Christmas Corner

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.
- Gladys Tabor



Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
- Charles Dickens



Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.
- George Matthew Adams



Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
- Alexander Smith



Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:
1 lb. baby spinach, cleaned
1/2 lb. bacon, cooked and chopped finely
2 Tbls. red onion, chopped fine
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 Tbls. vegetable oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 boiled egg, diced
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup sliced red onion
1 Roma tomato, sliced

Directions:

Step 1:
In a large skillet, cook bacon over moderate heat, turning it until it is crisp. Transfer it to a plate lined with paper towels to drain, and discard all but 2 Tbls. of the fat. When bacon is cooled, chop finely.

Step 2:
In the reserved fat, cook the 2 Tbls. chopped red onions for 1 minute.

Step 3:
Add vinegar, sugar, mustard, and oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Step 4:
Bring to a boil. Remove from stove when reaches boiling point.

Step 5:
In a large salad bowl, place cleaned spinach, bacon pieces, diced egg, mushrooms, sliced red onions and diced tomato. Toss well.

Step 6:
Add hot dressing and toss to cover each leaf of spinach with the dressing.