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Ernie Coulston 12/1 Mary Collins 12/2 Diane Riedl 12/3 Snooks Schmidt 12/3 Dwayne Fowler 12/3 Tom Boarder 12/3 Laura Alley 12/5 Ed Clark 12/7 Phil Van Gorden 12/7 Abby Jackson 12/8 Marty Kinkade 12/8 Linda Peterson 12/8 December Birthdays Lorraine Decker 12/9 Lori Baca 12/10 Eldo Hernle 12/12 Phil Young 12/12 Mary Sue Fulbright 12/12 Richard Schmidt 12/13 Sue Bac 12/13 Janie Cook 12/15 Judy Templeton 12/16 Bill Louis 12/17 Judy Wass 12/20 Louis DeMaio 12/20 Carol Frank 12/20 David Douglas 12/21 Betty Adams 12/24 Kristy Rieger 12/26 Julie Hanson 12/26 Kurt Jensen 12/28 Scott Benedict 12/28 Joyce Phipps 12/29 Eileen Sale 12/28 Verla Dynneson 12/30 Daniel Diermier 12/31 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! The snow, the decorations, the presents, the family gatherings, the parties, the goodies! All the things that make this time of year special! We have filled this month with all kinds of activities so make sure to read the newsletter from cover to cover! There are celebrations, a dance, a gift exchange, and cookie decorating just to name a few! The Holiday Light Park behind the Senior Center will be lit from dusk –11:00 pm until January 5th, 2024. Make sure to drive by and see the beautiful light display or take a stroll through a winter wonderland! It is really quite magical! Maybe this time of year stirs up sad feelings and the last thing you want to do is paste on a fake smile and muddle through the festivities. Let me encourage you to come over anyway. It’s possi- ble that pasted on smile could become a genuine turn up of the corners of your mouth or possibly a full on real grin but you never know until you try. I realize that nothing replaces family and memories of the past but maybe this is the year to start some new traditions, meet some new friends, make some new memories! This special place has a way of making you feel like family. Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. Laura Ingalls Wilder ---PAGE BREAK--- Deck the Hall December 6, 2023 10:00 AM Help us decorate and stay for lunch! Christmas Cookie Decorating & Exchange December 15, 2023 Following Lunch! We will provide everything you need to decorate Christmas Cookies! You are welcome to bring your favorite decorating tools. Do you have an assortment of Christmas goodies you would like to trade for different Christmas goodies? Bring treats to trade along with an empty container to fill up! Christmas Convoy Party December 9, 2023 at 5:30 pm Come for snacks & hot beverages and enjoy the Christmas Convoy! Taste of Home Top 30 Christmas Cookies Recipes 1. Buttery Spritz Cookies 2. Ugly Sweater Sugar Cookies 3. Candy Cane Snowballs 4. Pecan Tassies 5. Chocolate Lebkuchen Cherry Balls 6. Gingerbread Cutout Cookies 7. Chocolate Reindeer Cookies 8. Holiday Cutout Cookies 9. Italian Horn Cookies 10. Gingerbread Men Cookies 11. Hot Chocolate Peppermint Cookies 12. Raspberry Ribbons 13. Pecan Rollups 14. Swedish Butter Cookies 15. Russian Tea Cakes 16. Pfeffernuesse Cookies 17. Hot Chocolate Cookies 18. Cinnamon Roll Macrons 19. Grandma’s Raspberry Rugelach 20.Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies 21. Lemon Snowdrops 22. Cherry Chocolate Chunk Cookies 23. Nanny’s Fruitcake Cookies 24. Shortbread Cutouts 25. Chocolate Cutout Cookies 26. Cherry Snowballs 27. Lemon Anise Biscotti 28. Vanilla Butter Sugar Cookies 29. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies 30. Linzer Tart All of these recipes plus more can be found at Cookies are made with butter and love. A Norwegian Proverb ---PAGE BREAK--- Events at the Senior Center! Fireside Book Club will meet December 1, 2023 at 1:00 to discuss Horse. The next book will be The Girl from Guernica by Karen Robards and available for pick up after the first of the year. The next Book Club will meet on February 2, 2024 at 1:00. December 20, 2023 - 12:00 December Birthday Lunch Blood Pressure Check Come Celebrate December 28, 2023 - 7:00 - 8:30 am Belgrade Breakfast Club The best breakfast in town! Let’s Dance the Night Away Pre-New Years Eve Dance Friday, December 29, 2023 6:00-8:00 pm Hors d'oeuvres & Beverages will be served. Put on your finest garb and dancing shoes and let’s have a great time! Semi formal to formal if you like! Christmas Party at Lunch! December 21, 2023 2 Seatings: 11:30 and 1:00 Call by Monday December 18th to sign up! If you call after that, we cannot guarantee there will be enough food! Waldorf Salad / Cranberry Glazed Ham Baked Potato Casserole / Candied Carrots Pecan Pie Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another! Unknow Today is next year’s Christmas memory. Make it one that you will always cherish. ---PAGE BREAK--- Daily Activities After Lunch Activities Mon: 12:30 Pinochle 12:45 Arts & Crafts Tues: 1:00 Ball Room Dancing Wed: 1:00 Zumba Thurs: 12:45 Sing Along 1:30 Stepping On Fri: 1st Friday: Book Club Secret Santa We will have a “Secret Santa” gift exchange during the month of December. If you are interested in taking part in this, stop by the Center for more information and to sign up! Gifts can be exchanged at the Christmas Party or at your convenience! Morning Activities Mon: 9:00 Full Body Workout 10:15 Line Dancing Tues: 9:30 Full Body Workout 10:45 Ukulele Class Wed: 9:00 Yoga 10:30 Bingo Thurs: 9:30 Full Body Workout 10:45 SAIL Fri: 9:00 Full Body Workout 9:30 Needleaires New Years Eve at Noon December 29, 2023 Let’s celebrate the New Year early! Join us for an Hors d’oeuvre Buffet and celebrate the arrival of 2024! Please sign up by December 27, 2023. 1920-29: Raggedy Andy , Chanel No. 5 , Pogo stick, Chemistry set, Flossie Flirt Doll, Electric train set, Winnie-the-Pooh, Brownie camera, Dubble Bubble, Yo-yo 1930-39: Mickey Mouse, Radio Flyer Wagon, Sock monkey, Sears Wish Book, Buck Rogers Ray Gun Canned beer, Monopoly, Pedal Cars, Action Comics, Little green army men 1940-49: Bubbles, 'Captain America' comic book, Little Golden Books, Chutes and Ladders, Dick Tracy Detective Kit, Slinky, Tupperware, Tinymite Radio, Silly Putty 1950-59: Magic 8 Ball, View-Master, Mr. Potato Head, Matchbox Cars, Wiffle Ball and Bat, Gumby, PEZ, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Barbie 1960-69: Etch-a-Sketch, Chatty Kathy, Legos, Easy Bake Oven, G.I. Joe, Tonka Dump Truck, Troll Dolls, Barrel of Monkeys, Hot Wheels, Flatsy 1970-79: NERF, Webbles, Polaroid Camera, Baby Alive, Magna Doodle, Pet Rock, Paddington Bear, Slime, Hungry Hungry Hippo, Atari 1980-89: Rubik’s Cube, Smurfs, BMX Bikes, Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, Teddy Ruxpin, Pound Puppies, Nintendo, Koosh Ball, Game Boy 1990-99: TMNT Action Figures, Pogs, Barney, Talkboy, Power Rangers, Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmo, Tamagotchi, Furbies, Pokémon Trading Cards 2020-10: Razor Scooter, Bratz, Beyblades, Electronic Hulk Hands, Robosapien, Xbox 360, Play Station 3, I Pod Touch, Nintendo Wii, Nook 2011-22: iPad, Let’s Rock Elmo, Wii U, Big Hugs Elmo, TMNT Rerelease Action Figures, DD 8 Droid, Hatchimals, Fingerlings, Apple Air pods, Baby Shark Song Puppet, Bay Nancy, Baby Yoda, Lite Brite Holiday Gift Crazes and Fads over the Century ---PAGE BREAK--- Across: 2. Stocking, 3. Chimney, 7. Prancer, 8. Holly, 11. Christmas Eve, 15. Toys, 16. Rudolph, 17. Santa, 18. December Down: 1. North Pole, 4. Mistletoe, 5. Ornaments, 6. Cookies, 9. Christmas, 10. Candy Cane, 12. Reindeer, 13. HoHoHo, 14. Elf ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Sleigh, Winter, Mistletoe, Jolly, Jingle Bells, Santa, Elves, Candy Cane, Snowflake, Angel, Noel, Reindeer, Holly How Many Words Can You Make Out of Merry Christmas You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables" Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting. Brian Tracy Rudolph Got His Start in Advertising In 1939, with the Great Depression starting to fade and World War II lurking, Christmas cheer was in short supply. Montgomery Ward department store HQ took it upon themselves to get children and families into the holiday spirit by creating a free book for kids. Adman Robert May came up with the idea of a reindeer as his main character. According to History.com, “As he peered out at the thick fog that had drifted off Lake Michigan, May came up with the idea of a misfit reindeer ostracized because of his luminescent nose, who used his physical abnormality to guide Santa’s sleigh and save Christmas.” As a limerick writer, May loved alliteration; he brainstormed different names that began with the letter like Reginald and Rodney. Luckily Rudolph stuck because singing about “Rollo the Red-Nosed Reindeer”—another of his tries—just wouldn’t be the same. The book was a huge success for Montgom- ery Ward, but they signed over the copyright to May in 1947. Two years later, May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks, a songwriter, put Rudolph’s story to music life. History.com notes that Bing Crosby was given the first crack to sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” but Gene Autry recorded the song after Crosby turned it down. That was a big mistake since two million copies were sold and the song continues to be one of the best-selling of all time. RD.Com ---PAGE BREAK--- We will be closed December 22-25, 2023 & January 1, 2024! Please let Dave or Daneen know if you would like frozen meals! Meals on Wheels Do you know someone who would benefit from Meals on Wheels? The requirements: • 60 or older • Unable to get around because of health or transportation issues • Live within Belgrade city limits for hot meal delivery Frozen meals are available for weekends and folks who live outside city limits. Sign up is simple and the cost is a voluntary, anonymous, suggested donation of $4.00 per meal. Please pass our contact information on to people you know who would benefit from this important service! [PHONE REDACTED]