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Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas. This week they're counting down to Thanksgiving and offering advice on table settings, guest room preparation and more.

Williamsburg Garden Club sponsors house decorating contest
The Williamsburg Garden Club will sponsor a house decorating contest as part of the annual 'Trains of Williamsburg' Christmas Walk.

Holiday Decorating With a Green Twist
(ARA) - When it comes to the holidays, nothing says welcome like a well-adorned home exterior. From wreaths to holiday lights to fresh greenery, even the simplest home designs can transform into magical settings with the addition of exterior decorating elements.

Six Decorating Secrets for Under $100
(ARA) - You've been itching to renovate or redecorate, but it may be difficult to fund your grand dreams given the current economy.

Firelands Christmas Web site up; $500 decorating contest featured
'Tis the season for our special Web site, Firelands Christmas. FirelandsChristmas.com returns even bigger and better than last year. This site offers many ways to help you this holiday season.

Safe decorating with holiday greenery
Decorating with fresh evergreens is one of our oldest holiday traditions.

Holiday decorating with LED lights
Light emitting diodes - most of us just call them LEDs - have been around since the 1960s. They first started showing up as little indicator lights. Not too bright, but you could tell when they were on. But LEDs have gotten brighter along the way and are everywhere in our lives.

Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Troop 16 will be decorating a patriotic Christmas Tree in front of the Fredericktown Civil War Museum this holiday season. 

Some tips to survive the season
We are entering the most stressful time of year for most of us. There never seems to be enough time to get holiday chores done, like shopping, preparing meals, decorating and all those other things that keep us hopping.

Some tips for stress-free Christmas tree decorating
Here are some tips to make decking your tree as stressless as possible. Don't skimp on lights. For every vertical foot of tree, use a strand of 100 lights.

Five tips to help guests feel welcome
Domino magazine has put out a new book just in time for the gift season, "Domino: The Book of Decorating," with the subtitle "A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy." Co-author Dara Caponigro offered these suggestions for holiday hosts...

Holiday Entertaining Made Easy
(ARA) - Holiday entertaining can feel overwhelming to even the most seasoned host. Between shopping, cooking, cleaning and decorating, it can feel like there's no time left to enjoy the festivities.

BUSINESS BUZZ
Chamber to have decorating contest The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Women?s Networking Holiday Decorating Contest subcommittee announced the details of fourth annual holiday decorating contest. The contest is open to all chamber member businesses and can include everything from exterior displays to cubicles. Deadline is Nov. 25. To register, call Leann Fallabel, 455-1509.

Reader contest: Holiday décor could win $100 or other cash prize
Spread holiday cheer, and you could win as much as $100 in the annual Share the Spirit outdoor decorating contest. Contest winners and some other displays will be featured in the Dec. 21 Sunday Magazine in The Billings Gazette. ...

Holiday decor: Hanukkah-inspired pillows
Holiday decor These Katha Diddel Hanukkah-inspired home accessories are perfect for decorating the living room or giving as gifts. The elegant needlepoint work is hand-stitched in pure wool. 10-inch menorah needlepoint pillow with blue cotton-velvet backing and trim, $55 8-inch by 6-inch "Happy Hanukkah" needlepoint pillow with deep blue cotton-velvet backing, $28 Set of four 4-inch ...

The art of gingerbread
Lynnette Barse is a creative cook who doesn?t bat an eye at constructing a 2-foot mummy out of Rice Krispie treats and decorating it with an edible spider web piped out of melted almond bark for a Halloween party.

Park Commission to hold holiday lamppost decorating event
The Amityville Park Commission, an active volunteer committee dedicated to the beautification of Amityville, is inviting you to come join the fun and help make the Village even more beautiful. You will be able to decorate a Village lamppost.

Cake Decorating Supplies
A large assortment of cake pans, tier cake plates..for wedding cakes.. tips, books, pillars and many more accessories. Call (814) 684-5369 for complete listing

Windows of Wonderland returns
With lights springing up all around town for the Wonderland of Lights, downtown merchants were challenged to get into the spirit through the Windows of Wonderland decorating challenge offered by Charley & Bella's.

Home for the Holidays tour for Gardeners of the Grove
Once again Karen and Joel French have gone all out in decorating their home for the holidays, and this year Gardeners of the Grove, Elk Grove?s newest garden club, presents ?Home for the Holidays,? a tour of the home on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 4 to 9 p.m.