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Port Perry Star, 4 Jan 1973, p. 14

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bas A, "How to Make A Christmas Scrapbook Here's a great idea for salvaging those used or left. over Christmas gift wrap You may use a regular 3- ring loose-leaf notebook, or cut cardboard to any size vou like, for the covers. If you make your covers, you can punch holes in them later and put covers and in- side pages together with left-over Christmas ribbons (press them smooth first. Cover notebook or card- board with gift-wrap paper, You can press used or left- over Christmas wrap paper smooth with an iron, set on very low heat. Measure notebook, taking the height and width of front and back covers, Add 1" overlap to all four sides. Cut out of one piece of paper, or two if yo use two pieces of cardboard Notch the corners. Using rubber cement, or any household glue, glue paper to outside covers of note- book, centering between the notched corners. Then glue overlaps to inside of covers. Measure exact dimensions of Inside covers. Cut out one piece of gift wrap for each (this could be a contrast pattern) and cement into place, covering overlaps. Select a.scene from a Christmas card and glue to the center of front cover. Trim the edges, if you like, with leftover ribbon, gold braid, or tape. For the inside pages, use your imagination! Group the * Christmas cards you "want to save on the pages, and glye them to paper (construction paper would be good for this). Put in souvenirs of Christmas par- ties, and photos. You'll have a Christmas Scrapbook to cherish and Yemember! MAGIC GIFTS The gifts brought by the Wise Men all had magical associations: gold for the sun mystery, frankincense as the smoke-maker, and myrrh, the healer. . See what a delightful memory-album vou can make when vou create vour own Christmas Scrapbook! See directions in story and follow diagram, right. ~ Photo from Norcross Design Studio ; overlap Eo all our customers, best wishes for a Merry Christmas. We thank you warmly! Bonnies Beauty Salon How to Re-Use Gilt Boxes, Cans Don't be too quick to throw out those good boxes or cartons that hold your family's Christmas gifts you can make them into handsome containers for . everything from hair roll- ers to sewing materials, not forgetting the canisters and cookie tins you can make out of those. plastic-lidded coffee cans! Cover your boxes and cof- fee cans with self-adhesive plastic, decorate them with braid or tape, and label them with cut-out letters. It's easy to do with self stick plastic just make sure surface of box orn.tin is clean and dry. Then cut your plastic to fit, allowing for an overlap at seams or edges, and press it down smoothly. Or you can use fabric or gift paper, which you'll have to glue on. It's a great way to "re- cycle" your boxes and cans -- and you'll have attractive containers for all sorts of things, in kitchen, bath- room, or at desk or phone. You can make a pretty pencil jug out of a juice can .. and never again have to say, "Wait till I find a pen- cil," while you're talking on the phone! Lustre -Cord > oc, VR bowled us over. .. "Thanks" to all our patrons. CENTENNIAL LANES VIV and JIM RIDER, Prop. cement cord Snow or No, It's Always "White Christmas" The traditional image of an outdoor Christmas scene brings to mind, for most of us, the brilliance of sun- light on snow-covered fields and hills. But this is an idea that originated in the northern parts of Europe and America--and of course it doesn't really apply to the climate in many parts of our country. In southern California, for instance, roses are blooming at Christmas--in- deed, we all know this if only because of the famous New Year's "Rose Bowl" football game. And in Flor- ida, at Christmas time, there's apt to be a hot sun beaming down on sand. * Kk kk However, the image of the White Christmas has taken hold everywhere. And so we use artificial snow, and gar- lands of Spanish moss in- stead of evergreens. Even palm trees may be used as Christmas trees, which, af- ter all, relates realistically to the climate of the Holy Land itself. Even in the north, today, it often happens that snow Know What "Wassail'> Means? This ancient word, famil- iar to us from song and story, comes from the An- gle-Saxon words "Wes hal" -- which means "be whole, or in more modern terms, "Good Health." It was used as a toast, before lifting one's glass -- and by exten- sion came to mean a drink- ing song. MEAN RTPI } BESS, ' Port Perry Star Christmas Edition. 1972 9 ss ea aA Re SEIN ------//2 -s; = TNR CHRISTMAS GREETINGS J ust dashing off to wish a joyous holiday ' season to all. Bi 2 RAY BIRKETT SHELL AGENT COMPLIMENTS Of The Season FROM | deal Dairy Bar Port Perry Open 7 Days A Week For Your Convenience Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day Only 6 Se 46 5 Se Je Ne He Ne Hol MERRY ) CHRISTMAS 4 Like the glow of the candle, happiness lights this Christmas season. IS 5. May it shine for you ul ES every hour! Carload Food Market MR. & MRS. ROSS SWEETMAN At Yuletime, we extend to you our wish that merriment may brighten your happy home, all season long. Geoff. Taylor and Son

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