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Show Simplicity Motif OfHolidayTable Let simplicity be the keynote of your table decorations during the holiday season. Food and fine fellowship fel-lowship are complete without yards of dazzling tinsel and impressive displays dis-plays to center the table. Warmth should be reflected by the colors of the centerpiece. Polished apples, sprays of evergreen from the tree in the front yard, fruit cake with sprigs of red holly, and greetings greet-ings written with pomegranate seeds on a mirror spell out the Christmas message. Evergreen Corsages. Individual evergreen corsages en top of the napkin at each place are economical and attractive. Select sprays of evergreen which are about four inches long and fasten a cluster Df bittersweet or cranberries to the center with a fine wire. Cover the wire with a small red ribbon and tie a bow on the front of the corsage. Bind the bottom of the stem with clear, sticky cellophane to keep any of the natural sap of the branch from seeping out. Equip each cor-Bage cor-Bage with a small pin. Center the table with a group of our corsages on a mirror. Place the stem ends at the center as the base for one broad Christmas candle. can-dle. The mirror will reflect the bright colors and will catch the dripping drip-ping wax from the candle. Fruit Wreath. A fruit Christmas wreath on a polished chop plate is made of green grapes instead of the holly and dotted dot-ted with clusters of red cranberries rather than holly berries. The wreath Is finished with a large red bow. Wash a bunch of light green grapes In warm water and break them into clusters about two Inches in diameter. diam-eter. Remove any spotted or dried grapes from the bunches. Arrange In a circle on a large wooden platter, plat-ter, with the fruit overlapping to make an even wreath. Cut fine wire or white, wiry pipe :leaners into two-inch lengths with the kitchen scissors. Place a bright cranberry on the end of each piece of wire. Twist three or four of the :ranberry-tipped wires together to form a cluster of berries. Tuck the ends of the wire deep into the grape wreath. |