Tony and Kay Eben of Tyndall; Kendra Eben of Yankton; Gary and Sandra DeGroot of Springfield; Jake, Kaira, Zoe, Liam Aira and August DeGroot of Sioux Falls; Mark and Roxie Pier of Crofton, NE and Ken and Marlys Eben, Sam, Sophie and Whisper were guests on Christmas Day in the home of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Irene Eben.

Derick Gunther and Nikki Weber; Jayce and Brecklynn of Mitchell and Todd Weber of Menno were supper guests last Wednesday in the home of Jim and Shirley Yonkers.

Randy and Barb Schroeder of Atkinson, NE; Ryan Schroeder, Mel and Brenda Fathke; Chris, Nikki, Braylon, Zander and Keira Fathke and Margaret Poppe were Christmas Eve supper guests in the home of Danny, Lindsey, Dax and Addisyn Fathke.

Jeff, Crystal, Jasmine, Sydney, Addison and Andrew Namminga of Pella, IA were guests for a few days during the Christmas Holiday. Alan, Mary Beth, Caleb, Kiara, Jayden and Treyton Driesen joined them on Sunday for Christmas.

Scott, Laura, Janaye and Kason Welsh of Sioux Falls and Lillian Burfeindt celebrated Christmas last Thursday in the home of their mother, grandmother and daughter, Elaine Vesely of Tyndall.

Jeff and Cindy Eben of Rock Rapids, IA and Florence and Judy Eben of George, IA were visitors last Thursday in the home of Irene Eben.

Kelly, Pam, Jesse and Ty Ridgway of Sioux City, IA; Haley Ridgway and Stuart Bass of Yankton and Matt, Karla and Derick VanDenBusche of Lusk, WY were guests on Christmas Day in the home of their mother and grandmother, Reta Ridgway. On Sunday, Reta, Kelly, Pam, Jesse and Ty attended the annual 24th Wagner family Christmas get-together at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Tyndall.

Loren Vilhauer of Pierre; Jim and Elaine Johnson of Naples, FL and Brian Janssen were dinner guests on Christmas Day in the home of Kevin and Charlene Tjeerdsma. Joining them on Sunday were Tyler, Courtney, Zayden and Kinley Tjeerdsma of Sioux Falls.

Loren and Laurie Jurrens; Lexie Jurrens, Livi Jurrens of Rapid City; Dennis and Dixie Jurrens and Nicole Jurrens of Sioux Falls were guests on Christmas Eve in the home of their mother and grandmother, Carol Jurrens.

Jim and Robin Schnaidt of Menno were Christmas Brunch guests last Thursday in the home of her mother, Shirley and Jim Yonkers.

Curtis and Bette Koehn were guests on Christmas Day in the home of their daughter, Jaime and Eric Wiechmann, along with their grandsons, George and Morgon Wiechmann and James Wiechmann, all of Box Elder. On Christmas Eve, they all were guests in the home of Morgon's parents, Ryan and Nancy Smith of Box Elder.

Diane Ewing of Sioux Falls was a Christmas weekend guest in the home of her sister, Lynn and Jon Stather.

Martha Smith of Brandon; Nick and Bambi Qualantone of Austin, TX; Hannah Van Gerpen of Phoenix, AZ; Stuart Van Zee of Sioux Falls; Kenny, Whitney, Parker, Palmer, Bode and Brooks Podzimek and Ed and Sharon Van Gerpen were luncheon guests on Christmas Eve in the home of Scott and Julie Van Gerpen.

Chris, Nikki, Braylon, Zander and Keira Fathke; Danny, Lindsey, Dax and Addisyn Fathke and Margaret Poppe were supper guests on Christmas Day in the home of Mel and Brenda Fathke.

Nate, Krystal, Reina and Sloan Weber of Sioux Falls; Jennifer and Bodhi Blais of Fargo, ND and Jim and Shirley Yonkers were dinner guests on Christmas Day in the home of Jay and Sally Weber.

Richard and Nina Reiff; Lance Reiff; Wyatt, Amanda, Avery and Alyvia Beeson and Matt, Amy, Emma and Lydia Yost of Wagner were guests on Christmas Eve in the home of Wally and Debbie Voigt.

Karen, Haley and Ramey Gearhart of Ramona; Marlo Anderson of Hartford; Kevin, Sarah, Nate, Kallie and Leah Meyer; Alex Sallee and Krista Olson, all of Tabor and Evan Sallee, a student at Wild Tech in Laramie, WY were guests on Christmas Day in the home of Conrad and Erma Meyer.

Jamin, Meggie, Blake, Cora and Clay Bridge of Colman; Kyle Keegan, Jenny Bridge and Taziah of Alexandria; Lee and Gail Bridge of Wagner; Fred and Denise Probe and Betty Lou Harmacek were Christmas Eve Day dinner guests in the home of Jim and Julie Bridge of Alexandria.

Eric and Jaime Wiechmann of Box Elder were dinner guests of her parents, Curtis and Bette Koehn. They were here for the funeral of Eric's uncle, Kendall Wiechmann of Parkston.

Roger and Jean Burfeindt of Chamberlain were dinner guests of his mother, Lillian Burfeindt. They all attended the funeral of Vernon Kaul at the United Church of Christ in Springfield.

Christmas Day guests in the home of Bob and Debbie Ruppelt of Tyndall were Clayton Wittmeier of Avon; Donna and Joe Larsen; Ryan and Abby Larsen and daughters— all of Crooks; Brian Ruppelt of Brookings; Eric and Anna Ruppelt of Oakwood, IA; and Laura Griffith and children of Sioux Falls. Games were played and a great time of sharing was enjoyed.

The “Nelson Cousins” had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas on December 25th at the home of Corey and Jeri Lyn Jastram, Kinsley, Kennasyn and Kellen in Sioux Falls on Christmas Day. Attending were Mary Kay and Joe Drees; Sarah and Jay Janek, Miley, Mason, Madden and Miriah of Gregory; Michael & Jamie Drees, Payton, Joseph and Wyatt of Sioux Falls; Jim and Samantha Mudder and Jacob of Platte; Megan and Jamie Houser of Sioux Falls; Julie Mudder and Cherilyn Mudder of Avon; Lukkes Mudder of Watertown; Mike and Norma Beeson of Dante and family friend Floyd.