1) Things of Import: terra cotta angel candle holder, handmade in Guatemala, $3, The Sample House. 2) Straw baskets from the People’s Republic of China – natural straw shade with detailing in rich red and green, $2.50 and $3, The Sample House.
3) The Real Things: natural hardwood toys by Wintex Toys-jet airplane and log truck with removable logs, $3.95 each, Hall’s Variety Store, Highland Park Shopping Village. 4) Doll’s swing that really swings- made in East Germany, $2, Through the Keyhole, Olla Podrida.
5) No Shell Lacking: ceramic soapdishes shaped like shells, by Fitz andFloyd, $2.50, $3 and $5. The WickerMarket, Willow Creek Shopping Village.
6) Tea for Several: glass tea jar, $1.27,M.E. Moses, Snider Plaza. Complete thegift with real Oriental jasmine tea, $1.29,Jung’s Oriental Foods & Gifts, 2519 N. Fitzhugh.
7) Kitchen Comforts: quilted cozy tocover a casserole or toaster, $4.98. 8) Pot holder in the same green and white calico check, $1.98, The Calico, Snider Plaza.
9) Beyond Teddy Bear: penguin, $5, Boogie Bear’s Toy & Friend Factory, Olla Podrida. 10) A Cleanable Slate: The Scribbler’s Magic Learning Board – wipes clean with a tissue, $1.99, M.E. Moses, Snider Plaza.
11) So What If You Can Guess theEnding: Nancy Drew’s The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk, and the Hardy Boys The Mystery of Cabin Island, $1.95 each, Doubleday, NorthPark.
12) Sweets for the Body: “Carolina”bubble baths in flavors of strawberry,cherry, lemon and root beer, 40 centseach, The Sample House.
13) Illustrated Classics: Winnie-the-Pooh, $3.95,14) Charlotte’s Web, $4.95, Doubleday, NorthPark.
15) Don’t Get Caught With Your HandIn It: patchwork designed cookie tins-a perfect gift filled with your special Christmas cookies, $1.29 and 79 cents, Hall’s Variety Store, Highland Park Shopping Village.
16) For the Exotic Breakfast: old-fashioned apothecary jar, $1.98, filledwith your choice of coffee beans -Colombian, Mexican, French RoastMocha, Java, about $1.50 for one-halfpound, The Coffee Company,Quadrangle.
17) Smells Good Enough to Eat: plumpudding candle, $3, The Sample House.
18) To Set You Sailing: beer schooners,hand-blown in Mexico, 89 cents each,Columbus, NorthPark.
19) The Latest Straw: finely craftedstraw containers from China, $4.95 and$2.75, The Wicker Market, Willow Creek Shopping Village.
20) A Sheasell from the Sheasore: shell on a stand, 75 cents each. Plexiglass stand, $2.25, Treillage, Old Town.
21) Low Spirits: 1970 Saint Germain,French champagne, $4.99; 22) 1971 Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, $3.99,A&A Liquor Store, Highland ParkShopping Village.
23) Canned Dates: calendar in a can,$3, The Sample House.
24) Born Free: kitten, free, DallasAnimal Shelter.
25) Pretty, But What Are They For?
tiny boxes from the Philippines, delicately designed with straw in geometric and shell patterns, $2-$5, The Market, Willow Creek Shopping Village.
26) Give Your Sweet Tooth A Break:
color-swirled candy canes, $1.79 and 89 cents, The Candy Arts, Olla Podrida.
27) Glass bell jar, $2.88, filled withpeppermints, 99 cents, M.E. Moses,Snider Plaza.
28) To Replace the Mayonnaise Jar:
watering can in white, bright yellow or green, $4.95. The Sample House.
29) No Yolk: tiny yellow ceramic egg,tied with a bow, by Fitz & Floyd, $3.95,The Wicker Market, Willow CreekShopping Village.
30) Basket Case: white ceramic basketwith straw handle, $4, Treillage, OldTown.
31) Planted Pot: pottery pot perfect for aplant, in yellow daffodil design, $4.95,Treillage, Old Town.
32) Don’t Worry, Nixon Used AnotherBrand: top quality cassette recordingtape (90 minutes), BASF, $3.99, or TDK,$3.59, Hillcrest Hi Fi, 6309 Hillcrest.
33) Keeping Up in Style: deskappointments covered with handsomeItalian print paper and pencil holder withcovered pencils, $5; memo pads, $4 and$2; paper clip, $1.75; stamp box, $1,Marj’s, Inwood Village.
34) Shell Game: shells in a jar, $2.99,Columbus, NorthPark.
35) They’ll Go With Basic Black, Too: pink shells on rings – necklace, $5.
36) Matching earrings, $5, Rare Things,Olla Podrida.
37) Ore-iginals: brass bracelets,enameled in bright colors or mixed withcopper, $3.95 each, Bebus, Olla Podrida.
38) For, Uh, Winter in Dallas: cozy knitcap by Grandoe, in cranberry or beige,$4. 39) Matching mittens, $3.50, Lord & Taylor, NorthPark.
40) Apply Some Circular Thinking:
round jigsaw puzzles, $4.95 each, The Paper Place, Quadrangle.
41) Our Only (!) Bicentennial Gift.
calendars for the new year – Alistair Cooke’s America Calendar for 1976,
$4.95. The M.C. Escher Calendar 1976,
$4.95. In Praise of Women Artists, 1976,
$4, The Bookseller, Willow Creek
Shopping Village.
42) It Will Make You Just Drool:
handmade calico bibs in Christmas colors and designs, $3.98, The Calico, Snider Plaza.
To Forget Your Reminders: Write-on, wipe-off memo boards- “legal pad”for the office; wildflower design for thekitchen, $2.75 each, The Paper Place,Quadrangle.
Go Fly It: Formosa paper butterfly kite, $3.50, Eureka Paper Tiger, Olla Podrida.
45) Voodoo Pins, Optional: palm dollfrom Indonesia, $3, Dallas Museum ofFine Arts gift shop.
46) To Go With Your Gucci SaddleOxfords: Christian Dior designer kneesocks – a collection of colors includingblack, gray, navy, maroon, $3.50,Lord & Taylor, NorthPark.
47) It’s Worth Two in the Bush: hand-painted wood birds from Indonesia $2.50 each, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts gift shop.
48)Earthen Wear: big bangles inmarbelized patterns – terra cotta, jadegreen and brown, $4 each, Lord &Taylor, NorthPark.
49) A Touch of Glass: stained-glassChristmas ornaments, $3.50 and $4,Brady Studio Stained Glass, CraftCompound, Snider Plaza.
50) When You’re Through Playing With It, Give It to the Kid: heavy hauler transport trailer with tractor or Mac truck, $4.99, Woolworth’s, Preston Center.
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