HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-12-22, Page 34THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2005. PAGE B5.
A few minutes all it takes to create centrepiece
Continued from B4
five pieces of floral wire
15 Christmas balls
wired ribbon
cranberries, flavoured coffee
beans, small tree ornaments, glass
beads, etc.
pillar candle
tray (optional)
1. Take fabric and puddle it in a
round shape slightly larger than your
wreath with raw edges turned under.
(If you want to be able to move your
Step 4
The twisted wire allows the
groupings of ornaments to
Stay fixed. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Step 5
Festive wired ribbon
interwoven among the
greenery finishes the wreath
portion of this holiday
Centrepiece. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
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the fabric.
3. Put the hurricane glass in the
centre of the wreath
4. Cut each piece of floral wire in
centrepiece start with a small tray,
slightly smaller than the wreath and
build on top of it for easy removal)
2. Place the wreath in the centre of
Country charm
Stephenson shows how a rustic basket with some mixed
greenery, berries or dogwood creates a more informal
decoration with little effort. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Chinese decorate with lanterns
Do you know how Christmas is
spent in China?
Christians in China celebrate by
lighting their houses with beautiful
paper lanterns and decorating their
Christmas trees, which they call
Trees of Light, with paper chains,
paper flowers, and paper lanterns.
Chinese children hang muslin
stockings and await a visit from
Santa Claus, whom they call Dun
Che Lao Ren (dwyn-chuh-lau-oh-
run), which means Christmas Old
Man.
Since the vast majority of the
Chinese people are not Christian, the
main winter festival in China is the
Chinese New Year, which takes
place toward the end of January.
Now officially call the Spring
Festival, it is a time when children
receive new clothing, eat luxurious
meals, receive new toys, and enjoy
firecracker displays.
An important aspect of the New
Year celebration is the worship of
ancestors. Portraits and paintings of
ancestors are brought out and hung
in the main room of the home.
three. Put a piece of wire through the
end'of each ball, about two inches,
fold and twist together. Then take
three Christmas balls and twist the
three wires together. (Have the balls
at different heights and twist the
wires to make one). Fasten each
bundle (five in total) and evenly
space them around the wreath.
5. Take a festive wired ribbon,
tuck the cut end into the wreath and
loop it up and down in an S shape
into the wreath. When you make it
back to where you began tuck in the
raw end.
6. Using cranberries, coffee beans
(which will release their scent when
the candle is lit) or your imagination,
fill the hurricane almost half full.
Place a red candle on the bemes in
the centre, then continue to fill the
glass to the half-way mark to hold
the candle in place.
Extending pine boughs about one
foot each way from the wreath, will
help to create an even more dramatic
centrepiece. Use three pillar candles
of varying heights on each side with
the tallest closest to the glass, then
moving down.
Stephenson said that most of the
items can be purchased in
department store craft areas or dollar
stores at minimal cost. The
centrepiece takes about 15^ minutes
to make.
For a less formal, more country
look, fill a basket with fresh greens
and add artifical berries for
colour.