Lay-Away
Gift a Day
Both Christmas shoppers
and Christmas budgets ben-
efit when the shopping rule
is “Lay-away a gift a day.”
Begin early; select gifts
carefully, a few at a time.
Even one gift a day soon
adds up to complete cover-
age of gifts lists, if the start
is early enough.
For the big gifts, Lay-
Away plans in local stores
make shopping even easier.
A small down payment will
hold each gift, and pur-
chase can be completed in
easy installments.
“Lay-away” smaller gifts
at home — wrap them and
hide them till Christmas.
Credit plans and charge
accounts help with easy,
early, step-by-step gifts
shopping, too.
“In”’ Gifts For Teens
Teen-age girls are, in some
ways, just younger versions of
their mothers, grandmothers,
aunts, cousins, older sisters.
They need the same fashions,
fragrances, accessories adults
do. The big difference is that
the gifts they want must be
geared to teen fads, teen living.
Their fashions are “in” with
the “a go go” group or they
don’t want any part of them.
Remember, they’re no longer
little girls, they are individual
young women with likes and
dislikes. No “kiddie” gifts will
do for them.
Just what is “in” with this
group that teens belong to? In
fashion it’s separates and
dresses with the “Mod” or
“London” look — high waist-
lines, lace and ruffle trims,
short-short skirts, “cut-out”
effects; crochet look knits in
sweaters, dresses, separates.
Courreges-look separates
and dresses are also on this
“in” list . . . they're very jaun-
ty, with lots of seaming and
shaping, short-short skirts.
Boots are just the “in-est”
thing to have. They come in
every height and texture. Little
gold-chained handbags, shor-
ter-strap shoulder bags and
textured stockings are not far
behind boots in teen prefer-
ences.
“Just for fun” fashions in-
clude ponchos, Kiltie skirts,
wildly patterned stockings and
tops that match or coordinate.
Fragrances and cosmetics to
accent every favorite young
look will be appreciated stock-
ing stuffers.
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Hobbies Lead
ToHappy Gifting
A man’s hobby interests lead
the way to successful gifting.
Whether he’s a stamp collector
or a model builder, a photog-
raphy fan or a coin collector,
gifts to help him with his
hobby can put real excitement
into his Christmas.
The amateur artist can al-
ways use plenty of new sup-
plies. If he likes to combine a
trip with his painting, he’ll
appreciate a portable easel, or
a carrying case for his paint-
ing materials.
Does he collect records? Help
him expand his hobby, with a
tape recorder — to tape radio
programs, for example.
Is he a hi-fi stereo fan? The
new stereo portable compo-
nents could make an unusual
gift for him,
Doesn’t he have a hobby?
Introduce him to one, with a
Christmas gift of hobby sup-
plies. Hobby shops and depart-
ments abound in ideas that
can appeal to his interests.
G
Sport Shirts Fit
His Leisure Life
Whether he prefers to spend
his leisure hours in sports
activities — from fishing to
bowling — or would rather
just relax in an easy chair,
there’s a place in his life for
gifts of sport shirts.
New shirtjacs and pullovers,
as well as traditional shirt
styles, offer opportunity to
make his gift a bit different,
but still practical.
Handsome solid colors are
apt to appeal to the man who
thinks he doesn’t like sport
shirts. For the confirmed sport
shirt wearer, paisleys and
giant plaids are news.
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STOCKING STUFFING
Hanging up stockings in
hopeful anticipation of gifts
and goodies is a cherished
Christmas tradition, and, like
most customs associated with
this happy season, there’s a
legend to explain it.
Many centuries ago, the first
St. Nicholas, a bishop of Myra,
played benefactor to the three
daughters of a penniless mer-
chant, with gifts of gold for
their dowries. Like Santa to-
day, he wished to present his
gifts in secret. Some stories say
that he tossed bags of gold
through a window, while oth-
ers hold that the bags were
tossed down a chimney.
Legends agree, however, that
one bag of gold fell into a
stocking hung up to dry. All
this happened on Christmas
Eve, and thus began the cus-
tom of hanging up stockings
and receiving “stocking stuff-
er” gifts —or so legend says.
Although children are usu-
ally the first to be gifted with
stocking stuffers, adults enjoy
this tradition, too. In many
homes, hanging up the stock-
ings — and stuffing them in
secret — is an occasion for
family sharing in Yule joys.
Extra gifts in stocking stuff-
er size, for both children and
adults, are easily selected.
Yuletide Is Popular
Time to Set Seal
On Engagements
Amid the toys, sweaters, ties
and other packages on Santa’s
sleigh this year will be many
small jewelry boxes containing
diamond engagement rings.
Christmas is a popular time
for young couples to announce
engagements, and to seal their
pledges of betrothal with dia-
monds — the very symbol of
love and devotion.
Whether the diamond en-
gagement ring is a “surprise”
or not depends entirely on the
couple. Some girls like to be
surprised — but statistics show
most couples prefer to shop to-
gether for the ring, letting the
girl make her own choice.
If the boy is concerned about,
prices (and most are), he can
go to the jeweler in advance
to select several rings within
his budget. When he returns
with his fiancee, the jeweler
will show only those rings se-
ected earlier, and the girl can
still make her own choice.
Fruits, nuts, candies form the
traditional beginning.
For the children, small toys
and dolls make appreciated
stocking fillers. The more com-
pact articles of clothing are
appropriate, too — stockings
themselves, for example.
Women’s gifts in “stocking
size” range from, again, stock-
ings to scarves, purse accesso-
ries, fashion jewelry, perfumes
and colognes, cosmetics, gloves.
Santas stumped for stocking
gifts to please a man should
consider his interests. For the
man who enjoys driving a car,
for instance, the gifts might
be a dashboard compass, a key
case, driving gloves — or even
a set of spark plugs.
Is he a hi-fi or stereo buff
who enjoys tape-recording his
favorite music? His stocking
gift could be “Scotch” brand
magnetic recording tape.
LIGHTING UP YULE
High-intensity lamps shine
as Christmas gifts, with the
accent on practicality. Pleas-
ing, too, are the equally prac-
tical scaled-down table lamps.
Hidden Clasps Are
News in Pearls
Pearl necklaces, ever-popu-
lar presents, make news this
year with hidden clasps and
roundel clasps of diamonds or
other precious stones.
Either one effects a continu-
ous-strand look, so that the
necklace can be worn many
different ways.
The clasp in matched pearl
necklaces is often an extra
Christmas present — so beau-
tifully bejeweled that the
wearer may want to display it,
either in front or to one side.
THEY'RE POPULAR
Transistorized radios that
play on either house current
or batteries are popular Christ-
mas gift ideas and come in
several new guises — from the
“shirt pocket” set to the multi-
band receiver.
FOR NEWLYWEDS
Newlyweds often need major
pieces of furniture for their
first home. Relatives or friends
might band together to give
them a really big gift — but
make sure of their wishes and
decorating tastes, firsts.
New Ways To
Wrap It Up
What’s new in gifts wrap-
ping for Christmas?
Gift wraps and greeting
cards that coordinate, lavish
gold foil seals in a variety of
holiday inspired shapes, rib-
bons in multi-hues and velvet-
een textures are among the
latest fashions in package
wrapping.
Paper velours and other lux-
urious fabric-like papers are
widely available.
Tissue paper, once the only
gift wrapping material, makes
a comeback this Christmas.
But the old red, white and
green tissues now get competi-
tion from such shades as ce-
rise, lavender, goldenrod.
In short, gift wrappings are
more luxurious than ever. But
there’s still scope for the
imagination.
With the abundant assort-
ment of distinctive wrappings
available, the creative ap-
proach to gift packaging gets
a boost. Whatever effect the
package-wrapper would like to
achieve, there’s a wrapping
material to provide it.
One idea might be to make
the gift package a gift in it-
self, Start with a box — round,
square or oblong. A matched
set of two or three boxes can
be especially useful for closet
accessories, or for use on a
desk or vanity table.
When trimming boxes, it is
easiest to start by lining the
inside with a high gloss paper
foil. Extend the liner over the
rim and secure to outside with
cellophane tape. For the out-
side, select either an embossed
foil or a textured velour. This
can be secured with white
paste. Braids, ribbons or other
trims may be attached, too.
Boxes designed to be lasting
gifts can also hold many little
gifts. A vanity-table box, for
instance, might be filled with
cosmetics or perfumes.
WITH GOOD REASON
Sheets and towels are always
wearing out; appealing new
color combinations and pat-
terns are always being created
— two good reasons why linen
gifts are right for every home.
Keeping Him Fit
If his leisure time is in short
supply, that man on the Yule
list can get a lot of healthful
pleasure out of “physical fit-
ness” gifts, as a substitute for
sports.
Exercise equipment could
please him, and the whole
family. In this category are
chest pulls, bar bells, weight
plates, door bar gyms. These
are available from sporting
goods stores and departments.
PROBLEM SOLVER
Puzzled? The sure-to-please
answer to most gifts problems
is a gift certificate.