BRIDGET: WELCOME BACK. FROM
COOKIES TO CRAFTITS ANOTHER
GREAT TRADITION AROUND THE
HOLIDAY SEASO ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE LITTLE ONES. TODAY
I'M HERE WITH. SARA OLSON WITH
THE LEWIS AND CLARK
INTREPRETIVE CENTESARA YOU
HAVE A FUN HOLIDAY ACTIVITY
FOR KIDS TO ENJOY THIS WEEK.
THE SIOUX CITY LEWIS & CLARK
INTERPRETIVE CENTER WILL OFFER
A DROIN KIDS' CHRISTMAS
WREATMAKING ACTIVITY FROM 9
A.M. TO 4 P.M. DEC. 121.
ADMISSION AND SUPPLIES WILL BE
FREE. AS PART OF THE HANDON
FUN, PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
EVERGREENS IN CHRISTMAS
DECORATING. "TODAY'S CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS BEAR LITTLE
RESEMBLANCE TO THOSE OF THE
EARLY 1800S," SAYS SARA OLSON,
THE CENTER'S EDUCATION
COORDINATOR. "MANY FAVORITES,
INCLUDING CHRISTMAS TREES AND
CHRISTMAS CARDS, WERE NOT YET
COMMON. FOR MOST FAMILIES
CHRISTMAS WAS A SIMPLE
CELEBRATION WITH A MEAL AND
VISIT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
DECORATIONS, IF ANY, WERE KEPT
SIMPLE." KIDS ALSO WILL LEARN
HOW THE LEWIS & CLARK
EXPEDITION CELEBRATED
CHRISTMAS THREE TIMES, USUALLY
WITH DISCHARGING FIREARMS,
SINGING, DANCING, AND, AS SGT.
JOHN ORDWAY WROTE, "THE BEST
TO EAT THAT COULD BE HAD"
