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polishes the: wooden

with the dusting brush of my
sacuum cleaner:””

cleanup in the Kitchep. “I
use my floor brush tw

vacuum the kitchen the day .

of the dinner.” she says.
“There's no point in wash-
ing the fluor that day.
because it gets dirty again as
soon as three or four people
are in the kitchen helping

Me.

She likes to vacuum, the
living room carpet “half an
hour before they ring the
doorbell. We have cut pile
carpeting. and it adds a
fresh appearance. to see all
those little fibers standing at
attention.”

One make-ahead dish and
one freshly prepared dish is
the rule when Mary Lou
feeds a crowd. “Ill either
defrost a casserole and serve
it with a tossed salad, or
cook a turkey or ham and
serve it with a jello mold
that I've previously pre-
pared,” she says,

Addressing Christmas
cards never poses a last-

‘minute problem for Mary

Lou. She buss her cards
half-orice after Christmas
and addresses them during
the summer when she has
the most leisure hours, She
also buys gilts ail year long:
“Whenever | see a goody, |
grab it and stash it away.”

Buffala, N.Y., secretary
June Caputi is another
working wife and mother
who olans ahead for holiday
entertaining. "We sit dawn
wut the beginning of the
seuson and make a list of all
the entertaining we want to
do, including what food
we're going to serve. I get
ideas from the women's
magazines, Their November

‘issues have excellent
Christmas recipes that | clip

and save from year to year.”

Her:
Power Team vac also comes.
in handy for pre-company -

June has carpeting
throughout her hume, in-
cluding the kilchen and
bathrooms. *‘Keeping it
clean is so much easier than
keeping bare floors clean. f
just blot up spills and
vacuum occasionally.” She
Uses an upright vac on the
carpeting, and a canister for
dusting und cleaning up-
holstery and drapes.

Rather than strive for a
totally spotless home for
their big, Christmas Eve,

family dinner, the Caputis

“use candles a lot,” June

says. “We rely heavily on

the mood, the food, the
drinks and the decora-

tions,”

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Is she a romantic?
Chances are she'd be thrilleu
with an antique gift... and
may be encouraged to hunt
for other antiques, if you in-
clude a book on this fascin-
ating hobby,

A sailing buff would ap
preciale a model kit of a
famous sailing vessel and
may thus ‘discover yet
another fascinating occupa-
tion for leisure time ashore.

Gift the. convivial guy
with ‘a dart. game he can
hang in the rumpus room

. it'll provide him and his
buddies with hours of fun.

Knowing that special per-
son's interests or preferences
can provide you with thal
necessary clue for choosing
a hobby gift that will con-
linue pleasing long after
Christmas is over.

HAPPY
HOLIDAYS

May the joys of
this festive season
be yours!

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