you in the Holiday mood like preparing decorations to liven up your environment!
Here are a few easy to make arts & crafts items to make with your residents.
Christmas Wreath
Unfold, bringing the 1½" edges together, one on top of
the other (the fold will show on the inside of cylinder thus
created), staple edges. Bring both extremities of the cylinder together (thus creating the wreath) and staple them.
Voilà! Your wreath is ready to be decorated! Cut a bow
shape and small circles and glue them on the wreath.
diy.allwomenstalk.com
Your residents can use these wreaths as door hangers
or the wreaths can be used as table centerpieces.
Lantern (for flameless candles)
teteamodeler.com
MATERIALS:
construction paper (#2584)
glue gun (#2511), gun (#2512)
scissors, stapler
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cut a 9" x 12" rectangle of construction paper. Fold
lengthwise to get a 4½" x 12" rectangle. Draw a pencil
line at 1½" from the edge opposite to fold. Draw vertical
lines at ½" intervals.
Use the scissors to cut along the vertical lines up to the
1½" line from the edge.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Only flameless candles are to be used for this lantern,
ordinary candles being a fire hazard.
12"
1½"
MATERIALS:
patterned paper (#2573)
flameless candle (#18323)
scissors, stapler or scotch tape
½"
9÷2=
4½"
Cut a 4½" x 11" rectangle of patterned paper. Fold it
in two extremities, pattern facing outside to obtain a
2¼" x 11" rectangle. Draw a pencil line at 1" from the
edge opposite to fold. Draw vertical lines at 1" intervals.
Use the scissors to cut along the vertical lines up to the
1" line from the edge.
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Here are a few easy to make arts & crafts items to make with your residents.
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Unfold. Bring the 1" edges together, one on top of the
other with the fold showing on the outside of cylinder thus
created, staple or tape edges. For a better fit on the flameless candle, roll the rectangle around it, then tape it.
around and continue doing so with the next rectangle,
ant the next, etc. A globe will form as you go along.
Slide cylinder on candle and adjust. Once lit, the lamp
produces a soft and warm effect.
Mosaic Greeting Card
You can use these ornaments in a tree, hang them all
around or string them together to make a nice garland, etc.
puddlewonderfullearning.blogspot.ca
Use the lanterns as (or part of) a table centerpiece or as a
festive nightlight for your residents’ nightstands.
Our flameless candles have a timer that lights them for 5 hours and
then turns them off for 19.
Christmas paper ornaments
thecreativeplace.blogspot.ca/2009/10/tuesday-tutorial-paper-lantern.html
MATERIALS:
construction paper (#2566)
glue (#2521 or #2560)
mosaic squares (#2568)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fold construction paper in 2 or 4, depending on the
desired size of card. Trace contour of image. Apply glue,
place mosaic squares according to design.
Traceable shapes on page 7 et 8
MATERIALS:
patterned paper (#2573)
small brads (2 for each ornament)→
scissors
brads
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cut 15 rectangles of patterned paper measuring ½" x 4"
each. Stack rectangles, patterned sides on top. Punch a
hole at each extremities, 1/8" from edges, using either a
1/16" punch, pushpin or nail (watch out not to hurt yourself or damage the furniture).
Slide a brad in the holes at each extremities. Make sure
the head of the brad rests on the patterned side of the
paper. Spread the tabs on the other side.
Starting with the bottom rectangle of paper, twist it
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November 2014
Get in the Holiday Spirit!
Nothing will get you in the Holiday mood like preparing decorations to liven up your environment!
Here are a few easy to make arts & crafts items to make with your residents.
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November 2014
Get in the Holiday Spirit!
Nothing will get you in the Holiday mood like preparing decorations to liven up your environment!
Here are a few easy to make arts & crafts items to make with your residents.
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HORIZONTAL
1.A friendly relation or intimacy.
2.A Christmas song or hymn.
3. The birth of Christ.
4.Agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
5.The animate existence or period of animate existence
of an individual.
6To help; aid; support.
7Belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion.
8.The wise men who paid homage to the infant Jesus.
9Readiness or liberality in giving.
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ASSISTANCE, CAROLS, COMPASSIONATE, FAITH, FIR, FRIENDSHIP,
GENEROSITY, HARMONY, LIFE, LOVE, MAGI, NATIVITY, PEACE,
PRESENTS, REFLECTION, TRINITY,
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VERTICAL
1.When feeling a deep sympathy for another’s misfortune, with a desire to alleviate the suffering.
2.A coniferous tree characterized by its pyramidal style
of growth.
3.A thing presented as a gift.
4.A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another
person.
5.Threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
6.A fixing of the thoughts on something;
careful consideration.
7.The normal, nonwarring condition of a nation.
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November 2014
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Jingle Bell
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring’
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
A day or two ago,
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow,
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Refrain
A day or two ago
I thought I’d take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upshot.
Now the ground is white
Go it while you’re young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed bay
Two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you’ll take the lead.
Refrain
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November 2014
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Adeste Fideles (Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful)
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him, (3x)
Christ the Lord.
God of God, light of light,
Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb;
Very God, begotten, not created:
O come, let us adore Him, (3x)
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest:
O come, let us adore Him, (3x)
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be glory given!
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him, (3x)
Christ the Lord.
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