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Book Details

• Note: We are the publisher of this book. Buy with confidence.
• Condition: New
• Edition: High-quality, unabridged reprint, carefully restored for modern readers
• Originally published: 1925
• Publisher: Bramcost Publications
• Publication year (reprint): 2009
• Format: Softcover
• Pages: 24
• Size: 5.5x8.5 inches
• Language: English

  

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.
  
  
• 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, Christmas costumes, decorating ideas, party games, seasonal poems and stories. They continue to be a great resource for party planning and provide interesting old-time party tips and suggestions. 

Please see images for a sampling of book pages and ideas that can be used for vintage, festive Christmas and New Year's parties. Be sure to check our other listings for more Dennison and Christmas books.

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