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18 Holidays in Sisters Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon A HOLIDAY GIFT OF Art NEEDS NO WRAPPING PAPER! 30% OFF ALL PAINTINGS Through December 12 GARY ANDERSON, Northwest Artist 206-399-9546 382 E. Hood Ave, Suite C, Sisters Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.andersonartstudio.us — 10th Annual — Holiday Faire Located at 142 E. Main Ave. , Sisters Th rough December 18 Great selection of handmade items from local vendors. High quality! Unique gifts! Free admission! Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. SPONSORED BY THREE SISTERS LIONS CLUB Save time & energy… Let us create a beautiful tablescape or style your home or small event for the holidays! 541 420 5764 541-420-5764 251 E. Sun Ranch Dr. withhomestyled.com Furniture • Art • Decor Accents Linens • Floral Decor • Candles WE HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES! We’re Plann ing Tours Over the River And Through The Woo ds for 2022! Check out our website at www.touchofclasstours.com for scheduled tours, then give us a jingle to reserve your trip, making new friends and lasting memories in the New Year. 541-508-1500. Touch of Class Tours The tradition of the Christmas card — By Jim Cornelius — Most st of our Christmas traditio traditions ditions have somewhat murky origins. No one knows who sang the first Christmas carol or decorated the very first Christmas tree. But we know who started the tradition of sending out Christmas cards: A Victorian Londoner who couldn9t keep up with his correspondence. Middle-class and upper-middle-class Victorians were prolific letter writers. As the postal service became modern and efficient in the 19th century, the volume of letters increased 4 some would exchange multiple letters a day in the Victorian era equivalent of texting. Sending out letters at Christmas and New Year9s was a big thing 4 and it was a serious faux pas to fail to keep up with that corre- spondence. Not getting your letters out could be socially fatal. In 1843 (the year that Charles Dickens published <A Christmas Carol=), Sir Henry Cole, a well-known patron of the arts, was facing a crisis of correspondence. As John Hanq writes in The Smithsonian Magazine: <Sir Cole4best remembered today as the founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London4was an enthusiastic supporter of the new postal system, and he enjoy enjoyed being the 1840s equivalent of an A-Lister, but he was a busy man. As he watched the stacks of unanswered correspondence he fretted over what to do. 8In Victorian England, it was consid- ered impolite not to answer mail,9 says Ace Collins, author of 8Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas.9 <He had to figure out a way to respond to all of these people.9= His solution launched a tradition that now spans centuries. He asked an artist friend named J.C. Horsely to create an image that Sir Cole conceived, and he had 1,000 of them printed on stiff cardboard cards, which he could address and send out quickly and eas- ily. Social disaster averted; tradition created. The image on that first Christmas card is quite festive and even a little racy for the time: The centerpiece is a family at a long table, imbibing read wine. A young man has his arm around the waist of a young woman(!) and right down front there9s a little girl tak- ing a sip (or is it a swig?) from a wine glass. The underage drinking thing triggered the temperance activists in London. This prob- ably wasn9t the first <Christmas controversy= ly was a good one. moment, but it certainly Touch of Class Tours We’re all eager to travel — and Touch of Class Tours is looking ahead to 2022. With over 36 years in business, Connie Boyle has created an exceptional travel experience for her customers with her personal touch. She loves to interact with her clients and enjoys honoring special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. “I’ve been passionate about this since I stepped on my first [travel] coach,” Connie says. “And I think people feel that.” Connie goes above and beyond to create specialized tours. Everything about Touch of Class Tours is carefully thought out, with decades of experience helping to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. “There’s a lot of planning that goes on behind the scenes that people don’t know about,” Connie says. “That should not be their worry.” Winnemucca tours are still happening, with distancing and masking in place. Book now for 2022, when it will feel oh-so-good to get on the road again. Sisters Coffee Co. Sisters Coffee Co. is sharing their latest release: Holiday liday er Cheer Blend — because we all need a little more cheer this holiday season. Shop local for the holidays! Treat your loved ones to a coffee date with a Sisters Coffee Co. gift gs, card, or choose from the new selection of mugs, cozy crewnecks, and Oregon-knit beanies. You’ll also find a wide array of new coffee ffee Co. offerings that are hitting the Sisters Coffee ect stock- shelves this holiday season — the perfect eed a ing stuffer for the whole family to enjoy. Need larger quantity for corporate gifts? Reach out t to customercare@sisterscoffee.com for discount pricing on coffee orders of 50 bags or more. Sisters Coffee Co. is a favorite from the North Pole to the South Pole. As always, you can order online and ship a little piece of f Sisters to your loved ones far away this holiday season at www.sisterscoffee.com.