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Wreath’s bow placement depends on preference
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CHRISTMAS DECOR: Lindsay Castrucci, who works at the Lemon Tree in Salem, shows how bows are now being placed on the top of Christmas trees.
People have different takes on the simple wreath.
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SALEM — The holiday season is here, so it’s a good time to briefly obsess about Christmas wreaths.
Of course, the Christmas trees and advent wreaths are lit in preparation for the holiday celebration.
But people simply cannot miss at this time of year the large number of evergreen wreaths, most of which feature red bows.
Does the bow go at the top of the wreath, or the bottom?
One Columbiana County worker said this week that she had never seen a bow at the bottom of a wreath — even though all the village’s wreaths have the bow at the bottom.
At Salem City Hall, the wreaths are bow up.
At the Salem Community Theatre, now featuring the classic, “A Christmas Carol,” the lefthand scenery has a painted wreath bow up. The righthand scenery has painted, smaller wreaths with the bows at the bottom.
Daniel Haueter, one of the theater officers, said he did not know who prepared them or any meaning to them.
They were painted years ago and are put in storage for future use, he explained.
Rebecca Green of Columbiana, who makes wreaths, says any arrangement “just depends on personal preference.”
At the Lemon Tree in Salem, Lindsay Castrucci said, “It all depends on what design you are doing.”
Other options to be considered are the purchaser’s preference and where it will be hung.
The simple red bow is being eased out on decorations, according to Castrucci.
The new look is putting a bow on the top of a Christmas tree, she said.