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No need to spend lots of cash to get in the holiday spirit
By MARGARET WESTON
C hristmas is ideally a time of peace and
love throughout the world. It is also a
time of giving, receiving, eating and
drinking. Money can be a problem, however.
Staying in, building a fire and making holiday
goodies for yourself and for giving to friends as
gifts can keep you out of debtor's prison come
January.
Surprisingly enough, there are many
relatively inexpensive gifts to make and bake
that may be a little corny but can be pretty fun
as well. First, you might want to start off with
imbibements:
Hot drinks:
• Wassel is apple cider with orange slices,
cloves and pumpkin pie spice heated until
steaming hot. Add a splash of Captain Morgan's
Spiced Rum if you like for added zing.
• Hot herbal teas with a slice of orange or
lemon and a cinnamon stick will really warm
your spirits.
• Irish coffee (or regular) with whipped cream
adds a festive touch.
Cold drinks:
• The Essential Egg Nog —creamy, frothy and
an enemy to the hips — but a great indulgement.
It usually shows up at grocery stores soon after
Thanksgiving, sprinkle with nutmeg or give it a
splash of rum.
• Everyone drinks green beer on St. Patty's
Day, why not red at Christmas?
Edibles:
• An all-time favorite: Christmas sugar
cookies made from cookie cutters and sprinkled
with red and green sprinkles and b-b's. These
are always fun to make (even if the snowman
never comes out right). Ambitious bakers may
want to try making the dough from scratch —
old-fashioned "ice-box" recipes are the best. If
not, Pillsbury's "tubes 'o dough" are fine, just put
them in the freezer so they can be rolled out
(preferably on a cold surface) and cut away.
• A new favorite: white or milk chocolate
covered pretzels. Surprisingly easy, especially
with a microwave, these are a great alternative
to baked goods. Just melt chocolate bars in a
saucepan or zap them in the microwave (don't
bum it though) and pour over pretzels laying
flat on wax paper or a cookie sneet. Dipping the
pretzels is messier but works a little better.
• Caramel apples or popcorn balls take a little
more time but they're just as tasty. Melt caramel
and dip apples (buy them relatively small) on
popsicle sticks, place on wax paper to dry. Or,
put enough popcorn in melted caramel to cover it
all, butter vour fingertips and hands and form
into softball-sized balls.
Unedible gifts are fun to make too, although
maybe not as much fun to receive. A good pair of
scissors, plenty of glue and a needle and thread
are essential here.
Crafty things:
• Christmas ornaments are easy to make and
pass along. Remember the mutilated ones from
grade school that your mother still hangs on the
tree? Glitter, sequins, yam and felt are sources
for great ornaments for the creative and not so
creative. Snowmen, Santas, wreaths and bells
are classic and easily cut out (just trace with a
pencil and a stencil) and hung with paper clips
bent to make hooks. Dough ornaments, baked
and painted with acrylics and then brushed with
glaze are good as well.
• Bean bags from felt or fabric scraps are a hit
with kids ana dogs. Sew two pieces of fabric from
inside, turn inside-out and fill with pinto or
kidney beans then close.
• Homemade potpourri in sachets are an
addition to anyone's closet or drawer. Fabric
scraps sewed or glued together can be tied and
retied when the scent wears off. Scents of the
season — cinnamon, pine needle and clove.
• Beaded bracelets made with magazines
make funky gift for friends. Just cut out 1/2 inch
wide strips from magazine ads, roll them up on a
toothpick, glue down the ends and paint with
clear nail polish. Make about 25 different
colored beads and string on fishing wire,
coordinating your colors. Buy clasps at a craft
store or just tie the ends tightly.
For any treats made to give as gifts, wrapping
them in red and green cellophane and tying with
yam or ribbon adds to holiday cheer.
Christmastime can be really fun if you make
it. Just revert back to childhood, sing Christmas
carols loudly and cut and paste away.
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