Found You At Christmas

A Star Shown

Blustery snow fell, sure to get your spirits up for Christmas Eve. The Bontrager Tree Farm, bustling in business selling trees. More steady snow falls clean, snowfall like a globe.
Sincerity in the air of hope, a new arrival being celebrated would be Jesus birth arrival.
All month long getting ready celebrating along the way, and parties to get us all excited.
Black Buggies, trees tied to its top drive away. Waving goodbye, smiling taking a Christmas Tree home to decorate. Makes for a God like feeling in every ones heart.
Trucks, cars belonging to Mennonites drove, they are allowed to have a driver's license, Trees tied using rope to tie it down to the hood, or truckbed.
A weather advisory out for snow alerts, drive slowly, keep your horses at home safe away from sliding. Inside the Christmas decorations barn, folks buying up all kinds of ornaments, homemade Amish ones, store-bought, lights, candles.
Anything found inside Christmas Village Store. Christmas house sure to catch ones eye of many irresistible treasures. Carts indeed filled of surprises found, before someone else did and gone.
Caroling just started around three in the afternoon, outside a Cafe front on the farm. Made into a small winter village to visit here.
Maam and Daed, put out decorated Christmas trees set all about the stringing lights out to brighten up our nights.
Maam and Daed Bontrager, decorated, family members helped get the decorations up.
Besides steady baking by Kings Country Bakery
Just down the road by The Bontrager Tree Farm.
A very large order from Amish Mennonite Village. The King Farmstead, and Bakery, busy baking up an assortment Bakery. Setting Up cookie sheets of cookies. Making frosting, white, coloring a red or green. We started at five this morning, making sure Bontrager's order is ready to go on time.
Ashlyn and Margret, were ready and baking at six promptly, so far thirty dozen baked not decorated yet. Everyone wearing gray dresses, long sleeved, white food coloring in red and green, and light green, pink, a new cake decorater.
Later on early morning made cupcakes in vanilla, chocolate flavors also to be decorated and displayed at the Christmas walk all month until Christmas. Then first of the year January
6th, take them down and box them till next year's Christmas Celebration.
As for this time of year, December first decorations going up. All the out side buildings were made into temporary stores in our first one this year. At The Bontrager Tree Farm.
Back at the King Bakery, busy as ever baking we closed this month to bake for the tree farm only. Being they are making more money. And folks can go up to The Bontrager
Tree Farm and buy a bakery we will have a bakery there through December.
Mam, Fater, and Ashlyn, Margaret baked, frosting frosting using a decorator. So far few goof ups in the to-eat pile on the countertop.
Fater a well-known Belgium farmer, beans and corn weather permitting.
Our Braudaars working the farmstead, and will set up the store at The Tree Farm. While we ladies worked getting bakery baked, boxed ready to go and move to our temporary Bakery through New Year on the Tree Farm.
" Such a beautiful snowy winter day perfect for Christmas cheer. Looking outside," Mam said as our break started. We sat together at the table and chairs among several for our customers to sit eat bakery, a sandwich, drink specialty kaffis, and soda pop.
Margaret and Ashlyn, had decided on a wheat bread sandwich, sliced turkey, a layer of humus, lettuce, cut in two. A side of potato chips, and sugar cookie, a cola.
Mam and Fater, chose potato soup, homemade wheat crackers, and slices of Apple crumb pie. Braudaars in and out packing food, bakery goes for another bakery.
They made maid rites two a piece, on croissants, freshly made donut holes powdered sugar. Kaffi and colas, hot mugs of chili. " My nice-looking kinner Maam said smiling along with Daed. We all hugged one another as is accustomed for us to do,
They all dating, Amish Mennonite Girls as of late. Ashlyn and Margret's prospects to date has been fun for sure, and much to do getting ready for Christmas festivities.
"Afterwards, locking up this bakery while we moved into a similar spot up at The Tree Farm. In a small store an oven inside, refrigeration, glass cases and a moderate amount of tables with chairs to set around. A large front window, to look out from inside to watching falling snow from inside.
Around seven that night all moved into the bakery. Lots of work, tomorrow they will devote tomorrow devote all our time to Christmas decorating.
The King Bakery locked up, leaving it .
Once up above at the next farm, they would live upstairs in an apartment large Dat, Mam and Anslyn, and Margret would be staying through the first of the year.
The King Braudaars left for home and chores, " You Sons did the best job here is some money for such a fine job well done. Out of her purse she gave each one an envelope of some cash. The dochders getting money for working through the holidays.
To be sturdy is to be true and just, for the plain love to work so much. It's called an act of God, to be proud of hard work which you are paid for.
They went up to bed around midnight, unlocked a wooden door turned the lights off. Walked up a generous flight of stairs, and into the apartment door, spacious, electricity, and turned on the lights. Warm and toasty, for the owner had turned on the heat, and a toasty fire going in the fire place made of stone.
A big loft, it had four double beds, pretty quilts, pillow shams, pushed up against the far side of the wall, a bathroom inside the toilet, bathtub to dress in. How handy to have. A dining area, cupboards, sink, refrigerator. A very cozy place to be staying in for the month of December through the first week of January.
All around the farm Lassie's Dogs, going in and out of the barn. Thomas put them in for the night, inside the dog barn, set up just for them. Cozy, clean pens the door left open. Lots of dry dog food and cow bones hooves to chew.
Pretty long-haired dogs, for protection and love.
In the morning at the crack of dawn snow stopped falling on the ground. Outside a pretty winter morning scene worth a million words, Serene clear no fog. Crisp outside, crusty snow tops, collapsing upon the Amishman walking to do chores outside in the Barn. Feed horses, work them a bit, to stretch out some.
Smoke coming from the chimney top, looking utmost groomed in away I guess you'd see on a Christmas Card. Coming home to where you want to be, instill in me lord a channel of your peace in snow-white cashmere.
" If I so much as I even touch surface of snow, it becomes crystal venture of superior winter wonderland. This moment left for me to cherish during times like these," Margret said laughing pink cheeks from such cold outside it's winter. She dressed in a wool cape, matching bonnet, and dark-colored boots, black Angora mittens, matching scarf.
Ashlyn, wearing a dark wool cape, wool bonnet, velvet black gloves, matching scarf, and dark black wool ankle books. " As far as we know it? store opens at nine am.
So grabbing their snow shoes and canes and snowed on toward the snow casketed all around. Both Schwwsters snowshoed around the Bakery, it felt waunderbra gut too be doing this.
They hurried about and soon an hour passed time to go back Bakery open it up. Mam and Daed filtered inside setting down at one of the tables drink kaffi, eating a cinnamon donut to go with. Pretty plain napkins covered in Poinsettias just beautiful setting around the floor edge next to the window sill.
" I have it all organized, on the first cookie walk exchange, I will have cookies of their choice they will be setting out on this long table, a paper plate underneath them, a poinsettia print napkin, matching paper cup.
We had a real pine tree, putt up decorated in
Black felt buggy, green Trees, threaded wooden dowels, as a garland? Medium sized angels, silver bells. Around its bottom a red wool blanket.
The snow started falling in easy cascaded flakes settled to the ground resting creating a pile of snow, and drifting snow. Beautiful beyond measure.
Suddenly horse and Buggies pulled in parked and tied up to a hitching post, each horse received a warm borrowed blanket laying over ones back and a hay bail to chew.
Our glass front door had a bell hanging on it to ringing. Customers started coming in,"Hallo," Frolech Weihnachten ( Merry Christmas ) Ashlyn said smiling ," I'd like to interest in a kringla sweet bread? " Yes, please yumbly gut," Amish lady said all bundled up and wearing a heavy coat.
Now a line is waiting mostly Amish. And some men buying bags of Rolls, sugar donuts , bread and whipped butter Margret packaged in a big sealed bag set inside a paper sack with handles.
Lined up folks wanting more , and Ma'am started baking more of the bakery running low. Making sure to fill up the cases of bakery.
She is baking sugar cookies first , Margret helped then back to the register to ring more sales.
In about an hour it smelled so gut inside Kings bakery . Ma'am kept baking , bakery kept buying out, we replenished fast as possible. And it kept being bought out , hurry another batch of bread, scones , cupcake.
Out front of the counter , wet hardwood floors, Ashlyn quickly mopped it up quickly , washing her hands , putting plastic gloves on again to handle food.
Back in the woods where the Christmas Tree Farm is found. Theodore and James , sawing down preferred trees by customers. Then put on the tree shaker to get loose Debris off each tree, wrapping in plastic, and put it in a buck board wagon to drive using a stock horse to their Buggy, Truck or car. Tying down to the top. Pay right inside the tree store up ahead.
What a busy day it were , non stop , chopping cutting trees . Tomorrow trees already chopped down , will set out under lights and customers pick for them.
Across inside the Christmas tree, ornaments, decorations, primitive and rustic, Amish . Where Christmas trees, decorated , in different motives. Beautiful, pretty and Rustic to Primitive decorated trees.
An Amish man , just came in to buy the entire decorated Primitive Tree . " Sold Emil Schrock told him smiling , Theodore and James cousin ma'am's side of family.
Emmanuel Schrock his braudaar Emil. Well Emmanuel wrapped it all in plastic putting in a round cardboard cylinder. And checked him out three hundred dollars. He wrote a check .
The night went forward and the cookie walk so fun , animated costumes on Amish ladies, walking around handing out wicker baskets for cookies . Ladies dressed like elves, red riding hood, Cinderella and Snow Wheat.
They permitted cameras to take many pictures, to put on post cards and hand out . If the Kinner requests to have pictures taken they will receive one to take home.
All kinds of German Chocolates, bonbons, hard candy , white chocolate pretzels, fudge , chocolate, Peanut butter , maple . Pounds of assorted nuts, candy jelly peanuts, Chocolate covered bacon.
Children's Toys Amish made so beautiful and strongly made. Trains , rocking horses, doll houses for girls , barns for boys , small farm animals to play in the barn. Tiny people dolls , to play family in the Doll House. Baby dolls, toy horses .
Ladies, Men's , Kinner Amish or Mennonite clothes. The store has Everything you'd ever want . Animal toys, new born clothes , baby beds and carriers.
The front door , opened up and Church of the Mennonite walked in singing Christmas carols, low voices ," Silent night Holy all is calm all is brought round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy infant so tender and mild ."