My readers have always been great whenever I've asked for assistance — and sometimes I haven't even had to ask. One lady, a veteran of many Christmases spent in Hawaii, took the lume to write me a four-page letter with some “Do's and don'ts” which are so sensible that I'll pass them on to the rest of you. These are worth clipping — even if you haven't any intention of EVER spending that time of year away from home and hearth. I'm the mother who said, “Never!", but ...? Here are the suggestions:

1. Unless it is totally impossible to cook your own

family Christmas dinner, do

NOT eat in a _ local restaurant. Many are closed OR booked up as in the case of hotels, for their own guests. The rest are very expensive and/or serve “dry- paper turkey.”

(Question: Do most hotels and restaurants junk their regular menu on Christmas Day to serve the traditional fare only? BMcC)

2. Order your turkey as sOOn aS you arrive. Traditional foods always run short.

3 If you must have a tree. take along a little artificial one. Stores in Hawan always run out and they are very

expensive. We took decorated stockings along Jast vear. filled them with

small gifts

4. Use all the things you cannot do athome to make tt 4 special Christmas. An early morning and a breakfast of pineapple and papaya. look for Norfolk pine trees decorated with orchids in hotels and shopping malls

§ Getto know your condo neighbors Ten to one. they are fechngy slightly lonely too and the “more the merner” sure works

swim

6& Take along some. of your own seasonings They

don’t take up much room but are expensive in Hawaii.

7. Bring along = your Christmas card list and send postcards instead.(Barbara's note: I gave up sending

Christmas cards years ago. Out of town friends get a personal letter — not one of

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by Barba ra McCreadie

those mimeographed things. Local friends get en- tertained, but not this year unless they pay their own airfare. For those of you intending to send cards. try writing out the addresses on gummed lables before you go.)

8. New Years Eve en- tertainments should be booked early. Better still, try lo arrange a pot-luck steak barbeque around your pool. Much more fun and cheaper.

9. Watch your local paper for the location of fireworks display at midnight. This 1s really worth seeing

10 If, by some mischance.

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Thanks, Mrs. B. for one of the most useful letters I’ve ever received.

Are you ,ready for this? One Vancouver tour operator is working on a scheme whereby, if any of his Hawaii customers receive any criminal treatment in the islands, he will attempt to. get them free passage and accommodation when they have to RETURN TO TESTIFY AT THE TRIAL. I don’t know if that makes me feel reassured or not.

I “Flew the friendly Skies of United” a couple of weeks ago and found them much the same as any other reliable carrier. EXCEPT! They have one stewardess that should be RETIRED. Not fired but kicked right upstairs to their highest position in passenger relations. What a delight this gal was!

As usual, clutching my cigarettes, I got sent to the rear of the plane with the other nicotine freaks. Usually the service back there comes in three speeds: SLOW, DEAD SLOW and FULL STOP. Not with this pal in charge. She never stopped moving from) one seat to the next — an- tucipating what you wanted before you thought of it yourself. Everyone tn the tail section laughed with her for the whole long flight.

As usual, when three chorces of meals are served, some run ourt faster than others. As it came our turn, |

asked “Okay, what are you outof?” “Guess?”

“My first choice and my second choice?”

“If your first choice was the Newbury and the second the crepe, you yust won the pnze ~

“Yetch! Beef only, eh?”

“PH open the window and scrape off the beef for you ©

hristmas hints for Hawaii

Order your turkey early —

We both burst out laughing and she advised, “Shut up and eat the damned beef before someone grabs that too!”

Stewardesses on United wear name tags. This gal, “Casey” wore two. Right over her regular badge she had another reading: Ms. Hitler!

Like I said: United better get her into management fast, before some _ other airline offers her double the Salary and steals her.

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