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Home Times Monthly
A newsletter for Pond Home residents with
all the news that’s fit to print
December 2020 volume 153
To My Dear Residents,
December, the last month of 2020. We all have great hope it will lead to a much
more positive 2021. But while we are waiting let’s pause and think of the lessons 2020
has taught us. Here are a few I have learned:
~ I know a bunch of very resilient people – not the least of which is the employees
& residents here at Pond Home
~ Nature is truly healing to me. Even looking at beautiful pictures of it gives me
peace.
~ Human creativity abounds – we all had to learn to adjust and do what was
‘normal’ in a different way.
~ Every one of us is a survivor.
~Eat the cookie if it brings you joy!
Many of these lessons you have helped teach. Thank you for being here as part of our
collective effort to get through the Pandemic and come out the other side stronger still.
Thanks for reading,
Becky Annis, Administrator
Staff Spotlight
Kevin Kelley
I have been the faciltiy manager here at the Pond Home
since November of 2004. I enjoy the challenge of
maintaining a building that is as old as the Pond Home
(circa 1700’s) and the newer sections as well. I enjoy
assisting the residents, speaking with them, and getting to
know them.
I’ve been married for 39 years to my high school
sweetheart, Cindy. She was a 7:00a - 3:00p charge nurse
here at the Pond Home for 12 years. We have 2 children,
Meaghan who ownes her own pre-school in Attleboro, and
Michael who lives in Largo, Florida. Michael is an
EMT/firefighter and is currently enrolled in college to
study being a paramedic. I have 5 grandchildren, Gregory
10, Owen almost 4, Remy 2, they live in Florida. Shane is
9, and Melody is 5 and live in Attleboro. I enjoy camping
and traveling to Disney to spend time with the Florida grandchildren. I enjoy wooodworking and
have re-done our kitchen and dining room. I also enjoy making furniture and toys for the
grandchildren. I enjoy working on cars and motors taking them apart and rebuilding engines. My
son, Michael, and I rebuilt a Jeep using parts from another one! I graduated Mass Maritime and
worked as the Chief Engineer on supply boats as well as oil rigs, research boats and cargo ships,
maybe this is why I enjoy being out on the water!
Getting the trailor ready for Florida(2019)! Kevin as the Chief Engineer!
Lee’s corner:
I am hoping these quotes will ignite the holiday spirit.
For some not only for Christmas but all the year through, the joy that you give others is
the joy that comes back to you. -M. Sangster
I do not need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the
roof over my head, music, and laughter. But I like to take this path of thanks less
traveled. – P. Poundstone
Before I agree to 2021, I need to see some terms and conditions-unknown
Resident challenge for 2021- try learning something new!
Learn something new in 2021. It can be something such as learning to knitting,
computer skill, or a new game such as cribbage or even a new language. Activities
will help where needed, see Fran. YOU just need to do the work!
YOU are never too old to learn something new!
Like Barbara is learning to us her iPad so she can talk to her family and play
games like solitaire.
YOU GO GIRL!
Activity Highlights for December
Movies and manicures Mondays at 10:00, LR
12/07 Holiday Inn
12/14 White Christmas
12/21 It’s a Wonderful Life
12/28 Dolly Parton Christmas on the Square
12/16 10:30, Scrapbooking with Lee, CR
12/25 2:00 Movie “A Christmas Carol”, LR
12/31 New Year’s Eve ice cream sundae’s 3:30
(living room and in room service)
December Birthdays
Rita Drumm 1st
Lorraine Aube 14th
Margie Fitzgerald 26th
CHRISTMAS TRIVIA • Q: In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what made Frosty come to life? • Q: What Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver? • Q: Who played George Bailey in the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life?” • Q: Per a recent holiday fad, what “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice? • Q: What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch • Q: One of Santa’s reindeer shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine’s Day. Which reindeer is that? • Q: What Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892? • Q: In 1981, Bob and Doug McKenzie released their own version of a classic Christmas song. Which song is that?
• Q: What animated 2004 film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve? • Q: What much-reviled Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life? • Q: In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what made Frosty come to life? • Q: What Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver? • Q: Who played George Bailey in the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life?” • Q: Per a recent holiday fad, what “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice? • Q: What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch?” • Q: One of Santa’s reindeer shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine’s Day. Which reindeer is that? • Q: What Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892? • Q: In 1981, Bob and Doug McKenzie released their own version of a classic Christmas song. Which song is that? • Q: What animated 2004 film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve? • Q: What much-reviled Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life? • Q: In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” what was Mr. Scrooge’s first name? • Q: “Miracle on 34th Street” centers on what real-life department store? • Q: In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” what “incriminating” evidence was found on Grandma’s back? • Q: How many reindeer are featured in the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas?” • Q: What traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant?
• Q: In “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” who played Scrooge? Hint: It wasn’t a Muppet. • Q: What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931? • Q: According to legend, what holiday goodies were shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff, as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus? • Q: In the movie “A Christmas Story,” what was the name of the next- door neighbors whose dogs ate the Christmas turkey? • Q: What figure from English folklore came to be associated with Santa Claus? • Q: Name the animatronic cassette-playing bear toy that every kid wanted for Christmas in the mid-80s. • Q: In the 1964 classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” what was the name of Rudolph’s faithful elf companion? • Q: According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime? • Q: In the TV special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” what three words best describe the Grinch? • Q: What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965? • Q: In what modern-day country was Saint Nicholas born? • Q: What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas?” • Q: “Twas the Night Before Christmas” was originally published under what name?
• Bonus questions:
o Q: What Bing Crosby song is the best-selling single ever?
o Q: In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were
reportedly inspired by what famous fairy tale?
If you answered at least 25 of these correctly, congratulations – you made the
Nice List. If not… well, Merry Christmas anyways!
See Fran Christmas eve for the answers!
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