Report by Utah State University folklore student Kaylene Ashby, who collected information from her grandmother Pearl Olsen. Pudding with currants, raisins, walnuts, spices. Cooked in cloth and turned repeatedly. Served with a cornstarch-thickened brown-sugar sauce. Prepared for Christmas.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Virginia Curtis, who collected information from her mother, Margaret Hammond Curtis. Cookies made at Christmas and given out in decorated tin cans.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Janet Lelani Messer about how her family had pot roast every Sunday, with onion, potatoes, and carrots. Crock pot and oven instructions.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Elisa Hedin, who collected information from Anne E. Fawson. Maple trees tapped for sap, to be boiled into syrup. Syrup on snow was a favorite treat.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Scott Eugene Hamilton, who collected information from fellow missionary Michael Hiemer. Illustration of the need to change traditions; informant says his mother cut the ends off roasts because her mother did, and her mother did so for lack of space.

Report by Brigham Young University student Lauren DeMill, who collected information from her sister, Paige DeMille. Their grandfather was sent to Hurricane to buy root beer extract. After a thirty-mile round trip, it was found he had bought not extract, but simply root beer.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Gabriella Duci, who collected information from Cinzia Donatelli. Bought in shops anytime, but handmade by Cinzia's family for Christmas, and cooked in broth on Christmas Day. Identical to 6.2.1.3.1.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Waybe Reading about information originally devised by his mother for evenings when everyone got home late: Canned soup, water, and rice for thickening, served with sour cream.

Report by Utah State University history student Sheri Packham, who collected information from her coworker Linda Harris. Swiss braided bread, made for friends at Christmas.