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Norwegian style

A little lutefisk history

MT Best Times photo by Stacey Bowlds

Photo by Bill Miller

If it’s done right, it’s good. We value our lutefisk cookers.– Rev. Avis Anderson, pastor of Glendive’s Zion Lutheran Church

Holidays

Star of the show

Keeping tradition alive

MT Best Times photo by Stacey Bowlds

You CAN enjoy the holidays, professional

organizer says

Keeping expectations realistic

Photo courtesy of Katherine Atteberry

KATHERINE ATTEBERRY

If you’re so exhausted you don’t

get to enjoy it, it goes back to

planning. Give yourself more

time. When you think about

it, you’re working eight hours

a day every day, just like you

normally do, then you throw

in three holidays — it’s just

like an extra job.– Katherine Atteberry

Scaling back

The gift of time

Wish list worries

Shopping savvy

MT Best Times photos by Shawn Raecke

Food for thought

Season’s greetings (cards)

MT Best Times photos by Shawn Raecke

All hands on deck

Storage simplified

Remember to give back

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People

Never too old: 80-year-old goes on a South African safari

Earning respect

Photo courtesy of Dave Robertson

Our professional hunter,

Jeremy, likes Montana

guys like me. We can shoot.– Dave Robertson

Runaway sable

Father/daughter time

No complaints

Photo courtesy of Dave Robertson

MT Best Times photo by Charlie Denison

National Park Service-commissioned artist finds the humanity of historical icons

MT Best Times photo by Andrew Turck

Studying each one of these

people has affected my life;

it’s changed my life.– Sandra Harris

history to lifeBringing

History of a historical painter

Photo courtesy of Sandra Harris

Painting style

Keeping up with the times

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Wednesday, December 4• Christmas at the Moss Mansion, through Jan. 4, Billings• Holter Museum’s Ho Ho Holter Holiday Gift Sale, through Dec. 24, Helena

• Country Christmas, second Annual Bright Country Nights holi-day light show, Festival of Trees, through Dec. 7, Fergus County Fairgrounds and Trade Center, Lewistown

• Holiday Market Room, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 24, Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown

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Friday, December 6• Dillon Christmas Stroll, downtown Dillon• Christmas Stroll, Miles City• Festival of the Trees and Live Music, Town and Country Club, Miles City

Saturday, December 7• Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Sixties Revolution Concert, 7:30-9 p.m., Alberta Bair Theatre, Billings

• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown

Thursday, December 12• Wild West Snowflake Fest, entire town, Absarokee• Last Chance Christmas Craft Show, through Dec. 14, Al Bedoo

Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue, Billings• Rodeo Run Sled Dog Races, through Dec. 14, West Yellowstone

Friday, December 13• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown

Saturday, December 14• Ice Sculpting Contest, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in front of Uptown busi-nesses, Butte

• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown

Saturday, December 21• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5:and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown

• Livingston Dance Club, country western dancing, 7-11 p.m., American Legion, 112 N. B St., Livingston

• Firefighters Toy Dance, Park Place, Miles City• Ski and Photos with Santa, Showdown Ski Hill, Neihart

Tuesday, December 24• Christmas Eve Festivities, Huntley Lodge and Yellowstone Con-ference Center, Big Sky

Saturday, December 28• Torchlight Parade and Fireworks, Showdown Ski Hill, Neihart

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