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X'MAS

Gifts

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1987.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT Don't scatter holly all over the place

THE SMART DECORATION THIS CHRISTMAS IS ONE SPECTACULAR PIECE

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three rousing cheers. A few daya more and the festive season will be well and truly upon us. So let's deal with just one aspect of Christmas -the de corations.

Now you may be one of those hoary old traditionalists who believe that there's nothing prettier than a sprig of holly over every picture und a nice big bunch of mistletoe in a dark corner. (Ah-h-h go on--it's only once a year- don't be so STUFFY).

Fine.

All that remains is to clear every flat surface to hold the Christmbs cards--rows of them teetering one against the other and your troubles are over.

Apart from the fact that etery time someone opens the door those confounded carda qo down like ninepina in the draught

You may feel, however, that the expert's view 100% home decorations £3 worth can- sidering.

Bright boys

I've been talking to some of the brightest boys in the buɛl- ness and on this they are all agreed one really spectacular "place" ta worth a heap of scattered trimmings.

"A garland of evergreens and ribbons

on the front door---a centre display' for. the table- ma on old fashioned Christmas Tree (preserve me from these synthetic affairs in silver toll

Terylene),"

FELIX sold HARBORD-hat, I think, is

or

enough decorations."

red

I'd suggest a scarlet tablecloth

cheap -home-made in muslin and Mg, so that hongs well down all round. Evergreens for the centre--holly end

ivy. Highly silvered-and plain wax candles,

A silver star with candles

go

"Where

most people wrong," said ROY GENTRY- the man who plans Liberty's lovely windows-is in having too much colour and not enough

I hate all glitter.

paper decoration - study without being guy.

"Greenery plus sparkle--that's the effect to strive for.

All-

"Our dining table? A white cloth....white lac, stripped of its

the greenery massed in centre....lots of table silver, 10 white candles and stacks of silver kna white frosted crackers,"

Can't you just see it 1 quizzed him on Christmas curds.

By Veronica Papworth

sizes of coloured witch- balls-and-lashings-of-glitter- powder is my recipe.

I'm having one set piece for the dining table and it will stay put for the holiday,

"I've a circle of scarlet felt thal just to the table. On top of this a sinr, cut from hard- board (but stift cardboard would

covered do), and

with silver

paper.

"Honestly--we've tried eputy- thing. Drawing pins, paper clips, ribbons the LOT. Now we simply toss them into a big tray.

"One thing-it's nothing to di with decorations I know. Wo dress the tree the day before Christmas and then turn the key on it till the evening.

"At six o'clock the children Dre waltlag outside, We switch lights-nothing on the candle else, I'm there with a bunch of neigh bells that I jangle madly, We Bing open a window, unlock the door and in they rush.

"As usual--they've just missed him.

"1. know I'm a fool, but 1 always have tears in my oyest.. simply love it."

"I'm wiring sprays of spruce to the star-spreading outwards each point, a candle -nd,

small in holder, set n

"In the centre-the Christmas fruit piled high."

"Christmas is not a time fog

clever," the being

sald JOHN SIDDELEY firmly, "We have n "No bigger fool than I am," I very large looking glass and we assured him.

our decorations A couple of bars of Silent concentrate around it--great branches of Night on my little son's violin sheer evergreen held in place with and I'm awash-from tacky tape and tied with a large happiness.

London Express Service)

"Crackers? Red onesi love them especially kind cheaper

with tinsel trimmings and scrops,

"As for the cards- eris creased tapes from floor to celling on one wall-like an old fashioned letter-rack. That's the answer.

IT'S ALMOST HERE!

DON'T

ON'T worry! Relax! Be

calm!

It's truc Christmas is almost here. But you've

still a few days left for last-

minute jobs, such 5

By Joan O'Sullivan

decking the house for the will enable you to tie them on festive hollday. There's your tree. still time, in fact, to whip

up

your own trimmings quickly and easily.

Quick and Easy

the foll sections and-presio!-

have a dimensional or

you nament. You can also make tres of-

Hang by the knotted. nameats on your sowing threada. machine with sparkling alu- You can make these foll ur- minium foil, Sewing centres are naments all one colour or com- bine several colours for even offering how-to Instructions for

more brillant effect. these designs right now,

First, cut a star pattern (or Christmas bell or tree) from a piece of Use the pattern to cookie tree? Make the tree out cardboard.

me with wire or wood, For cut six stars of the foll gift Gecorations, use big packaged wron cookies.

Неге are some suggestions for quick and easy ones;

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With shiny sides out, sew two First, cover the cookies with stors together, stitching close to a frosting mode with the white clges around the outline of the Begin and end on her of an egg, a half pound of sugar slar.

and a teaspoon of lemon juice. tip of a point, and pull the thread out to six inches before While the icing sets, draw 趄

clipping design with a toothpick. Fl it

This gives you three sturs, ench with sparkling foil on bota sides, a professional trim of stitching and something to hing with

in with cinnamon candles of Three Stars-

You e silver holl candles, can also paint on designs with vegetable colourings.

Using

a large-eyed damning needle, threaded with Christ- mes twine, work the needle through the cookies about 1/3 inch from the top. The twine

PROJECTOR

At department stores, you'll find all the makings for another orna- kind of Christmas tree

white plastic ment. Buy big anowball and a kit of sparkling sequins, pearls and other glitter ing items to deck the snowballs

· Litile half-inch pins are with. used to attach the sequins to the snowballs and make it pezsible for you to create your own designs. You cari make tree outlines, star designs or spell out names or initials. Make a Stocking

Then stitchi

A Christmas stocking kit is do-it-yourself item at another department store counters. the felt stocking Next, Jay the three stars to Stitch gether so the points with the together yourself.

thread ends match. on Christanas motif appliques, loose Straight stitch down the centre, Each applique has leaving thread ends at the end that you can all in with glitter- at your line of stitching. Knot ing soquina and beads also thread ends together. Spread included in the kit,

a pattern

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Ted bow.

KIDS WILL LOVE packaged cookie.

with

Christmas cookie tree made Ice and decorate them with motifa of the

holiday season..

A KIT. FULL OF SEQUINS aha zilitoring decorations can be und decoratively on plastis mowballs to make some original