History
Saint Christina’s father was rich
and powerful, but he didn’t believe in Jesus. He had some golden idols that he
worshiped instead. When Christina became a Christian, she learned that idols
were bad, so she broke them into pieces and gave the gold to the poor. Her
father was really angry with her. He had her beaten with metal rods and thrown
in a dungeon until she gave up her faith. Christina wouldn’t do it. Her father
and the governor who took over after him tried to kill Christina through fire,
drowning, poisonous snakes and more, but God kept protecting her. Finally, she
was killed with arrows.
Activity
Here’s a tasty treat to celebrate
Saint Christina’s faith.
Saint Christina’s Arrows*
Pretzel rods
Chocolate chips
Vegetable oil
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| Step 1 |
1. With a serrated knife, saw the ends
of the rectangular cookies diagonally, so that you have parallelograms that
will serve as the fletching (feathers) on the arrows.
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| Step 2 |
2. Divide the wafer in
half by slicing through the filling so you have two identical, thin pieces. (Younger kids can do this with a butter knife.)
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| Step 3 |
3. Melt the chocolate chips with
one teaspoon of vegetable oil. Stir until smooth. Coat one (or more) pretzel per person
in chocolate – set on waxed paper to dry. (If it's hot in your kitchen, you may want to put them in the fridge or freezer to speed this step up. WOH Moms or Moms of Many tip: Buy pretzels already dipped to skip this step. Or try tube-shaped cookies like these (if you don't mind the extra sugar). Move on to step 4 before you start another pretzel!
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| Step 4 |
4. While the chocolate is still
wet, press the edge of one of the wafer cookies pieces on each side so that they stick out. If you took the Step 3 shortcut, melt a few kisses or chocolate chips and dip one edge of the wafer cookies into that to "glue" them onto the pretzel or tube cookie.
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| Step 5 |
5. Unwrap one Hershey kiss per
pretzel. When all the pretzels are done and dry, reheat the melted chocolate
chips (if necessary), and dip the uncoated end of the pretzel into the
chocolate to coat. Press a kiss onto the end to serve as the arrowhead. Return
to the waxed paper and place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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| Enjoy! |
*We developed this recipe because our youngest daughter is named Christine.
Saint Christina, pray for us!
More reading for parents:
History from Saint Christine Parish, Marshfield, MA
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