This time of year brims with holiday traditions—the baking-, cooking- and memory-making kinds. Some of our Advisory Board members share how they wrap the holidays in extra special ways: Birgit Gruess, Eric Hagemann, Natalie Conrad, Jennie Zafft
“… My birthday is Christmas Day, and my sister's is Christmas Eve … The one tradition we had, when my grandmother was alive and we were young, is that my sister and I had to dress as Christmas angels with the white gown and tinsel halo. Our job was to carry burning candles and read the Christmas story to the family from the Bible at our Christmas Eve gathering. As we grew older, other siblings and cousins took over the role ...”—Lorrie Link, CEO/founder of the Maple Grove Arts Center