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Page 41 2022 Home For The Holidays Lincoln Daily News November 23, 2022 Vaughan explained that members of the family would draw on the canvas, each one using a different color and then on the back of the canvas they would put the color and each individual name to the corresponding color so people would know who created what on the painting. “Lisa drew a Christmas tree one year and everyone put different colored dots on it for the ornaments,” said Vaughan, referring to her daughter, Lisa Leonard. Vaughan’s other daughter, Heather Murphy, added, “Each year was a different painting. When we did the Christmas tree, everyone put different colored circles on it to represent the bulbs. Other people colored garland on the tree. Other people put lights on the tree. Each color represented a different member of the family. And then on the back we would put, for example, an orange ball and then that person’s name next to it. So, each thing on that specific canvas for that year was identified on the back by who did it.” And don’t forget the presents! As Murphy noted, some people also drew Christmas presents under the tree to make the painting complete. “And we always put the year on it somewhere, too,” Murphy added. “There was a tree one year that had different fingerprints on it,” continued Murphy. “We dipped our fingertips in paint and made them the leaves of the tree.” And every year as new family members come along, they are included in the fun. “So, the next year we may have had three more babies and those three babies would get something to add to the canvas, but it may not Continued —