The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-12-14
THE CHRISTIANS TREE.
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the PPeseats.


Strings Of white p0DcOrn. balls %
snowy p0pc0rn aud gleaming candles
give the Christmas tree light. Tiny.
tinklng bells dangling from the twiss.
bits 10 tinsel caught here aud there
and golden stars give u cheer. says the
PIttsburg Press. Bulky packages at
the foot. Inlsshapen rolls In tile hOtchos
between the limits and trunk. bright
cOlOred gifts with names hidden. give
u the charm Of mystery. Who has moi
felt this mystery Who has not loved
or Who would forget IT.
Set the tree Ia place the day before u
10 10 he used. A Christmas tree cannot
be decOrated at the last mOIBent and
be a success. Make the pOpcOrn tails
the day before. LIT the chlldren string
the corR the day IefOTr. The little
peOple get the ulOst fun from the tree
that they help ~ decOrate. They can
hang the balls 10 the tree. They can
put On the iinsel and can tie On the
bells What disferenre does u make u
the bits VI tlnsel are BOt GA straight
and are not - artistic - mother cOuld
have made them christmas Is the
children's day. and they set about a.
mucb pleasure Ssgl of dressing the tree
a. tleir elders do. and the elders often
thOughtlessly rOb them 20 this pleas
ure. We have all bern guilty u shut
ting ourselves up with the tree while
the youngsters hung around outside, -
eager 90 see that tbcy have res0rted 90
unsatisfactory gliInp~ss through the
keylOle.
Sometimes u well shaped pine tree
limb can lie substituted for q tire. 10
can be set mp oH q heavy base % IL can
be- supported across the CORNER u the
RON. When Fastened across a curner
where there Is a window seat. thu sea,
gives an opportunity Tor stacking up
heavy packages.
The christmas tree may be a mum.
Der u small limbs built uP la the cen
ter Of the library table. Small gifts
can lie hung 10 the branches. the heavy
Ones set upUh the table OT about the
base
one family played santa Claus with
a number Of branches Of evergreen In
the center Of the dining room table
IND 10 each branch attarhed Walnuts
from which the meats bad bcen re-
moved aud In which had lss-en PLACED
a httlc rolie,l nute. The maine Of him
Tor whom the hate vas intended was
written in tnk on the cut side 0f thu
shell. The uOte said. Look behind the
kitcllen door" When the person nam
"a hDakesl lpehind the Kitchen tlOur h.
found another note saying. Look In thu
attic chest" Here he found but snOih.
CT note asldlressssi 20 himself saying.
Look In the potato sack In The cellaT.'
Anil every mcmher % the family was
sent from placr 60 placc all over the
house until at last he would fnd a note
whlch wouId tell him 10 Look In the
place where the GIT had really been
hidden.
This l. great fun where the members
u the family are not too odd 60 chase
all over the house. The search for the
older ones. however. can d. cOnhnel 90
one roum. Grandfather may lie toll g.
look l,elii,.d the rlO-k. another time
IN lO0k in the seCTctaTy OF under The
library rug aud finally Ia hls rocking
hair IJri each I.erson cunceal bis own
si.ts and Arrange the notes Gnd the line
% ~ear,Ih aud mark aud put the note
into the empty she'll aud hang "a On the
pine twig on the table.