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Marshall Community Choruspresents

Concerts are free and the public is invited to attend.

“Ho Ho Ho Holy!”Saturday, Dec. 6 • 7pmSunday, Dec. 7 • 3pm

at First Baptist Church • 8 N. Odell Ave., Marshall

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December 2011 marks the first year for the Chamber of CommerceCommunity Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The tree was lit inmemory of Kitty Nelson, an avid area piano teacher and advocate forsaving historic homes.

Because of extreme cold December2013, last year’s community Christmascelebration and parade were cancelled.This year, the Marshall Chamber ofCommerce event is back on Dec. 5 witha plethora of activities on Marshall’sdowntown square — and even a raindate.

The evening begins at 5:20 p.m.when students of Shapes Dance andAcro Studio will perform. Dance stu-dents from a second studio are tenta-tively scheduled, but not yet confirmed.

The parade begins at 6 p.m., and en-tries have been filing into the chamberoffice this past week. According tochamber officials, there are three floatcategories this year.

Floats are entered as “nonprofits,”“business” or “individual,” and prizesare awarded in each category. The non-profit floats will compete for cashprizes — $200, $100 and $50 for firstthrough third place, respectively. Thewinner in the “business” category re-ceives a traveling trophy that is rotatedbetween winners each year. The first-place individual float wins $100.

Entries for the float contest arebeing accepted until Dec. 2.

According to chamber officials, thegrand marshals of this year’s paradeare Wood & Huston Bank — the Busi-ness of the Year recipient — and Citi-zen of the Year Kay Graves.

While the chamber is still ironingout the details of the celebration, muchhas already been planned. “Santa Land”

will take shape after the parade in theWood & Huston Bank communityroom. The space is located on the northside of the square. At Santa Land, chil-dren will have an opportunity to visitwith Santa.

Activities also include a free show-ing of the 1990 hit film “Home Alone”at Marshall Cinema, located at 118 E.North St.

UPCOMING CHRISTMAS EVENTS

Nov. 26City of Slater Christmas lighting cer-

emony on Main St. Lights go on at 6p.m. followed by a turkey-giveawaydrawing. Santa will also be in atten-dance.

Nov. 30Marshall Philharmonic Orches-

tra/Marshall Community ChorusChristmas Concert; 2:30-3:30 p.m. inBueker Middle School’s auditorium.

The event is free and open to thepublic.

Dec. 6-7Marshall Community Chorus per-

forms at First Baptist Church. Perform-ances are at 7 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m.Sunday. Free and open to the public.

Dec. 11Saline County Holiday Project8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Martin Commu-

nity CenterThe project benefits families that

need help with children’s gifts and foodfor the holidays. Contact Sandy Hisle atTower Realty at 660-831-5080.

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Christmas

by Jesse BrownStaff Writer

With the Christmas season fastapproaching, the scramble tofind and put up one’s Christ-

mas tree is becoming paramount. Forsome, an artificial tree from area re-tailers fits the room nicely, butChristmas enthusiasts who want thereal deal go out to find their perfecttree.

Gary Mawson, with Blind PonyNursery, provides the opportunity tobuy a real Christmas tree for the peo-ple in Marshall and Saline County.

“There are still a lot of real Christ-mas trees sold,” Mawson said, onwhether he thought artificial treeswere more common. “There are prob-ably still as many sold now as therewas 30 years ago, but there’s morepopulation too. Percentage of peoplethat have real Christmas trees hasgone down.”

Mawson said on average he sells100 real Christmas trees every yearin the Saline County area.

According to information from theNational Christmas Trees Associa-tion’s website, www.realchristmas-trees.org, Christmas trees were firstcommercially sold in America in1851.

Today, approximately 25 to 30 mil-lion real trees are sold each year inthe country, mostly coming fromChristmas tree plantations.

Mawson used to grow his owntrees, mostly Scotch Pines, becausethe often dry Midwestern climatesupported it.

Today, he receives his trees fromDutchman Tree Farms in Michigan,where the wet climate helps the treesgrow from six to 10 feet in height. Hesaid he mostly receives Fraser Firsfrom Michigan because they’re themost practical.

“They stay fresher longer, theyhold their needles good and they’revery aromatic,” Mawson said. “Evenwhen I was growing Scotch Pines, Iwould put a Fraser Fir in my house.

“When you have a Christmas treefarm, you start out plantingseedlings,” he said, describing theprocess of continuously growingChristmas trees. “About the thirdyear, you start shearing and shapingthem. From then on, you have to doeach one of them every single year.It’s very labor intensive, and it’s doneJune and July when it’s usually hot.It’s not a lot of fun.”

On the Dutchman Tree Farms web-site — www.dutchmantreefarms.com— it states they inspect each seedlingbefore planting, then monitor, trimand fertilize each tree for seven to 10years before harvest.

“We sold a lot of wholesale treesyears ago back when I was younger.We sold as many as 7,500 trees in ayear. At one time, we had 75,000trees growing,” Mawson said, talkingabout keeping an adequate amount oftrees growing each year. “That wasway too many.”

Mawson said he has 100 Christmastrees ordered this year and the priceranges from $25 to $125.

Mawson said it’s unbelievable howmuch work it takes to keep a Christ-mas tree farm up and running. How-ever, he still wants to keep onproviding that experience to those inthe county and for future genera-tions.

“I enjoy it ... It’s just the fact that Ihave customers who come back everyyear and I see their kids grow up andpeople that we had as customers 30years ago, their kids are coming backto us to buy trees,” Mawson said. “It’sa tradition.”

Contact Jesse Brown at jbrown@marshallnews.com

Jesse Brown/Democrat-News

Above: The “FreshChristmas Trees” signhangs on the fence ofGary Mawson’s busi-ness, Blind Pony Nurs-ery, on North MiamiStreet. Prices for treesrange from $25 to $125.Left: The artificial nine-

foot pre-lit Montana FirTree adorns the entryway at Marshall City Of-fices Friday, Nov. 21.

Oh Christmas tree, such pleasure do you bring thee

(BPT) — ‘Tis the sea-son for family gather-ings, dinner parties, giftexchanges and the soundof laughter coming fromaround the table. Withthe hustle and bustlesurrounding the holi-days, finding ways to re-duce stress can help yousurvive the season. Hereare six simple tips thatwill help your holidaysgo from hectic to hollyand jolly, with even a lit-tle time left over to relaxbefore your guests startarriving.

CLEAN SWEEP YOURTO-DO LISTGetting a jump start

on your home’s prepara-tions will keep you fromburning out early. Cleanthe house thoroughly afew weeks prior to yourbig event instead ofwaiting until the lastminute. Check for anylight bulbs that need tobe replaced, carpetstains that need treat-ment, and pesky cob-webs in your fixtures.Discard old condimentsin the refrigerator andadd more to your shop-ping list. Baking sodaand a warm rag left on a

glass cook top for 15-minutes leaves your sur-face sparkling - no elbowgrease required. Don’tforget your oven - theself-cleaning optionsaves you time so youcan move on to the nexttask.

OWN THE TRADITIONWhile the tradition of

celebrating holidays ispassed down from onegeneration to the next,there’s no need to hideyour personal flair.Forgo a traditional cen-terpiece and create a ta-blescape reflective ofyour family’s personalityinstead.

To add dimension toyour dessert table, gluecandlesticks to mis-matched plates to createholiday treat pedestals.Only have a few minutesbefore your guests ar-rive? Use Krazy GlueCraft Gel to create cen-terpieces and personal-ized place settings out ofbeads, gourds, holidaybaubles and handwrit-ten name cards. Even ifyour handwriting didn’tscore an A , your guestswill appreciate the spe-cial touch.

DECORATE LIKE A PROA tchotchke here and

garland there can soonlead to decoration over-load. Choose a colorscheme ahead of timeand stick to two or threecolors. Decorating withcolors that complementyour existing decor willbring holiday cheer intoyour home seamlessly. Ifyou have outdated deco-rations that you justcan’t part with, consider

giving them new lifewith a fresh coat ofmetallic spray paint.Wrapping gifts with sim-ilar colors, ribbons andmetallics add the finish-ing touches to your dec-orating scheme. Foradded cost-savings, po-tato chip bags turned in-side-out can berepurposed as metallicwrapping paper orbows. Cut open theempty bag, wash with

soap and water and letdry. Then wrap yourpresent and finish with acolorful ribbon or gifttag.

SATISFY THE SENSESAdd a few drops of es-

sential pine oil to yourair filter to keep yourhome smelling festiveeven if you have a faketree. For a softer scent,boil water and addvanilla extract, rosemaryand a few lemon slices.Opt for table lamps inthe living room insteadof harsh overhead lights.The warm yellow glowwill add to the ambianceof candles, fireplacesand twinkling stringlights. Finally, have a fewfamily-friendly movieson hand to provide yourguests with entertain-ment and a little downtime between dinnerand dessert.

TAKE-HOMETREAT TRENDSTired of losing Tup-

perware containers tofamily and friends whoforget to return them?Whether it’s Thanksgiv-ing turkey or holidaycookies, you can pack upleftovers in personalized

take-out containers andkeep your Tupperwaresafe at home. Pick up anassortment of blank, dis-posable take-out boxesfrom your local craftstore and apply adhesivelabels. Write yourguests’ names on the la-bels and decorate theboxes for the occasionwith embellishmentsand glue. When it’s timeto fill each box as yourguests prepare to leave,keep a marker and extralabels nearby so you canalso write down whattreats they’ll find in eachcontainer.

STORAGE SOLUTIONSWhen the holidays

are over, ornamentsdon’t always find theirway back to their origi-nal packaging. Wreathbags, ornament organiz-ers, dinner plate con-tainers and string lightstorage bins keep yourdecorations safe duringthe off-season.

If you have wrappingpaper left over thatyou’d like to save fornext season, cut a toiletpaper roll lengthwiseand wrap it around thewrapping paper to pre-vent unraveling. To avoidholiday emergenciesnext year, keep a small,unopened tube of KrazyGlue’s Maximum Bondformula with the break-able decorations toquickly fix any orna-ments, centerpieces orchina that might getdamaged in storage.

Elegant and often ex-travagant celebrationsare at our fingertips inmagazines, blogs and onsites like Pinterest andEtsy.

The images inspire usto host picture-perfectholiday celebrations, butwe can find ourselves inover our heads when itcomes time to execute.Remembering these sixsimple tips will prepareyou for a headache-freeholiday season.

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