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A heavenly eyeshadow palette with gold and bronze shades, this has everything she needs to recreate that sun-kissed beach beauty makeup – and better yet, it’s also the perfect party bag essential for the festive season.

Whatever you decide to do with your tree, don’t burn it in a fireplace, Excelsior Fire District says. The sap is like an accelerant, which can cause the tree to explode in flames. The sap can also build up in your chimney, increasing the chance of a chimney fire in the future.

If you’re looking for a reusable way to wrap gifts in the future, you could consider using newspapers, brown grocery bags, paper gift bags or old maps or posters, the city said.

Color your way to Christmas with an Advent-themed adult coloring book by Christopher Rodkey and illustrators Jesse Turri and Natalie Turri: “Coloring Advent: An Adult Coloring Book for the Journey to Bethlehem.” 

Ceramic pots filled with Christmas tree clippings, pinecones and Christmas rose can look really sweet when positioned on shelving, mantles, side tables and kitchen counters. It’s also a smaller scale idea that will work in small apartments or homes. The arrangement will look especially good if you set the foliage in festive coloured pots, either ice white or ribbon red or in soft pastels as stocked at Arboretum where its range of cool contemporary shapes for indoor use come in colours soft white, soft mint and soft mauve, in three sizes, and range in price from €3.50 to €12.95 each. arboretum.ie

Häxan v Warlok If you’ve ever attended a dance party put on by DJ Tristan Iseult, a few things are a given. First, there will be a cacophonous cannonade of dark and noisy dance tracks blasting from the sound system, not to mention a doomy vibe and plenty of folks in attendance dressed in black. True to form, such a scene will unfold inside The Rebel Lounge, 2303 East Indian School Road, on Saturday, June 30, during his latest affair, Häxan v Warlok.

Cardboard, plain wrapping paper and tissue paper are among the mixed paper products that can be recycled at the city’s recycling drop-off sites, according to a news release.

Kate captioned the post, ‘#handonmyheart my four year old daughter being proud of me and the book we wrote is the most special I’ve ever felt. Thank you dear girl. You are everything.’

To ensure merrymakers remember the true meaning of Christmas, traditional holiday tunes — and then some — reverberated in the background a la the popular Armando Guarnera and his brothers of MGM musical entertainment — that brought merrymakers to the dance floor.

For a lovely aperitif, try a mandarin cocktail using the spirit of the moment, gin. But forget the expensive, flavoured stuff. Take a classic gin, such as Tanqueray, and add cloves to the bottle for at least 24 hours to infuse with a lovely festive flavour.

Phillip Ericksen joined the Tribune-Herald in March 2015 as a sports copy editor. That November, he joined the news team. He has covered higher education, city hall, politics and crime.

Candles: Seasonal candles will get marked down almost immediately following Christmas. So be on the lookout for anything pine- or cranberry-scented, as well as candles decorated with snowflakes and other winter or holiday motifs.