Show WOMAN'S WORLD Let Home Show Holiday Spirit in Festive Decorating By Ertta Haley TS THERE A Christmas spirit in your home as the door opens and you step Do the decorations spell a warm and are your nostrils filled with the pine odor from the It's wonderful fun to decorate the home for th and it should be an integral part of family life for every member to take part in this rich and warming The home that bids welcome and stay as you come the home that has warmth and laughter In It as everyone mills about decorating the tree or putting up Christmas holly wreaths and candles is the one children will Here's an experience that requires little outlay because most people already have old and sentimental decorations that will se ve as the tools for You can use your Ingenuity In putting together many things for Take stock of what you already have before you set out buying bulbs or Make at least a rough plan of just what areas you want to and then work It's a good Idea if the family Is let In on the decorative plan and give each one some idea of what he's to Make these plans because some may want to change Jobs in the Children can be kept amused on long afternoons before Christmas making and stringing popcorn and cranberries for the tree or Other Jobs you can set them to doing is putting new strings on tree Make it a old-fashioned making for the dinner or even making Let them plan to their heart's and it will be even more fun when actual decorating time comes Clear the Room For Christmas There's nothing more discouraging than to be crowded In the living room when it's holiday It's best to clear the room as much as and there are things which will not be missed if cleared out for a week or the magazine several flower two or more This will give you room for the tree and You won't miss the chairs because It's easy to sit on the floor near the Clear the if you have and plan to use this for You may want to remove some pictures off the walls Just in case these will be used for decorative card A folding screen may be moved into the and could be utilized for the If you first Slim Black Velvet I j I a For the careful there's nothing more practical than this New York dress of black slim In front and pocketed on the slant below the The skirt is finely gathered across the back while the bib of white spun linen Is then buttoned with tiny buttons and tied under the collar with black velvet cover the temporarily of with some colorful gift wrapping Bring Yule Cards Into Display Most people get a lot of cards for and as they open each one they exclaim how lovely they But what happens to Most of the time they get stacked in a heap and you have to leaf through 50 or or more to find an Christmas by plentiful especially nice one to show Show them all Anyone who has never made a card display during will make one again because all your callers will enjoy looking at and they add so much to the festive You may utilize the folding screen covered with wrapping paper and paste them on or use thumb You might cover a large-sized black board with red or green paper and use that on a wall which was cleared for the Even large picture frames can be utilized for card Place a mat in them to which the cards can be If you want to make them more decorative you can tack red or green ribbon with small bells or sprays of greenery to the Hang on the wall where the cards can be properly The glass In French doors can be used for and this will take no space at You might use a mirror in the hall as background for and then they would be seen as soon as someone walked into the Another idea is to attach them into large albums to be kept open for display In the front hall during the They will be then attached as a permanent record if you want to keep the Use Greens Generously For Decorations You may purchase Christmas tree branches by the bundle If you want them for decorations Indoors or When combined with gaily colored bulbs and they add a festive touch hard to Sprays of various sizes can be tied with bells and blue or silver ribbon and attached to hang from the windows or door You might also make cornucopias out of bright metallic paper and use these as containers for some of the It's very festive to attach one of these to the front door as greeting for any who might pass If the greenery is attached where It is near an electric you might even work In some of the colored Christmas lights to highlight the If you have an old coal scuttle in the clean It then paint with white and decorate with silver glitter or Let greenery overflow out of the scuttle which is a heart-warming sight placed at the front Heap the Tree With Decoration You may not always be able to get a tree that coincides with your desired but trees will lend themselves to a bit of If there are too many branches and the tree is extra heavy for the foot you trim off some branches carefully and use the extra greens in decorating the Should the tree lack or have them poorly cut some off the where they won't be and attach them with needle type holders to places where they're If the highest point is trim this down until you get to more firmness and attach a star or other decoration to Don't be too concerned with a tree that looks lacking In Decorations heaped on what greenery there is will usually make this fault less |