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Crossroads 2014 Holiday Edition

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Electronic gadgets make great stocking stuffers Put Vanilla Wafer Cake on the ‘must cook’ list Games add more fun to family get-togethers Must see and do holiday events

Meet & Greet | Community Cookbook | Fabulous Finds

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Contents

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Tech gadgets make Give your home more eye great stocking stuffers

A A Daily Daily Corinthian Corinthian Publication 2014 Publication| Summer | Winter 2014

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Continue family through Show your personality home furnishings traditions or start a new one — Pages 8-11

EEDITORIAL DITORIAL Publisher Publisher Reece Terry Reece Terry

— Pages 10-11 First impressions mean everything when selling Fabulous Finds — Page 12 — Pages 16-17 Calendar of Events — Pages 14-16 Community Cookbook

Editor Editor Mark Boehler Mark Boehler

Contributors Contributors Bill Avery Bill Beavers Avery Steve Steve Sue Beavers Elam Mark Boehler Carol Humphreys Jebb Johnston Lisa Lambert Lisa Lambert Deborah Jackson Kimberly Shelton Sarah Rowland Zack Steen Zack Steen Jaylene Jaylene Whitehurst Whitehurst Cathy Cathy Wood Wood

— Pages 20-23 Community Cookbook — Pages 20, 21

Calendar of Events

Color has the — power to 24-25 Pages enhance mood — Pages 24, 24 Let’s live every special

moment ... right now Must see homes in the region

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Meet & Greet

— Pages 36-43; 58-60 Christmas games can add Cover story: French chateaux fun holiday meets southerncheer charm

Creative Designer Designer Creative Marissa Ferreira Marissa Ferreira

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Crossroads Magazine is published by the Daily Corinthian, 1607 Harper Road, Corinth, MS. A complimentary 10,000 issues are distributed in the Crossroads area. the contents of Crossroads Magazine are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without consent of the publisher.

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Tech gadgets

make great stocking stuffers

By Jebb Johnston

For Crossroads Magazine

S

ome of the best gifts are those that slide discreetly into a Christmas stocking, don’t you think?

Alongside cash and gift cards, today’s electronic gadgets can make very welcome stocking stuffers.

No doubt at the top of many lists this holiday season is Apple’s hot new cell phone, which has proved to be the biggest launch since the original iPhone.

“Apple cannot keep up with the demand,” said Putter Hamlin, market manager for C Spire.

“This was the first time that Apple kind of went away from their original design matrix. The market called for a larger phone.”

As of this writing (it could change at any moment), I’m still carrying an antique iPhone 4, so the jump from its 3.5-inch screen to the iPhone 6’s 4.7-inch size will feel luxurious to the eyes.

“The 6 Plus is comparable to the Samsung Note,” said Hamlin. “It’s almost like having a tablet walking around with you, but it will still fit in your pocket.”

I know that some folks like the “phablet” sized phones, but it’s too much for me — might as well hold an iPad up to your face and talk into it.

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The new iPhone 6 is noticably larger than previous models.

Hamlin said iPhone 6 users are enjoying the device’s speediness courtesy of the new A8 chip and an improved battery life compared to its predecessors, and there are a number of new features with iOS 8, which continues the new look brought to the devices in iOS 7.

It’s also thinner and lighter. It’s going to be an adjustment from the solid, weighty feel of my 4. It also feels slicker and seems like it could easily launch out of my hand — not reassuring, since I hate to put one of those ugly cases on my phone.

Finding one of the hot new phones can be a challenge, with demand far exceeding the supply. Hamlin suspects that is just part of Apple’s plan to keep the new phone

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The Roku 3 streaming media player craze at a fever pitch.

“We had a lady that got to our store at 12 midnight to wait to get the new phone,” he said.

Here’s hoping Santa did the same.

••• In this new era when the best show on television (“House of Cards”) is not actually on television — it’s a Netflix original — consider a Roku streaming media player.

These little boxes, which have been around for several years, pack lots of tech appeal into a very compact device. It’s a handy way to bring together all those different streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, Crackle and HBO GO, and there are many more to explore. It can also be used for music with Spotify, Pandora and others.

With a swift broadband connection, it can serve up good quality hi-def streams, but keep an eye on Internet service provider usage caps, because hi-def streams are bandwidth hogs.

The Roku is also now available in the form of a stick that slides into one of a television’s HDMI inputs.

••• With sequels to blockbuster series rolled out in the last few weeks, gamers have plenty to add to the wish list.

“The biggest one is ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,’ and that’s across PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and the Xbox One,” said Kyle Hampton, senior game advisor at GameStop in Corinth. “One of the big games I’m super excited for, and it’s an Xbox One exclusive, is ‘Halo: The Master Chief Collection.’”

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These little boxes, which have been around for several years, pack lots of tech appeal into a very compact device. It’s a handy way to bring together all those different streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, Crackle and HBO GO, and there are many more to explore.

There’s also the carnage of “Assassin’s Creed Unity” for Xbox 1 and PS4 and “Assassin’s Creed Rogue” for PS3 and Xbox 360.

“These will all be real big holiday sellers,” said Hampton.

Other hot titles include “Far Cry 4,” “Grand Theft Auto 5” and “Dragon Age Inquisition.”

Expect some great bundle deals, Hampton advises.

Meanwhile, I’ll probably be playing “Galaga” on a Super Nintendo.

••• As music portability has evolved from the boom box to the cell phone and tablet, an important part of the listening experience — sound quality — can get lost. A cell phone’s tiny speaker isn’t ex-

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actly going to set the party on fire.

With that in mind, portable Bluetooth speakers are surging in popularity. Designed to make it easy to tap into the speaker wirelessly via a phone or tablet’s Bluetooth capability, these speakers are one way to put a little or a lot of power (depending on what you want to spend) behind a digital music collection.

It can make a nice addition to a kitchen counter or a desk in a bedroom or dorm room.

And yes, many of them will fit neatly into a reasonably sized Christmas stocking.

(Corinth resident Jebb Johnston is a staff writer / photographer for Crossroads Magazine and the Daily Corinthian.)

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Candlelight services, parades, singing tree

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olidays are for traditions and families, and luckily there are plenty of annual area events for folks of all ages to enjoy this

season.

Continue the traditions and get into the holiday spirit with parades, candlelight services and even a singing Christmas tree.

If not a part of the family tradition, start a new one this year.

Here are some favorite events in Corinth, Alcorn County and the surrounding that have been delighting families for years: • Santa Claus arrives at Gingers boutique, Harper Square Shopping Center, Corinth, 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28 – Watch the jolly old elf land via helicopter and then visit him inside the store through 5:30 p.m. on Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30.

• Orion Starry Nights at Shelby Farms, through Dec. 28, Memphis – Shelby Farms Park is a 4,500acre green space in the heart of Shelby County, managed by the non-profit Orion Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Holiday events include Orion Starry Nights, a display featuring more than 1.5 million lights; Mistletoe Village, where visitors can shop, sip hot chocolate, roast marshmallows around a campfire and even ride a camel at the petting zoo; a dog-friendly HOWL at the Stars party; carriage rides and more. For times, prices and other details, visit http://www.shelbyfarmspark. org/starrynights or email or call Natalie Wilson, events manager, at nwilson@shelbyfarmspark.org or 901-767-7275 ext. 317.

• Christmas at Cottonplant, 6-9 p.m., ThursdaysSaturdays, Nov. 28-Dec. 13 and daily Dec. 14-25 (closed Dec. 24), north of New Albany on Hwy. 15

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at the Union/Tippah County line – Walk or drive through 12 acres of lights and displays designed and hosted by the Steven and Christy Paul family and dozens of friends and volunteers. For more information call 662-266-1887 or visit the website at http://christmasincottonplant.com/ • Area Christmas parades include Burnsville, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1; Booneville, 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1; Savannah, Tenn., Monday, Dec. 1; Adamsville, Tenn., 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4; Iuka, 6:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5; Tishomingo, 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6; and Rienzi, 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14.

• Corinth Christmas Parade, 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, downtown Corinth – The whole town comes out for this annual celebration featuring more than100 entries, including marching bands, float, and a visit from Santa Claus. Fillmore and Cruise streets. Details, call 662-2871550.

• Got the Dickens’ Christmas spirit this year? Try an “Old Town” event in downtown Iuka from 5:30 p.m. to

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Lisa Spencer, below, was “Mrs. Claus” with the Magnolia Express at the 2013 Corinth Christmas Parade. Janice Fowler, left, enjoyed the 2013 Corinth Christmas Parade with a ride on an antique tractor. • Photos by Mark Boehler

8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12. This Dickens inspired family event includes characters in period costume, Christmas carolers and special music. For more information contact the Tishomingo County Tourism Council at 1-800-FUN-HERE (386-4373).

• Folks in the land of the Aggies will be pleased to know there will be a first ever Kossuth Christmas Parade at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. It will follow the same route as the Kossuth High School Homecoming Parade.

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Dec. 6 – Screening of a Christmas movie at 3 p.m., Festival of Trees (downtown lined with Christmas trees) opens at 5 p.m., tree lighting at 6 p.m. and parade at 7 p.m.

• Christmas by the River, Saturday, Dec. 6, downtown Savannah, Tenn. – luminary-lit historic district, children’s activities, tour of homes, carriage rides, tree-lighting ceremony and more.

• Lights on the Lake Boat Parade, Grand Harbor Marina on Pickwick Lake, Saturday, Dec. 6.

• Winter Wonderland, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at Crossroads Arena, sponsored

by Magnolia Regional Health Center. Christmas games and activities plus silent auction.

Fun for the entire family. Free admission plus donation of money or non-perishable item for the AMEN Food Pantry.

• Christmas in the Park, Pickwick Landing State Park, Counce, Tenn., Friday-Saturday, Dec. 12-13 – festival with vendors’ Holiday Mart, light displays, carriage rides decorated inn and restaurant, Kiddie Train Ride, stories by the fireplace and Santa Claus.

• First Baptist Church Singing Christmas Tree, Corinth, 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, and 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15 – The church, at 501 Main St., invites everyone to share in this beloved holiday tradition featuring about 60 church members. This year’s theme is “Shine On.” • First United Methodist Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Services, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24, in the Fillmore Street Chapel, 901 N. Fillmore St., Corinth – everyone invited.

(Cathy Wood is a freelance writer living in downtown Corinth. She contributes to the Daily Corinthian and Crossroads Magazine.)

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onion. When the onion is slightly browned pour off most of the grease and add beans in tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and ketchup. Stir well and cover.

Let simmer for 20 to 30 minutes on real low heat.

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Jalapeño-Green Chili Spoon Bread 2 teas veg oil 1 cup cornmeal 1⁄2 cup plain flour 2 tbsp sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1⁄2 tsp black pepper 3 cups yellow corn kernals 1 small jalapeño seeded and finely minced 1 1⁄4 cups buttermilk 1 cup cream 3 large eggs 1 4oz can mild green chilies Preheat over to 375 degrees. Coat bottom and sides of a 10-12 inch cast iron skillet with oil and place skillet in oven. Stir together cornmeal and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl; toss in corn and jalapeños. Make a well in center of mixture. Whisk together and add next 3 ingredients. Add buttermilk mixture to corn meal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon into prepared skillet.

Add 1 cup grated cheese if desired. Bake at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and set.

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Desserts Coconut Sour Cream Dream Cake Moist coconut cake that needs to set for three days before it’s served.

1 package (181⁄2 oz.) butter flavor cake mix 2 cups sugar 1 (8 oz.) sour cream 1 package (12 oz.) frozen coconut, thawed 1 1⁄2 cups whipped cream ( or frozen whipped topping, thawed)

Scalloped Corn 3tbsp margarine 1 cup Milk 1 can cream of chicken soup 4 tbsp flour 1⁄3 tsp salt Cook above and add 1 beaten egg. Add 4 cups

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drained whole kernel corn.

Pour into buttered dish.

Sprinkle with ritz cracker crumbs. Cook at 350 degrees until bubble, about 30 minutes.

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Prepare the cake according to the directions, making two 8- inch layers. Split both layers horizontally after they have cooled. Blend together the sugar, sour cream, and coconut, and chill. Spread all but 1 cup of the sour cream mixture between the four layers. Blend the remaining cup of the mixture with the whipped cream and spread on the top and sides of the cake. Seal in an airtight container and refrigerate for three days before serving. Keep refrigerated after cutting.

Vernell Null, Walnut, MS

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No Bake Fruit Cake 1 box nabisco Honey Graham Crackers 1 lb. Mixed nuts 1lb. Raisins 1lb. red and green candied fruitchopped 1lb marshmallows 1⁄3 cup milk 1 small jar of maraschino cherries 12 pecan halves

Orange Balls 12 oz vanilla wafers crushed 1 stick butter melted 1 box powdered sugar(save 1⁄2 cup) 1 cup chopped pecans 6 oz of frozen orange juice (thawed) Mix all together. Make in small balls and roll in powdered sugar.

Chill in refrigerator Will keep frozen up to 2 months Shirlene Collier, Walnut, MS

Blend up graham crackers pour into a large pan (like a dish pan). Add nuts, Raisins, candied fruit and all of the cherries except 4(use for decoration) Mix well and set aside. In a double boiler melt marshmallows with 1⁄3 cup milk. Pour mixture into dry ingredients and mix well. “Use your hands.”

Use a bowl of water to dip your hands to keep mixture from sticking to hands. Press into a tube cake pan and cover with foil. Unmold cake and wrap foil around entire cake and store in refrigerate. The longer it sits the better it gets.

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1 cup sugar 1 1⁄2 bananas mashed 2 eggs beaten 1 stick butter melted 2 cups four-self rising 1 teaspoon vanilla 1⁄2 cup pecans-chopped Mix sugar, bananas, eggs, butter, vanilla, pecans. Add flour, mix well. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

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Never Fail Divinity 3 cups sugar 1⁄2 cup corn syrup 2⁄3 cup water 1 tsp vanilla 1⁄8 tsp salt 2 egg whites 1 cup chopped pecans Cook sugar, water, salt and corn syrup until it will spin a thread. Beat

egg whites until stiff and add syrup mixture slowly and beat until mixture is thick and ready to set. Then add chopped pecans and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper until set.

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Drinks

Cracker Candy 1 tube saltine crackers 1 1⁄2 sticks margarine 3⁄4 cup brown sugar 1 bag Heath brickle toffee bits 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 package almond bark 3⁄4 to 1 cup pecan pieces

Holiday Cider 1 qt apple juice 1 qt water 1⁄2 bag of redhots candy (optional 3 packets of spiced apple cider mix) Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Turn down to simmer.Enjoy!

Tami Caldwell Taylor Corinth, MS

Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Line saltine crackers in single layer on cookie sheet. In small saucepan, melt margerine and stir in brown sugar. Boil for 2 minutes. Spoon mixture over crackers. Sprinkle toffee bits over brown sugar mixture. Bake in oven at 350 for 5 to 6 minutes. Do not overcook!! Remove from oven and let cool few minutes. Melt almond bark in microwave according to package directions. Pour melted bark over crackers on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with pecans and allow to harden. Once set, break into bite sized pieces.

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calendar of events Corinth November 30th 2:30pm The Corinth Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert Corinth Coliseum December 6 Christmas Open House Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter 662.284.5800 December 6 5:00pm”All I want for Christmas” Christmas Parade Downtown Corinth 662.287.1550

December 14 2:00pm Corinth Theatre Arts Presents “Its a Wonderful Life” Crossroads Playhouse 662.287.2995 December 13-15 Singing Christmas Tree First Baptist Church 662.286.2208 DeCember 13 American Lehion Post 6 Wreaths Across America 11:00am Corinth National Cemetery

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December 14 5:00pm Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra Program “We have come to worship” Oakland Baptist Church 662.287.3118

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Eason Community Center Monthly Fellowship Dinner

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1. Eason Outreach Foundation President Samuel Crayton serves up iced tea.

3. Eason Outreach Foundation volunteer Kerry Walker takes up tickets.

2. Eason Outreach Foundation volunteers Pauline Justice, Phebie Cheatem and Ann Walker serve up dinners.

4. More than 150 people attended the community fellowship Sunday luncheon in September.

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5. Local noted cook Ben Betts compiles the menu for the monthly dinner, which usually includes some of his famous fried chicken.

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5. Patience Triplett warms her face.

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right now Let’s live every special moment

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t’s a Saturday morning in October as I sit down to the key board with a vague optimism that inspiration for this column will mysteriously appear.

Editor Mark Boehler has requested uplifting thoughts about the coming holiday season, so I wait for a flash of inspiration about what to lift up. And I wait a while longer—- for a lightning bolt that doesn’t strike.

Now, please, don’t get me wrong; it’s not that I feel at all down. I don’t. In fact, I feel pretty dandy.

It’s just that, as I sit here to write, Halloween is still more than a week away and I don’t want to think about the coming crunch packed into the thirty-six days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Sheesh, that’s hardly more than a month for all the doings of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day to speed by in a blur. Makes me dizzy to contemplate it.

The fact is that I want nothing — absolutely nothing — but to fully live this one splendid, ordinary moment.

Right now.

The granddaughter is in the adjoining room, the sitting room of my office. Her usual chatter is replaced by a singsong, contented hum...hum…hum. From the corner of my eye I see the reason for her satisfaction. This child is never as happy as when she is arranging and rearranging “stuff” and her MiMi has stuff galore. She’s in heaven.

She’s not thinking about school or what she’s going to wear for Halloween or what her dogs are

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doing; she is simply the mistress of a universe housed in one room and her mind is nowhere else. Throw pillows are systematically displayed according to criteria that only she knows.

Candles are aligned. Books are stacked on tables just so, and then restacked. She steps back with her head tilted to one side, and, assessing her design, she adds a glass bird before she nods approvingly and moves on to deal with a quartet of ceramic rabbits. Her hands are firmly planted on her hips: Bunnies, beware!

I am touched by how thoroughly present she is in this moment.

Right now.

I sink as deeply into the reality of this clear October morning as an old cat with aching bones sinks into a basket of towels, hot from the dryer. This is a moment worth holding but it can’t be held; it can only be experienced and the experience folded into these words. I breathe it in and am grateful for the quiet gift that it is.

Rewind with me to a scene earlier the same week when I am having lunch with my friend Rita at Borroum’s Drug Store. We stroll in early to claim a booth so the lunch crowd doesn’t force us into the tiny table in the front window. The taco salad is satisfying and the companionship is even more so. It’s an easy friendship that goes back to before I was a mother and when her children were small, that has endured stretches when work schedules and family demands made meeting for lunch harder than it is today. I

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know when we sit down that I’m going to be leaving a generous tip because we’ll be there awhile, and we are.

We mull over our recent visit to a friend from decades ago who is now under hospice care, and tears smudge my mascara; the paper napkins substitute for tissues. Our stories overlap and we talk about the young women that we three were then, puzzling over the different paths our lives have taken, paths that none of us foresaw. Knowing our stories have found a safe landing spot, we voice thoughts we wouldn’t share with just anybody.

And then we laugh!

Hysterical, table-slapping laughter bubbles up and trickles out of my eyes. Rita’s ability to get lost under any circumstance is legendary and she has more than one tale to tell about finding herself in places that she didn’t know existed. More napkins please, but, this time, for tears of laughter.

As we make our way to the counter to pay, we pass a table of four women, each fully absorbed in her cell phone, either talking, texting, or holding her phone in rapt anticipation. Rita and I look each other in the eye and realize we’ve spent two hours absent from our phones and totally present with each other.

This has been true communion, the kind that only happens in un-

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distracted moments.

Right Now. A flicker comes: I see this holiday column is going to be more about what we can drop during the coming weeks than about what we might lift up.

Beginning with our phones, let’s put them down for a while. Let’s look each other in the eye instead of looking at a screen. Let’s listen to a child’s tone and a friend’s story, instead of listening for a ringtone.

They are wonderful devices and they certainly have their place, but

as a bad coconut cake.

Maybe the cards are unsent and the gift wrapping wrinkled. So be it. Perfectionism sucks the joy out of life and we have only this moment, right now, so let’s live it.

And then there’s Facebook. If we don’t drop it entirely, could we at least work on letting go of any illusions that what people post on there is the whole story? Because it’s not.

If we get caught up in what other people share, it may look like everybody’s family except ours is sitting down to a Norman Rockwell

The gifts of sharing stories, listening from the heart, keeping old traditions and creating new ones are timeless. They were never meant to be contained in a treasure box and, yet, at this time of year, as we gather with friends and family, we’re reminded of how precious they are. that place isn’t to contribute to digital dementia. They are in our hands. It’s up to us to drop them into our purses.

Let’s set aside our fretting over getting things perfect. There will be years the dressing is just right; the sage is spot on, and it’s moist to perfection and then (if your cooking is like mine) there’ll be those other years. The tree might be a dazzling vision and others times, well ... we barely replace one string of lights before another burns out.

To a child, though, every Christmas tree is magical. The coconut cake may be a tad tilted, but this is the South, where there is no such thing

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spread, has a new car topped with a huge Christmas red bow sitting in the driveway, and is heading off for a beach vacation as soon as the table’s cleared.

The rest of the story may well be that they can’t afford the car, the credit cards are maxed out, there was a huge fight on the way to the beach, and the kids threw up in the backseat. So how about it? Could we drop the illusions that anybody actually has it all together? Could we let our families and our plans that go awry simply be crooked and human and funny?

Finally, how about we drop our attempts to please everybody? We

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probably can’t please them, but even if we can, the price of overcommitment is an exhausted kind of major crankiness. There’s no crankiness like the crankiness of having said “yes” to everyone except oneself.

Prioritizing and being realistic about what we want to do during the holidays doesn’t come easily to some of us, but in order to slow down and enjoy the celebrations that we personally find most meaningful, we may need to smile and firmly say, “No, thank you, my plate is full.” With some folks, pesky persistent types, we may have to say “no” more than once.

Start practicing now!

The hum of a child puttering about, the tears of tenderness and amusement shared with a friend, these are the pure and humble gifts of ordinary days, gifts that aren’t tied up with bows but with cords of connection.

The gifts of sharing stories, listening from the heart, keeping old traditions and creating new ones are timeless. They were never meant to be contained in a treasure box and, yet, at this time of year, as we gather with friends and family, we’re reminded of how precious they are.

As we pull out the roasting pan and wrap gifts and hang ornaments, let’s listen closely to each other. Let’s look each other in the eye, enjoying the blessings of the simplest gifts.

The only time we have to unwrap them is now.

Right now.

(Jaylene Whitehurst is an artist and Licensed Professional Counselor located in Alcorn County. She contributes columns to the Daily Corinthian and Crossroads Magazine. She may be contacted at 662-286-5433 or at jaylene@heartworkccl.com.)

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38-XMAS TREE CARE 10-HOLIDAY TRADS

There are five different kinds of live Christmas trees to choose from at a local tree farm.

Family tradition

Picking out the perfect Christmas tree

By Sarah Rowland

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OSSUTH — In 1983, Mike and Debra Marolt planted their first tree and Pine Mountain Tree Farm began.

Just over 30 years later, the family owned and operated farm is a place of Christmas cheer and family tradition.

Debra said she and Mike cater their farm to families.

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our farm their whole lives and it’s special to them. It’s tradition. We like that,” said Debra.

Many families visit the farm on Thanksgiving Day to choose a Christmas tree or take Christmas pictures for their family’s Christmas card. She said there are some families who have had pictures made at the farm for the last 25 years.

For the last eight years, it’s been a tradition for the Fulghums to visit the farm the Friday after Thanksgiving, said Jennifer Fulghum. She

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hopes her daughters will continue the tradition with their families.

“The biggest draw to going to Pine Mountain Tree Farm is the kindness of the Marolt family,” she said, “They are very knowledgeable about their trees and they always put us in the Christmas spirit. Their generosity is overwhelming.”

The Marolts donate trees and wreaths to a local churches and have donated a tree to a children’s shelter in the past.

Mike, who has a degree in forestry from Mississippi State Universi-

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ty, became interested in starting a tree farm when he was working for the Mississippi Forestry Commission and became acquainted with tree farmers.

Debra said they had land and thought they would give growing Christmas trees a try.

The types of trees they grow and sell are Leyland Cypress, Murray Cypress, Arizona Cypress, which has a light blue color, Carolina Sapphire, which is also a light blue color with a citrus scent which “people really love,” said Debra, and White Pine. She said they also order and have shipped from North Carolina pre-cut Fraser Firs.

Since it’s grown from a transplant or graft of an adult tree, rather than a seed, and has no sap, the Leyland Cypress is hypoallergenic and the most popular tree the Marolts sell.

White Pine, though grown from a seed, is also hypoallergenic and is a popular tree.

When asked how to care for a cut tree, Debra said the two most important things they’ve found is to display the tree away from your home’s heat source or, if you have central heat, close the vents near the tree, and keep the tree well watered as a cut tree can use up to one gallon of water a day.

The Marolts also sell potted Christmas trees, a trend gaining popularity lately as the trees will last longer and may be replanted outside after the holidays.

Debra said during a school field trip the farm hosted a couple years ago, a teacher bought a potted tree to keep in her classroom year around to decorate for all the holidays from Christmas to St. Patrick’s Day and use it to teach science lessons and class projects.

“I thought that was a really good idea,” said Debra, a retired special education teacher.

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A visit to the Pine Mountain Christmas Tree Farm is a tradition for many local families.

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Though potted trees last longer, Debra described them as “more labor intensive” requiring a pot, certain types of soil, and will eventually need to be replanted outside.

Beyond Christmas trees, Debra said she makes Christmas wreaths from their own greenery and her most popular style is a wreath in the shape of a cross. She said if anyone wants pre-decorated wreaths, her daughter Amy Alred decorates them.

They also have horses, chickens and quail on the farm and though they don’t allow visitors to feed them like at a petting zoo, Debra said she allows visitors to help her tend them whether it’s feeding them at a scheduled time or collecting eggs among

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other things.

Pine Mountain Tree Farm is located at 46 County Road 608 five miles west of Kossuth off Highway 2. It opened Nov. 22 and will remain open until Dec. 21. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Trees are measured and pre-priced based on height and fullness of the branches, are priced between $30 to $95 and credit or debit cards cannot be accepted; cash or check only.

(For more information, call Mike or Debra Marolt at 662-286-8157 or 662-643-3902. Sarah Rowland is a freelance writer living in Selmer, Tenn.

She contributes to the Daily Corinthian and Crossroads Magazine.)

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For Crossroads Magazine My phone buzzes. It’s a text from my mom: “I’ve gotten my Dirty Santa gift and you’re going to love it!!”

I reply, “I’m sure I will, but you and I will be the only ones ;)” My family plays Dirty Santa every year at Christmas and it’s a family joke that my mom only ever brings something that she wants and everyone else hates.

After the regular gift giving of toys to the kids and socks and such to the aunts and uncles, the youngsters are banished from the room while the adults play a round of Dirty Santa. This has been the tradition since I can remember so at one time I was the child running upstairs to play with my new toys while the adults did who-knows-whatand-who-cares downstairs. I remember being a teenager and being curious to join the adults be-

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cause I was oh, so mature! Then I remember when my parents and aunts and uncles finally decided I was old enough to join their little game.

As the oldest cousin, I was the first to graduate to playing Dirty Santa. Now, most of the cousins play with us and those who are still deemed too young watch from the doorway waiting for their year when they will be invited to the festivities.

Our rules are simple. The gift must be worth $25 and be wrapped and marked as either a woman’s, man’s, or unisex.

When it comes to choosing gifts, men may choose women’s gifts or women may choose men’s gifts. We just label them so the chooser knows what kind of gift they might be getting.

Each person draws a number from a red solo cup. (Yes, we’re fancy, but if you want to use your best crystal, go ahead.)

The person who draws number one chooses a gift first. After Number One chooses a gift and opens it in front of everyone, it’s Number Two’s turn. Number Two may decide to steal Number One’s gift or choose a new gift. If Number Two steals Number One’s gift then Number One chooses a new unopened gift.

Then it’s Number Three’s turn.

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“dead” and is out of play.

Make sense? Sure it does!

Since we allow post game trades in my family, this game gets interesting as alliances are formed and we problem solve to end up with the gift we really want. For instance, my favorite gift just got stolen by my uncle and it’s my mom’s turn next. I yell across the room that I’ll steal back mom’s favorite gift from Grandma (Sorry, Grandma!) if she’ll steal my gift

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Remember, this is our family tradition and different rules can be made with any family. Change the number of times a gift can be stolen -- like once. Change the amount to be spent on the gift or introduce an age in which a child can participate.

The options are limitless.

Gotta say, I’m a Dirty Santa expert, but here are few other games that sound like a fun thing to incorporate into your Christmas festivities this year!

Other interesting Christmas games Snowball Toss – You have 60 seconds to throw as many marshmallows as you can through a wreath and into a bucket.

Ornament Swap – Have everyone bring an ornament (either wrapped or unwrapped) and sit in a circle holding their ornament. Then read this story aloud while everyone passes their ornaments either to the left or right as they hear the words spoken. At the end of the story, they keep whatever ornament they end up with.

“Christmas was almost here, and Mother RIGHT was finishing the Christmas baking. Father RIGHT, Sue RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT returned from their last minute Christmas errands.

‘There is not much LEFT to be done,’ said Father RIGHT as he came in to the kitchen.

‘Did you leave the basket of food at church?’ asked Mother RIGHT. ‘I LEFT it RIGHT where you told

me to,’ said Father RIGHT. ‘I’m glad my shopping is done,’ said Billy RIGHT. ‘I don’t have any money LEFT.’ The hall telephone rang, and Susan RIGHT LEFT to answer it. She rushed back and told the family, ‘Aunt Tillie RIGHT LEFT a package for us RIGHT on Grandma RIGHT’s porch. I’ll go over there RIGHT away and get it,’ she said as she LEFT in a rush.

Father RIGHT LEFT the kitchen and brought in the Christmas tree. By the time Susan RIGHT returned, Mother RIGHT, Father RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT had begun trimming the tree. The entire RIGHT family sang carols as they finished the decorating. Then they LEFT all the presents arranged under the tree and went to bed, hoping they had selected the RIGHT gifts for their family.

Now I hope you have the RIGHT present for yourself, because that’s all that’s LEFT to our story except to wish you a Merry Christmas, isn’t that RIGHT?” Christmas Scavenger Hunt – Make a list of Christmas items that can be found around the neighborhood or town. Divide into two teams and see which team can find all the items on the list first.

Maybe have someone on each team take a picture of everyone with each item.

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