Page 24 2013 Home for the Holidays Special edition of LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
This might be presented in a simple brown
paper bag handed out when exiting on the last
day of school before Christmas. Or it might be
a chock-full red mesh sock, big enough to fit a
giant, also handed out at the door when leav-
ing a big party.
The larger socks
might even have
brightly colored,
foil-wrapped
chocolates in
Santa shapes
or gold coins,
or chocolate
creams, whole
candy bars, or
small boxes of
candies, such as
Milk Duds or
chocolate-cov-
ered mints.
Hmmm, interest-
ing that these bundles of sweets with enough
calories to fuel a rocket ship were always
bestowed when children were headed out the
door.
For centuries, people have made candies and
given them as gifts. Whether homemade or
store-bought, candy is one of the favorite gifts
in this holiday season.
When it is homemade, it conveys a special mes-
sage. People know that they were being thought
of kindly and for an extended period of time, as
the special sweet took some time to make and
to be packaged.
Ask any Logan
County Board
member. For years
now, all during
their December
meeting, board
members’ eyes
stray to the pack-
age with their
name on it that sits
in front of each
person. It sort of
looks like enjoy-
able torment as
the meeting wears
on because no one
will open their
box during the
meeting. But they all know what is in it. If you
watch carefully, at some point you will catch
the corners of each person’s mouth curl upward
for a grin as they glimpse that box.
What’s in the box, they all know, is the famous
homemade fudge made by JoAnne Marlin,
made especially for each and every one of
them.
