http://www.mormonshare.com/taxonomy/term/10412/applesauce-cake en http://www.mormonshare.com/lds-activity/christmas-in-nauvoo-food-ideas <p>From <a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=1cbb46581c79b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">Mary K. Stout, “From a Nauvoo Pantry,” New Era, Dec 1973, 42</a></p> <p>Christmas in Nauvoo was not celebrated in our traditional gift-giving manner, nor was it a particularly festive occasion. It would be many years before English immigrants would introduce carols, yule logs, and presents into the Puritan tradition of members of the Church.</p> <p>...</p> <p>The first recorded glimpse of a celebration is written on Christmas 1843 by the Prophet Joseph Smith. The entry marks a new outlook among Mormons toward the day:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mormonshare.com/lds-activity/christmas-in-nauvoo-food-ideas" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mormonshare.com/lds-activity/christmas-in-nauvoo-food-ideas#comments applesauce cake Christmas Christmas activity church history ginger snaps nauvoo pioneer activity pioneer day pioneer food potato pancakes recipe rusk Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:44:39 +0000 Jenny Smith 20109 at http://www.mormonshare.com