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It’s time to pre-order your poinsettias at Orange Coast College’s

annual poinsettia sale.

Each year, ornamental horticultural students at OCC grow beautiful

poinsettia plants as part of their studies. The plants are grown and

nurtured in the campus greenhouses.

They come in a variety of colors including red, red winter rose, pink

winter rose, white, Monet and pink marble.

The plants come in 4-inch pots for $5 and $7, 6-inch pots for $10,

10-inch pots for $40 and baskets for $30.

The most popular plants are the 6-inch pots with three plants instead

of the usual one. They are fuller than most plants you’ve seen. Proceeds

from the sale are used to fund projects by the ornamental horticulture

students.

It’s great to pre-order the plants because you’ll avoid the holiday

rush. To purchase plants, call OCC and request a pre-sale order form so

you can pick up the plants between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 7, the day

before the sale. The regular sale will be Dec. 8 and 9 at OCC, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

If you have access to the Internet, you can watch the poinsettias

growing at o7 https://www.occ.cccd.edu/~lenanton/special.html .f7

At-Ease Women’s and Home Store is celebrating the season with Southern

California’s most complete collection of Zanella, a classic Italian

clothing line for women.

Zanella clothing is made from top-of-the-line fabrics, including

tropical wool and Loro Piana.

At-Ease Women’s also carries weekend wear from Cutter & Buck and Barry

Bricken that is ideal for the upcoming holidays or casual business

events.

Because it is the season for leather, there is an assortment of the

highest quality leather and suede jackets and coats in assorted colors

and finishes.

For the home, there is an eclectic mix of accessories and wall

hangings for various decors available for gift giving and holiday

decorating.

At-Ease Women’s and Home is in the Atrium Court at Fashion Island in

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 759-7985.

If you’re a day-after-Thanksgiving shopper, you’ll want to know that

the official holiday shopping season will start Friday at the Orange

County Marketplace at Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

The swap meet will be in full operation from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a

large selection of vendors bearing all kinds of holiday gift ideas, along

with Santa in a classic car and a Christmas tree display.

A toy drive to benefit Project Cuddle, a Costa Mesa-based charity,

will continue through Dec. 10. Anyone bringing in a new, unwrapped toy or

children’s clothing valued at $5 or more will receive free admission to

the swap meet, which is regularly $2.

On Dec. 2, a holiday toy drive and classic car show will be held from

8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Automotive Field of Dreams area.

A pedal car invitational also is planned, with children’s races from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be exhibits of hand-built, antique and

restored pedal cars and a pedal car display competition.

Information: (949) 723-6663.

Gloria Godfrey, manager of the American Cancer Society’s Discovery

Shop, is looking for a special person with a huge home who is in need of

two “magnificent, extremely large chandeliers.”

She said one is ideal to “hang by your spiral staircase” and the other

“for over your dining table for 12.”

Also, artist Joyce Kossack has donated 12 of her oil paintings. She

has had exhibits at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles and at

Espace Bateau Lavoir in Paris.

“If you’re are in the market for Persian and Chinese carpets, we’ve

got them too,” Godfrey said. “Stop by here for your Christmas decorations

at a discounted price.”

The Discovery Shop is at 2600 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar.

Information (949) 640-4777.

Native American art and gifts are available at Dibe Baghan Trading

Post in Newport Beach.

The store also carries Native American bakery items. It is open from 8

a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays.

The store will be closed Dec. 21 to 31 because the owner will be

delivering toys to Navajo Indians.

The store is at 2834 Newport Blvd. in Newport Beach.

Information: (949) 675-2909.

* BEST BUYS is published Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to

Greer Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or by fax to (949)

646-4170.

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