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Show WEEKLY RthLEX Javio NfcvVd JOURNAL, DECEMBER 22, 1977 Creative Trees is also a traditional decoration which goes on the tree every year. ALTHOUGH the ornaments are real, Linda has changed her tree this year. Its ByROSELYNKIRK Christmas trees are becoming more creative and more individual each year, Linda Mitchell, 309 S. 400 E., in Centerville believes. But whether the tree is a child-proo- f tree like the one Shamra Jones, 2977 S. 1000 W., Syracuse, decorated for her daughter or whether it is the tree decorated by Linda which she says is her Christmas present to herself, trees reflect the personality of the creator. the first year for an artificial green tree. Linda decided on the artificial tree after one natural tree Shat she decorated one year died before Christmas and I had to get another tree. Linda feels that one trouble with artificial trees are that they are too perfect. y In an effort to avoid the perfect syme-tricall- shaped tree, she placed some of the longer branches near the middle and top of the tree and some of the shorter branches at the bottom to make the tree look more natural. NOT ONLY are the decorations unique, but the type of tree chosen ranges from the white flocked Christmas tree decorated by Helen Barber, 1823 W. 2700 S., Syracuse, to the artificial forever tree with lights in the limbs which was chosen by Sheila Raitt for her gift shop located on Highway 89-9- LINDA doesnt place the ornaments on the tree in the traditional way, but wires them altogether in a cluster and places Shamra said she began working on Christmas gifts in August so that she could give her neighbors Christmas cand dishes that she fired and painted herself. But it was the Christmas tree on which she spent the most time. THE GREEN tree has polka dot bows on i, the branches, but most important to 2, is the fact that all the ornaments-t- he little Santas and the drummer boys can be played with as well as looked at. Tiffani said that her favorite ornament was a little girl on a riding horse which she likes to swing back and forth as it hangs precariously to the tree. Tif-fan- t I decorated the tree so it would be Shamra said. I just hope it child-proo- f, lasts until Christmas. Tiffani pointed out the ornaments that were her favorites and in the process tried to pull one from the tree. LIKE SHAMRA, Sheila Raitt believes that trees should be used. She has purchased trees for sale at her shop this Christmas which she calls Charlie Brown trees because theyre not perfect. I dont know why we think trees should be perfect, she says. God didnt even make us perfect. She thinks people have become too tied up wanting everything to be faultless. Her sig: jy the Charlie Brown trees says, Give a needy tree a home. Sheila believes that people are going back to some of the old fashioned Christmas tree decorating ideas, which have been revamped. She sells handmade cotton-stuffe- d ornaments made out of calico and. decorated with lace rick-rac- k and embroidery. THE ORNAMENTS, made by Ruth Preece, are in 10 designs. The calico angel is one of my favorites, she said. Other fabric ornaments are made in the shape of candy canes, gingerbread men, wreaths. Calico wreaths and stockings-a- ll nand the stairway of the shop. On the stairway are old fashioned made-decor- ate stockings handknit in the old European way without heels. THE handmade ornaments are placed on the Forever tree with lights in the limbs. The tree was developed by an inventor in Mountain Green, Utah and was manufactured in Hong Kong. The tree, like the or- naments are unique, Sheila says. nalike to keep to the tural kind of decorating for Christmas, she says. I LINDA Mitchell likes the agrees that she also look and over the years has collected ornaments that she uses on her tree every year. The old or- naments go along with some of the other antique objects in her house in Centerville. Lindas mother made some of the ornaments that Linda uses on her tree every year. Sequins and beads are glued on the ornaments. The gold tinsel with balls on it them under the branches. The glass prisms or icicles hang down from the branches and pick up the colors of the many colored small lights. The prisms are also used every year. : This is the first year for a long time that the Mitchells have had a green tree. Before Linda has decorated a white flocked tree which she thinks is more elegant than the green, but feels that the green tree goes better with the green plants in the house. SHE ESTIMATED that it took her about a week to put up the tree, working in the evenings since she is employed during the day and had only the evening hours to work. The children Jay Dee, 16; Melony, 13; and Tawny, 9 are excited about the green tree, she says. Helen Barber was in a hurry to get up her white flocked tree with the pink and green ornaments this year because her grandson Brent Egan planned to have his wedding reception in grandmothers home on Friday, Dec. 9. THE TREE had to match the other decorations, all pink and green. I finally got the tree up on Thursday, Helen said. It was placed in the garden room which has high cathedral ceilings to accommodate stained glass windows which are antique and come from the Budweiser Beer reception hall. Sheila Raitt decorates her gift shop with handmade calico Christmas stockings. The hanging from the bannister are hand-kni- stockings t. Under one of the stained glass windows Mrs. Barber has had a water fall constructed. Pink poinsettias floated in the water pool. These same vivid pink poinsettias were placed on tables, in the living room, dining room and halls, as well as the garden room. MRS. BARBER said the refreshment tables in the garden room each had a center-piec- e made from a popcorn tree decorated with angel hair and small angels. Mrs. Barber spent about two weeks getting, ready for the wedding. The pink ornaments and the green velvet bows blended with the dresses of the girls in the wedding party. Crystal pearls were placed on the tree ornaments with stick pins. Ornamental fans and angels in the same two matching colors completed the decoration of the same tree. Mrs. Barber did all the decorating herself, but said It was all worth it because her grandson was pleased with the results. THESE Davis County women say their ideas come from several sources. Linda looks at magazines to pick up tree and home decorating ideas while Shamra spends time with her sister Shauna Niderhauser in Kaysville. They get together and make ornaments and other Christmas decorations, sometimes beginning in August. Linda says she always goes to the parade of trees in Salt Lake City where she picks up ideas. Linda, like the other women, will use something old and something new and something homemade on her tree this Christmas. Ornaments of this tree fire all handmade. Most are made from calico, lace and embroidery. Tffani Jones, daughter of Shamra and Michael Jones points to one of the polka dot bows on the f tree which her mother decorated for her. She is allowed to play with the toy ornaments. child-proo- . T V s mte c 4 sr, Q ft V Ct G V o . rk K e 11 X n -- I i iS v it Hi :! The pink ornamental fans and the crystal pearls attached to the ornaments with stick pins blended in with the decor of the wedding planned by Helen Barber. This flocked tree was desinged to fit in with a wedding reception for her grandson that Helen Barber of Syracuse held at her home just two weeks before Christmas. 4 b Linda Mitchells Tree |