The holiday season is a busy time to find the answers and enter a contest. We would like to congratulate all of those who took the time to try.

Only 8 entries qualified for the drawing which was held on January 2, so only one winner was chosen. The winner was Anne from SC.

For all of you who have been wondering what the answers were, here they are along with the best place to find them:

1.Who do you think has a tiny silk pouch tied up with a ribbon and filled with dried strawberries for each of her orphan sisters as a gift for Christmas? Louisa (answer from Creampuff Keeper of Secrets booklet)

2. Who do you think is having the blacksmith make a shorseshoe nail ring for each of the orphan girls? Johannah (No one missed this question.)

3. Who do you thin k has a small box full of chocolate drops to share as a special treat on New Year's Eve? Emmaline (answer in Emmaline's paper doll and Baking Memories booklet)

4. Who do you think will bake a special German Christmas cookie called lebkuchen as a traditional holiday treat? Grandma Sunday (answer from Grandma Sunday's paper doll book)

5. Who do you think has made fun necklaces from walnut shells that have a tiny doll inside for each of the orphan girls as her gift? Suzannah (answer from Creampuff Keeper of Secrets booklet)

6. Who do you think is keeping everyone's spirits up with Christmas songs and is hiding red ribbons for all the girls to wear in their hair for Christmas? Kathryn (No one missed this question.)

7. Who do you think is writing a special story to share with all of the other girls on Christmas eve? April (The facts are in several places in the booklets and on the web site as well as the journal.)

8. Who would you guess has been picking and drying wild rose hips all summer long so that she can make a tea that will help keep her sisters from getting sick so easily during the cold winter months? She has also visited William Schiller for some honey to go in the tea, and is ready to share her stores on holiday evenings with pieces of spicy gingerbread she will bake. Meg (Answers in several places, but especially in Meg's paper doll book)

*Bonus 1. Who do you think has learned to care for the girls more than she wants to admit, and is knitting a scarf for each of them for Christmas (all the same color, of course) so that they can keep their ears and necks warm? Miss Gretchen (Besides the journal, there was a clue in The Gray Jumpers booklet)

**Bonus 2. Who do you think is quietly using some of her own funds to make sure that the pantry is stocked with plenty of ingredients to make extra treats for the holiday season? Mrs. Miller (This is from April's Journal, but for those good a guessing there were clues in the town directory on the web site.)