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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
6
A festive pile of gifts shows two packages wrapped in identical design among many. The challenge asks how quickly these matching wraps can be spotted within the stacked presents.
Instruction describes using a pocket purse mirror placed behind a drawing to view a tree image in the mirror. A pencil and paper are used to trace the tree solely by reflection, aiming to keep the line within the white space. Few people maintain the penciled line entirely in the white channel, indicating exceptional mirror sight.
This guide offers quirky methods to wrap awkward shapes like long slim boxes and cylinders. It explains making a doll from a box with tissue, pipe cleaners, and ribbons, and crafting a Santa from a can or tin using cones of paper, cotton batting, and red paper. It also describes a gold mortarboard graduation wrap for a phonograph record and suggests festive finishing touches.
A compact piece blends greetings in multiple languages for Merry Christmas with a brief guide to folding a ribbon rose. It lists phrases from Bohemia to France and notes the universal Christmas spirit, followed by stepwise instructions for creating a decorative ribbon rose with a core, folds, and leaves.
Bend five wooden toothpicks to form a five arm V shaped star cluster as shown. Place one drop of water at the center where the five meet and a 10 pointed star shape appears revealed in the center.
The article notes Christmas is celebrated globally as Christ’s birth but specifies the exact date remains unknown. It surveys various proposed dates including January through December and cites calendar changes, manuscript differences, and historical shifts as causes. It concludes that December 25 serves as the commemorative date rather than a verifiable birth day.
A step by step guide describes making a ribbon rose from a 20 inch length of one inch wide ribbon. Hold the end two inches from the edge in the left hand and begin a rolling fold to form petals. The process continues with careful twisting and layering to shape a rose.
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