Le Sueur County Holiday Greetings 2019

Holiday Greetings

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December 2019

Featuring Pre-K to 2nd grade at Le Sueur’s St. Anne’s and Park Elementary, Tri-City United Le Center and Hilltop Elementary

St. Anne’s School

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

Francis of Assisi

May this holiday season find us caring for one another and living in peace.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Happy Holidays from

BEER OIL & TIRE

Here’s hoping your holiday is beautiful in every way.

Thanks for your business!

Hwy 99 Le Center 507-357-9206

24 Hour Pay-at-the-pump

Closed at noon Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day.

Your full-service florist and gift shop

All of us here are wishing you the very best and brightest Holiday Season ever!

Merry Christmas and many thanks for visiting us this year.

Le Center Floral Jenniffer Smisek 44 E Minnesota St, Le Center 507-357-6732 lecenterfloral@hotmail.com www.lecenterfloral.com

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From Our Family to Yours, Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas!

Customers Like You Lift Our Spirits All Year Long!

Thanks for making 2019 so much fun for us.

We look forward to taking care of you in the New Year.

Merry Christmas & Best Wishes!

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Le Center Office 22 South Lexington • 507-357-2221 Montgomery Office 103 Oak Ave S.E. • 507-364-5511

We’re so grateful to be celebrating the holidays in this winter wonderland we call home.

Thanks for being such great neighbors, customers and friends.

We appreciate your support, and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

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CELEBRATING THE MIRACLE OF HIS BIRTH…

May this season of miracles bring love, happiness, faith and many wonderful surprises to you and yours.

Thanks for bringing so much joy to our year with your visits. Friends like you make us truly grateful.

FILLED WITH OUR GRATITUDE

With best wishes at the holiday season, and heartfelt thanks for your loyal patronage all year long.

Merry Christmas!

“We’re e re your neighbors and friends” friends

Le Center, MN Phone: 507-357-2273 Kilkenny, MN Phone: 507-595-2273

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357-4424 • 110 S Lexington • Le Center 665-2630 • 125 N Main St • Le Sueur

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Treemendous

Thanks

With appreciation from our entire team, we wish you all a fun-filled and merry Christmas! Thanks so much for stopping in this year. We look forward to serving you again soon.

Andring, Collins, Norman & Co Chtd Certified Public Accountants

65 S. Park Ave. | Le Center 507-357-6654 Mankato | 507-388-5858

Always Glad to Be of Service Hope everything runs smoothly for you this holiday season.

Many thanks for your vote of confidence.

Merry Christmas May the message of the season fill your heart and soul with glee!

Merry Christmas!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

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80 South Waterville Avenue | Le Center, MN 56057 507-357-6150

Behold the Miracle CHRISTIAN, KEOGH, MORAN & KING

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Attorneys At Law

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65 S. Park Ave. • Le Center • 507-357-2278 www.ckmklaw.com

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Hilltop School

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Tri-County United School

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With our deepest gratitude for your kind patronage.

Have a beautiful holiday!

YOUR FRIENDSHIP

Residential & Commercial 104 North Main Street Le Sueur, MN

507-665-4407

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Makes It All Worthwhile!

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Here’s hoping your holiday season is a whole lot of merry and bright!

May your Christmas and the New Year deliver an abundance of health, happiness and good fortune to you and the ones you love.

There is simply no place we would rather be than right here at home with all of you. Thanks so much for making our year memorable and bright. Your kindness and friendship warm us with gratitude.

To our neighbors, customers, friends and associates here in the community, thanks and best wishes for a happy, healthy and wonderful holiday! We hope the season and the New Year deliver everything your heart desires.

Where Our Product, Price & People Make the Difference 106 Ferry Street | Le Sueur | 507-665-2238 www.wise-furnitureco.com | Find us on Facebook!

As we reflect on all we are grateful for this Christmas season, the support and friendship of customers and neighbors like you come to mind. We greatly appreciate your kindness and your patronage, and we look forward to serving you in 2020.

Thank you, and Best Wishes!

Moske’s Auto Service, Inc.

507-665-4333

825 N. Main St. Le Sueur, MN

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2019 was a Hard Year for us, but we made it thru with the love and support from our amazing customers and community!

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to 2020 with you all!

110 Ferry St. • Le Sueur

1-507-665-3056

www.wintersplumbing-heating.com

Winters Plumbing & Heating Inc.

Cheers! Cheers!

Cheers!

O Night Divine May the warm light of our Savior’s love illuminate your path at the holidays and all year.

Happy Holidays

With three cheers to you, our customers and friends, for the very Merriest Holiday Season ever!

New Year’s Eve Special Band Trainwreck 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Thank you for brightening our year with your visits.

Your kind support means so much to us, and we wish you all the blessings this special season holds.

303 Valleygreen Square | Le Sueur

507-665-3366

Be Sa fe and Have Fun!

When the weather outside is frightful, we thank you for choosing us to keep your home feeling delightful. Serving you is our pleasure, and we appreciate your loyal support.

507-665-3300

226 S. Main Street - Le Sueur www.gopherheating.com

Le Sueur - 507-665-3752

FREE Transit rides!

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Novice Christmas Trivia Quiz

2. Planting kisses under kissing plant At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?

A) Ivy B) Yew C) Holly D) Mistletoe 3. A web not for browsing In the Ukraine, what does it mean if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning?

A) Good luck B) Misfortune will strike in the coming year C) The winter will be unusually cold D) Your house needs cleaning!

4. The prize is in the pudding In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is finding a trinket that predicts your fortune. For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy. What is foretold if you find a button?

A) “Christ by highest heav’n adorèd” B) “Shepherds in the fields abiding” C) “Shepherds why this jubilee?”

D) “Don we now our gay apparel” 7. No name for a king Which of the following names does NOT belong one of the Three Kings?

A) Caspar B) Balthazar C) Teleost D) Melchior 8. Ho-ho-ho, Watson One of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes takes place during the Christmas season. Which of these does the tale hinge upon?

9. Naughty or nice?

Santa keeps close track of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice! Nice children often receive toys and candy in their stockings, but naughty children may receive: A) A book B) A lump of coal C) An old shoe D) An orange 10. Who crafted that carol?

One of the most loved Christmas books is A Christmas Carol.

Who wrote it?

A) Mark Twain B) Charles Dickens C) Hans Christian Andersen D) Thomas M. Sawyer

Source: A) A burglar disguised as Father https://triviapark.com/xmasquiz/ quick Christmas B) A blue diamond found in a goose C) A cat trapped in an organ pipe

A) Poor B) Famous C) A bachelor D) Called away on a trip

story, not from strictly religious tradition. A teleost, on the other hand, is a member of the large group of fishes that includes eel, salmon and plaice.

8: B) In “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” Holmes manages to recover the jewel but, in the spirit of the Christmas season, allows the repentant thief to go free — if he leaves England for ever.

9: B) The “lump of coal” tradition is strong in Italy, although it’s usually not an actual piece of coal, but a piece of candy that looks the same. Children in the Netherlands sometimes receive coal from Zwarte Piet, the controversial companion of Saint Nicholas.

10: B) A Christmas Carol tells the story of one harrowing Christmas Eve in the life of a miser named Ebenezer hood. Hiding something in the pudding Scrooge. The book was a hit, and Dickcomes from the tradition in the Middle ens wrote a Christmas story each year Ages of hiding a bean in a cake served from then on. on Twelfth Night. Finding the bean made you “king” for the rest of the night.

5: A) Frumenty was a spiced porridge, enjoyed by both rich and poor. A forerunner of modern Christmas puddings, it is linked in legend with the Celtic god Dagda, who stirred a porridge made up of all the good things of the earth.

6: B) The other suggested lines come from (a) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, (c) Angels We Have Heard On High and (d) Deck the Halls.

7: C) The names of the wise men, information about their life, and even their number, come from legend and

A) Comet B) Prancer C) Blitzen D) Klaxon

second verse of Angels from the D) A poisoned flask of Napoleon brandy Realms of Glory?

Answers to Novice Christmas Trivia Quiz: 1: D) A klaxon is actually a powerful electric horn. Its name comes from a German word meaning “shriek”.

2: D) In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of “kissing beneath the mistletoe”.

3: A) In one Ukrainian folk tale, a poor woman cannot afford Christmas decorations for her family. On Christmas morning, she finds that spiders have trimmed the tree with their webs, which turned to silver and gold when lit by the sun.

4: C) A ring means you will get married; a thimble predicts spinster-

1. Know your reindeer Which of these names does NOT belong to one of Santa’s reindeer?

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Let Heaven and Nature Sing!

May the pure joy of Christmas time flourish all around you and in your heart this season.

5. That’s frumenty for you If you were given some frumenty at a Medieval Christmas party, what would you probably do with it?

A) Eat it B) Burn it C) Put it in your sweetheart’s hair D) Use it to polish your boots 6. Second verse Many of us are quite familiar with the first verses of popular carols, but how well about the rest of the lyrics? For instance, what is the first line of the

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Missy, Chad and Philip www.lesueurcountynews.com 62 E Minnesota, Le Center, MN 56057 507-665-3332

Have a safe and happy holidays from everyone at Ridgeview Le Sueur Medical Center.

24/7 Emergency Department, Urgent Care (daily), Primary and Specialty Care

507-665-3375 | ridgeviewlesueur.org 621 S. Fourth Street, Le Sueur

We wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous 2020.

Dr. David Tycast & Staff