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A AS At eS ra ads hain dE ENE Eira PYRE SR Lo Ae a 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- CHRISTMAS EDITION 1974 to our many appreciated customers. A nic is taking stock of our season's wishes DOWSON'S Red & White Do-it-yourself Yule projects Homemade is the word this year for a naturally fun holiday. Do-it-your- self Christmas tree deco- rations and greeting cards are great projects for the whole family to enjoy. For tree decorations, all you need are a cook, seam- stress, and artist (your children) . The cook makes cookie shapes with a string baked in them to tie onto the tree. The seamstress threads popcorn onto a very long piece of thread, to wrap around the tree, and the artist cuts out paper dolls and chains to hang on the branches. Everybody gathers all their small colorful toys and trinkets to put up. For a fun Christmas card idea, cut a potato in half and draw a holiday design on one flat side. With a knife, cut around the design until it is raised on the potato. Press the design on an ink pad and stamp on a postcard or construction paper. After 'the design dries, the chil- dren write in thelr sea- Merey Ghecisimas it's that warm and cozy Holiday Season when families share with their neighbors and friends happy times and good feelings. We wish you the best, along with our thanks. Mother Jackson's Open Kitchen Ltd. son's greetings. Cutouts of Yuletide il- lustrations are another favorite activity among the children. Peruse with the kids through the newspaper ads and cut out different Christmas illustrations, such as Santa Claus, rein- deer, Christmas trees, stockings, ornaments, snowflakes, ete. You'd be surprised at all you can find, many times in color too! Here are just some of the things that can be done with cutouts of such illustrations: Make rectangular card- board fold-down tabs, bend them and paste one side to the artwork so that the cut- outs can stand up on their own. Make a little display. with figures, for instance. Or paste the artwork to the little one's shopping bag, or even your Own. Glue them onto Christ- mas packages for added decoration. Use them to decorate the Christmas tree. Sim- ply poke a little hole on the top of the cutout and hang it by a bit of thread from the tree's branches. ST. NICK RESTORED When Queen Victoria married German Prince Al- bert, Christmas visits of St. Nicholas (and the gift- giving) came back to Eng- land, three centuries after Henry VIII had banned the traditions when he broke away from the Catholic faith and formed the Church of England. slejghful of and good ' wishes to everyone at Christmas, SIEBARTH AUTO BODY Fun for everyone... Solve a Christmas Crossword Puzzle SAAN = 00000 > J LJ ACROSS mas carol title, 1 Mr. Claus is a very 2 You find presents under it. man. 3 Itis hung 'over the fire- - the season to be place. #1 Across). 5 What you do during a ~~ 4 Christmastime. Christmas feast. - 6 "It is more blessed -- 7" what fun it is to give . ride . . ." 8 "little town of Beth- 9 Happy New --! lehem 10 A bird that Sytbolizes : 9 Another. synonym for . peace #4 across. " Ap I ® 12 Santa does not need one to ai uz Jove gave to -get into your home. - 14 Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, 13 'Bells bobiajls etc. g ring . 17 Santa rides in it. DOWN I The first part of a Christ- 15 #2 Across i is a poctic con- traction for "it ---- 16 The night before Chuist- mas. aw ATER For Correct Answers See Page . . . 20 We're wishing all our neighbors and friends the best that Christmas has to offer, and much more. Many thanks for your loyal, cdhtinued patronage. : Port Perry Rental