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Show DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS Holly Wreaths Help to Make the Home Cheerful How to Keep the Tree Bright and Green. It is not Christmas without a big, gorgeous, glittering Christmas tree and plenty of greens hung wherever possible. pos-sible. Of course you have your tree chosen and ready for its great purpose. When it's time or cutting, invite your boy and girl friends to help, and make the bringing in of the Christmas Christ-mas tree a real ceremony. In England Eng-land this is one of the big events for young and old. The kind of tree to be used depends upon where you live. Red cedar, white pine, spruce, fir or hemlock are all good. To keep the tree bright and green set it In a deep bucket or low barrel, brace and fill the space between be-tween the tree and bucket or barrel with coal. Then pour In water until the receptacle Is full. Every home should be decorated at Christmas. Gather holly for wreaths, make ropes of laurel, and have several sev-eral bowls filled with partridge berries. ber-ries. Mistletoe is beautiful and can be found as a growth on the top of sweetgums, live oaks and other deciduous de-ciduous trees in the territory south of New Jersey, southern Indiana and Missouri, and in Oregon and northern California. Other fine plants for decorating dec-orating are Christmas fern and polypody. poly-pody. Black alder and Ilex or ink-berry ink-berry can also be used. Every district has some special green that is adaptable adapt-able for decorating. In gathering greens, never destroy the plants ; cut and pick carefully and the growth will not be injured. |