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Stuffing stockings Middle Ages tradition

By The Associated Press The tradition of stuffing stockings, it is believed, started in the Middle Ages, when Europeans celebrated the Feast Day of St. Nicholas by hanging stockings to be filled with gifts. The Dutch brought the custom to America where it evolved into the Christmas tradition for the visit by Santa Claus. The gift people at totes, inc., have some recommendations for preparing your Christmas stocking: Start looking for gift ideas earlier in the year, paying close attention to “hints” from family members. Take practical, everyday items and give holiday versions, or package in Christmas colors. Spice it up with gifts designed

Holiday shopping checklist... Ups for selecting just the right CD player, VCR or camcorder A walk into a consumer electronics outlet often leaves the average shopper overwhelmed by the ever-changing models and features of today’s popular products such as CD players, VCRs and camcorders. To help you alleviate some of the confusion and decide what’s important to you, use this checklist, compliments of Panasonic, to guide you through this holiday shopping season. Panasonic also advises that you not hesitate about having the retailer demonstrate the unit, if possible, to make sure you’re getting the product which best fits your needs. Compact disc players • Random Access Programmability—Choose favorite songs you want to hear in any order; • Wireless Remote Control—So you can access most functions from your armchair; • Repeat Key—Replay a single track, entire disc, or personally programmed selections; • Headphone Jack With Volume Control— Listen in privacy; • Digital Filter— Provides low distortion for clean sounding music; • Skip Function— Skip directly to favorite tracks; • Search Function— Search inward or outward at low and high speeds, with audible monitoring capability; • Recall Key— Lets the user double check what’s been programmed; • Multi-Disc— Holds numerous discs at once in a cartridge for hours of continuous music; • Large Integrated Graphic Display— Reveals valuable disc play and programming information at a glance; • Flexibility— Units available for home, portable and car use. VHS video cassette recorders • High Quality (HQ) EMS—Enhances quality of VHS image; • Hi-Fi Stereo Sound—Provides excellent sound reproduction, virtually distortion free; • Three or Four Head System—Allows for exciting special effects in the standard and super long play modes; • Cable-Compatible Tuner— Simplifies cable hook-up; • On-Screen Display—TV screen displays all clock-timer functions and help features, ensuring accuracy of settings; • Stand-By One Touch Recording— Enables you to begin recording almost instantaneously at the touch of a button; • Wireless Remote Conmo/—Command most functions from around the room; • MTS Broadcast Stereo— Built-in circuitry to take advantage of expanded stereo television sound (where available); • Bar Code Programming— Pass a wireless pen-like scanner over a printed sheet of bar codes to set time and day of desired TV program. Info is beamed into the recorder by pushing button; • Built-In Power Amp— Hook stereo speakers directly to VCR for great sound without the need for added hi-fi equipment; • Digital Special Effects— Experience picture-in-picture and TV memory capability. Camcorders • Standard VHS Format —Allows not only playback of your recordings, but also of pre-recorded, full-length VHS movies; • Compact VHS Format —Cassettes and units in general are smaller than standard VHS format, and recording time per cassette is also reduced. Compatible with VHS playback systems; • Low Light Sensitivity— Recordings with high resolution and outstanding picture quality, even under low lighting conditions; • Automatic Iris— Adjusts unit automatically to changing lighting conditions; • High-Speed Shutter— Provides exceptional blur-free slow/still motion for analyzing fast-paced action; • Power Zoom Lens— Look for smooth zooming capability and quick framing action from wide-angle to telephoto; •Instant Playback— Recordings can be played back from the unit itself for “on location” viewing; • Full Automatic White Balance Control— Color balance automatically and continuously adjusts to ensure true-to-life colors; • High Quality (HQ) System— Enhances sharpness of image; • Flying Erase Head— For clean cuts between scenes without video break-up; • Audio Dubbing/Video Dubbing— Complete the recording by adding video footage or audio tracks.

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especially for Christinas (like a personalized Santa ski hat or pantyhose with appliqued Santas). Monogram the recipient’s initials on the outside of the stocking, as well as the gifts inside. Place the stocking in a high, dry place, like a stair railing or fireplace mantle. Some of the things to stuff into the stocking this year: Specially decorated holiday apples. Hand-dipped apples from a Skokie, 111., company called Mrs. Prindables contain soft chocolate caramel, white chocolate and seasonal decorations. There are 14 different holiday line apples, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah and New Year’s.

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BRIGHT SILVER CHRISTMAS BALLS and shiny tart shells make Christmas ornaments that will add sparkle to your tree. Fill the bottom of the tart shells with Elmer's Tacky Adhesive and place miniature Christmas balls inside to fill the shell. After drying, glue the backs of the shells to a green satin ribbon. Add a loop of heavy thread or yarn to the back of the ribbon for hanging, and a red holiday bow for a colorful touch.

For the one hard gift item

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Lady collects ornaments

By The Associated Press For those whose closets and attic trunks are stuffed with holiday ornaments, think of Clara Johnson Scroggins. She has a personal collection of more than 30,000 ornaments. “Each ornament has a special meaning for me,” says Miss Scroggins, author of “Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: A Collector’s Guide.” “Several of the more valuable are the 1980 Frosty Friends ornament, now selling to collectors for SSOO, and the 191’2 Holiday Wildlife ornament, now selling for S3OO on the secondary market.”

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Holiday ornaments have come a long way since the standard glass balls, tinsel, angel hair and garlands. Many now are crafted in acrylic, bone china, wood and porcelain. Miss Scroggins, a former fashion model and broadcast journalist who now lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and son, says ornaments aren’t for the Christmas tree alone and need not be packed away after the holiday. The Hallmark “Keepsake Ornament” designs, started in 1973, include tin locomotives, rocking horses, Frosty friends, clothespin soldiers and some commemorating special events.

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