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The Canadian Statesman Christmas Gift Guide, Wednesday, November 23,1994 11 Theme Trees Offer New Decorating Possibilities Natural Beauty -- Leave all the glitter, color and lights behind one year and use the muted tones of nature for your Christmas tree. Tuck into the branches bunches ol dried hydrangea, heather, baby's breath, cockscomb and yarrow. Tie clusters of lavender and cinnamon sticks with raffia and attach pinecones with florist wire. Cover the inside of tiny round baskets with sheet moss and on the outside use Spanish moss (moisten first to make it pliable) for bird's nests. If you like, add small store- bought birds. When Christmas is over, make dried floral arrangements or a wreath from the decorations. Country Western Tree -- This tree is a salute to the cowboy and the range. Start with strings of old-fashioned large red Christmas lights. Make a garland by knotting together red and blue bandanna neckerchiefs folded into triangles. Tie onto the branches bows or red and white gingham ribbon. Add Indian corn saved from Thanksgiving. Get a batch of sheriff's badges from a toy store and attach them to the tree with strips of rawhide. It's easy to mstle up a herd of cows -- they're everywhere in the form of cow lights, cow ornaments, cow cards, etc. Add cowboy boot cookies you've baked yourself. Victorian Tree -- The Victorians reveled in rich colors and textures. The tree that takes its inspiration from that, period is sumptuously decorated with nosegays, silk tassels, tassels, paper and fabric fans, ornate blown glass ornaments, ornaments, ropes of pearls and gold beads or a § arla ^ °f old lace trim, gilt paper doilies and cornucopias. The long winter evenings before the holidays were occupied by creating beautiful handmade ornaments for the trees, and the dearth of fresh flowers led to the abundant use of evergreens, especially holly and everlastings (dried flowers) in decorating the home. Americana Tree -- Miniature American flags were typical typical turn-of-the-century tree decorations. Encircle the tree in white star lights and use red, white and blue striped ribbon as a garland. Decorate with papier-mache and wooden apple ornaments, miniature paper and cloth American flags, flag fans and rosette bows or red, white and blue ribbon. Add some red, blue and silver glittering stars. Make cloth hearts for the tree from fabrics fabrics suggesting the flag. White Christmas -- An all-white tree is exceedingly dramatic, but for maximum interest you need to vary the shapes and what you use to decorate it. First trim with white icicle lights, then accent the tree with ropes of silver silver beads, ornate silver-tone glass ornaments, 2-inch-wide white sheer ribbon or crinkly'paper ribbon ( it comes in a coil-like rope). Crumple white tissue paper and stuff it into the branches. Wire on at least two dozen dried hydrangeas. First crystallize them by spraying with fixative fixative and sprinkling on iridescent snow confetti. For a more traditional look, spray wooden ornaments white and use store-bought Christmas doves. HL946077 -- From 365 Ways to Prepare for Christmas (HarperCollins) Make Your House Beautiful The holidays are a magical time, and l time for beautiful celebrations. The loliday transforms a period of short jays and chilly weather into a time ol warmth, generosity and renewal. We dress up our homes to please ourselves and to welcome friends and family; we seek out gifts, carefully chosen and joyfully bestowed. Treasured ornaments ornaments are again brought out to hang on the tree. For nearly 100 years, House Beautiful magazine has been helping enrich our Christmas holidays, and now their best new ideas have been collected collected in an elegant new book. "House Beautiful Christmas" (Hearst Books). It's rich with all you need to know about decorating, celebrating and entertaining entertaining during this most festive ol seasons. seasons. The book's lovely color photographs photographs invite you into homes where garlands of juniper float around doorways, doorways, Christmas angels nestle in yards of pleated silk ribbon, and mantels arc swathed in holly and ivy. Keeping the holiday vital often means creating new traditions as well as invoking old ones -- maybe something something as simple as filling the house with all-white ornaments and I lowers rather than the usual reds and greens, or letting each child decorate his own Christmas tree. "House Beautiful Christmas" is a wonderful source ol /\N a# sr .^r Christmas Traditions... 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It can be as natural as lush green garlands or as elaborate as tabletops glittering glittering with gold and silver baubles. And if hospitality is the essence of the season, "House Beautiful" heightens heightens the pleasure with its superbly laid tables and gloriously presented food. Possibilities are endless for table settings settings and party feasts, whether casual buffet or formal sit-down. Enjoy a Christmas Eve glass of port by the fireside, fireside, a country breakfast bullet or a sit- down meal for two or 20. Whether traditional traditional or offbeat, table settings and decorations arc witty and elegant, and serving suggestions lor favorite loods arc superbly presented. Throughout, inspiration and advice arc ol I creel by the country's foremost interior designers, designers, floral designers and caterers. Hopefully, the ideas captured in "House Beautiful Christmas" will enrich the holiday for many. 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