I remember those too.
E.
At 02:14 AM 12/22/2005, you wrote:
Hi E,
No, these were the same kind of wafer that communion hosts are made of in the catholic church. They came in sheets about 6 inches square.
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Are those those crispy sweet very thin wafers. The Italians have something like that too. I remember them from when I was little. My mother was Polish.
E.
At 11:18 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
>Hi:) > >One we always did at Christmas was Christmas eve dinner. Before the meal >everyone would get what was called A-poo-ah-tec. I don't know the spelling >of that one. It was the thin wafers that would come in sheets with different >Christmas scenes on them. We would each get a piece and then go around to >everyone and take a small piece off theirs and they would take a piece of >ours and eat it. At the same time we would make a wish for that person for >the next year. > >I think there was some real power in that because for about 18 months my >husband and I at the time were trying to get me pregnant. Everyone that >Christmas made the wish that we would give my Mom her first grandchild. >Well, it must have happened that night or in the next couple of nights >because Emily was born on October 4th and she was two weeks late. > >Then we would have a dinner starting with creamed haring, followed by >homemade polish sausage, homemade breads, rice with honey and lots of other >little goodies. IT was always a very special day of the year. > >Katie Hill >The Reconnection & reiki Healing >Get yur personalized numerology chart >Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >AIM SStarangel@xxxxxxxx > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kasondra Payne >Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:04 PM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O T Christmas Traditions > >Lyssi, > >My family isn't Eastern European, but that sounds like an interesting and >yummy tradition. My aunt used to teach my siblings and her children German. >She had spent a year and a half in what used to be West Germany serving a >mission for our church. The same aunt also tried to teach us to sing and >have an appreciation for classical music. Well, she taught us to sing three >Christmas carols in German. We would go caroling to an older German woman >we knew from church. She would gather all her friends together to hear us >sing. Ruth Baker was one of the sweetest women I ever knew. My mother >would always tell us not to expect to get anything from her, but Ruth never >failed to give each of us a bag of cookies, a candy cane, and and an >ornament. We performed for her ever year from 1984 to 1997. I missed our >last performance because I was sick and breaking off and engagement at the >same time. Kelly C knows what I am talking about. In 1998, Ruth was living >in a nursing home and too sick to have all of us perform. I did go visit >her that year. It was the last time I saw her. She passed away six months >later, just before my wedding. That caroling is one of the most special >memories I have of a Christmas tradition. Ruth would complement us that our >German was so good, but I knew how much it sucked. We added other carols in >English and Spanish, but we always sang the German ones. To this day, I >cannot sing the first verse of Silent Night in English. I know it, but the >German is so ingrained in me. It bugs everyone else. Thank you for letting >me share. > >Kasondra Payne > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.3/209 - Release Date: 12/21/2005 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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