CORONADO Magazine - December 2023

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Contents

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this issue

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The Making of Christmas Magic The Holiday gene is deeply embedded in Teresa Alley.

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Holiday Parade Lineup All the participants of a Coronado Classic

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LOVE Coronado Gifts for all, available locally!

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A Gift of Art What do you buy the person who has everything?

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THE FIRST WORD

It’s A Wonderful Time Of Year … … and Coronado kicks it off with its annual Holiday Open House and Parade!

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Bring A Little Sparkle To Your Holiday Table Be inspired this Christmas...

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Ho Ho Ho - 94 Years of Rotary Santa Delivering joy to Coronado’s children for almost a century!

more favorites

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My Life - Holiday Island While I don’t love implausible, unhinged holiday movies, I do love the holidays!

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DROP Your Worries This Holiday Season A special Christmas cocktail to help celebrate the holidays.

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Island Icon Lois Rosania: A Life That Counts

from our partners

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Brilliant Brussels Sprouts!

The perfect addition to holiday dinners, and a pop of color for your table settings

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Financial Focus Making charitable giving less ‘taxing’

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Book Corner What people are reading this month

This continuation of 48 years of holiday tradition will see light and song fill the air on Orange Avenue this Friday, December 1st. Brought to you by the Coronado Chamber of Commerce and many local partners, this annual event is a special celebration of our hometown, filled with the organizations that make Coronado special. Look for your friends and neighbors in the parade, as they all help bring Santa into town, culminating with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Rotary Park..

Coronadans love to celebrate the holidays, and Teresa Alley is just one of many who light up the night for the season - be sure to get out and enjoy the decorating efforts that make our Hometown shine! After spending a busy day on Holiday Island with Hattie, it might be time to drop your worries and sit down for a Christmas Lemon Drop with Christine Are you thinking of heading over the bridge for your holiday shopping? Spend some time visiting the many shops in town instead, and you might just find the perfect gift. In all shapes and sizes, Coronado offers something for everyone, including your favorite furry friend.

A bite to eat, a night on the town, an evening of art … it can all be found in Coronado!

You will be inspired to brighten up your table with some tips from Mary Palumbo, and celebrate a life that counts with Island Icon Lois Rosania. And for those looking for a little extra hand come Christmas Eve, Rotary Santa is here to help - Ho, Ho, Ho … Here Comes Santa Claus!

The Holidays are special in Coronado, there’s no place quite like it!

Dean K. Eckenroth Jr Editor & Associate Publisher

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The Making Of Christmas Magic

By LINDA L. AUSTIN

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he holiday gene is deeply embedded in Coronadan Teresa Alley. Ride by her house the week after Thanksgiving, and you will see the fully decorated front yard, but that is only a minuscule snapshot of what lies elsewhere. The backyard is also ready for December festivities with lighted candy canes and two 18-inch mice figures, each wearing their Santa cap and a striped suit jacket. Inside, the entire two-story house is festooned with Christmas decorations occupying each flat surface and every nook and cranny. The house transforms into a magical Christmas land.

Full-out decorating followed her mother’s example and started when she was a teenager using her own allowance to buy ornaments to decorate her bedroom tree. With a few ornaments donated by Mom and her great-aunt, Alley proudly opened the blinds to allow her tree to shine for all who passed.

The passion for decorating mushroomed with a Good Housekeeping craft article for an outdoor nativity. With Dad’s help, she scavenged scrap plywood and drew the figures freehand. Woodworking was Dad’s hobby, so cutting the figures out and giving them a white base coat with leftover house paint was all the help she needed. “I drew the detail on it and

painted it with acrylics that I bought with my allowance. I was in high school in Coronado… This manger scene out front has been added to, so there were nine original pieces, and then I have made some after I totally refinished the ones that were there, plus finished one of the pieces that was cut out but never done.”

Inside, the Christmas tree takes center stage and deserves every awed comment. Holding court in the same spot her mother had always placed it, the tree sparkles, which is not by chance. Alley meticulously decorates it last with mostly vintage ornaments.

Some ornaments have their permanent place each year. “The tree has the guardian of the tree. That’s the Ice Fairy, and she sits about 2/3 of the way up.” She is hung last, right after the first officer, the Mistletoe Fairy, who resides nearby. “I mean, I just make this stuff up, but I’ve always felt that way.”

Both fairies are Hallmark, over 40 years old, and retain their original names.

Alley talks to the ornaments as she hangs them. They have become friends.

Asked about her favorite ornament, she said she has no favorite of anything.

“So even if it’s an inanimate object, it’s something almost living to me, so

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how can you pick a favorite… Every ornament on the tree is important to me, not because I’m sentimental. It’s because it’s a thing.”

Besides the two special fairies, “There’re other ornaments that belong in certain places on the tree. And they’re ornaments that I say, ‘Well, it’s your turn to be in the front, and it’s your turn to be in the back. And I’ll sit out here and have a nightcap when everybody’s in bed and just sit by the tree. Most of the ornaments don’t have a special place other than the big ornaments. They have to go in the center, and you work out as you decorate.”

Since the tree is next to the front door, entering guests sometimes brush it, which makes the tree jingle. She hangs the oldest ones, Jim’s grandmother’s and her greatgrandmother’s bells, near the top.

“I guess it’s (the oldest) my greatgrandmother’s, a bell, a little red nothing bell. Really ancient, but it has a real clapper on it. My grandmother was born in the 1800s.”

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Alley admits she is particular about her decorating and does not want any help. “My mother used to do the same thing. ‘Keep your paws off my stuff!’

My theory is I’m very fussy about how you decorate the tree. You have to do it that way to get that many ornaments on the tree.

“I know exactly how I want the tree to look, like every tinsel. I have what

I call tinsel, but it’s not real tinsel…

It looks like tinsel. If you look at the tree, you’ll notice, of course, like most trees, everything’s kind of ball-shaped.

They’re big, they’re round. Even if they’re figurines, but if you look at the tree it doesn’t look that way and that’s because there are hundreds and hundreds of drop ornaments. Lots of icicles, but there are candy canes and

other things that are vertical.”

Adding the chains breaks up the round look as they drape around the tree.

“One year long ago, I forgot to put the chains on because I would do this at midnight and then go to work the next day at five o’clock. So I forgot to put the chains on. I looked at the tree the next day. Fortunately, I didn’t have the icicles on, and I said, ‘Can I do without the chains this year?’ Because all the other ornaments are on, and the chains are deep inside the tree. They’re not out on the edges. They go on first. I looked at the tree and I said, ‘Nope, gotta get those chains in there.’ and sure enough I weaved them in. I didn’t put as many on that year, but I got that swooping look, and that’s very important to the look of the tree.

“The tree has 1400 installed multicolored lights. That tree would not be pretty with white lights. It needs that color, and they are all incandescent…

And then it has 230 or 240 of the night light size… And it’s also the same socket as the bubble lights, so there’s about 24 or 30 bubble lights. And then the rest of the tree has these lights that are the ones buried in the center of the tree and come out. That’s what makes the tree glow. It’s the big lights. They’re inside and then they come out on the branches because you gotta make all that glass glow, so the whole tree glows.”

While the large tree is definitely the attention grabber, the house showcases other noteworthy decorations, including a decorated tree in every room. Some may be miniature size, but “Out in the family room is another tree, and that’s a tree. I mean, it’s six feet tall, and it’s covered with fishing [objects], which include the ornaments and antique lures, real lures that hang on the tree. I warn people, those are real hooks; be careful.”

The mantle has the manager scene.

“That was my mother’s. I have added to it. My mother started it; my father built the building… She was very enamored

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I know exactly how I want the tree to look, like every tinsel.

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with the Mexican pottery figures that you can’t get anymore, but those are up there, too. It’s just a mismatch. There’s no set, and so there’re different styles, different vintages, different materials.”

Along with Christmas snow globes, “There’re old horns and things that were from my childhood. They are plastic, but you can blow into them... I have several places where there are Christmas toys, and the kids are allowed to play with them. Most of them are vintage… I mean, they’re pretty sturdy. The push toys, where the Christmas tree opens up, the rubber bands break, but you just replace it.”

With such elaborate decorating and a special tree, a neighbor suggested she have a party to show it off. Thus began the annual after-Christmas party since that is a lull time, but the house is still decorated.

The 200 invitations to Optimists, Garden Club, and everyone on the block state that guests should bring nothing. Alley has her own way of doing it with her own recipes.

“I have planned the whole evening. It’s endless food … It has to be finger food.”

No silverware is needed, and savory triumphs over sweet.

The holiday spirit is apparent yearround with Alley. “Oh, my second biggest holiday is Halloween. I collect pumpkins. I hate cute anything. I don’t care if it’s a fairy or a pumpkin. I own nothing cute, including the fairies. My third is Easter and then Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.” When asked if she decorated to the extent she does for Christmas, she replied, “Halloween and Easter are pretty close as far as inside goes.”

Alley’s husband, Jim, supports her holiday spirit, but then she says he has no choice. Her three children decorate but differently. For Alley, “You know it’s all tradition. Everything has a story, and everything is a tradition in this house.”

The extensive decorating may take days, but the joy it provides Alley is apparent.

When guests see it, the joy permeates them. All of the effort involved is worth it to her. ◆

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There are old horns and things that were from my childhood. They are plastic, but you can blow into them... I have several places where there are Christmas toys, and the kids are allowed to play with them.

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MY LIFE

Holiday Island

By HATTIE FOOTE

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his is a safe space to confess my deepest, darkest secrets, right?

I don’t love Hallmark/ Lifetime holiday movies. There, I said it. Which is funny because it’s my favorite way to describe life in Coronado.

Just this Halloween, our friends invited us to a birthday party, and the words “Sorry, we can’t, Chris is a judge in the town pet Halloween costume contest” left my mouth. Or when we pulled up to the CSF Tiki Party at the Del puka shells around our necks, banana leaf print dresses flowing in the golf cart wind. We all looked at each other and said is this real life? I feel like I say that to myself weekly, in good ways, in bad ways, in nutso crazy ways.

Like the time we had a girl’s dinner at Jolie, seven moms having a glass of wine, laughing, and enjoying a minute without kids crawling all over us. All of a sudden, this man lost his absolute mind and screamed at us that we were a “bunch of cackling hens that need to shut up.” We were

stunned, the entire restaurant dead silent, staring at the drama.

Listen, I’m sure we were a little loud, it’s a small restaurant. We would have gladly left if we knew we were bothering anyone. Instead, we sat there in shock, vibes ruined immediately as we had to finish dinner with this man who hated us, shooting death stares. The poor staff at Jolie felt terrible, bringing us desserts and apologizing profusely. To this day, we talk about how insane it was, again, a drama fit for a cable TV movie.

While I don’t love the implausible, unhinged holiday movies, I do love the holidays! In fact, I bought two gingerbread mugs the last week of October, and my best friend read me the riot act, she was incensed that I would buy a Christmas mug before Halloween. It became a running joke, and someone said that this was the drama they enjoyed: festive friend feuds. It made me laugh, and I thought about what a brief of the official Coronado Lifetime movie would look like:

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The charming seaside town of Coronado is busy decking the halls for the upcoming holiday parade, but all is not silent and bright. Two best friends become enemies after a nasty argument about holiday drinkware at the town Fall Harvest Festival. The handsome innkeeper and handsome candlemaker are forced to break it up, leading to a town divided. But when one receives a surprising letter informing them they are actually a princess of a small European country and the other gets a stalker, will they turn to each other in a time of need? Meanwhile, a mysterious wealthy newcomer causes a commotion by trying to convert the charming village into the next Mall of America. Will the local schoolchildren convince him to have a change of heart during their angelic holiday performance during the parade? Meanwhile, a woman was missing her snowy hometown in Vermont, so she built a sand snowman to cheer herself up, only for a shooting star to shoot over Coronado Beach, bringing the sand snowman to life. They have a beautiful love affair, but will the town accept her new relationship with a sand snowman? All will be revealed at the parade, but only if the light engineer gets back from a last-minute trip to see his mother —who tragically broke her pinky toe in a cookie-baking competition— to light the tree on time! Phew, I don’t know about you, but I definitely will be tuning in. Maybe this is the movie that will change my opinion on this genre of films! To be honest, after another hard year for our world, I hope this made you smile for a second. It is never lost on me how incredibly fortunate we are to live in this town. I hope you enjoy this season with your loved ones and that you find joy where you can. I found mine at the bottom of the gingerbread mugs that I bought aggressively early! Cheers, and see you all at the (very dramatic) holiday parade! ◆

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CHEERS!

DROP Your Worries This Holiday Season

By CHRISTINE JOHNSON Photo by HATTIE FOOTE

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t’s that time of year again when you feel the red and green closing in on you as you walk through every store. You start hearing the ad for the Christmas Channel on satellite radio. The pumpkins get placed in storage, and out comes the giant inflatable Santa for the front yard.

Each year, I am the leader of the Grinch parade because it seems like the holiday is forced upon us with the pressures of décor and shopping.

I’m going to take a different stance this year (my daughter will be THRILLED). There is so much for us to be thankful for, and it is easy to realize that we should be just by turning on the news. We are blessed to live in a town where love and support are around the corner, and we work together to solve issues even though we may sometimes disagree.

I had the chance this past month to work with some very special people at the Coronado

Schools Foundation. These are individuals who are dedicated to helping our children gain access to everything they need to succeed. The time and effort this team puts together to raise funds, schedule events, and enlist others to help achieve their goals is amazing. Isn’t that what the upcoming season is really all about?

I have always said that living in Coronado is like living in the 1950s, where you still ride bikes to school and truly depend on your neighbors to be there for you.

I encourage you to raise a glass to someone you know that helps others during the holidays and any time of year. This special Christmas cocktail will allow you to celebrate with family and friends and help us “reformed” Grinches as we hang the lights, trim the tree, and shop ’til we drop!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ◆

Christmas Lemon Drop INGREDIENTS: 2 ounces vodka 2 ounces lemon juice 2 ounces cranberry juice 3 fresh cranberries Red and green sugar Martini glasses

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MIXOLOGY: Mix red and green sugar together on a plate. Dampen the rim of your martini glass and dip the rim into your sugar mixture. Set aside. Place ice in a cocktail shaker. Add vodka, lemon juice, and cranberry juice to the shaker and shake until very cold. Pour the strained liquid into your sugar-rimmed martini glass. Take three fresh cranberries, put them on a toothpick, and place them inside your glass for decorative trimming. Feel free to get creative with a sprig of rosemary and anything else your Christmas heart desires.

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A Gi� of Art

“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.”

— Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What do you buy for the person who has

dancers from Coronado School of the Arts

everything? An experience or membership is

(CoSA) interpreting classic holiday themes from

an opportunity to participate in a fun activity

the Nutcracker to your favorite holiday music.

or a local organization and a great gift for that

For an opportunity to create an early holiday

hard to buy for person on your list. Plus there

experience purchase tickets for this beautiful

is the chance you can join the recipient to

performance on Saturday evening, December 16

make a memory together. And why not make

at 7:30 p.m. The concert is held in the Coronado

it a gift of arts and culture such as tickets to a

Performing Arts Center located at 650 D

play, concert, movie or lecture. Or consider a

Avenue. Tickets range in price from $5 for

membership in a local arts non-profit

students to $50 for VIP seating. Purchase online

organization or reserve a space at an art class.

at coronadophilharmonia.org.

The options are endless but below are some

The Gift of Theater

ideas.

The Gift of Music

Coronado has two theaters. Coronado Playhouse has been a Coronado tradition since 1946.

This December marks the third year that the

Located at 1845 Strand Way within the

Coronado Philharmonia Orchestra will offer

Coronado Community Center they have six

“Holidays in Coronado” a classic music concert

productions planned for their 2024 Season. A

featuring over 50 musicians, a choir and

subscription for all six shows is $108 and

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includes seating at the FREE Summer Classic.

All single tickets are priced at $27. For best seating contact the box office at (619) 4354856 or boxoffice@coronadoplayhouse.com.

The Gift of History Just down the way from Lamb’s is the home of the Coronado Historical Association (CHA) at 1100 Orange Avenue. Established in 1969 the

Lamb’s Player’s Theatre located in the historic

organization presents intriguing exhibits and

Spreckels Building at 1142 Orange Avenue

innovative programs highlighting Coronado

since 1994 is celebrating their 30th

history for all ages. A General Family

anniversary in Coronado in 2024. They were a

Membership is $60, and all memberships

centerpiece of the revitalization of Coronado’s

receive two complimentary Historic Walking

downtown in the 90’s. Through Christmas Eve

Tour tickets, a discount in the Museum Store,

they have merged the cast members from their

invitations to CHA events, exhibit openings,

recent musical hits “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” and

and programs. Benefits also include reduced

“Million Dollar Quartet” into a joyous

fees for archival research and discount prices

celebration of Christmas songs and carols. The

on all special event tickets, including CHA's

production “Respectfully Christmas” is 90

annual fundraiser, the Mother's Day Historic

minutes and as an early holiday gift you can

Home Tour. This gift will be supporting one of

combine the performance with dinner

the things we all love most about Coronado –

beforehand at one of the many restaurants

our history.

within walking distance. Tickets for this performance range from $24-$82. Purchase tickets online at lambsplayers.org or contact their box office at (619) 437-6000.

Another way to experience Coronado history is to purchase a CHA Wine & Lecture series ticket, so you always have a seat at their latest installment of their popular lecture series.

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Current members can pre-purchase a series of

membership is $50. Benefits include

tickets for the 2024 January through May

supporting library programs, Friday entry to

Wine & Lectures for $60 (a $15 savings). New

the Annual Book Fair, early notice of special

members also can gain exclusive access to this

sales, invitation to and voting privilege at

series ticket for $120, which includes a one -

their annual membership meeting and

year General/Family Membership to CHA (a

eligibility for organization participation.

$40 savings). Purchase membership or lecture

Other FOL member benefits include special

series tickets at coronadohistory.org or call (619)-435-7242.

The Gift of Books Have a reader in the family? Coronado’s Public Library is a gift that keeps giving with an abundance of free programs throughout the year. Did you know that a majority of the library’s programming is funded through the

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promotions at Secondhand Prose (The Friend's bookstore) and early notification and priority seating at events such their popular Author Lecture Series. You can sign up online at coronadofol.org or pick up a membership form at the front desk of the Coronado Public Library at 640 Orange Avenue.

work of the Coronado Friends of the Library

The Author Lecture Series in 2023 included

(FOL) organization? Consider gifting a

evenings with best-selling authors Bonnie

membership to the Friends. Individual

Garmus, “Lessons in Chemistry,” Rebecca

memberships start at $25, and a Family

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Kristin Hannah, “The Four Winds,” William H McRaven , “The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy),” and most recently Michael Connelly “Resurrection Walk”.

The Gift of Creativity Finally if you’re looking for a fun and unique way to spend an evening in Coronado, why not give the gift of an evening at Coronado’s Emerald C Gallery (located

On Wednesday evening, December 13 married

behind the Brigantine Restaurant at 1331

authors Neal Allen and Anne Lamott will

Orange Avenue) for their Wine & Paint

discuss the new book “Better Days” at the

Nights. Happening every Wednesday &

Coronado Performing Arts Center at Coronado

Saturday from 6-8 p.m. enjoy a night with

High School, located at 650 D Avenue from

friends or meet new ones while creating a

6:30 to 8 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for the

beautiful work of art. Each month they

Friends of the Coronado Public Library. Tickets

have new featured paintings. Whether

range from $10 to $38.95 and you can

you’re a beginner or an experienced artist,

purchase a copy of the book to be signed at

you’ll have a great time creating your own

the event. To purchase tickets, visit

masterpiece. Cost is $48 for a two-hour

www.warwicks.com or call (858) 454-0347.

workshop and includes all supplies,

The Gift of Film

instruction, and beverages to complete a

And for the cinephiles in your family, why not purchase tickets to the Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) Monthly Classic Films Series at

11” x 14” canvas masterpiece. For more information or to reserve your seat visit emeraldc.com or call (619) 996-3315.

the Coronado Vintage Village Theater at 820

Wrap it Up!

Orange Avenue and enjoy classic films the way

That wraps it all up for gift ideas for a 2023

they were meant to be watched – on the BIG

artful holiday—but if you want more ideas

SCREEN!

for arts events throughout the year visit

And just in after a very successful festival CIFF

CoronadoARTS.com and sign up for “Five

has announced the Emerald Badge for the

on Friday” a free publication of the

2024 Film Festival at the 2023 rate of $295.00

Coronado Cultural Arts Commission. Every

(plus fees). Prices will increase to $350 after

Friday morning you will receive an email of

December 24. For more information visit

five or more art events happening in

coronadofilmfest.com.

Coronado during the upcoming week.

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eeping our Italian culture alive after we came to America from Italy, my father opened an Italian restaurant, Marcos in Imperial Beach. I worked there from a very young age for 30 years, learning his skills and love for cooking, and soon I became as passionate as my father was about cooking delicious food and making it beautiful.

Today food is still my number one passion, followed by decorating and gardening.

Making things beautiful! ~Mary Palumbo

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ifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas ~ Peg Bracken

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his Gingerbread Naked Cake is adorned with two little deer sugar cookies, decorated very simply. For an added touch, a Gelatin snow globe with a tiny deer and snowman inside and sprigs of evergreen complete the country Christmas look.

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1 kilo of flour 40 gr yeast (cake type), disolved in a bit of water 200 ml olive oil 2 glasses of white wine 1 tsp salt Olive oil for frying Vincotto or Honey

A Cartellate n Italian Tradition

Place the flour on a work surface, and make a well in the middle. Add the olive oil, wine and yeast and work it into the dough, kneading utill the dough is soft and elastic, (kind of like pizza) Let it rise for a couple of hours, then punch it down. Divide into small balls.

Roll out each ball as thin as possible. With a zig-zagged edge pasta cutter (the rolling kind) cut strips that are 4 cm wide and 20-30 cm long. Fold each strip in two, length wise, so that the long edges are touching each other. Pinch the dough together with your fingers every 4-5 cm. Then roll the strip up, to form a kind of rose.

Heat a large pot of oil, and fry the roses until golden. Drain and let cool, on paper towels.

Bring a small pot of vincotto (or honey) to boil. Gently dip in each cartellate, swirling and pushing it under, so that it absorbs the vin cotto. Place on platter.

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Lois Rosania: A Life that Counts

By KAREN SCANLON, Coronado Historical Association Volunteer All photos courtesy of the Rosania Family.

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oronado villager Lois Rosania is celebrating her 100th year.

A delightfully enthusiastic lady who has made the island her home three times since the 1940s, Lois was born and grew up on a farm in Mankato, Minnesota. “I wasn’t a very good farmer,” she admits, “but it was a wonderful life. My grandmother lived with us, and it was a happy time with lots of relatives.” On the farm roamed horses, mules, cattle, and pigs. “I was a member of the 4-H Club (a national mentorship program for kids), and my brother and I raised calves and showed them at the county fair.”

It was a cozy way of life in Mankato for this farm girl, “I even attended Mankato College,” Lois says, “and after graduation taught third grade in Mankato. It was the only place I’d ever been until I visited a college friend in Evanston.” But Lois’ world was about to expand when a recruiter visited her hometown, noting that the State of California was short on teachers. “My girlfriend and I followed this lead all the way to San Bernardino and on to San Diego. This was in the 1940s.”

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And then she met her “Prince Charming,” a handsome U.S. Naval Academy graduate and U.S. Navy submariner, Lt. Hugh J. Rosania. He was attached to the USS Volador (SS-490), which had just come through the Panama Canal. “I met him the second day he was in San Diego,” Lois admits, “I wouldn’t let him meet anybody else. We were married a year later, in 1948, in the chapel at Navy Training Center.” (Incidentally, NTC and Lois commemorate 100 years, both ‘born’ in June 1923.) Lois, with her family, came to Coronado again in 1961 and in 1967. In tow by now were three sons: Tom, Jim, and Rob, each born at different duty stations. “Not much had changed when we returned to Coronado. We had the ferryboats, and there was no bridge yet across the bay. We had to

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get in line early if we crossed, one of the four ferries might break down, so we had to plan ahead. We kind of liked being isolated with just a ferry.”

The Rosania family was living on Coronado when the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was being built. Lois remembers that Governor Ronald Reagan came to town for the opening ceremonies in 1969. “Once the bridge was completed, and then the Shores complex, we’d have to be more careful with more people on the island,” Lois says. “When my boys were in elementary school, they came and went as they pleased.”

Naval wives manage any number of shore duties while a husband is at sea.

Lois packed up eight times, tending to the needs of her family. She enjoyed teaching while in Hawaii, and once back

in Coronado, she signed up to substitute at Strand Elementary School. Two weeks into the school year, she was hired full-time and taught for six years.

She spent another 12 years at Central School (called Village Elementary today).

“Teaching is probably my greatest contribution to this town,” Lois says. “I still meet some of my students or parents on the street or when my husband and I were docents at Hotel del Coronado and Coronado Historical Association. I liked giving tours of the hotel and later of the town.” She had also volunteered at the school’s “Everyone A Reader” program.

Lois found a meaningful fellowship, too, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church as a Sunday school teacher and education superintendent. Ever the teacher!

But today, this centenarian is most en-

thusiastic about her “Walking Buddies,” which began in 1996 with three friends and grew to many, walking together three mornings a week. “We still walk,” Lois says proudly. “It evolved into a so-

cial time; these are my dear friends.

“Coronado is a great place to live,” Lois smiles. “From my home, I can walk to town, the library, and beach. As for my 100 years of wisdom, enjoy life as you go along. And, as you begin working, begin to save money early.”

Lois gazes into her past with a sigh of contentment. Might we tweak William Shakespeare here, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day…?” Childhood on a farm, “I never dreamed of living by an ocean!” That haven of youth, educational goals, a loving husband and naval wanderings, the pride of three sons (plus grands n’ greats), teacher, volunteer, traveler, and friend. A grafting that joins one flora to another so that they intertwine, looking to summer’s sweetness.

Congratulations, Mrs. Rosania! ◆

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here's something truly enchanting about the start of a new year. It's a time when we can wave our wands and make our lives even more extraordinary than before. Let’s not forget the importance of selfcare, something we often neglect in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Allow your everyday routine to not only uplift your spirits, but also remind you as you catch a glimpse of your reflection in the mirror, that the beauty reflected on the outside stems from the beauty which is from within.

REVITALIZE YOUR 2024 WITH A TOUCH OF MAGIC! Best Hair Care Tips for Healthy Skin and Hair this Winter 1. Cleanse Morning and Night Begin and end your day with a refreshing cleanse tailored to your unique skin type. For those with mature, dry, or uneven skin, we recommend a creamy cleanser that protects, hydrates, repairs, and exfoliates, leaving your skin feeling supple and smooth. If you have an oily, acne-prone, or sensitive skin, opt for a gentle, clear gel cleanser that cleanse your skin delicately without causing any irritation.

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2. Apply Serum - To unveil a radiant 3 – Moisturized hair and scalp with a serumcomplexion while firming and lifting Because the winter weather can zap so much your skin, we recommend moisture from hair, the more hydration you can incorporating a serum fortified with add back in, the better. One of the easiest ways Hyaluronic Acid and/or Peptides, to to do this is by using a moisturizing serum on rejuvenate and nourish, granting you a damp hair and scalp after every time you wash youthful glow. your hair.

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Look for ingredients like Marine Collagen, Aloe Vera, Shea Butter, and Mango Butter, which possess remarkable hydrating properties.

Beautiful hair, beautiful you!

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Deep and Bold colors are back this winter !

This season, bold is the name of the game.

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You don’t have to go over-the-top to be show-stopper when it comes to your eyeshadow. Subtle works! Try sweeping a neutral shadow along your lid and crease.

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Of course, don’t forget those lashes to create a gorgeous frame for your eyes.

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ow in its 94th year, Coronado Rotary Santas will be returning to Coronado homes on Christmas Eve to deliver presents to local boys and girls. Lew Barnum wrote up the classic story in Coronado Lifestyles Magazine in 2005 of an early 1960s Coronado Rotary Santa delivering a real-life, fourlegged pony to a “shocked, surprised, awestruck, and thrilled” six-year-old boy by the name of Jimmy Cahill. For decades prior to this one-of-a-kind pony delivery tale, and for all the years since then, there have been thousands of stories of children being thrilled on Christmas Eve when Santa and his elves arrive at Coronado homes.

Lew Barnum (1937 – 2017) was the driving force of the Coronado Rotary Santa Program for many years. His written description of the program included, “I’ve been a Rotary Santa since I joined the club back in 1973, and now, with my white hair, all I need is the beard. To me, the Coronado Rotary Santa program represents the essence of Rotary: a combination of community service, youth service, and goodwill.”

There are more than 35,000 Rotary Clubs in the world, and as far as we know, Coronado is the only club with a Christmas Eve Santa Program deploying multiple Santas and their elves to local residences. There are a number of magazine and newspaper articles that provide a smattering of clues to the origins of the program. The earliest reference is from The Coronado Eagle & Journal, Volume XVII, Number 51, dated December 18, 1929. The Coronado Rotary Club was in only its third year of existence at that time, and the article describes the Rotary Club’s sponsorship of “the beautiful Silver Fir Christmas tree and the Christmas Eve Program” held at Isabella and Orange Avenues, what is now Rotary Park. This article goes on to describe

This year, Santa Claus returns for the 94th year of traditional visits to Coronado homes on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, to deliver presents to local girls and boys from 5 to 7 p.m.

how “Santa will bring a small box of candy to all small children appearing by the tree between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve.” In this article is the oldest written clue describing Coronado’s unique program of residential deliveries: “After seven o’clock, however, Santa’s movements are to be secret as he visits the homes of the community.”

Reading through the various historical articles is enlightening. Of note, the Silver Fir Christmas Tree (referenced above) was replaced by a Star Pine that was donated by local Coronadan, Emily T. Thompson, widow of Rotarian Charles Thompson, in 1936. Moreover, there have been as many as 250 residential deliveries made by up to 20 Santas going out all at one time on Christmas Eve. Organizations that have been involved with Coronado Rotary have included the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Boy Scouts, Chase Bank and a large number of individual volunteers. There are many Coronado families with three or more generations of Rotary Christmas Eve stories of their own to tell, but of course, it will be hard to top the pony story.

This year, Santa Claus returns for the

94th year of traditional visits to Coronado homes on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, to deliver presents to local girls and boys from 5 to 7 p.m.

Assisted by members of the Rotary Club of Coronado, Chase Bank, and the Coronado Fire Department, Jolly Old St. Nicholas asks parents, grandparents, or guardians to drop their presents off at Chase Bank, 1000 Orange Avenue, beginning Tuesday, December 19 through Friday, December 22. The presents may be dropped during the hours of noon to 5 p.m. The elves are only receiving the presents dropped off at Chase Bank.

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Can you make charitable giving less ‘taxing’?

Once again, it’s the season of generosity. In addition to considering gifts for your loved ones, you might want to think about charitable gifts as well.

But what should you know before making gifts to charities?

And what impact might these gifts have on your financial and tax situation?

First, you may want to create a gift budget by deciding just how much you will give to charitable organizations over the rest of the year.

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amount that goes to its stated purpose. You can check on the spending patterns of charitable groups, and find other valuable information about them, on the well-regarded Charity Navigator website (charitynavigator.org).

Once you’ve established a gift budget and are comfortable with the groups you choose to support, you might turn your thoughts to another key issue connected with charitable giving: tax benefits.

A few years ago, changes in the tax laws resulted in a large increase in the standard deduction, which meant that many taxpayers found it more favorable not to itemize — and lost the ability to take charitable deductions. But if you still do itemize, your charitable gifts or contributions to tax-exempt groups — those that qualify as

501(c)(3) organizations — can generally be deducted, up to 60% of your adjusted gross income, although lower limits may apply, depending on the nature of your gift and the organization to which you’re contributing.

Other, more long-term avenues also exist that combine charitable giving with potential tax benefits. One such possibility is a donor-advised fund, which allows you to make an irrevocable charitable contribution and receive an immediate tax deduction. You can give cash, but if you donate appreciated assets, such as stocks, your tax deduction would be the fair market value of the assets, up to 30% of your adjusted gross income. Plus,

you would not incur the capital gains tax that would otherwise be due upon the sale of these assets. Once you establish a donor-advised fund, you have the flexibility to make charitable gifts over time, and you can contribute to the fund as often as you like.

Another possible tax benefit from making charitable contributions could arrive when you start taking required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from some of your retirement accounts, such as your traditional IRA and 401(k). These RMDs could be sizable — and distributions are counted as taxable income.

But by taking what’s called a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you can move money

from a traditional or Roth IRA to a qualified charitable organization, possibly satisfying your RMD, which then may be excluded from your taxable income. You must start taking RMDs at 73, but you can begin making QCDs of up to $100,000 per year as early as age 70½. (This amount will be indexed for inflation after 2023.)

Establishing a donor-advised fund and making qualified charitable distributions are significant moves, so you’ll need to consult with your tax advisor first. But if they’re appropriate for your situation, they may help you expand your ability to support the charitable groups whose work you admire.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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Wellness

By Nathan Hill When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the gritty ‘90s Chicago art scene, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in the thriving underground scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fastforward twenty years to suburban married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter the oftenbaffling pursuits of health and happiness from polyamorous would-be suitors to home-renovation hysteria.

For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.

The Only One Left

By Riley Sager Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-yearold Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred. It’s now 1983, and home health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything. As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By James McBride In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill…McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.

Let Us Descend

By Jesmyn Ward Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching.

Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take.

While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.

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