Dennison's Christmas Book -- A 1925 Book of ...
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Dennison's Christmas Book -- A 1925 Book of Ideas for Vintage Christmas and New Years Decorations, Gifts and Entertaining (26th Edition)
by Dennison Mfg Co.
{softcover, 24 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2009, ISBN: 1936049295}
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Originally published in 1925, this Dennison Christmas book is filled with vintage Christmas and New Year's celebration ideas including:
- Around the Home Table -- ideas for decorating including crepe
curtains, Jack Horner Pie, crepe decorations for linens,
lighting shades, etc.
- For the Children -- Santa centerpiece for a children's holiday
table, a Christmas tree doll with long skirt concealing holiday
favors, candy place card holders, napkin rings, etc.
- Christmas in the School Room -- ideas for decorating
classrooms, banners, posters, making a wreath and garland from
crepe, gift ideas to make for the class including chocolate
wrapped in fancy crepe, crayons and an eraser decorated to look
like a poinsettia, a handkerchief case decorated with Christmas
seals, a Christmas card ornamented by a Christmas tag and much
more.
- Church Decorations -- light shades, wise men picture, wreaths
and other ideas for church decorations.
- Children's Party -- a "star party" is described with details
for making invitations, decorations, and little gifts to put on
the Christmas tree for decorations and party favors including a
crepe paper cornucopia filled with candy, toy harmonica
disguised as Santa, candy filled crepe paper stockings, a
whistle disguised as a woman, lollipop crepe paper dressed as
an elf, and much more.
- Bazaar Booths -- decorating ideas to make a bell and holly
booth, green and white star booth, poinsettia booth and desert
well booth.
- Gift Wrappings -- 16 unique ideas for gift wrapping packages.
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- Christmas Games -- details for playing games such as the white
elephant exchange, bridgeboard, hot cockles, hoodman-blind,
childish ambitions and more.
- New Year's Eve "Bridge Luck" Party -- invitation, scorecard and
table decoration ideas as well as prize ideas. When the clock
strikes midnight and the new year has arrived, guests can make
noise with a bell clapper, puppet horn, bug snapper, rose
whistle, jazz doll whistle -- all with instructions for making.
- Gathering of Old Friends -- a party themed on the gathering of
your oldest, dearest friends with instructions for decorating
the party table, making invitations, and handing out good luck
souvenirs at the end of the party.
- New Year's Eve at the Clubhouse -- decorating ideas for larger
spaces.
- Sailing Into the New Year -- ideas for dances, refreshments, a
beautiful New Year's boat filled with roses, and other party
fun.
- Noisy Welcome for the New Year -- ideas for making favors and
decorating noisemakers like a father time harmonica, paper
horns, a dance favor with stuffed confetti head, a musical
rattle decorated with bells and crepe fringe and many more.
- Helpful Instructions -- instructions for making crepe fringe,
moss, festoon ball or pompon, small bell, poinsettias, crushed
crepe, and fluted or ruffled edges.
Centerpieces, favors and novelty suggestions and ideas fill this book as well as amazingly creative displays of festooned holiday-colored crepe swags and garland, decorations depicting poinsettias, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, wreaths and other symbols we associate with Christmas as well as a vast array of games and favors. Dennison's Christmas books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison.
Similar to Dennison's Bogie and Gala books, the Christmas books are filled with colorful examples of party favors, decorating ideas and party games.