December 1960

Live Christmas tree can be planted outdoors after the holidays

Your kitchen door says "Welcome" with wreath and broom decor

SMART COOK ...

How even grandparents can emerge victorious over grandchildren!

One cagey grandmother confided, "I treat the news of my grandchildren's arrival in the same way as our ancestors did 'The British are coming!' I stash away all valuable knickknacks and easily breakable objects; and of course, we put up every barricade against power tools, knives, guns, anything dangerous.

If you have too many guests for your supply of china, silver, glasses ...

IDEAS IN ACTION

For those who will be alone on Christmas Day ...

Every holiday season, for reasons of fate, ill-fortune, or thoughtlessness by others, thousands of people spend Christmas Day alone. Families, complete and contented themselves, tend to overlook solitary individuals-- let even a good friend go it alone at a time when friendship means so much.

They'll have fun creating their own designs from low-cost materials

Flower styles for her home

Eagle Brand HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE

Here are some electrifying ideas for Christmas decorations

Candle ends turn into sparkling Cinderella gifts!

Shooting script for Christmas time home movies

Make a movie record of this year's Christmas that will reflect all the spontaneous gaiety of the occasion and still be a well constructed and interesting bit of film to see again and again in years to come.

Ivy tree is decorative at Christmas and all through the year

How to tell a child that Santa is really a member of the family

The legend of the first ...

MORE than seven hundred years ago in the little village of Greccio in Italy there lived a man who was at war with God. This was strange, because it was an age of burning faith. All over Europe great Gothic cathedrals were rising, and men were banding together to go on crusades. But to the wood-carver of Greccio, cathedrals were a mockery and crusaders were deluded men.

WHAT'S ON THE TREE?

WHAT RINGS A WREATH?

WHAT'S IN THE PACKAGE? What? What? What?

WHAT GOES HERE AND THERE?

WHAT TOPS THESE TABLES?

Handmade PUPPETS for your own Christmas show

Use your imagination as to what Santa and the reindeer are doing as the show starts. Either one can write with a big pencil. As Santa's helper, the reindeer can pick things up with his mouth, help tie a package, put things in Santa's bag, and even use a saw and hammer.

Sunshine vacations

A SIX-BEDROOM, four-bathroom cottage on St. Lucia in the Caribbean, shaded by rustling palms within a few feet of a sugar- white beach and turquoise water, is available for $60 a week. A maid? $4.50 a week more. How about a cottage at Manzanillo on Mexico's spectacular Pacific Coast? With all the trimmings-- star-peppered sky, distant guitars, surf-- it's $11 a night for two, American Plan.

Wouldn't you like a painting for Christmas?

Original art no longer is limited to millionaires' mansions, Bohemians' flats, and a few public galleries. Secretaries, school teachers, salesmen, farm families-- average Americans of all kinds are starting collections with increasing enthusiasm.

LOOK AND COOK

Build a crèche

The Marshmallow Men

Head and hat: Turn large soft marshmallow so the dome side is down (if ends are flat, round one gently). With scissors, cut diagonally from center almost to top (see drawing of head). Use the bottom piece only. Round the cut edge and cover with red paper hat, gluing it on at a jaunty angle. For hat, cut out pattern (below)-- it's the exact size!-- and trace around it on red paper.

One good house leads to another

How to get plans for Five Star homes

Tips on picking out men's gifts

Christmas gifts for that MAN

the man next door

What with all the entertaining at this time of year, Christine has given up meals between snacks.