XMAS PUDDING CHARMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 26 (Supplement)

XMAS PUDDING CHARMS.

The Christmas pudding set. in silver. which, included a ring, thimble, button, mug, donkey and horseshoe, is still as popular as ever. This set is regarded as a joke, and is hardiy ever considered in any other spirit : but the demand for charms and luck-In iuger.s is certainly growing. Very few people believe in them, however, and their popularity is no doubt dm- rather to a love of bizarre than to any desire to propitiate the gods of fortune. However th.it may be. makers have not been backward in cultivating the fancy, and there are now charm- of every kind' to be seen. .Among the latest that com.- from the K.ast are an imitation ivory Buddha, a 'cum which is particularly ijglv, monkey, ami an old man. Spiders and black cats are seen on brooches and hat pins, and the number of charms denned for the bonnet., of motor-cars is unlimited. The mascot, another name for the old charm, is mm in evidence, and both biack cats and coloured monkeys are made in chenille for use on pin-cushions and tea cosies. 1„ Ireland the tlueo potent charms— ri„. coin and mil-- placed within the "plum pudding" signify maniagc. wealth and celibacv. while lite swed almonds thai iv-o.e. i, it without typify so man} month:; of prosperity lor the recipient.