Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-12-17

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EWA in CHARGE and she must purchase
KN2 quantity Of clothesline and clothespins.
AHXR The line should be stretched back
9WNES and forth across the living room, and
WEEK each gift, wrapped in tissue paper
W7 and tied with red ribbons, should be
%Ho fastened to the line by clothespin.
6&2 decorated with wings Of red and green
an paper
<& In the bay window table should
LED be arranged on which is placed a
Jack Homer pie, containing a
Christmas souvenir for each member
OF the family. The ribbons attached to the pack
ages in the pie should be carried up to holly
decorated hoop suspended over the table, each
ribbon tagged with the name Of the one for whom
1t is intended. When the family wash" has been
taken down-each person seeking his or her own
gfft-they gather around the pie, and at a signal
pull out their plums."
Hidden In Egg Shells.
When the family is all present at breakfast
start to serve the meal Of coffee. bread and but
ter ham and soft-cooked eggs without any men
ton of gifts.
At each place have an eggcup or saucer, on
which you put an egg, the contents having been
removed previously through a small hole in the
end: partly fill with sand, and let each contain
4 small paper with suggestion In poetry Of
where or how to find their gifts.
AS each person thinks he is cracking his egg
he finds the puzzle inside
Much merriment and good cheer will be the
result.
Serve original content" Of eggshells in omelet
with the ham,
Hide one persons gifts in bookcase paper in
egg to read:
II you are either wise smart
You'll find me in hurry.
Among gifted people now dwell;
So hunt, don't sit and worry.
Frost King and Snowflake.
Az this 10 the time for the clever woman Of
the family to devise some unique way of dis
tributing Christmas gifts, she may decorate tho
living room with evergreens, holly and mistle-
toe. and then place In corner a table covered
with q white CLOTH hidden from view by a screen
of generous size. On this table is placed snow.
balls. These snowballs. made Of white cotton
batting and tied with white robbon, contain each
designated present, and are heaped in pyra
mid, thus obtaining mass of snowballs OF
varied size. The pile is scattered freely with
diamond dust in order to give It an attractive
sparkle. II there is a small boy in the house he
may be dressed as a Frost King in costume Of
white wadd1ng sprinkled with diamond dust;
leaves and holly berries can be sewed here and
there upon the robe. At given signal the screen
is removed, disclosing the tiny Frost King, who
with a few words of Christmas greeting gathers
the snowballs into pretty basket. and as each
ball bears small tag he finds no difficulty in
distributing the gifts to those assembled.
A Holly Pie.
A novel way Of distributing Christmas e1fts
on Christmas morning is to make big pie in
the center of the table of holly branches and ar.
range it so the gifts can be easily drawn from
under it. Each gift must be tied with narrow
red ribbon and one end lead to each place at
the table, This is great fun and of course every
one Is anxious to see who gets the most rib
lar. The pie Is not Opened" until end of break
fast
A Christmas Trail.
One member of the family should take charge
Of the gifts, and when the coast is clear should
lay the trail" with them in all of the available
downstairs rooms. Start from tiny Christmas
tree on the living room table by fastening to it
card for each person, Marked for example, |
thus. card No. 1, father. Look for card No. 2
In umbrella stand In hail." In the stand he will
find package tagged in this manner; card No. |
2, father Look for card No. in your hat In hall
closet" The third card will be found on q gift !
in the spot designated, Nth further instructions,
which are followed on to the next, until all his
presents come to light Everyone pursues his or |
her trail at once, and a merry scene Of confusion
is the result. These cards may be prepared be- |
forehand, and no difficulty will be experienced If, |
in placing the gifts, each trail is finished before
starting to lay another The last cards should |
direct the family to their places at the dining