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EDITOR
Anne Endicott
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LAYOUT
Josh Bradley
CIRCULATION
Kim Stephens
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CREATIVE SERVICES
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PAMPLIN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PRESIDENT
Mark Garber
When I was a child, the holiday season resem-
bled unending days full of surprises, anticipation
and mounting excitement.
My mom and grandmother took turns in the
kitchen, lling the house with the smell of cook-
ies and breads. Traditional decorations seemed to
simply appear, along with a variety of wrapped
packages under a perfectly lit and decorated
Douglas r Christmas tree.
at time between anksgiving and Christ-
mas was magical — everything just unfolded be-
fore my eyes.
Flash forward several years. I became a wife
and mother and quickly learned those weeks be-
tween the two holidays were like an eternal o ce
party without enough rum in the eggnog.
It took me a few years of executing Christmas
on my own to realize that the reason I once loved
the season was because my mom did it all. And
now, I was the mom.
Wouldn’t we all love to turn back the hands
of time, when the season
was
merry and bright?
In this month’s holiday issue of East County
Leader, we found there still are reasons to get ex-
cited about Christmas. Baking and decorating and
community events — oh my! We even found the
one person who brings out the child in all of us.
*
Meet Santa Claus, aka Mark Brandt. For
more than a decade, this Santa has been bringing
the spirit of Christmas to children and adults at
the Gresham History Museum and more recently,
to Gresham’s community tree lighting festivities.
Learn what makes this the hap, hap, happiest time
of the year for him.
*
Welcoming the holiday season into your
home doesn’t have to wear you out before the
turkey is even cooked. Mary Greenslade, owner
of Celebrate Me Home in Troutdale, shares some
simple ideas for decking your halls that will keep
you in the spirit by engaging all your senses.
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Retired Hospital Chaplain Harold Fuller is
well known for his pie-baking skills. And we don’t
say that just because he produced a freshly baked
boysenberry pie the day he was photographed and
interviewed for this issue. Fuller has been baking
for nearly 50 years and shows how easy it is to
make a light, aky crust just in time for your fa-
vorite holiday pie.
And you don’t want to miss all the community
tree lighting events, which begin this weekend.
Catch the spirit and celebrate this most wonderful
time of year with neighbors, friends and family.
Happy holidays!
Anne Endicott
Santa Claus is
coming to town
LEADER
county
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