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Old-Fashioned Country Christmas (Gooseberry Patch)
By Vickie L. Hutchins

1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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It’s Thanksgiving Eve and snow is on its way, I hear three inches! Perfectly in time for Thankgiving.

Mom and Dad just left to go out for coffee and then go get all the fixings for Thanksgiving. No one cooks better in the whole world for Thanksgiving meal than my dear Mother.

So today after I get off work here I am going to clean up my room and get ready to light my candles and get the Christmas music out again. Maybe make something Christmasy like cookies or something too. Though I am sure I will be helping Mother in the big kitchen tomorrow along with Heidi and Hannah too.

I have so much to be thankful for. I was thinking about this yesterday as we heard on the news of a young soldier killed the day before he was to come home for Thanksgiving day, tomorrow. They were interviewing his broken hearted Dad.

I am thankful today for so many things. God is has been and the best part is He always will be good to me.

This cute book I am reading has tons of different Christmas ideas in it. I really like it a lot. I saw one idea here and thought it was cute. Something about potpourri simmering for the holidays is so warm and inviting for the home. So here is a simple recipe I found in this book called “Country Christmas”

Christmas Potpourri

6 thin skinned oranges

10 cinnamon sticks

cloves

2 oz. Orange oil

6 drops of cinnamon oil

Use a potato peeler to make long strips about 1/2″ wide, from the oranges. Stud the peels with cloves, 1/2″ –1″ apart. Pour orange oil and cinnamon oil in a bowl and dip peels in oil. Allow excess to drip off rind. Dip cinnamon sticks in mixture as well. Place potpourri in an attractive glass or ceramic bowl and enjoy! This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled so make a large batch to have on hand for gifts. Should the scent diminish, reapply oil to mixture to peels.

Have a beautiful Thanksgiving…”And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him”.

Colossians 3:17
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.Philippians 4:6

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