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SPECIAL Storybook Christmas

POINTS OF
INTEREST:

• Upcoming
Events in Aberdeen’s 2010 Christmas Street Celebration is scheduled for Saturday, December 4th, 2010. This years
Aberdeen theme is “Storybook Christmas”. All are welcome to come out and enjoy the festivities.

• Storybook BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: 7:00-11:00 a.m. Grace United Methodist Church, West Bel Air Ave.
Christmas Tickets may be purchased at the door.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR: 9:00-2:00 p.m. Aberdeen Fire Hall, North Rogers Street.
Lunch available.

ABERDEEN ROOM MUSEUM: 10:30-2:30 p.m. 18 Howard Street.

Open for tours.
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
NATIVITY SCENE DISPLAY: 1:00-2:00 p.m. Grace United Methodist Church.

Upcoming 2 BEL AIR AVENUE STREET

FAIR& ENTERTAINMENT: Begins at 2:00 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church.
Christmas 3
Memory by Joe CHRISTMAS STREET
Swisher PARADE: Begins promptly at 3:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will arrive on
their sleigh.
Meet the Coun- 3
TREE LIGHTING
Christmas 4 AND VISIT SANTA: Immediately following parade, at Festival Park.
Decorating

Apple Chrisp 4
Recipe

Holiday 4
Wishes
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Up Coming Events
Aberdeen
Christmas Street, Holiday Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 15, 6pm-9pm
Saturday,
Location: The Vandiver Inn in Havre de Grace
December 4 Cost: $20 (Cash Bar)
Breakfast with For more information call 410 272-2580
Santa, 7am-11am
Location: Grace Aberdeen Christmas Street
United Methodist “Christmas Storybook”
Saturday, December 4
Church
Breakfast with Santa, 7am-11am
Location: Grace United Methodist Church

Christmas Craft Fair, 9am-2pm

Location: Aberdeen Fire Hall on Rogers Street

Aberdeen Room Museum and Archives, 10am-2:30pm

Location: 18 Howard Street

Nativity Scene Display, 1pm-2pm

Looking to donate food
this holiday? Check
out Maryland Food
Bank online.
www.mdfoodbank.org
Location: Grace United Methodist
Christmas Parade, 3pm
Tree Lighting Ceremony and Visit with Santa immediately following Parade
For more information call 410 272-5242

Bible Baptist Church

Christmas Eve Service, 7pm
Location: 41 Mitchell Avenue, Aberdeen
Interested in For more information call 410 272-0686
donating toys to
Word of Life Christian Fellowship Church
children less
Friday, December 31, 7pm
fortunate? Visit New Year’s Eve Service
Toys for Tots Location: 11 West Bel Air Avenue
online.
Your Invited
http://www.toysfortots.org/

Continue the celebration of the holidays by joining us 7 p.m. at City Hall on

December 20th for our Christmas Street parade awards, and refreshments to
follow.

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Lionel Freight Engine and Passenger Engine

Christmas Memory

By: Joe Swisher

In the late 1930s through the 1950s, a Christmas tradition for many boys and their dads (and some girls too),
was to have a train layout (sometimes called a train garden) underneath the Christmas tree. The layout would
vary in size, shape, and detail among families, but most would have operating trains, houses, miniature peo-
ple, farms, bridges, etc. arranged in a fashion to note a village or country scene for the trains to run through.
Each year the train layouts would grow in detail and sometimes in size. The tree and the train layout both
vied for attention when visitors came to your home and you would go from house to house to see their tree
and watch the trains in operation.
I especially liked the train layout and would request money at Christmas so I could buy something for my
layout the day after Christmas. I have been to homes where the layout would take up almost half of the
front room. And yes there were sides you took – you either liked the 2-rail American Flyer model or the 3-
rail Lionel trains. Me, I am a Lionel boy. Believe it or not my wife had a Lionel passenger train to go with
her brother’s freight train. Today, we both have our trains and some great memories of Christmas. I won-
der what traditions will the youth of today have of their Christmas holidays? I hope it is as good as mine.

Meet the Council Members of The City of Aberdeen!

Councilman Bruce Edward Garner was born in Quincy, Massachu-
setts in 1947, and raised in coastal North Carolina. While employed
at Cherry Point Marine Corp Air Station, North Carolina, he entered
the U.S. Army in 1969. While stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia, he
met and married his wife, Harford County native, Joanne Sills. Af-
ter receiving his honorable discharge with commendation from the
U.S. Army, Councilman Garner and his wife moved to Aberdeen in
1973. There they raised their children: A. Bruce Garner II, Amy
Garner-Lindecamp, and Jennifer Garner. All attended Aberdeen
public schools. Councilman Garner was employed by one of the
largest manufactured housing retailers in the north east region in
1974. He was the General Manager for that company, overseeing
eight retail locations in three different states for over ten years.
Councilman and his wife have successfully owned and operated Bayside Homes Ltd. in Havre de
Grace, Maryland for over twenty-five years. Councilman has served the board of directors for the
Manufactured Housing Institute of Maryland for six years, and was elected the President of the
Manufactured Housing Institute of Maryland the last two years. He is currently on the board of di-
rectors for the National Buyers Group, a privately owned stock company in Syracuse, New York.
Councilman Garner is serving his second appointment on the Harford County Building Code Board
of Appeals. He is also the current liaison for Parks and Recreation, and the Ripken Stadium Manage-
ment Board for the City of Aberdeen. Councilman Garner has been a proud member of the Ameri-
can Legion for over thirty years. He has called Aberdeen his home for over thirty-five years. Coun-
cilman Garner and his wife Joanne have lived on Mount Royal Avenue for over twenty-five years.
E-Mail bgarner@aberdeen-md.org
 Christmas Yard Decorating Ideas
Christmas is the time to use your creativity and decorate your house inside and outside. It is the time of
year when yards can be transformed into a place fit for a party. When you convert the yard of your home
into a festive place, you need to think about the following:
• Decide on your theme – there are a lot of themes that you can use to decorate your yard with. You
can choose to decorate your yard in traditional colors of gold, green, and red or the winter theme,
complete with a snowman and snowflakes. My husband and I rotate each year from the winter
theme to a colorful theme. This year is the winter theme, the Christmas lights are white and the
snowman and sled are adorned with holiday red ribbons to match the wreaths on the windows and
doors.
• Keep your essentials ready – before you start with the yard decorations make sure that all your
Christmas lights are working properly. I have learned that fuses are easy to replace so instead of
throwing out the lights check the fuses first.

Heritage Recipe by Marie Fothergill

Enjoy!
This is a favorite German recipe.
Apple Crisp
Filling:
10 apples, in a variety of brands, peeled & slices
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Topping:
2 cups flour
½ cup dried oats
2 cups sugar
2 sticks cold margarine

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix the apples, cinnamon and sugar. Pour into an ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch
pan. Mix the 3 toppings ingredients together with a mixer until it is crumbly. Cover the apples with the top-
ping. Bake for 45 minutes. Cool and serve

May the Holiday Season bring only happiness and joy to

you and your loved ones.