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Simple toys that are bright,
colorful and, best of all, easy
to play with are the ones San-
ta's littlest fans grab first on
Christmas morning—and
sometimes can't be parted
from all day. Adorable timid
puppets thatou can easily
make yourself' fall into this
category,
You probably already have
all the materials right on hand
ti) create a soulful brown
reindeer, a cheery red Santa
and a merry elf. All you'll
need are scissors, small
lids—such as those on baby
food jars, scraps of fabric,
white glue and spare bits of
felt, ribbon and such. Now
here's what you do . •
To fashion the puppet's
body, make a paper
pattern—a triangle 6" to 7"
wide at the base and about 7".
high. Round off the top and
you have the proper, elon-
gated bell-shape you need.
Trace the pattern onto fabric
(two pieces—your puppet
needs a front and a back) and
cut out the shapes, using
pinking shears if you have
them to prevent frayed
edges. Apply white glue
around the edges of the fab-
ric, press together to form a
"mitten.- Voila! Now
you're ready to decorate
your tot hand puppet.
For a super face, pour 11/2
teaspoons of Elmer's Glue-
AU into the lid from a baby
food jar. Rotate the lid to dis-
tribute the glue evenly; it
,pours white but dries to a
lovely clear, glossy finish in a
day. Then add facial feacures
-with "glue-paint" —a few
drops of food coloring mixed
with glue. The "glue-paint"
provides a rich, shiny hue
plus texture, so you can
create gleaming round blue
eyes, puffy pink cheeks, or
bright red mouth.
After your puppet face is
dry, you may want to further
define features by outlining
them with a fine tipped mark-
ing pen. A ray of clear
acrylic wi permanently
"set" the fa and a bit of
ribbon, felt o trim wrapped
around the outside rim will
give it a finished look.
Next step—glue the
"head" onto the fabric mit-
ten and then customize your
tot puppet Oith buttons, cot-
ton balls, glue-paint, scraps
of material and such. For
example, you can make a
snappy Santa outfit with bits
of cotton to trim his- suit and
make his bea,r0,,..00,,,telt
makes a perfect cap and belt.
A reindeer is- as easy as
drawing a marking pen
"body" onto the mitten. Add
a collar of glue-paint berries
and cut reindeer horns out of
felt. Or, if a merry elf sparks
your fancy, dress him in a
colorful fabric suit, with a
spiffy hat and boots to match.
You can add felt buttons to
his suit and trim his sleeves
with gold rope ribbon, Don't
forget to glue on some elfin
ears!
Almost any "Christmas
creature" makes a lovable
hand puppet. Use your imag--
ination and you can give your
tot a special, morn-made toy
.Ithat will delight him Christ-
mas day and for many days to
come.
ti
to the middle of the fourth
century. Yet many of the
traditions and trimmings 'of
'modern-day Christmas fest-
ivities go back before Christ-
ianity ...holly arid ivy,
misteltoe , ever green deco-
rations, exchanging presents
eating and drinkingtootnuch,
making merry.
The Christmas cargl shows
a gentle, pagan influence - as
surely as it celebrates the
birth of Christ,
The first British Christmas
carol probably dates from
Anglo-Norman times and it
glorifies the pleasures of
drinking English ale and
French wine.
But the best of British
carols date from the 15th
century. A song that was old
before it was printed was
included in the earliest
known book of printedcarols
by - Wynkyn de Wordr in
1521 ...The Boar's Head
carol.
For 150 years carols were
part and parcel of Christmas
celebrations. But, even
though carols were harmless,
encapsulating the joys of
Christmas, they went under-
ground, to be preserved and
sung in secret when Oliver
Cromwell abolished Christ-
mas in 1647. As carols were
songs full of "joyful charact-
er", Cromwell would have
none of them,
Although the recovery of
the Christmas carol was slow
in 1766, Goldsmith could' say
that the Vicar of Wakefield's
parishioners bad "kept up
tit ChristmaS carol." By
tIN, the parishioners could
well have been sin?ing carols
of deep religious-'significance
like "While 'Shepherds'
Watched" and "Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing."
And by the time one'
American visitor arrived in
Britain, the prelude to 'the
modern day carollers had
begun. On Christmas night
in 1820, Washington Irving ,
was surprised to hear "beau
tiful music from rustics."'
They were the waits - the
musical descendants of the
nightwatchmen of mediaeval
times who would sound a
horn or play a tune to sound
the hour.
By the time of Queen
Victoria, of course, Christ-
mas style was in full swing.
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the idea of Christmas cheer
and goodwill; of groaning
tables laden with turkeys,
plum puddingS and mince
pies,
Today's Christmas cele-
brations mark the birth of the
Christian Redeemer - yet
British families eat a bird
from the Aztecs, in the .0)w
of a fir tree from Germany,
with mystical mistletoe
perched amongst the decor-
ations and very possibly to
the strains of a Bohemian
carol-Good King Wenceslas.
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The carol is a reflection of jolly and genial. It can' be, The combination of rag,
spiritual, religious and pious. ious rejoicing and material
feasting characterises the
feast of Christmas. For,
although it is essentially a
Christian celebration, Christ-
mas has roots buried in the ,pitippets made pagan past,
Christmas is still Britain's
richest feastday, taking over
age-old customs and tradi-
by Mom tions.Flickers of the ancient
fire festival of Yule flare
when the Yule log is burned. s
Christmas, It can be lusty,
Tops for tots
'
eftristmas, carols date back to
HAND PUPPETS make super Christmas gifts for even
the youngest children. They're economical and simple
to make with fabric remnants, ribbon, rickrack,
Elmer's glue, and odds and ends you probably have on
hand.
Even brandy flames ;valid
the Christmas pudding bring
back a dim memory of the
perpetual fire kept by early
man. In bleak mid-winter,
thousands of yearstigo, man-
kind celebrated the turning
of the year. On December 24,
the days started getting
lighter'- it was a time of hope
for the new year,
The first celebrations of
the birth of Christ in late
December can be traced baCk
Season of beauty
.Or young and old
By HELEN KLEIN
Metro Newspaper Services
The Christmas season raiseslisPectations in people of all
ages, faiths and nationalities. There are very few, indeed, who
do not look forward eagerly in one way or another to the
holidays, do not anticipate the wealth of sensations„the my k
titudes of joys that make u4iliaigreatTbiEliataifrY .
package we know 'as "Chrastmas."
For older people, Christmas is a time for nostalgia, a chance
to look back on the pleasures of the past, to revel in memories
that are more and more special as the, years go by,
For children, Christmas is a time of anticipation, an oppor-
tunity to look forward to a myriad of experiences, both large
and small, that will eventually become their past to look back
on, gladly and fondly. -
Any Christmas is suc- cold evenings in anticipation
cessful if it matches the pre- of the Yule log,
cious recollections of the old The smells, of baking and
cooking waft through the air
as Grandma and Mom pre-
pare their own special reic-
ipes: frosted gingerbretot,
cookies in fanciful shapes;
luscious buttery cookies
decorated with colored sug-
ar; sweet,- sticky &hit
cake; brandied mincemeat
•pies.
Everyone begins dreaming
of turkey with stuffing and
cranberry sauce; plump,
glazed ham studded with
cloves; creamy eggnog; and
old-fashioned plum pudding:
all the traditional Christmas
dinner, treats that are food for
smiles,
hriCtMas tree ornaments,
collected over the years, are
taken opt of storage lovingly
in preparation for the tree it-
self, which will majestically
dominate the scene.
The rich, joyous sounds of
carols are ever-present. Ev-
eryone, from the'Santa at the
corner to the neighborhood
merchant, seems to have a
tune on his or her lips.
Everywhere, bells are ring,
Mg. —
Spriga'',0f-holly and mit:
tletoe find' their way to the
oddest places as, December
Passes.
Everything' 'minds one
that it is, in truth, "the sea-
son to be jolly." As the great
day comes closer and closer,
the„excitethent
Everyone glows with the
dual joys of giving and receiv-
ing. Junior• dreams, perhaps.
of the new train set he hopes
to find under the tree; Mom,
of his face as he opens the
large, somewhat unwieldy
box that means so much.
All dream of the family re-
union they have been eagerly
awaiting for months. And
then, at long last, Christmas
arrives, fulfilling the fondest
wishes, making the dearest
dreams come true and be-
coming the material of which •
memories are made.
With some',reparation and
a lot of love, this Christmas
will be the Christmas to re-
member . . . always.
and fulfills the sugarplum
dreams of the young and in-
nocent. -
Memories of Christmas are
like family heirlooms, glitter-
ing, ornaments on a.. stately
tree that are passed down
lovingly. from generation to
generation. They are some-
what faded pictures in the
album of the past, per-
petuated, almost as bright -as
e'ver, through retelling to the
}Dung.
So many elements make up
the holiday season, elements
that are, integral parts' of the
abundant, joyous memories
to be treasured for years 'to
come.
There are' ights and smells
and tastes,. hundreds 'and
hundreds of things which, all
together, form the. unique
entity that is Christmas.
When the Christmas sea-
son opens, the gay garlands
of green-and red lights go up
on Main Street, becoming in-
candescent in the misty
twilight 'of .a frosty winter
evening. Shop windows take
on a festive air, those that are
Sinrpjx dc.c.Oratetta, welt ;45.. those that are elaborately ar-
ranged 'with intricate,
fantasy-filled dioramas.
The aroma of ,pine is
everywhere. Fir branches
festoon the' lofty ceilings of
large department . stores
where happily frenetic,,
crowd's throng the aisles ip
search of the special gift, for
that special person.
Caitside, the streets are
scented' with roasting
chestnuts, peanutS, other
-taste treats. particular to the
• time of year. Santas, of every
shape and size, 'stand guard
over chimneys and .kettle.s
and remind the endless
stream of passers-by that
Christina's is a titne .for
generosity to those who are
'in need. • '
Suddenly, the home front
is a cheerful flurry of activity.
Fireplaces,' soon to be hung
with brightly-colored stock-
ings which Santa will stealth-
ily fill, blaze cheerily on
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