DECEMBER 8, 1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEV. I F . 'DECK THE HALLS...' Home DecorationsCapture Holiday Spirit Originator Of Mistletoe Green Sprig Remains World-Wide Symbol For Kissing Tradition By SUE ROBINSON The kissing custom has made mistletoe a favorite. decoration and topic of amorous conversa- tion during the Christmas season. This tradition has come down to us from an ancient Roman fes- tival, celebrated in December with feasting and unrestrained merry- making. Later, churches banned mistle- toe, but the plucked branch flour- ished it ervants' halls at Yule- By CAROLYN MILLER "Deck the halls with boughs of holly." Why not follow the advice of this old English Christmas carol and decorate your home this holi- day season. A good procedure to follow is to start with the outside and decorate to the inside. Wrap up the Door The door is the first part of any home to catch the public's eye. To show the cleverness of its owners you can cover the entire door with shiny red plastic, tack on a big red bow with sparkles to make a "Christmas gift." Or if inhabitants are traditional, variations can be made on the wreath. Pine cones painted white, blue and bright pink tied with a shocking pink bow add a welcome feeling to a Georgian type home. Most popular is the large green pine wreath with a wide red satin ribbon. In the hallway of homes this Christmas, mistletoe and holly will take the spotlight. If you are "lucky enough" to sill have a steep staircase in your home - modern homes don't have them- the handrail can take on a look of forest by entwining it with trailing pine and dogwood berries. Bright Christmas balls hung here and there add color to this decor. Living Room Theme The living room of course needs most attention at this holiday sea- son. Why not take one theme and carry it out throughout the room. This will prevent an overdone look. Maybe your family background is Italian. If so, search through the attic for gilted bowls and tapestriesand build your theme around them. An'(English descendant will want the Yule' log and, of course, a big bowl of eggnog to offer guests. This year especially, fancy punch bowls and cups are for sale. So -if the cups are broken to the family set, now is the time to get those new ones. Gold can offer a regal atmos- phere to your home. And since gold foil looks like the "real thing" it's lots of fun to make your own designs for the living room. Snowflakes, made from blue soap powder are easily painted on the windows. Make a paste of the powder and with a fine brush paint sparkling designs on the window. You can carry this theme to the mantle. The dime store provides inexpensive gold and silver paper which can be cut in flake designs. Of course, the traditional star on the top of the tree will be in this room too. Christmas trees are beautiful but often they all look alike. A color scheme of red lights gives a warm atmosphere to your living rooms and is also a break from the mon- otony-and often cluttered look- of all different colored lights. That Mysterious Look Blue lights add a mysterious feeling to a Christmas tree. By using silver balls, the room turns into a "quiet night" atmosphere with all the lights, but those on the tree, turned out. Dining roonm tables are the site of a good portion of our time at holiday time. A bright red table cloth, which can be made from inexpensive muslin and trimmed with fringe and very small tree ornaments is a good start. Or if preferred, a sparkling white .linen table cloth can be the background for Santa and his reindeer. A small sled with fruit and greens can also answer the problem of how to put color on this table. Wreath for 'Milkman Even the back door should have a wreath at this season. After all the milkman likes Christmas too. So when you cut the bottom limbs from the tree to make it fit into the holder, save them and tie a big ribbon on them. Canned snow, which can be bought at the drug- store, makes them seem as if they were still in the snowy forest. The bedroom, too, is cheered by decoration. All upstairs rooms looking out over the street can stand some ornament. Just a can- dle or a small wreath cheers a person passing by. Throughout the house, make every room ring with decoration this Christmastide. W cordially invite you to come and see our new im- ported merchandise. All kinds of beautiful art objects and handicraft. Genuine crystal jewelry, silk scarves, magnificent jewel and cigarette boxes, filhgries of exquisite make. We have Christmas gifts that wilt charm the eye and warm the heart, COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF INDIA ART SHOP 330 MAYNARD STREET I orIefoi ~ !t~ nr~ ii~ z ~ i' ~tI't~7 'Will~'~ .-A MISTLETOE KISS . . it all began with the Romans tide. If a female servant wasn't kissed while standing under it, superstition held that she wouldn't be married that year. From the kitchen it invaded the parlor and drawing loom. Englishmen and women of all classes and ages partake of the lornRestablished custom In many old-fashior ed houses, ar. elderly gentleman wearing a los; waist. Boat and ruffled shirt advances to the object of his immed ste dev,)- tton and makes a low bow. The lady, young or old, arises and hand in hand they approach the mistletoe where he kisses her on the cheek and escorts her back to her seat. The younger set treats the sym- bol quite differently. Women romp, scream, titter, pretend to run away and stand boldly under the mistletoe. Little children, spin- sters,pand baldheaded bachelors also participate in this tradition. Americans have also enthusias- tically adopted the custom. If they don't have any mistletoe, holly, the usual decoration, is used as a substitute. 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