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LAST-MINUTE GIFTS

UNUSUAL GIFTS

Tips can

help with

last-minute shopping

IF YOU are one of those people
, who loves Christmas shopping
| but hates department store
crowds, and if just the thought of
piling into an overcrowded
elevator with your arms
overloaded with packages makes
you cringe, then the advice that is
usually given is to shop way
ahead of time.
. But for many, it just doesn’t
feel like Christmas unless they
shop during the true holiday
season, when shops are filled
with garlands and bows, and
Santa seems to be everywhere.
For those who want to enjoy
finding those just-right gifts
without losing their Christmas
spirit, the following shopping tips
will be helpful:
| «Museum gift shops are a
wonderful place to find
beautiful, unusual gifts. Especial-
ly if you visit the museum in the
morning, you'll. find books
galore, along with everything
from reproductions of Egyptian

jewelry, to scarves, glassware and _

beautiful prints of some of your
favorite works of art.

You'll find all of this and more
without having to battle the
crowds that you'll find in the
department store.

© Try hunting for gifts in small
local shops, such as the pipe and
tobacco shop for dad, or the li-
quor store for Uncle Harry.

The nearby lingerie store may
have the perfect silk camisole for
mom and, for the gourmet cook
on your gift list, the housewares
store around the corner will have
all sorts of kitchen gadgets.

® While you are doing your
day-to-day shopping, you can
pick up small gifts as you go.

You’ll
grandma at the drug store, and
perhaps a potted poinsettia at the
grocery store for your son’s
teacher. -

e Another | alternative is to
purchase your gifts through mail
order catalogs, where you'll find
everything- from clothing to bed

“quilts to kitchen gadgets.

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THERE'S A certain something in the air that seems to
preserve the magic of Christmas long after childhood
days of waiting up for Santa have passed.

The beauty of winter, its falling snow seeming to
dust the world with merriment and good will, creates
a fairyland setting where visions of sugarplums seem
all too likely to dance in our heads.

Coming in from the wonderland outdoors, the
warmth of a crackling fire and the heady aroma of
baking gingerbread seem to wrap themselves around
us like a thick, soft blanket. The star-topped tree, its
tinsel shimmering in the firelight, is a picture of en-
chantment whose spell few can resist.

And yet, the most potent ingredient to the magic
that is Christmas is the joy of giving, for there is no
other time of year when gift-giving creates more ex-
citement or is more looked forward to.

Then the wonderful moment finally arrives. It's
Christmas morning and you can bask in the thrill of
seeing the glow in the eyes of all those loved ones to
whom you've given a special gift.

Each hoiiday season brings with it the challenge and
fun of finding new and different gifts that are sure to
be enjoyed.

With gift-giving being an important aspect of holi-
day tradition, why not take the idea of tradition one
step further and start a gifting tradition this year that
is uniquely your own, as well as very personal.

A beautiful ornament is a gift that can be enjoyed
year after year, and passed on from gencration to
generation. You might want to make it your tradition

{o give certain people a different ornament each
Christmas.

Whether it’s something you've made yourself, or
one of the dated glass or silver ornaments that are
issued in a limited edition each year, you can be sure
that your gift will be enjoyed for a long time to
come.

Being as there are so many wonderful foods that arc
characteristic of Christmas, why not make it your
tradition to give a basketful of holiday favorites to
someone who you know would just love it?

You might fill it with gingerbread and plum pud-
ding, imported Dutch cocoa and Swiss chocolates, or

. even some exotic cheeses, caviar and champagne.

Whether the basket is-full of-cookies and treats that
you've baked yourself or festive imported delicacies;
you’ ll know that every mouthful will be savored.

For: a favorite niece or goddaughter, a strand of
pearls or a charm bracelet that can be added to each
year makes a gift that will be enjoyed for a lifetime.

And for that favorite little boy in the family, why
not begin an old-fashioned train set, adding a car or
two each year.

For the grandpa who loves to smoke pipes, you
might want to add to whatever pipes he may have col-
lected by presenting him with one from a different
country each year. . :

Whatever the gifting tradition you choose may be,
you can be certain that it will be special, because it
will be your own, and because it will keep the magic
of Christmas alive for those you love, year after year.

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