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50 great gifts to buy
A Christmas gift is more than something wrapped in festive trappings. It represents the thought that goes into choosing something special for someone who's special to you. The items shown on the following pages range from practical to just-for-fun and they all qualify as special. Each is ingenious, many are so new you couldn't buy them last Christmas, and most are available in the retail stores where you'll be shopping.
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Pages: 23, 24
Buy a car for christmas?
say it's unthinkable to buy a in late December. Christmas emptied your pockets and can't see subjecting a new ... winter slush. Yet for those ... reasons the last week of the ... is actually the best time to a new or used car.
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How to plug a new all outlet
... with a newer house, you're ... to find rooms which have ... "blind spots"-- areas that ... served by close-at-hand outlets. You could, of ... skirt the problem by ... extension cords; but if you'd ... avoid this often unsightly ... try adding a new wall ... It's easy!
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The Forgetful Wise Man
Here's a play specially tailored for those delightful marionettes on page 52. You don't have to stick to the script when your puppet people perform. Sometimes marionettes have minds of their own-- in fact extemporizing is half the fun of putting on live shows.
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Page: 32
How to buy Christmas lights
Are you trimming your first tree, or replacing your much- used Christmas tree lights, or choosing some for special decorative effects? Whatever your need, take time to shop carefully. Read the box label and tags attached to the string, rather than accept a sales pitch from a rushed and perhaps holiday-new clerk
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Page: 34
CAN HYPNOSIS HELP ?
It's nothing new, it can't really cure physical ailments, and it's not expected to replace time-proven medical methods. Yet twenty years after its controversial introduction to modern medicine, an estimated 10,000 physicians and dentists use hypnosis in their practice.
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Pages: 36, 38
THE RIGHT RETIREMENT PLAN IF YOU'RE SELF-EMPLOYED
If you're in business for yourself-- part or full time-- and you're not incorporated, you should seriously consider setting up a Keogh retirement plan. There can be sizable tax advantages-- but to make your contributions count as a deduction against 1972 income, your plan must be in effect before the stroke of midnight, December 31. You'll have to act fast.
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Page: 40
Holiday safety tips
'Tis the season to be jolly, not to have an accident. But it could happen. In fact, hectic holiday schedules and gaily bedecked homes can set the scene for mishaps. These tips will help keep the holidays safe and happy at your house.
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A special greeting to you on this our Fiftieth year...Joy...Peace Love...Sharing...Celebration
We lead off this anniversary Christmas issue with one hundred ideas-- some to inspire gifts for family and friends, some to use year after year as decorations for your home. To make room for this special celebration of ideas, we're pub lishing 46 color pages in honor of half a century of Christ mases. As always, we've included the instructions for every idea.
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good gifts
3-quart saucepan, combine ... corn syrup, and water, over medium heat till sugar ... Continue cooking, ... stirring, till candy thermometer reaches hard crack ... (300°). Meanwhile, in 13x ... baking pan, combine ... and cherries.
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Pages: 134, 135
Wintertime bargain vacations in Europe
Last January, as a belated Christmas gift to American travelers, the transatlantic airlines hammered out an agreement to sell one-week wintertime package trips to Europe at prices substantially lower than those previously offered on scheduled flights. Their aim was to spur business in a slack season, and they succeeded far beyond the optimists' wildest fantasies, in fact.
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Shopping editor's choice
Discover the fun and convenience of shopping by mail! You can order with complete confidence any of the items shown: each company will refund your money if you're not delighted.
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Page: 162
The man next door
Psychologists contend you can tell a lot about a man's character by the way he dresses. Perhaps it's true for bachelors, but the way a lot of us look merely reflects the tastes of our wives.
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