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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1972
Page
4
New York AP reports a simple holiday greeting is best shown with outdoor decorations. Home and garden displays invite personal artistry and ingenuity, brightening neighborhoods and spreading festive cheer.
The article explores candles as a symbol of giving during Christmas. It cites Gunnar Edman describing candlelight as universal and luminous by offering itself, highlighting candles' role in religious aspects of the holiday season for shoppers.
Americans will produce over 400 million pounds of Christmas litter including foil, wrapping, boxes and trees. Keep America Beautiful estimates about 10 million dollars will be spent to remove this litter from streets and public places.
A guide full of colorful, kid friendly wrapping ideas using paper, cotton swabs, felt, and simple decorations. Craft Santa faces, animals, candy canes, and personalized collages to tempt children to peek less and enjoy the wrapping fun.
The poinsettia requires careful handling and cannot tolerate extreme temperatures. Avoid overwatering or underwatering and place it in a brightly lit window to prevent drooping. Indoor life span ranges from two to three weeks up to two or three months depending on care and variety.
A playful holiday scene captures children mid leap as they open presents while relatives freeze in laughter. The flash halts motion not by sci fi but a new camera technique creating a time frozen moment.
Arthur Bennett of Rust Craft explains how Christmas card traditions differ by country. Japan uses Western style designs with Japanese text, France favors New Year cards and religious motifs, England leans on charity sales, and the United States leads in card volume with planned 1974 lines.
Chicago readers learn how carols like Joy to the World It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and O Come All Ye Faithful evolved from poems and composers across centuries. The piece notes Handel Mason Sears Wade Crosby and Berlin links and the social angles of carols.
A fan shares tender Christmas thoughts to Mrs. Higley including memories of children, lifelong faith, and gratitude for eternal life. The column lists holiday plans of Herman and Agnes Smith in Dallas, Ruth and family visiting, and multiple relatives traveling or celebrating in cities such as Cincinnati Alexandria Hereford and Denver. It notes a 50th wedding anniversary, a forthcoming grandmother, and various holiday recipes and activities.
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