Guess who was Mrs. Santa... and we saw a 7 faced bird

Hi all. Thanks for the email and support. After the wonderful Christmas pageant including young shepherds, wise-men, angels, and animals, Kandie dressed up as Mrs. Santa, and we stormed the Cultural Center throwing balloons, and then giving out cookies and candy. The effect was tripled because we had the young missionaries join us throwing balloons and giving out candy. Kandie also cooked and served a turkey for the ward. The kanji for turkey translates directly into 7-faced-bird—shichimencho, because a turkey has so many aspects when it spreads its tail in various lighting, we were told during a lesson with one of our investigators, yesterday. After the initial turkey-carving, I carried in plates of turkey that Kandie sliced in the kitchen, which were emptied before I could return with others. Earlier, the reaction to the suggestion of turkey was about how I react to the suggestion of venison or mutton, but members changed their minds rapidly. Kandie roasts a ‘mean turkey’ despite the strangest miniature oven that is more complicated and fussy than a camp fire. We had over a dozen investigators there, too, and they also enjoyed and began to understand the significance of Bethlehem.............and Easter. Merry Christmas!!! Love, Dad

I have received some questions about the Santa outfit Dad had on for our ward Christmas party. The original outfit had matching red pants, but Dad would only wear the jacket and he would only wear the hat with attached beard if his face could show. He said that he would scare all of the kids and they wouldn't be able to see his smile. When he walked into the cultural hall, he carried large garbage sacks full of blown up balloons. Each of the elders also carried sacks. They threw the balloons everywhere and delighted everyone. Then they all came to us (or we went to them) and were given a small sack of candy and a cookie. No sitting on laps and asking for gifts. Here each child is given one gift by their parents and that is all. No other gifts. Sounds like a good tradition to me. Much less to put away. The children do get money from many people for New Years which they can spend as they want. Usually it adds up to $100 for so.

Kandie