>Swiss Rooters, >This is not about genealogy. Just memories. > >Each Christmas Eve, mom would cut a large onion in half, top to >bottom. She would then take 12 of the shells Onion shells? eggshells? (Needless to say we didn't do this in my family -- we spent Christmases with the German side -- but I'd like to know more.) Joann Betschart | mailto:merlaan@c-zone.net | http://www.c-zone.net/merlaan