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The article provides suggestions for decorating a home for Christmas including mixing black and white patterns with traditional red and green wrapping paper for additional visual interest, attaching jingle bells to stockings, and using peppermints in a vase as a stocking holder.

The article presents step-by-step instruction for making Christmas decorations in 25 ways which includes table decoration with bottlebrush trees, making paper crafts and making gift tags.

The article offers step by-step instructions for making Christmas paper ornaments.

The article offers information on several Christmas decorations including the White Ceramic Houses and Church from Create and Barrel, Holiday Houses Kit from Paper Source, and the Wood Nordic House LED Set from World Market.

Presents Christmas decorations which children can make. Cinnamon bears; Snowman and angel from paper plates; Recycling of a plastic berry basket to make snowflakes; Ribbons with stripes and plaids; Garland of candy using paper bowls and cellophane; Cut out of hands for a paper tree.

The article offers tips on how to make a budget for holidays. It suggests preparing schedule, allocating for budget and preparing a list. It states that previous Christmas decorations can be used again to save money and prepare staple foods for dinner. In preparing Christmas gifts, it is important to prepare a list of persons you want to give gifts and it is practical to create your gifts rather than buying such as baked products and a plain paper with ribbon for gift wraps.

The article presents various Christmas decorations that could bring out the spirit of the season at home. It offers instructions on making a Christmas tree dusted with glittery "snow," creating an elegant centerpiece, and decorating stairways. It also presents decorations for Christmas trees including paper stars and pinecones.

The article presents information on various holiday decorative items that one can purchase to decorate one's house during the Christmas and other festivals. It gives detail of a brand new bag of design tricks in lush gemstone colors and the sparkly trimmings. It also offers information on beaded throw pillows in turquoise and lapis lazuli wrapped in lavish sapphire and emerald paper.

The article offers tips for decorating the home for Christmas. A glass vase may be set into a larger vase and then filled with peppermints. Store-bought cardinals may be enhanced with a touch of red glitter. Small gift boxes may be wrapped with pretty paper with graphic patterns. Favorite photos may be slipped into scrapbooking frames.

The article focuses on Christmas decorations inspired by the preppy fashion look. Stockings can be decorated using belts and bows. Ribbons can be used in trimming the Christmas tree. It is better to mix patterns when gift wrapping, stripes can go with checks as long as the colors are coordinated. Corduroy stockings can gain shape by stuffing them with paper then decorate them by attaching bows and belts.

Focuses on Christmas decorations created by designers Woody Biggs and Stephen Shubel. Color of silk pillows decorated at a fisherman's cottage in San Francisco Bay Area, California; Wrapping paper made by the designers; Ornaments designed by them.

Presents guidelines for making Christmas decorations. Holiday trays; Paper lanterns; Snowballs.

Presents several Christmas decorations in silver and blue. Blue plates; Blue paper vases; Doily ornaments; Holiday hearts.

Provides insights on Christmas decorations inspired by folk art craftsmanship in the United States. Reasons for handcrafting decorations; Tips for reflecting a paper tree on a votive holder; Ornaments designed by Ed Torr of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Use of beeswax by Sandy Prettyman of Delaware.

Details the materials and steps used in making several Christmas decorations. Snowman Garland; Popcorn Stars; Paper chains.

Offers several shopping, gift wrapping and decorating tips for the Christmas season. Suggested Christmas gifts and decorations; Alternative wrapping paper; Theme baskets; Ways to display greeting cards; Special ways to express appreciation; Family traditions.

Features United States companies and artisans that manufacture products for the holidays. Includes Maine-based Harbor Farm, which manufactures wreaths, centerpieces and swags; Westchester County, New York-based Green Mountain Kid, a manufacturer of sweaters; Port Costa, California-based paper ornaments-maker Theatre of Dreams.

Features various antique and reproduced Christmas tree ornaments. Handmade paper roses by Englishwoman Ros MacArthur; Blown-glass fruit garlands by Eastern European glassblowers; Porcelain hearts, bells and balls designed by Aileen Bratton; Gold-beaded pastillage heart made by Margaret Braun.

Highlights the use of angels as decorations at the Misty Meadows, a Massachusetts colonial farmhouse where guests experience genuine Swedish family holiday traditions. Golden angel made of a froth of tissue paper dressed up with a guilded oak-leaf wreath; Pair of 25-year-old plasticine and foil angels; Boxwood topiaries; Swedish gingerbread men; Scandinavian elves on the tabletops; Smorgasboard and telling stories.

Presents several Christmas craft projects for children. Procedure for turning paper cups into festive flowers called Poinsettia pointers; Materials for the Christmas wreath; Steps in making a candy dish.

Presents photographs of home-made Christmas decorations with instructions for making them which can be given as gifts. Wood-block elf; Pinecone skier; Patchwork holly ball; Cloth and paper quilt; Felt gingerbread man; Tennis-ball elf; Buttoned-up Christmas tree.

Presents antique Christmas decorations. Father Christmases; Christmas tree ornaments made of glass, paper, cotton and glass beads made between 1860 and 1880; Lighting fixtures manufactured in the 1920s; Contact information for antique dealers. INSETS: Antique Christmas dealers.;What it's worth--and why.;What new collectors should know..

Provides the instructions in puppet making for a Christmas decoration. Arrangement of a full soup can into a paper lunchbag; Materials for making the head and feet; Addition of wiggley eyes, a paper nose and colorful feathers.

The article presents suggestions on how to store Christmas decorations. It informs that old hosiery can be used to protect specialty candles from getting damaged. Wine boxes with cardboard dividers can be used for storing ornaments wrapped in tissue paper. It suggests slipping the hoop of a wreath over the neck of a coat hanger, and cover with a plastic dry cleaning bag to prevent dust from building up.

Provides instructions on building a country village model with ordinary paper bags for use as Christmas decoration.

The article offers brief information on several Christmas accessories including craft ornaments from an old shirt, lampshade, and mantel.

Provides tips for unpacking the holiday trimmings and preparing for next year's Christmas. Updating of address book and Christmas card list; Consolidation of leftover wrapping paper; Tips for storing and packaging ornaments and decorations.

Provides tips on personalizing a Christmas tree with the use of stuffed paper stockings.

Presents suggestions for Christmas tree ornaments that children can make at home. Includes paper-doll garland; Three-dimensional stars.

Features a paper doll Christmas ornament that kids can play with, and later hang on their Christmas tree.

Presents a Christmas mouse art project. Materials; Pattern for cutting out construction paper.

The article offers do-it-yourself suggestions for Christmas decorations and information on decoration items including instructions for wrapping a napkin with a ribbon to look like a gift box and creating an elf belt for utensils; and evaluates Metallic Plates with Stand from Euromarket Designs Inc.

Offers advice on preparing for the Christmas holidays. Tips on putting decorations in the house; Foods that should not to be eaten by pets; Ways of cleaning food stains on tablecloths.