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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1979—PAGE 15A
Decorating your home for Christmas can be a fun time
BY SHIRLEY,
J.KELLER
For people who have
lots of energy, plenty of
imagination and gobs of
time, decorating the
house for Christmas can
be great fuh.
There are people who
can turn an ordinary
horne into a fairyland in
time for Christmas and
what a joy that can be for
family and friends who
come to visit.
Magazines this time of
the year are usually filled
to the brim with all kinds
of ideas for decorating
your home for Christmas.
It can be elaborate and
expensive of course, but
some of the nicest things
are simple and inex-
pensive. All they take is
some love and a little
creativity.
To give your home the
smell as well as the look
of Christmas, bring
evergreen boughs in-
doors. You can put them
on your mantle, wind
them around the ban-
nister, stuff them in
Lousy jobs...
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to papers. This would
make it simpler to un-
derstand. It was
suggested that maybe a
short cburse between the
Federation and the news
reporters would help but
Mr. Hess pointed out that
because it was hard to get
them to learn enough in a
short stay.
Scholarships for the
best agricultural stories
in journalism school were
suggested and a member
from the audience
wondered how to get good
farm writers where it
really counts. Panel
members agreed that
that took time because
the -reporters had -te work
their way up the ladder.
Mr. Trotter pointed out
that a lot of the °bad PR
that the agricultural
community has is due in
part to themselves.
-Write for more farm
coverage," said Mr.
Trotter. "In the last 4 or 5
years ithas been
declining. You have
something to say and
don't let big organization
do it all."
Merle Gunby
questioned Mr. Hess
about the news releases
sent out by both the local
Federation of Agriculture
and the Ontario branch.
Mr. Hess said the reports
that deal with the local
level are preferred over
Toronto oriented reports
but both are taken
seriously.
"The more concise they
are the better chance
they will have of being
used," Mr. Hess said.
The question of
militancy came up and
members were en-
couraged to make
themselves heard with
letters to the editor about
differences in opinion
with editorials and letters
asking for more farm
coverage.
In other business a
resolution was passed
that would urge the
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food not to support
such a short sighted
measure as to allow
retiring farmers to sever
land for a retirement
home. The resolution is to
be sent to the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
for their support.
Don Pullen, Huron
County Agricultural rep.
passed out copies of a
pamphlet that will be
mailed throughout the
county advertising short
courses in agriculture at
Centralia College, Huron
Park and around the
County.
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baskets and bowls, trim
your doors and windows,
decorate your Christmas
table.
Usually there isn't
much trouble getting
them free of charge, but
even if you do have to pay
for them, the price is
always reasonable.
One of the pretties'
ways to use boughs is by
fashioning them into a
wreath for • your . front
hall. Make it as big as you
can, being sure though
your finished wreath will
fit the space you have to
show it off.
Simply take a couple of
coat hangers, open them
up and bend them into a
circle. If you run the
hangers side by side, you
get greater strength for
your wreath, but it isn't
nece_s.sary_ if.the_ h n th of
one . coat hanger isn't
sufficient, splice two
together with fine wire
from your husband's
workshop.
Then start workicig the
boughs around the coat
hangers, using green
florist wire if you have it
to secure the boughs ... or
the green twist ties from
your shopping ex-
cursions. Make the
wreath full. A skimpy
wreath isn't tob ap-
pealling to the eye.
Once the wreath is
made, you can decorate it
any way you like. Some
tiny Christmas lights
,twined through the
wreath give a lovely
effect, but you will need
to be able to hang your
wreath on a wall near an
outlet. Think of that
before you start.
Some people spray the
wreath with artificial
snow and add brightly
colored balls in colors
..that will complement the
color scheme in the hall.
Others put a mirror in the
centre of the wreath and
add a big bow to match
The senior students in the Queen Elizabeth Wing of
Victoria Public School, under the direction of
teacher, Mrs. William Barlow, made this candy
house from candy donated -by Woolworths and the
°Metropolitan Store. Looking forward to eating the
house are, left to right, Barbara Maxwell, Linda
Reid, Pam Jansen, Paul Consitt and William
Mitchell. In back are Garry Gross and Mark Albert.
(Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
et there be love
at Christmas
when all the world
is warm and bright
with dreams.
In the hushed landscape
of this glorious season,
we send tidings of
comfort and joy and
continuing thanks to all!
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the hall decor for a more
useful wreath.
Whichever way you do
it, you'll say Merry
Christmas to your guests
as they enter the door -
and appeal to their sense
of smell as well a§ their
sight.
Displaying Christmas
cards can be a real
challenge, but it is worth
the effort to do something
special to show off these
lovelies as they come in.
The kitchen can take on
a festive air if you fasten
these cards to the
bulkhead over the cup-
boards. The more the
merrier.
Christmas cards can
make pretty room
dividers if they are
fastened to lengths of
ribbon which are hung
from the ceiling. Or they
can spruce up a large
empty wall for Christmas
if they are pinned to large
cardboard letters
spelling Christmas
Cheer.
One suggestion that
'may suit some people is
to fasten Christmas cards
to drapes that can remain
closed for the holidays.
Another idea is to
decorate a small, ar-
tificial tree set in some
prominent place in your
home, with Christmas
cards. Punch hbles in
them as they arrive,
thread ribbon through the
holes and hang the cards
in a pleasing fashion. A
bit of tinsel and a
revolving spotlight on the
tree will complete this
individual decoration for
your home.
Windows can take on a
festive look very easily
with some tape and some
artificial snow. But what
about 'something a little
different this year. What
about painting a mural on
your window using paints
that wash off? .
child"s school teacher can
probably advise you what
to use. A good way to
express yourself!
Or buy some brightly
colored cellophane, some
black masking tape and
some clear tape. Just
fasten the black tape to
your window (not a big
one, please, unless you
are really ambitious) in a
random_ pattern as you
would find on a ,stained
glass window. Then fill in
with the colored
cellophane, carefully
taping each piece down.
Very Christmasy.
Or take an ordinary
cardboard box and trim
the height like a deep
picture frame. The
bottom of the box will fit
flush to the wall. Inside
the box, run a string of
white Christmas lights
around tle outside edge,
letting the plug end of the
string hang out the
bottom of the frame.
Fasten the lights securely
with tape.
Then stretch colored
cellophane oyer the open
top of the frame and add
strips of black tape to
make panes. Decorate
the panes with cutouts
from your favorite
Christmas cards,
perhaps the gold and
silver ones.
Hang your "window"
on a wall. Maybe a bit of
greenery around it will
add the final touch. Plug
it in. Viola. A Christmas
conversation starter that
doesn't cost an arm and a
leg.
A tin of gold or silver
spray •paint can tran-
sform inexpensive plastic
decorations into lovely
ornaments for Christ-
mas.
Little plastic farm
animals from the toy
department in the dime
store can be sprayed
gold. With a bit of red
velvet ribbon tied round
their necks they look
delightful on a bed of
greenery placed
strategically around .a
tiny manger (a small box
filled with a bit of packing
straw)" in which you've
placed a miniature baby
6T1 wrapped in a bit oT--.
cotton. A pretty table
centrepiece.
Or plastic 'reindeer
sprayed silver look fine
harnessed with green and
red velvet ribbon and
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