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As holiday traditions repeat each season, people drag boxes of plastic decorations down attic stairs, and they scour local stores for chotchkes to give as hostess gifts at parties. “Gifting and decorating with bright exotic houseplants is a way to be organic and set new traditions this holiday,” says Ilma Bartha, co-owner of Silver Vase, Inc., a national grower of high-quality orchids and bromeliads.
Gift-giving has long been an honored practice during the holidays, a special way to show appreciation for family members, friends and others. However, gifting at the holidays has lost some of its appeal. From the re-gifting trend to a common one-gift-fits-all mentality, bestowing holiday presents on one another stands a chance for a more imaginative approach.
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Singing “hello” with the help of puppet “Big Red,” Rolly Pollies art instructor Marcia Gutekanst kicked off the season with fun crafts, celebrating three distinctly different holidays.
“There’s so many different ways that people celebrate the holidays,” she told a group of children gathered around her on the carpet.
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The holiday season is a time when fire departments often experience an increase in accidental fires due to candles, electrical problems, drying live Christmas trees and misuse of space heaters as temperatures begin to plummet.
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