Marble Hill press., 1915-12-16


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CIY decorated with wings of red and green
M paper
S|SS In the bay window a table should
ID be arranged on which IS placed d
Jack Horuor' pie. containing
Christmas souvenir Tor each member
Of the family. The ribbons attached to the pack
ages IN the pic should be carried UP a holly
decorated hoop suspended over the table, each
ribbon tagged with the name Of the one tor whom
II Is Intended When the family wash has been
taken down-eaCh person seeking his or her own
gift-thcy gn--er around the pie and at a signal
pull out their p!ums,'
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 softcooked eggs without any men
ton OF gifts
At each place have an egccup or saucer on
which YOU put an egg the contents having been
removed previously through a small hole IN the
end partly MI with sand, and let each contain
a small paper with suggestion III poetry Of
whore or how to find their gifts.
As each person thinks he is cracking his egg
he finds the puzzle inside
Much mcrrtmeut and good cheer will oc the
result
Serve original content Of egrsheus in omelet
with the ham
egg 10 read
II yuu are either wise smart
Youll find IN q hurry
Among gifted people now dwell.
So hunt, don't sit and worry.
Frost King and snowbaHs
As this is the time for the clever woman Of
the family TO devise some unique way OF dis
trbatug Christmas gifts. she may decorate the
living room with eyerEreens, holly aud mistle.
toe, and then place In one corner a table covered
with white cloth hidden from view by screen
Of generous size On this table Is placed snow
balls These snoVha'ls made Of white cotton
batting and tied with white robbon. contain each
designated present and heapcd in q pyra
mid thus obtaining a mass OF snowhalls OF
varied size. The pile is scattered freely with
diamond dust. in order TO give II attractive
sparkle II there is a small boy In the house he
may be dressed a Frost King. in a costume OF
white waddlnE sprlUkIed with diamond dust
leaves and holly berries can be scwed 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 sa0vhaHs into pretty basket and as each
han bears small tag be finds mo difficulty in
distributing the gifts to those assembled
Holly Pie.
A novel way Of distributing Christmas gifts
on Christmas morning is to make a big pie in
the center Of the table Of holly branches and ar
range it SO the gifts can be easily drawn from
uuaor t. 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 10 see who gets the most rib
bons the lucky one being declared the most poQu.
lar The pie is not opened until end Of break.
fast
Christmas Trait
one member Of the family should take charge
Of the gifts and when the coast is clear should
Law the trail" with them in all OF the available
downstairs rooms Start from tiny Christmas
tree on the living room table by fastening to IL
a card for each person, marked, for example
thus Card No. |, father LOO. for card No .
in umbrella stand in hall In the stand he will
find package tagged in this manner. card No
Q father Look for card No in vour hat in hall
closet The third card will he found on a Cift
in the spot designated. 18th further instructions
which are followed on to the next unt al, his
presents come tC light Everyone pursues his or
her trail at once. and a merry scene of confusion
is the result These cards NAV be prepared be
forehand, and no difficulty will be experienced a.
in placing the gifts each tran is finished before
starting to Law another. The last cards should
direct the family to their places at the dining
room table, where they will find amusing souve.
Mrs OF the occasion.
Cob~eb Method
rather novel and entirely inexpensive wav
Of distributing Christmas gifts is to employ the
"cobweh" method suspend a rope dsgonallv
across the room. over which the strings NAV
cross each string to he labeled at its source with
the name Of the member Of the family the
friend for whom II is intended sheet car he
hung across one end OF the room hiding the Etsjs
from view until time for winding the strings lie,
all begin the quest at once it being necessary To-
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names are attached. This Will afford consider
able amusement the strings should be run
through keyholes under beds over t~anSons
and even out ot doors II possible
Aside nom the element Of mystery cOrta ned
in this method, there is the added value which
attaches to those things which have been real,,
earned through ones own efforts