In trying to decide
how I want to decorate
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this year's holiday
table, I was thinking you know,
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we've been saying Jesus
is the reason for the season.
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So I wanted to
decorate with things Jesus made
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and think of nature.
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So it may look
complicated to you,
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but it is very simple
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and in fact, you know, next year
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I may just start
with a blank table
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and show them how to do that.
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Would you like that?
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But for this, I
took some old books
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and I had some birdcages
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and you don't
have to match mine,
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I mean I love birds
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so I decorate my house
with birds and birdcages
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and in fact, I even have
them hanging in my tree outside,
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they did different of the trees.
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So I took some birdcages
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and I put a candle in a birdcage
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and then I put some birds
here, I took some old books
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and I just put one
on top of each other
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and I just put a
little Christmas tree on
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and some birds and then
I put another candle here,
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then I took a larger
birdcage and I put some trees in
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and I put three angles
for Three Angels Broadcasting.
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We have to think of
our home network here.
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And also for more importantly
the three angels message.
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That's right.
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And then I mirrored
the image with the birds
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since I had two birdcages,
I decided I would mirror it
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and do the same
thing on the other side
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but you don't have to do that.
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In fact, last year I had
all different kinds of lanterns
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the naval lanterns that I used.
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I remember that.
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So nothing was alike,
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so you don't have
to have things alike
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if you don't want to, I
just happen to have that.
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Just be creative too. Exactly.
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And then I took greenery
and I put greenery everywhere.
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I happen this is silk,
you can use real greenery.
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You can go out
and cut if you happen
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to have an ivy bush
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or you happen to have a
tree or an evergreen tree.
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You can cut some
branches off of it
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or in some leaves
and spread that around
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and I just put some berries here
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and then I got some pinecones
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and I put pinecones
here and there and all over.
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You can make it a
Sabbath afternoon activity
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just going around choosing
in pinecones and berries
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and things like that
just as a family outing.
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In fact, we did that as kids.
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Yes, we did--
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that's the
reason I thought of it.
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Because mom had us doing all.
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That's right.
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Mom did so much with nothing,
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we grew up so dirt
poor really we had nothing
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and mom could make
something out of nothing.
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Right.
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Mom is very
artistic and so and very good
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with coming up with crafts,
she was very good at drawing.
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She used to draw in
church to keep us quiet.
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We would after
and we try and guess
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what she was drawing,
and she just sit there
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and just draw while she
is listening to the sermon.
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But she is very good at crafts
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and so we learned
all kinds of really
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new ways in
creative things to do.
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So also what I
did was I love snow,
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I mean I just love it.
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I know some
people don't love it.
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Me. That would be me.
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But I love it and
so I took some snow
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and I just sprinkled this,
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yeah I didn't
sprinkle real snow.
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I thought-- why don't you guys
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were catching me on that.
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Well, I was
getting ready to adjust me,
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I was getting ready
it's the fake stuff guys,
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that's the reason
it's not melting here.
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I see, look I just
took some fake snow
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and I sprinkled it all over,
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I sprinkled it
all over everywhere
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and it just kind of gives
it a really nice feel to it
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and look to it.
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It glistened.
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And you know one thing
you know that Cinda's famous
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for to is her take home gifts.
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When you're guests at
her house if at dinner,
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she's always got a little
take home gift at your plate.
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I love that and I look forward
to those little take homes
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because she's so
creative with that.
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And I love what
you did this year for--
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and I think you're gonna want
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to do the same in
your home as well.
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Well on an earlier program we--
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I did a recipe
called cake in a jar
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and this is a cake in a jar
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and its apple streusel cake
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and actually it
seals so this will last
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at least a month this
will last if it seals.
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Show what that looks like.
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So here's one like this
and as you can see its indented
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so that means its sealed
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and so I'm gonna show
you all I did is I took.
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I'll hold that for you.
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I took a piece of fabric
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and actually hold,
yeah fold that down
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and then you can take some,
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I took some just
twine like ribbon and--
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Tied it around. Tied it around.
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You can wrap
around twice if you want
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and just tie a bow
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and you can do
your favorite fabric.
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I mean this is just a really
inexpensive burlap that I did
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and each one of your guests
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have a really nice--
yeah there's two of them.
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Each one of your guests have
a really nice take home gift.
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Isn't that beautiful?
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Yes, and--
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I love it set it by your plate.
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You can make these,
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you know, several
weeks ahead of time.
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It really is awesome.
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Well, let's take
a look one more time
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to some of the foods
that we prepared today
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just to give you an
idea for your holiday table.
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And we're gonna start
with oh, Linda's cake.
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Carrot delight cake.
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That's right.
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And creamy potato puffs.
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And then we
have our tofu turkey.
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Oh, I can't wait for that.
With all kinds of vegetable's.
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You got your vegetables
and your turkey right there
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but there is not enough
vegetables on that plate yet.
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Because you can never
have enough vegetables.
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We have roasted root vegetables.
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And you know let's leave you,
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we would like to leave you
with the special Bible verse.
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One that we grow up
with, one that we loved it,
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we've even said and
you know by heart as well.
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Say it with us.
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John 3:16, "For
God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whoever believeth in Him
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should not perish but
have everlasting life."
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May all your holiday meals
be seasoned with Gods love.
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Bye, bye everybody.
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