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(FRIENDLY, CARE-FREE, QUICK)
John Brown hanged for treason, 1859

RECIPE

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY SALAD

Prohibition repealed, 1933
Jefferson Davis dies, 1889
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Joel Chandler Harris born, 1848
Brenda Lee born, 1944

Nacoochee Mound (see Regional Notes), is topped by a
white gazebo, and is near Helen, GA.

Bill of Rights Day
John Fox Jr. born, 1862
Wright Bros. First flight, 1903
Ty Cobb born, 1886

	
	

Winter Solstice

Biltmore Estate opens, 1895
Christmas Day
First day of Kwanzaa
Woodrow Wilson born, 1856
Andrew Johnson born, 1808
minus 37 degrees F at Lewisburg, W.Va., 1917

skywatch

●	New moon-11/26
❍	Full moon-12th
(	First quarter-4th
)	Last quarter-18th
Winter solstice - Dec. 21 at 7:04 a.m.
Conjunction: Venus, Jupiter and the moon form a triangle Dec. 1.

December's full moon is the
long nights moon.

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DECEMBER'S SIGN, SAGITTARIUS:

November 22-December 21

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JOHNNIE CURRAN

Average daily high

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48.6

Average daily low

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Average snowfall (inches)

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Average wind speed

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sunrise sunset

Dec. 7 - sun rises 7:26; sun sets 17:17; length of day 9h 51m
Dec. 14 - sun rises 7:32; sun sets 17:19; length of day 9h 47m
Dec. 21 - sun rises 7:36; sun sets 17:21; length of day 9h 45m
Dec. 28 - sun rises 7:39; sun sets 17:26; length of day 9h 47 m

1-16-oz can cranberry sauce
3 TBS lemon juice
1 c heavy cream
¼ c mayonnaise
¼ c confectioner's sugar
1 c chopped nuts
Mash cranberry sauce with fork until
smooth. Add lemon juice and stir. Set
aside. Whip cream until thick, add
mayo, sugar and nuts. Layer in small
paper cups cranberry mixture then
cream mixture. Freeze. To serve tear
off cups and serve on lettuce with
cranberry end up.

GARDENING HINTS

If your geraniums are beginning to
get leggy from being inside, then
take 3- to 4-inch cuttings from any
green stems, stripping leaves from
the bottom. Stick the bare stems into
pots filled with vermiculite, then
place the potted cuttings in clear
plastic bags. The cuttings will root in
six to eight weeks. Repot in potting
soil and keep in a cool, sunny spot
until spring.

OLD SAWS
WORDPLAY

Those who get too big for their
britches, will be exposed in the end.

I'm reading a book about antigravity
and I can't put it down.

I stayed up all night to see where the
sun went. Then, it dawned on me.

events

DECEMBER

Early December, Christmas in the
Mountains Celebration & Lighted Parade,
Cleveland, GA, whitecountychamber.org
Early December, Fantasy of
Lights Christmas Parade, Downtown
Gatlinburg, TN, gatlinburgtnguide.com
Early December, Christmas in the
Park, Prestonsburg, KY, prestonsburgky.
org
Throughout December, four hotels in
Downtown Greenville, SC celebrate St. Francis
Festival of Trees, stfrancisfoundation.com
Each December weekend, Dickens
of a Christmas, Downtown Roanoke, VA,
downtownroanoke.org
End of December, Christmas at the
Greenbrier, The Greenbrier Resort, White
Sulphur Springs, WV, greenbrier.com

WEATHER APHORISMS
What good is the warmth of
summer without the cold of
winter to give it sweetness?
-John Steinbeck
The date of the first
snowflakes tells how many
times it will snow.
1-10... hardly any snow
11-20... normal amount
21-31... lots of snow
Green Christmas, white
Easter.
If it rains much during the
twelve days after Christmas,
it will be a wet year.

FACTOIDS

I used to be a banker, but then I lost
interest.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7
months and 6 days, you would
have produced enough sound
energy to heat 1 cup of coffee.

A lie can be halfway around the
world before the truth even has its
boots on.

You can't hum while holding
your nose closed.

There are 239 ways to make
change for a dollar.
The Bible is the most shoplifted
book in the U.S.

Confidence is what you have before
you understand the problem.
~ Woody Allen

REGIONAL NOTES The
Nacoochee Mound, topped by a
white gazebo in the middle of a
field of cows near Helen, GA, is the
partially excavated remains of an
old Indian burial mound. It now
belongs to the Georgia State Parks
system and is open to visitors.
34.7658° N, 83.6987° W
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http://www.whitecountychamber.org http://www.gatlinburgtnguide.com http://www.stfrancisfoundation.com http://www.downtownroanoke.org http://www.greenbrier.com

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