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Page 42 2022 Home For The Holidays Lincoln Daily News November 23, 2022 be pretty because they’re babies,” laughed Murphy. And the possibilities are endless for this creative family, as one year there was a snowman on the canvas. In keeping with the idea of making each canvas unique, Vaughan mentioned how one year everyone just grabbed a paint brush and put different colored strokes on the canvas. Murphy, who teaches at Chester-East Lincoln, added, “It was just a blank canvas and people had paintbrushes and did different strokes. I did concentric circles, circles inside of circles, that was my design. Another person did squiggly lines. And it was just a canvas with random strokes, kind of like a Jackson Pollock painting but not a Jackson Pollock painting,” she laughed. “He just threw stuff all over the canvas.” Who keeps these treasures and displays them? “Whoever wants it,” said Murphy. “Lisa usually keeps them because she has the wall space.” Both unique family traditions are sure to inspire others to want to be creative and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. [Teena Lowery]