Milford chronicle., 1958-11-28
Let Santa
Solve Your
Yule Problem
AP Newsfeatures


Santa's mighty sled carries a
special section for a question box,
especially to carry notes from the
campus crowd.
There are, for instance, those
perennial puzzlers that Mr.. Claus
is an expert at solving-questions
that involve gift giving.
MY girl friend and / date the
same boys" writes a 17-year-old.
One boy is a very good spender
when he takes us out, and last year
we each gave him a gift. This year
my friend is going to give him a
handsome waist coat that her fa-
ther brought from England. cant
compete with that. What should I
do?"
Since the boy is not even steady
beau, give him what you planned to
give him or distinguish yourself by
not giving him anything. There is
no reason why you should. II you
are q good knitter, consider making
him a pair Of socks or a silk tie.
You can get directions for these,
and 1t will not take you long to
make them. Any boy would think
highly of something you made your
self.
Last year my girl friend and /
exchanged gifts. She gave me a
very inexpensive gift--a pair of
cotton gloves. My gift TO her was
a beautiful umbrella. Should I just
skip 1t this year or give her tiny
present." asks 15-year-old.
/ would give her a less expensive
present. to save her the embarrass-
ment of not reciprocating In kind,
II she cannot afford your budget,
but I'm afraid that you want to
limit your gift because hers does
not measure up to your expec-
tati0ns of price range.
"A new girl moved into our
neighborhood not long ago. and
she has decided to have an egg nog
party on Christmas day. This has
always been a tradition at our
house. and / do not know what to
do. Should / ask the girl to change
her date or just compete with her."
asks a 16-year-old.
If you are in the same circle of
friends, why not call her and ask
what time she plans to have her
party. Explain to her kindly, that
you have had the neighborhood egg
nog party every year. and you
wouldn't want to interfere with
hers. If her party is from IL to 2.
maybe you could schedule yours
from to A. Another thought is that
presented on that basis, she may
well decide to postpone her party
altogether.
"If boys and girls come to your
house on Christmas for tree par
ty, do you have to give them gifts
Would they feel they have to give
me a gift?"
This may be solved by announc-
ing beforehand that there will be a
grab bag for boys and one for
girls. with boys bringing a gag
gift for the girls and the the girls
bringing one for the boys. If any
one wants to bring you gift, your
conscience is clear-at least you
know they didn't expect you to
have one for them.
ain our house we are having a
big argument over trimming the
Christmas tree. My mother and dad
want an old fashioned tree-strings
of popcorn, cranberries and tinsel.
My sister wants white tree trim
med only with pink ornaments. My
brother wants a small table tree.
/ would like a great big traditional
tree but not with all the gunk-l
tinsel, etc. How do you solve this
one"
Four trees is the only answer to
your problem. If you have room
for them, by all means try it. Mo-
ther and dad could have a living
room tree. brother could have his
small table tree in the dining
room maybe, sister could have a /
white tree with pink ornaments in
the hall. perhaps If you have big
enough house. Why don't you tryl
your hand at decorating the big
green tree outs.se of the house in
an unusual way?