Sliding down hill, finding "T" treasures and crafting candy trains...

Sliding Down Hill

by Mary E. Wilkins.

 

There is ice on the hill, hurrah, hurrah!

We can slide quite down to the pasture-bar

Where the cows at night, in the summer weather,

Would stand a-waiting and lowing together.

"Tie your tippet closer, John,"
That was what their mother said;
"All of you put mittens on --
The broom will answer for a sled!"

They had never a sled, but dragged in its room,

Just as gaylt, behind them, the worn kitchen-broom;

John, Sammy and Tom, and their sweet little sister,

With her cheecks cherry-red, where the wind had kissed her.

"You can watch, sis, that's enough,"
That was what her brothers said;
"Keep your hands warm in your muff --
Girls can't slide without a sled!

"Oh, where in the world is there aught so nice

As to slide down the pasture-hill on the ice?

Quite down to the bar, sis, see we are going,

Where the cows each night in summer stood lowing."

"If I were a boy, like you,"
This was what their sister said,
Watching as they downward flew,
"I would make a girl a sled!''

        In the picture above there are all kinds of things beginning with the letter "T." How many can you find? If you are an older person this puzzle should be easy. So, kids may find 22 things or more if Grandpa or Grandma help them out...

 Now let's make a Christmas candy train for Santa to deliver all your favorite candy treats! When it's done you can decorate the mantle, a Christmas dinner table or side board with the train. On Christmas Eve, you can eat your train if your parents approve.

 Splendor Productions shows you how to
make a lovely candy train step-by-step.