Marci’s Cranberry salad

2 cups water
1 ½ cups jello
2 cups celery chopped
2 cups apples peeled and chopped
3 cups sugar
4 cups cranberries
1 cup nuts (optional)

Cook cranberries in 1 cup of water until they burst. Mix 1 cup of hot water with jello until dissolved. Add jello with the cranberries and the rest of the ingredients. Refrigerate until firm.