The Gem state rural. [volume], December 01, 1910, Page Page 11, Image 13

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gift may be sent to a children's home
S hospital where It will help to
make k happy day tor some child
less fortunate than your own.
Above all things, teach your chil
dren to value their gifts not ac
cording to their money value, but
for the love and tender thought they
represent. One other thing, and
certainly the most important we
should not neglect In the children's
Christmas. Let the mother fall not
to gather the children around her,
and tell them the old, old story of
the Babe born in a manger, of the
wonderful star which the Wise Men
followed, and the angel chorus on
the hills of Bethlehem. We cannot
impress it on them too deeply, that
it is because of the great gift given
to the earth over nineteen hundred
years ago, that we today give gifts.
Oh, yes, of course they hear these
things in Sunday school, and too
often we mothers are content with
this, forgetting that what the little
child hears in the twilight, at its
mother's knee, leaves an impress
that can be given in no other way.
That Christmas day is a celebra
tion of the birth of Christ, is the one
fact that should stand out clearly
and boldly before our children.
We would not blot out the pretty
myth of Santa Claus, but we moth
ers should see to it that this is never
allowed to over-shadow the great
centra] fact.
MRS. A. E. G.
Perhaps one of the most blessed
things about Christmas is the fact
that it takes so little to make the
children happy.
all the bustling preparations, and
what pride they take in even the
simplest decorations in the home.
Older people may become critical;
may let the mercenary or fault find
ing spirit creep in; but the children!
so easily pleased, so thrilled with
the mystery, the anticipation and all
the joyful hustle and bustle!!
One of the sweet ways to make
the children really enjoy Christmas,
is to allow them to help as much as
possible in the actual
preparations.
suit with them; let them express a
preference or use their taste in re
gard to simple matters. If there is
to be a tree, let them help plan and
make the decorations; I firmly be
lieve they will enjoy it a hundred
times more than if they are ex
cluded from all these joyful myster
ious preparations.
year old I know has been making
red and green chains, stringing pop
corn and straws for weeks past, and
has thus occupied many lonely hours.
Much as she will delight In the tin
sel and balls and other boughten
decorations, don't you think that she
will enjoy her tree much more by
feeling that her tiny hands have
Simple Christmas Decorations in the
Home.
H ow they revel in
Christmas
Plan with them, con
One little three
actually helped to make her
thing of beauty that it is?
No one need go without Christmas
decorations in the home for lack of
money; the simplest touches of color
add much to the festive look of the
home on Christmas day. Of course
it is delightful to have holly wreaths
tied with big scarlet satin bows in
all the windows; huge bowls of
scarlet carnations, pots of aezelia
and poinsettia scattered about, and
Christmas greens and
twined about the room,
are possible only to a few and I am
going to suggest a few simple ways
to make the home more
massy."
If there are young children in the
home who love to help
make chains, scarlet,
white and green. They are made by
cutting strips of medium weight pa
per one-eighth inch wide, four in
ches long, and joining them in cir
cles, joining one circle to another un
til one has a long chain. These are
wreathing
But these
"Christ
let them
scarlet and
very pretty draned fmm th Q
of the celling to the tour ™ " ta J
the table, ovlrthe Ä Curtains
door arches and other places
as personal taste suggests
Strings of poncornwith an
ional cranberry, or' a rose berrv
strung in, may b* draned R n -crJ
leaves may be pinned to the cfr
tains, used In bowls on the table
and a few scattered about 'the . , ,h
Berries from wlîd rose bushes are
very pretty massed on thMr b-anch-s
There are
such
many possibilities in a
roll each of bright red and green
crepe paper. This may be cut in
long strips, twisted lightly and
twined in many graceful ways about
the room.
Fancy little doilies may
be cut out and used on the Christ
mas breakfast or dinner table,
cents worth of red and green tissue
paper will make several dozen
Five
paper
carnations, which could be pinned
on the curtains, massed in a big
bowl with plenty of green, and used
in other ways.
The big red bells which can be
bought in all stores form most at
tractive decorations. Hang a large
one over your table and let red
streamers extend from it to the
corners and sides of the table. Fluffy
red balls or tiny red bells may be
festooned to the streamers which
may be either of ribbon or crepe
paper.
In regard to a tree—many are not
within reach of pine trees, and I
have heard of the sage brush being
used for a Christmas tree. Choose
one as shapely as possible, tie cot
ton on the branches to resemble
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cranberries and other simple decora
snow. Such a tree, hung with bright j
apples and oranges, popcorn and
tions will delight the children im
mensely.
If possible have a few sprigs of
holly and a few real flowers for
Christmas. Many people whose ta
bles are so laden with dainties and
goodies that Old Dyspepsia and
Nightmare themselves seem to be
standing guard, would feel it a great
extravagance to spend even a quar
ter for such a purpose. Yet one
could well dispense with one or two
unnecessary luxuries and buy a few
flowers for the table. To our minds,
soul and senses need feeding, as
well as our bodies.
Another thing: In all the rush of
preparation and decoration, do not
forget to keep before the children's
minds the fact that Christmas is not
a mere holiday, but Christ's birth
day. Tell them that we give pres
ents to one another because Christ is
not here in person, but when he left
he asked us to make others happy
and giving to others in memory of
Him makes them happy. It is a
beautiful idea to have a Madonna
and Child, or a head of Christ,
(Hoffman's all children love) in a
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