STORE SMALL ITEMS INSIDE A GLOVE

Dear Heloise: For keeping small items like eye pencils, my good tweezers, and a sharpener findable, organized and tidy (and to keep points or blades from premature dulling and bouncing around in my makeup bag), I use a clear rubber glove and put things I want to protect into each finger. Then I clamp the wrist closed with a clothespin or a binder clip. It’s easy to grab and find items, and things are much tidier. -- Melissa A., in Oswego, New York

SANTA VS. REALITY

Dear Heloise : In response to Lee E., regarding Santa, our kids learned, in time, the truth about Santa. I let them know that I much prefer a world with Santa in it than one without. We have quite enough reality to contend with already. -- Randy, in San Antonio

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