StNicholas [serial] . RamyDayAjnusemenls in the Nxirsea?y CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS, INVENTED BY ADELIA BELLE BEARD I like popcorn on a Christmas tree, was thesole comment of the boy of the family last yearas he gazed rather wistfully at his glittering,. THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH HOME-MADE DECORATIONS. glowing tree, overburdened with its tinsel orna-ments from the shops, but bearing no popcorn,and showing no hint of the old familiar home-made decorations that meant Christmas to was a severe criticism, and the suggestions Iam giving here are in answer to the unconsciousappeal of childhood
StNicholas [serial] . RamyDayAjnusemenls in the Nxirsea?y CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS, INVENTED BY ADELIA BELLE BEARD I like popcorn on a Christmas tree, was thesole comment of the boy of the family last yearas he gazed rather wistfully at his glittering,. THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH HOME-MADE DECORATIONS. glowing tree, overburdened with its tinsel orna-ments from the shops, but bearing no popcorn,and showing no hint of the old familiar home-made decorations that meant Christmas to was a severe criticism, and the suggestions Iam giving here are in answer to the unconsciousappeal of childhood for simpler, more personal,decorations, whose value is doubly enhanced be-cause their manufacture is a part of the thrill-ingly happy Christmas preparations. Fig. I is the photograph of a Christmas treewhose trimming is entirely home-made. Thebrilliant colors and shining gilt of the papersused, give a sparkle and life that is most cap-tivating, and the ornaments are so easily madethat the children themselves can do much towarddecorating a tree in this manner. At the top of the tree, shining above all otherornaments, is the Christmas star, and this is theway to make it: From a piece of cardboard cut an oblong with the topand bottom edges five and
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