A Gay, Holiday Decorating Idea —
Been wondering what to dr
with the Christmas cards
you’ve been receiving so that
their colorful designs will con
tinue to delight you all during
the holidays?
Use As Decorations
They can be used in a niim
ber of exciting ways to supple
ment your Christmas decor
ations at home, particularly the
big. bold modern designs cover
ed with heavy leafing and
sparkle.
Using cards as decorations
has become so popular in re
cent years, that Rust Crafl
Greeting Cards, has designed
scores of its cards with this in
mind.
Dimensional Element
They have added a dimen
sional element to many cards—
e'egant. die-cut lanterns, orna
ments, bells, candy jars, snow
men and many more—which
in addition to carrying friendly
holiday greetings, are designed
to become an integral part ot
OF CAROLS
In England and France
the custom of carol singing at
Christmas stemmed from the
songs sung between the
scenes of the medieval '’my
stery" or "miracle" plays,
which were created to teach
the Bible to the people of
the time, few of whom could
read.
The early miracle plays
portrayed the coming of
Christ, in simple drama. La
ter plays became more elab
orate .with fictional scenes
added.
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a home's holiday decorations.
Besides decorating your man
tels and tree. Rust Craft Greet
ing Cards suggests these other
little “extras" to create a real
holiday-at-home atmosphere in
any home or apartment.
What You Need
All you need is a pair of scis
sors some cellophane tape, a
ball of colored corn or ribbon,
the Christmas male—and a
little ingenuity.
—If you have a large wall
mirror, perhaps in your hall,
give it a flowing border oi
Christmas cards held in place
with cellophane tape.
—pin cards with distinctive
designs to your living room
drapes.
—If you want the air to be
literally filled with Christmas
cards, just, run crepe paper
..streamers across the room and
attach them with short strands
of colored yarn.
—Place a brightly-hued card
in the center of the holiday
wreath on your door, prefera
bly one with “Christmas Greet
ings" in large letters.
Don't forget the kitchen,
this room is given less atten
tion than any other when it
comes to decorating at Christ
mas time.
—As a final touch, place sev
eral of your best Christmas
cards with religious scenes of
the Christ Child, the Three
Wise men or the Madonna, in
an appropriate picture frame.
It's a gt'and way to keep the
spirit of Christmas in your
home all year long.
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DECORATING WITH CHRISTMAS CARDS has become such
a popular custom in recent years that Rust Craft Greeting
Cards has designed many of its 1963 Christmas cards
with just this in mind. Above are some of the firm's
elegant, die-cut creations which, in addition to carrying
friendly holiday greetings, blend in perfectly with holi
day decorations.
DELECTABLE HOLIDAY DINNER
RECIPE FROM THE OLD COUNTRY
From Open Road Tours’ fam
ed Sonnenhof Hotel in Vaduz,
the principal city of the tiny
(62 square miles — 16,274 peo
ple) principality of Liechten
stein, comes this recipe for a
delectable holiday dinner to
delight your family and friends
at Christmas time.
Although the original recipe
calls for a saddle of venison,
you can substitute a rump roast
instead—it is “slightly” easier
to obtain in local meat mark
ets!
INGREDIENTS:
a 3 lb. rump roast of beef
(or blade cut pot roast)
dry white wine
3 carrots
6 stalks of celery
3 small onions
20 peppercorns
6 oz. cognac
1 tsp. basil
Vz tsp. thyme
6 oz. sour cream
salt, pepper, lemon juice
pineapple
cooked pears and peaches
lingonberries (cranberry
preserves will work as
well).
PROCEDURE:
Marinate the rump roast in
the dry white wine for two
days, turning often.
When you are ready to cook
the roast, remove it from the
marinade and brown the roast
in a hot oven approximately
20-25 minutes until lightly
browned. Then add the chop
ped vegetables and the pepper
corns to the roast and let them
brown also.
Add the cognac to the wine
from the marinade along with
basil and thyme. Add this li
quid to the roast and braise
until the meat is done.
Remove meat from the pan,
slice and place on a hot plat
ter. To the juices remaining in
the pan, add the sour cream,
salt, pepper and lemon juice to
taste. Pour sauce over meat,
garnish platter with pineapple
slices, cooked pears and peach
es filled with lingonberries.
Serve with buttered noodles.
Serves five.
CHRISTMAS TAMALES
A popular Christmas dish in
Central America is tamales or
nacatamales. Nacatamales are
carefully prepared and cooked
for several hours.
The “stuffing” is made from
I finely ground corn meal, tur
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I seasonings. In quantities of
i about one pound, the stuffing
! is wrapped in banana leaves
' and then boiled or steamed for
! several hours.
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CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING IS
STRICTLY AN AMERICAN IDEA
Exchanging gifts on Christ
mas day is basically an Ameri
can tradition.
Many Europeans exchange
gifts on New Year’s Day in
stead. Christmas is strictly a
religious day in most parts of
Europe and is not celebrated
with gaiety, visiting and gift
giving.
Started By Romans
The gift-giving custom dates
back to the time of the Roman
Emperors from about 27 B.C. to
363 A.D. It was customary to
send a gift to the Emperor at
the start of the New Year to
wish him good fortune.
At first, the gift was likely
to be a branch of bay or palm
which the whole populace
felt obligated to send. But, in
time, the gifts became more
elaborate and costly—to win
the Emperor’s favor.
Spread to Europe
Later, the Romans began giv
ing each other presents and
sending special greetings to
friends and relatives. From the
Romans the custom spread to
Europe.
The ancient Chinese also
celebrated the New Year by
exchanging gifts, and they are
responsible for introducing two
Christmas decorating techni
ques—gift wraping and paper
honeycomb.
Chinese Symbolism
The Chinese liked to incor
porate a special symbolism into
their wrapped packages. Most
gifts were wrapped in red and
decorated with gold-leaf seals.
The seal might represent the
Fu Dong meaning “protection,”
the fir tree, signifying “long
life,” or the bamboo tree which
meant “virtue, long life and
many sons” for the recipient.
Biggest Occasion
Today, Christmas is the big
gest gift-giving occasion of the
year in the United States, ac
counting for 41 percent of the
gifts an average family buys
each year.
This year according to Rust
Craft Creeting Cards, the aver
Christmas Rose
Famed in legend
Blooming in the heart of
winter and sometimes even in
the snow, the Christmas rose
is a plant famed in legend.
According to an old story, a
poor little shepherdess had no
gift to offer the Christ Child,
and so she wept. When her
tears touched the ground, flow
ers sprouted.
Delighted, she plucked an
iarmful and hastened to the
Infant. The caress of His fin
gers turned the petals pink.
Botanists class the Christ
mas rose as a member of the
buttercup family. Native to
Southern Europe and western
Asia, it has leathery, dark
green leaves and large, saucer
shaped flowers with white or
rose-tinged sepals, according
to The Encyclopedia Ameri
cana.
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age American family will nuy
30 gifts averaging $4.90 each, or
a total of $147.
A staggering 1.5 billion gifts,
in all, will be exchanged on
Christmas morning says the
company.
Strange Start
The idea of gift wrapping
came to the United States less
than 60 years ago. It started
quite by accident. A shipment
of envelope lining papers arriv
ed too late for a New York sta
tioner’s Christmas line, so
rather than hold them in store,
he decided to sell them for gift
wrappings.
Right Start Makes
Tree Decoration Easy
The right approach makes
decorating the family Christ
mas tree fun instead of confu
sion.
Straighten out your lights
along the floor and remove all
kinks before you start to trim
the tree Make certain all bulbs
are burning, replace the ones
which are not. Then discon
nect the strings and arrange
colored bulbs alternately.
String lights around tree,
starting at the top, placing
lights on inside boughs first.
When strings are in position,
disconnect them before hang
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Sincere Good Wishes
We take this opportunity to extend heartfelt thanks to all our
friends and patrons. It is our sincerest wish that
each and every one enjoy the very merriest Christmas
and a holiday season filled with good cheer.
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