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Show You one Your Garden . &t: , ; Christmas Season Calls For Special Displays , Small pieces of evergreen can be worked up Into a lovely mantel; display by placing the branches In a holder and standing a huge red candle hi front. Build the evergreen ever-green op In the back as high as the candle and then bring it forward for-ward to the base and arrange it flat In front for the desired length of the display. Two choir boys can be plsced In front of the candle, or use angel figurines or deer. Three shiny tree ornaments at the base ! of the candle Is also effectire. ' - .- Another Way I Tou can use your large candle in still another way. Place it on the mantel, swirl holly around it and place disk in your favorite color in back of the candle. Make it from wallboard and paint any desired color. , Mrs. Horace Currant, noted for her unusual Christmas decorations, makes a delightful Christmas tree from tumble weeds. She spraya them white or silver and shapes the tree by presssing the weeds into place. She then decorates to i suit her fancy. I i Clever Decoration illy Genevieve H. Folaom Telegram Garden Editor The happy season of Christmas calls for very special decorationa In the home. While the traditional bright colors, red and green are always lovely - and appropriate, many charming arrangements can be achieved by combining blue and silver, red end gold, blue snd gold, pink and white, or whatever your favorite color scheme may be. Decorations for the holidays need Sot be expensive, A few sprays from the everfrreens in your own garden, a figurine or two, some of the clever candles molded in the form of Santas, deer, choir boys or bells, a little ribbon, and holders snd you sre ready to begin, ' Needlepoint Holder When making arrangements It Is very necessary to have a good needlepoint holder wit which to hold jour displsy in place. Use the larger sise holders for this purpose, pur-pose, especially if you use evergreen, ever-green, Festen the holder securely to the container with play. Make sure this is done while both con-to con-to the container with clay. Make clay will not adhere to a wet surface, sur-face, yet water may be poured into the container after the arrangement arrange-ment Is finished and the clay will nnld the displsy securely. For a simple, but clever decoration, deco-ration, select a small tree branch, prune it so it is a nice ahape, then i.pp-.y witl while rftld nraiac paint and while it ta wet sprinkle artificial arti-ficial snow over it. Screw the branch into the lid of a tin box or can and fill the box with sand. Now place the lid containing the branch on the box and you have a good holder. Place some sngel hsir over the container and a email deer to the side of the tree. This csn be varied bf hanging tiny ornaments snd csndy canea on the tree and placing small choir boys, angels, Santaa. or tiny Chriatmas packagea In front of It. A lovely door decoration is msde by selecting pine branches and wiring them together. Decorate Deco-rate with a huge bow of red satin ribbon and some bright tree ornaments orna-ments or gilted eonea. It ia aura to express a real Merry Christmas to all who calL |