December 1983

How to Make the Nativity Pageant Costumes on Our Cover

Nativity pageants bring the Christmas story to life in homes, churches, and public places every year.

EDIBLE WREATH

FASTER HOLIDAY BREADS

CRUISE NOW, AND LATER, TOO

"A STITCH IN TIME"

POSTPONE HOLIDAY PETS

FRESH HERBS ANYTIME

CLUB MED VACATIONS WITH KIDS

WHAT'S WATT IN OVENS

FOR SOMEONE WITH EVERYTHING

Holiday Decorating

Country accents easily give your home a touch of old-fashioned holiday cheer. Antiques, secondhand items, and reproductions of decades-old treasures are welcome reminders of Christmases past.

Christmas Charm

A passion for the robust, a love of the traditional, a delight in the handmade-- such stirrings are part of the rich Old World heritage of America. At Christmastime, especially, the naïve spirit of European country ways can add warmth and vitality to your own holiday celebrations.

HOLIDAY FESTIVALS

America's best yuletide festivals provide perfect opportunities to enrich your family's holidays. Countrywide, there's an amazing array of these celebrations in areas well-suited to family vacationing.

How to Order Material from the Magazine

Hyacinth Kit. Specially prepared indoors for January and February forcing. Ideal for pot plants. Excellent gift idea for Valentine's Day. Available through the end of January. Kit includes 3 bulbs, growing medium and 6" plastic pot with saucer. Hyacinths bloom in your choice of 3 gorgeous colors: Anne Marie (clear pink), Delft Blue (porcelain blue), L'Innocence (pure white).

Shopping editor's choice

Discover the ease and pleasure of shopping by mail. Order from the convenience of your own home with complete confidence. If not delighted, each company will happily refund your money.

The Man Next Door

"The trouble with doing your Christmas shopping early," says Isabel Norman, "is having too much time to fret about whether you bought just the right gifts."