Holiday Cranberry Salad

3 3 ounce packages cherry-flavored gelatin
1 C sugar
2 C boiling water
1 15 1/4 oz can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 TBLS lemon Juice
2 Cups fresh cranberries or jellied cranberries
1 Cup mandarin oranges, ground
2 Cups finely chopped celery
1 Cup walnuts or pecans,chopped
Lettuce leaves
Sugar frosted cranberries
Orange Twists

Dissolve gelatin and sugar in boiling water. Drain pineapple,
reserving juice; set pineapple aside. Add sufficient water to
reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Stir in lemon juice. Stir
juice mixture into gelatin mixture; Chill until consistency of
unbeaten egg white. Add cranberries, oranges, celery, and nuts of
choice to gelatin mixture; mix well. Pour into lightly oiled/or Pam
sprayed 10 -cup mold, or 13 x 9 dish. Chill until set. Unmold on bed
of lettuce leaves.
Garnish w/ frosted cranberries and orange twists. Yields 15 to 18
servings