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Once you begin possibilities area
potential collectibles, the pose
endless. thing in
Dolls, decorative mugs, anything
to
miniature from finely crafted
model cars, even bags of marbles and toy
soldiers can be the basis for a lifetime of
f
And, many a child has been set on the road
to years of collecting stamps and coins with
that first packet, neatly wrapped and left
under the tree on Christmas morning,
Get your child a batch of bright foreign
stamps and an album to put them in, or a
selection of coins from foreign countries,
even a diverse group of good old Canadian
pennies, and watch eyes and face light up.
Don't letstaifls spoil
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your estive time
should be scraped
Table linens, clothing, furniture and rugs
all take a beating during the festive season
and are prime targets for cranberry sauce,
wine, gravy, candle wax and alcoholic
beverages.
Make Christmas time more enjoyable this
year by following these tips on cleaning up
Yuletide stains, says Margaret Loewen,
clothing and textiel specialist with the rural
organizations and services branch of the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
"The best advice is to act quickly,
whatever the schen fresh and because t can not y i
removed easily
dried," she says.
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Candle was off with a
dull knife. The remaining stain can be
treated with a cleaning fluid, and if a wax
color remains, sponge with equal parts of
rubbing alcohol and water. Washable items
can be bleached if necessary. should be at-
tacked
beverage stains or soak -
tacked before they dry, by sponging
ing the stain immediately in cold water or
soda water. If the fabric is washable,
launder in warm suds and rinse.
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Around Christmas time, rugs and carpets
also get moreethan theiracarbon black from
share of mud and
salt from wet boots,
the fireplace. stains from
sauce and wine are fruit Greasy dirt (some muddy
stains
Cranberry tm- boots) and carbon black should be treated
and should soak d and sponged de of five
mediately before they dry, with cold water with a detergent solution of up offive
or soda water. Then clothing or tablecloths mil ilitres (one teaspoon cup) powdered
should be laundered, using a pre-soak in an detergent dissolved in 250 ane (onescan
of
activated enzyme product, in the hottest water. Any remaining gr
be
water possible. For non -washable items, removed with a grease solvent like per -
rub a little glycerine (from the drug store) chlorethylene.
for Dried salt stains (white residue) on
into the stain and allow it to grease solvent be removed with a solution of
n
one hour. Then treat it with rchlorethylene, carpets can
or a cleaning fluid such as pe 1/3 vinegar n 2/3 water. Follow this with a
a non-flammable solvent available in most solution of 15 mL (one a blessp nen
h' the
) ammonia
drug stores.in 200 mL (b3/4 p)
Gravy stains can'be removed easily y vinegar.
vattention and
first sponging with cold water (gravy is a Loewen says immediateclothing and
protein and hot water would set the stain), proper treatment should help
then treating with a grease solvent if the carpets survive another festive season this
grease mark still remains. Then launder as year.
usual.
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