Hints From Heloise and Readers Letters
Readers share household tips and missteps from Christmas gowns washing to window decorating with white shoe polish. Advice includes washing red flannel garments, repurposing bird baths as feeders, using vinegar for window sparkling removal, mops with plastic bags and cloth, and salt and pepper shakers habit when cooking.
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Heloise
Mary Sisson
Christmas Firsts and Bells Across Early America
A historical note traces Christmas music in New England through 1770 with Puritan resistance to organs, bells inspiring poets like Wesley and Longfellow, and later English tunes shaping carols. It ties in with a modern guide for stocking gifts and a December kitchen tip, plus reader letters on crafts and storage ideas.
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Charles Wesley
Henry Wadsworth Lonegfellow
Cambridge
Mass
Wesley
Longfellow
John Baptist Calkin
Alfred Tennyson
Waltham Abbey
Essex
Christ
Hill
King Features Syndicate
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