Page 48 2024 Home For The Holidays Lincoln Daily News cheer them on as they tried to stay completely still to make it easier for them to cover them quickly and not have to go back to recover spots because they moved. Those dads became mummies and I kept thinking how hard it would be to have your hands and face covered. Hence the freeing of their dads went alot faster than the wrapping had taken. The race was close and of course we determined there was no clear winning team. It struck me then and continues to impress me that my "Christmas family's" deep love and respect of their kids and even between the kids and moms and dads playing with kids brings real joy to our lives. A gift of joy that keeps on giving! Devyn Fry Ever since I was little, my mom and I had always made ornaments for the tree. We used anything we could fi nd:scrapcraftmaterials, paint and recyclable materials like old computer parts. It was always something so special because we spent the time creating them together out of whatever we already had at home. Seeing our fi nalprojectgouponthe Christmas Tree held a similar yet greater importance than a drawing being put on the fridge. There is something really exceptional about memories made when there is no worrying about money. Now that I have moved out, it is a tradition my fi ancé Gabe and I have kept going. Being older I have gained some more artistic skills and have obtained more materials than I did as a child, so some crafts are more complicated. I love what the tradition has morphed into, though I do miss making the ornaments with my mom while we listened to Christmas movies. Last year Gabe and I crafted our ornaments, however we got more ambitious and also made a tree topper out of paper mache! Continued --
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