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CHRISTMAS
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Holiday gift
wrapping
savvy
It's Christmas Eve. The stores are closed.
You're finally getting around to gift-
wrapping and there's no tape. The tissue
paper you thought was in the closet isn't.
And the bows you saved from last year don't
match the paper.
Sound familiar?
"I've heard many stories of woe over the
years and I think the common thread is a
lack of organization," says Mary Yeigh,
Hallmark's gift wrapping consultant. "If
you're prepared, wrapping is fun and allows
you to express your thoughtfulness and
creativity."
Mrs. Yeigh suggests keeping the tools of
the trade in a special box or wicker bask
for easy retrieval. Make sure you hav
good pair of scissors and stock enough to ,
name tags, seals, straight pins, glue, tissue
paper, ribbon, bows and wrapping paper.
Now that you're all set, tune in to some
Christmas carols, pour yourself a glass of
egg nog and follow Mrs. Yeigh's terrific
tips, which she has developed during more
than 15 years of professional wrapping
experience.
"Your Christmas gift -wrapping project
will be a creative success if you use your im-
'agination. Your reward will be the cries of
delight on Christmas morning," explains
Mrs. Yeigh.
1. If you've ever tried to wrap a bicycle or
umbrella, you know how difficult it is to con-
ceal its identity. Solution: A treasure hunt!
Place clues inside wrapped boxes scattered
about the house to lead the recipient to the
surprise.
2. Wrapping a tube of tennis balls or a jar
. of preserves becomes easier to tackle if you
use colorfully decorated gift bags or festive
cylindrical containers.
3. A sprig of evergreen, bow or ornament
adds a touch of creativity.
4. Try mixing traditional gift -wrapping
with less conventional methods as do the
Japanese. Use fabric wrappings (just as you
would traditional gift wrap) combined wit
Christmas bows and ribbons decorated wit
leaves and fresh flowers.
5. For the person who has everything
create a cornucopia of Christmas cheer.
Place an assortment of small wrapped gifts
and specialty foods in a tissue -lined basket
and decorate with ribbons and bows.
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Test your
international
Christmas
trivia knowledge
Everybody thinks that space travel is
something very new, but an elderly
gentleman in a rather unique "space -suit"
set the pace years ago. His name: Santa
Claus.
• Now is the season when he's taking off
again, for it's Christmas.
How much do you know about Christmas
and Santa Claus? Here are some questions,
developed with the help of the editors of the
Encyclopedia International, to test your
, knowledge. The answers are at the bottom.
1. The first known Christmas card was
designed in 1843 by an Englishman named:
(A) Charles Dickens
(B) Sir Henry Cole
(C) John Calcott Horsley
2. The first Christian Nativity feast,
celebrating the birth of Christ, occurred in
the fourth century on:
(A) January 6
(B) July 4
(C) December 25
3. Christmas did not become a legal holi-
day in the U.S. until:
(A) The Puritans arrived in New England
(B) 1856
(C) Santa's Helpers Union went on strike.. ,
4. The original name of the gentleman we
know today as Santa Claus was:
(A) Kris Kringle
(B) Clement C. Moore
(-C) St. Nicholas
1. (C) is correct. Artist Horsley designed
the first known Christmas greeting card for
his friend, Sir Henry Cole, a wealthy London
gentleman. Charles Dickens had his share
in Christmas 1843, too. His book, "A
Christmas Carol," was published that year.
2. (A) is correct. At first, January 6, the
Epiphany, was observed as the feast of
Jesus' baptism, with a secondary emphasis
on His birth. It was not until the 5th century
A.D. that Christmas was generally
celebrated on December 25.
3. (B) is correct. New England states
outlawed the celebration of Christmas until
the middle of the 19th century.
4. (C) is correct. Kris Kringle is the Ger-
man name for Santa, while Clement C.
Moore contributed to the image of Santa
Claus with his poem, "a Visit from St.
Nicholas," in 1823. St. Nicholas was a real
person, a fourth century bishop, and the
first Santa Claus.
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