Show ln christmas d VL forethought whether the announcement so 1 many days until christmas gives you a glow ot of happy excitement or a twinge of terror depends ab upon the size of your purse time and heart forethought is necessary to enable you to meet the day with satisfaction the trite advice shop early has sound sense back of it make a list of those to whom you wish to give presents having made this squeeze it down to the must friel friends rids our love usually dictates a list beyond all reason or possibility q opposite p cosite each name of this al abridged ridged list write two or throe three presents which would be appropriate for that person considering his needs his tastes and the amount you can arford to spend on him such a list is made easier if you have kept throughout the year a note book with the names of your belov eds in it and when they mentioned a thing they would like to have or you saw or thought of something ap prop for them you wrote the suggestion opposite their name next comes your budget I low ilow big a total can you spend how much of it shall you allot to your various dear ones allowing something for charity charily and duty gifts armed with your list of well thought out presents which you will purchase visit the stores early in the month week a and nd day before stocks of goods and clerks are exhausted at best it will require some change of plans prid and several trips to market to assemble your gifts do not forgot forget to bring home wrappings grec greeting ting cards and ribbon wrap your gifts early and securely address them distinctly and get them hem into the mail as soon as possible mark on each do not 0 open P en until christmas it assures their safe arrival if you put inside of each package a card containing the address of the receiver and the sender and on the outside outs ae your own address as well as mat of the recipient |