Go to the archive. More and more people in the Akron-Canton area get a hand from the pros When it comes to Christmas decorations, Nadine Trahey likes to do it herself. The front of Trahey's home on Kenilworth Drive in West Akron is decorated with strings of tasteful white lights on the shrubbery, a nice wreath on the front door, and boughs of pine draped from a fence with red velvet ribbons. Maybe half an hour,'' Trahey said. Now is the perfect time to gather kids together for an afternoon of making decorations.
Older children can help guide the younger ones, and adults can assist with more challenging tasks.
Here are some festive holiday projects for all ages. Old ornaments at heart of owner's holiday decorating Memories hang on Susan Specker's Christmas tree. The tree in Specker's dining room glitters with decades-old trinkets handed down by her grandmother. Doolittle and Shell Petroleum executive F.C. Jenkins landed at Akron's municipal airport at noon and left immediately for B.F. Goodrich for a meeting on airplane de-icers. More and more people in the Akron-Canton area get a hand from the pros hen it comes to Christmas decorations, Nadine Trahey likes to do it herself.