Christmas Corner

Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance – a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.
- Augusta E. Rundel



Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.
- Joan Mills



Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
- Dale Evans



My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
- Bob Hope



Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients:
1 small can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1 small can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 small can French-fried onions
2 tablespoons pimientos 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 2 9-oz packages frozen French-cut green beans, thawed

Directions:

Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Step 2:
Combine the soup, milk, mushrooms, half the onion rings, pimientos and black pepper in a large bowl and mix well.

Step 3:
Combine green beans and half the soup mixture in a medium bowl and mix well. Spoon into a 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Top with remaining soup mixture.

Step 4:
Bake for 20. Sprinkle with remaining onion rings. Bake until browned, about 5 minutes.