Fig. 545. a raisin, and so on, using as many kinds of nuts as you deem best (Fig. 545). The girl or boy receiving this necklace will be charmed and later may devour the queer beads one by one as they are pulled from the string.
A simple decoration is made of
Colored Paper Chains
the first link being formed of a narrow strip of paper pasted together into a ring; the next link is a piece of paper passed through the first ring before the two ends are joined. Each succeeding link of the chain is made in a similar manner. Rosy apples are acceptable as ornaments and are always to be found on the tree in Germany, the land that first introduced the Christmas tree to other countries.
There is one style of ornamental gift which in Germany must hang on the tree until New Year’s Day—the
Gilded English Walnut
(Fig. 546). The preparation of these can be made a delightful frolic if there are several young persons in the secret. Fig. 546.
Fig. 548.
