UO YOV tlnd selecting Chi In'
in as cards a big problem?
One rule of thumb can be tc
express your own personality In
the cards.
If you are partial to any Christ
mas symbol besides the truly re
ligious cards, say polnsettlas, car
olers, candles, holly or winter
scenes, by all means select It, year
after year If you like. That's the
advice of Steve Shannon, manag
ing director of the National Asso
ciation of Greeting Card Publish
ers. Says he:
"I'm always amazed that some
people make hard work out of se
lecting Christmas cards. Actually
with all the variety available. It
should be a simple matter."
Shannon suggests making your
1993 Christmas card easier by ob
serving these rules:
1. Bring your address book up
to date as soon as possible. Check
full name, street and number, city,
tone, and state. When this Is done
you'll also know the quantity of
cards needed.
3. Break your list down Into two
or three groups?friends and busi
ness acquaintances, relatives and
members of your family. Children
? , ?
might make up a third group.
3. Select your card with care
1 particularly if it is a personalized
one on which the signature is to
be imprinted or engraved. You
can't change your mind after that is
done. Choose a card you like
whether it is Santa or another.
Christmas commemorates the Birth
of Christ and more people are turn
ing to the truly reverent type of
card, more befitting Christmas than
any other.
4. Among married couples, the
correct custo n is for the one sign
ing the card to put her or his name
last. When cards are Imprinted or
engraved the signature should be
gin with the wife's name. If there
are children, Dad's name comes
Arst with the youngsters listed ac
cording tc age. ?
3. It is perectly proper to write
a little note on a card. Return adr
dresses and Christmas seals may be
added to the envelope.
6. Give the postman a break by
mailing cards early, using the prop
er amount of stamps. If postage
is Arst class your card will be sort
ed and delivered Arst, and forward
ed or returned If necessary.
Two Gilts In One Rate
Snow Man Wrapping
HOW TO MAKE two gilt* out of one - Got ? chubby gaooo
glass flow or rut at a novelty store. Stuff it with a supply of
powdti puffs. Wrap it to look tike a cheery snow au. Ikes the
powder puffs are used up the ease will be useful the year
r?Md. Han's how to wrap:
INSTRUCTIONS: Cut a 15-inch square of white crepe paper.and
place green glass vase with fluted top in center of paper. Gather the
paper up around the neck of the vase, press the' folds into place and
tie.
Place a Christmas ball in the top of the vase over the powder puffs
(or a couple of handkerchiefs if you prefer). Bring ends of the crepe
paper over the Christmas ball, gather the paper at the top and tie.
Trim off excess paper.
Use gummed dots for the features and buttons.
For the scarf, cut a strip of red crepe paper 12 by 2 inches wide
vith the grain. Cnt both ends, fringe and tie around the. neck.
The hat is made with 3V2 by 6-lnch piece of black crepe paper
) with the grain. Gather the paper along one edge and tie. Turn the
-red end Inside; overlap the short ends and paste the seam.
? about 1 inch from the tied end. shaping crown. Stretch other
brim and paste to head. Brush the hat with glue and sprinkle
?r wink.
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Candlesticks
For Her Table
CANDLES GO with Christmas.
Here's a candlestick bolder of
wrought aluminum, smart for
the modern room, graceful for
parted decor.
A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD can be found for almost everybody this year. At top are cards
for husband, neighbor, wife, boss. At the bottom are cards for the minister, doctor, postman,
nurse. And there are many more.
To Wrap a Round Box
Is Not So Difficult
MANY GOOD THINGS at Christmas seem to come only in round
packages?fruit cakes, pipe tobacco, candies, bath powder. And z
round package is tough to wrap. Jeannette Lee. designer of gift papers
(for Hallmark), says this is not a very difficult job. She suggests at
tempting a hat box effect, and here is how to do it:
(1) CUT TWO circular pieces
of Christmas gift paper to
leave aa iack margin nil
around for overlapping.
(2) PLEAT the overlap at top
and bottom with your finger*
and fasten each fold with
cellulose tape.
(3) COVER SIDES with a .trip
cut an inch wide, and aa inch
longer than needed, to allow
lor folded edges.
(4) TIE Christmas ribbon
around the circumference of
the box, leaving one end
about 10 inches long.
(S) LOOP the long cad of the
ribbon bock to Iota a handle,
hat boa etyle, and attach a
baa aad boUjr eptif.
EVER RUN OUT of gift paper?
Use scraps of left-over snap
pers of varied colors. Cut into
interesting shapes with stars
and glitter. Fasten then on a
white bos with cellulose tape.
CHRISTMAS FOR PETS
Dress up your pet on Christmas
Day. Put a bright new bow on
; your dog or cat and give the bird's
cage a little decoration with Christ
! mas ornaments.
I;
; Start a Bright
Stainless Pan
Set As a Gift
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YES, SHE'D ALSO Uke some
thing useful....
Most women love their homes
enough to want gifts from Santa
to improve their little abodes. Of
course she'll have something per
! sonal, too, from the family we hope.
But handsome pots and pans, a
new steam iron, a vacuum cleaner,
dish washer or washing machine
that will lighten and brighten her
work chores are top-ef-the-pack
MERRY CHRISTMAS to the
cook?These handsome kitchen
pots and pans are of stainless
steel and aluminum.
favorites with homemakers.
If Mom's pots and pans are bat
tend and beat, start her an a jisw
set this Christmas. Your starter
set can be three frying pans in 7,
8'4 and 10V4 inch siaes or the
saucepan in one, two, three and
four-quart saucepans or the Dutch
oven, depending on how much you
want to spend. You can add to any
of these as time goes on.