18 Holidays in Sisters
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
A HOLIDAY GIFT OF
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Through December 12
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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.
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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.