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A GAY AND FESTIVE CHRISTMAS
Decorating the home in a festive garb for the Christmas jollities is just as old a tradition as turkey and plum pudding is for the Christmas feast. It is delightful to plan out a scheme for gaily adorning the entrance hall and living rooms with paper festoons, lanterns, garlands, balloons, streamers, and holly; and the dining-table with masses of crackers. Then there is the Christmas-tree with its dozens of sparkling novelties, and tiny candles, which give it such an exciting appearance.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wilfred did not take his brother back to Woodlands House, but to the Masonic Club in the city centre. Now, in the lead-up to Christmas, the traditional wood-panelled décor was tastefully accented with wreaths and the odd sign of appropriately und
