Home Demonstration Notes Presents Christmas Ideas
Marion S Harris offers poinsettia tips from the U S Department of Agriculture for choosing compact plants with roots, green button centers, and long life. Tree safety urges water in the stand and a Borax boric acid spray. avoid reusing artificial trees or lit decorations. Ideas include gilded baskets, wreaths, faux fruit, and gold spray on real fruit for lasting decorations. Holiday pudding and hard sauce recipes follow, plus a yule log dessert with applesauce and walnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Just Pokin Around Christmas Column Notes
Christmas greetings and reflections from the writer Edgar A. Guest and Norman Vincent Peale, with notes on holiday customs in Europe and the U.S. including UNICEF charity book Food Wonders of the World, pine poinsettia care tips, a Japan press advisory on year end drinking, and personal column anecdotes about a disrupted week with family.
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Confucius
Henry VIII
P. O. Box
Detroit
Michigan
Tokyo
UPI
Yamuri
Japan
It Was Quite a Week in Our Home at Christmas
A column recounts a week of domestic mishaps and small joys as a family prepares for Christmas. A frying pan spill, a minor concussion to a boy, and a long anxiety period precede hopeful reflections. The writer notes wrapping gifts, baking duties, and the pull between discipline and warmth, urging family strength and faith.
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Mary Jean
Tommy
M. J
Mama
Bob
Twenty Acres More or Less 9 The Promised Land
Carlo Wolter recalls a cross desert trek from New York to California in search of a dream home. The journey from Flagstaff to the Mexican border exposes heat, desolation, and mixed impressions of California, ending with renewed interest after Tijuana.
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California
Broadway
New England
Charles
Mexico
Tijuana
San Diego
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Marion S. Harris
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Bud) Davis
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