RURAL WRITES

| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR I used to dislike New Year’s Eve, its too swift approach once Christmas had scarcely passed. Probably because of a familiar ritual the occasion called for. After church, my family went straight home. Unlike Christmas Eve, where we each recited our memorized “piece” of the Nativity story and received a paper sack filled with an orange, popcorn