Christmas Gitt Guide, December 9, 1987

What Spielberg
would give Lucas

While the holidays whirlwind around you, it's a rare
luxury to put your feet up, and table that monstrous
shopping list that has been agitating your sleep since
Thanksgiving.

Like many of us, you have probably “saved” the most
important people for last, counting on inspiration to
strike like a thunderbolt.

Certainly the most treasured gift is one that springs
from the creativity of the giver or responds to the
passions or achievements of the recipient.

If such gifts do not readily come to mind, try
imagining the holiday lists of your favorite celebrities,
and let them inspire your own gift ideas.

Here are some to get you started:

Some friends mark this season by honoring their
shared interests, activities and lifesytles. For example,
since they are the indisputed masters in a common genre,
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas might honor each
other with cameo roles in their upcoming films.

Drawing on his elegant creativity, French master
couturier, Hubert de Givenchy might host a sumptuous
candlelit Christmas dinner for his dearest friends,
lavishing each with a personally-created evening design.

Family gifts can mark aspirations, devotions,
memories and pride. To express her love, Mommy Bette
Midler could make a private recording of lullabies
especially composed for her precious one.

In the same vein, Prince Charles, already a published
author, could write, illustrate and privately print a short
story for each of his children.

Actor and devoted father Martin Sheen might
express his pride in his children's remarkable accomp-

by pi ing each with a personal
collage assembled from articles, scripts, movie outtakes
and other memorabilia.

For real estate magnate Donald Trump, his wife
Ivana might choose his favorite building and have it
interpreted in a meticulous miniature.

Fortunately, you don’t have to be as rich as Croesus
... or even Donald Trump . ... to give memorable gifts
this year. .

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Christmas casts spell

One of the things that makes the holiday season 80
unique and wonderful is that the normal days of our lives
seem to stop moving forward as the magic of Christmas
casts its spell, and we urift into a mode of holiday living that
‘at once embodies the joy of Christmases past, present and to
come.

It is a lifestyle spirited by tradition, a time when we live
by customs that have been passed through our families for
generations.

The past is ever present

Whether it's hanging a great aunt's glass ornament on
the tree each year, or looking forward each Christmas Eve
to a plum pudding made from grandma's favorite recipe,
the past is ever felt in the Christmases of today.

All around us there are reminders of the first
Christmas, with beautiful creches under many a family tree
and, on top, an angel that seems still to exalt the joy of that
starry night long ago.

The first Christmas presents, the gifts of the Magi,
began a tradition of gift giving that today is one of the
greatest sources of merriment and anticipation during the
holdiay season.

‘And while some families customarily open gifts on
Christmas Eve, many others (especially those with small
children) wait until after Santa's visit, opening their gifts in
the morning.

Holiday en

Whether for an impromptu visit or a formal dinner
party, the holiday season brings people together for more
festivities than any other time of the year.

Often, the cheer of the season will bring about singing,
toasting and even kissing beneath the mistletoe, jubilant
traditions carried on year after year, which often make us
giddy with the excitement of celebration.

These are the occasions when women wear their
favorite velvets and silks, and men don their holiday best. It
is also the time when favorite foods are savored with, for
many of us, visions of sugarplums dancing right alongside
dreams of a big, fat roast turkey.

In most families, Christmas food traditions may be

anything from baking gingerbread and rum balls each year,
to having an elaborate fish dinner before midnight mass each
Christmas Eve.

Special preparations

Much time is spent in preparing these holiday treats,
and more often than not friends and family find themselves
enjoying the cooking and baking together as much as the
feasting.

The beauty of winter enhances the sense of the holidays
as a special, magical time, drawing children young and old
out to play in a snowy wonderland, and then making them
long and to curl up by the fire.

Laughing and reminiscing, they share a toast or a cup of
hot cocoa, each of them in some way knowing, or hoping,
that their lives will be as magical and blessed with joy for all
of their Christmases to come.

Cook up some
holiday fun

With a little ingenuity and
a few things from your kit-
chen, you can cook up hours
of holiday fun. For example,
designing these cookie orna-
ments will stimulate imagin.
ation in budding artists and
make fine gifts for family and
friends.

Holiday Cookie Ornaments

In a large pot mix: 1 cup
corn starch, and 2 cups
baking soda. Add all at once:
1% cups of water.

Stir until smooth. Cover
and cook over medium heat
until mixture is the con-

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When cool enough to han-
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