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Caroling
from the heart
Last Friday a group of caring carolers met at 5 p.m. at Trinity Church and, in two groups, visited and sang to the elderly and infirm in their own homes throughout the county. The bags of homemade cookies done by Kaye Kohler that are left in each home bring additional warmth and love to those households. A few years ago one elderly couple on Oven Top Mountain missed the group because they were in their bedroom wrapping gifts. The bag of cookies left in the home told the story of the carolers visit. The couple was so upset at missing their annual caroling session that the group returned to the home after the Christmas Eve service!
Another part of the caroling tradition is that the two groups reconvene at the end of the evening at The Public House to revel in their own friendship. Mark your calendar for next year and join this wonderful caroling group the Friday evening before Christmas! N&w Year’s...why the
baby and beans?
The baby...The tradition of using a baby to signify the New Year was begun in Greece around 600 BC. to celebrate the* god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
The beans... Traditional New Year foods are thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the
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