European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To tilt it a copy of what is Btl oved to be the very lint Chris that cart. It was tha work it English artist John Honley in 1843. Prolonging the Christmas spirit by Sharon Huggins people who work or the Milmary know what i Means to spend Christmas away irom Home even if the immediate family is together for Christmas often Hal Holiday is celebrated in a country thousands of Miles irom the United Stales far removed irom the warm Circle of parents grandparents aunts uncles and friends who traditionally gather in one place Back Homo wherever that might be to share the Joys of this special season. During our first 14 years together Only twice did my husband and i spend two consecutive Chris leases in the same House. That figures Oul to 10 christmases each celebrated in a different place from Texas to Germany from France to Indonesia. But we found a Way to leave a bit of our roots in some of those places even though we knew we d soon be moving on. Al Christmas to purchased a live Evergreen tree wrapped its Pel in aluminium foil and a Brig red ribbon and decorated the tree with All the traditional and sentimental ornaments thai we be collected in our travels around inc world. After Christmas when the decorations had been stored away Lor another year we planted the tree outside our apart men or House. Now whenever we go Back to Visil those places to have not Only our i rinds to see but also inc living Christmas Trees Hal remind us of the Happy holidays spent there. Evergreen Trees outdoor can also be cute Coralde in a special Way to Benefit wild animals Birds squirrels Etc. Who have to work hard to find Tood in Winter. Choose a Iree near your House and hang the following homemade treats on in garlands made of popped Corn raw Cjan berries and chunks of Apple and beef suet All threaded Onlo Long Strong strings. Pine Cones rolled in a mixture of Peanut Bulter and Bacon fat then rolled a second time in Bird seed you can add raisins and chopped nuts to the Blid seed too mesh balls made lion Nylon net bags tilled with a mixture of beef Suel Birdseed breadcrumbs raw the Many faces of Santa associated press Anta Glaus is a Man of Many faces. In Clement Clarke Moore s a Visil irom St. Nicholas he was a round and Jolly figure. Washington Irving pictured him with baggy breeches a Broad brimmed hat and a Long pipe. Among the santas in the  historical collection Aro a while bearded Man in religious Robes and a Black bearded Buccaneer in a furry Black suit. One version shows him in a military uniform and in others he wears his More familiar red and while suit the roly poly version of Santa became popular in the 1860s when cartoon isl Thomas Nail began drawing him Tor Magazine covers and bookplates according to Sharon Uhler. Curator of the hallmark historical collection Nail Sho says is credited with creating Santa s red coat the result of a civil War cartoon that showed him