Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1963 — Page 25

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1963

L I I f :i • ■ 5 / / X :/ |<; .. ':" -, ■' . < * i »“• . y. X >* j BUILDER ... Toys can offer to the busy, inventive mind of the average boy the opportunity to “build things,” to improvise and to learn things by doing. »

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ITALY’S YULE In Italy, the Yule log is burned in the family fireplace. Everyone gathers around and each child is blindfolded before the log is ignited. In turn, children recite Christmas verses and as their blindfolds are removed, they find Christmas gifts stacked on the floor. ««, Second Use Broken Christmas tree decorations can still be useful. Cut card- v board into star shapes and apply fresh, white shellac. While the shellac is still wet, place the fragments securely on the cardboard. When dry, the shellac will < hold them in place. I .

BIG TREE . The largest Christmas tree ever lighted is believed to have been 364 feet tall. It is located in California’s redwood forest and was first decorated in December, 1945. CARD STORY The few pennies we pay for today’s Christmas card is much less than the price for the few cards available around 1875. Volume is something else, today, too. Last year Americans spent an estimated $l5O million on Christmas cards—spent another SSO million to mail them.

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Eosy*Care Tips Insure Gift Plants Live Long a I Your Christmas and holiday gift plants will live better and provide longer-lasting beauty and enjoyment if you observe a few easy care tips to insure their health. i To guard them against overwatering and over-heating, it’s essential to keep them in porous clay pots, used by leading professional growers and florists to insure that you receive plants of the highest quality, well fertilized and well-rooted. If some have been shipped in light-thin-walled, non-porous containers, these should be switched to clay pots, in order to provide more satisfactory growing conIditions.

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OLD BELIEF p Gypsies believe that holly, ivy and pine were made evergreen, in reward for helping screen the i birth of Christ from view. The gypsies used ash for their campfires and were told by their elders that the ash was blackballed from the evergreen list because it had no part in the hiding of the Christ child. |i ■ .< : r WKjfe ■■ jfy** Wv\ ■r ~ ' FRIENDS ... Talking dolls, like the ones seen on TV, will rank high in popularity this season. Newest talking dolls have soft cuddly bodies with hi-impact, “tuff-to-break” plastic heads. SOUTHERN PLANT * The poinsettia which has to be so carefully potted and protected in colder climates, will thrive in moist, shady areas of the southern United States, Mexico and parts of South America. Red is the most common color, but there are white, pink, and yellow varieties. ■ . < r - r~ ■’ - ' • : a R r*w, SURROUNDED ... This lad is surrounded by a typical selection of battery-operated toys. More than ever this year, the prosaic flashlight battery will bring animation to toyland,

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