Holiday Cranberry Salad

1 package strawberry jello
1 cup boiling water (scant)
1 cup ginger ale

1 cup diced cranberries
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbs. water

1 cup chopped apples
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped nuts

Mix jello, dissolving in boiling water and then adding ginger ale. Set aside.

Mix together cranberries, sugar and water, boil for two minutes. Put through colander. Add jello mixture to cranberries and allow to set slightly. Then add apples, celery and nuts. Chill.