Christmas Articles
Christmas Is When You Don’t Want To Practice Austerity
Christmas is a time of year when everybody goes crazy shopping for items for themselves as well as for others and it is also a time when the business companies capitalize on the rush to shop for gifts. Once the season sets in, there is a mad rush with everybody making a beeline for shops and stores and you could be forgiven for thinking that they are just like lambs being led to the slaughter, which in this case are the sales that they just cannot afford to miss.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas is probably the most misunderstood part of the church year among Christians who are not part of liturgical church traditions. Contrary to popular belief, these are not the twelve days before Christmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany. In some traditions, they say that the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th but the following day is considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th).
The Benefits of Artificial Christmas Trees
There is a perpetual debate that rages every Christmas season and it centers on a long time Christmas controversy: what type of Christmas tree is better: natural ones or the artificial Christmas trees? Now, this debate is not a heated one or a controversial one. It is, however, an opinionated one and many people are staunch in their opinions! For some, however, the need to an artificial Christmas tree is a need based on practicality.
Holiday Times Are For Helping Those Less Fortunate, Think Holiday Cards
Every year I watch as advertisers begin to promote their products for the Holiday Period. For retail this is their busiest time and sales usually make or break a company's year. I'm not here to play scrooge, I would however like people to think a little about what the holidays are really about...
Creating Your Own Holiday Traditions
Between the crowds, the crazed spending, and the pressures to participate in a million social events, it's no wonder that some folks dread the holidays! So why not make this the year that you decide to step off of the treadmill -- and develop a few holiday rituals that focus on your true priorities.
Making the Holidays More Meaningful
Have the holidays become too commercial for you? Are you feeling empty and unfulfilled during this time of the year? This year by making some simple changes you and your children can truly make the holidays more meaningful...
Keeping Christmas Spirit Alive: Christmas Just Isn't The Same Without Santa Claus!
Holidays may come and go but some holidays, like Christmas, should never change. Most folks have a favorite holiday and for many it is Christmas. The festivities, shopping, and decorating get the best of all of us but Christmas just wouldn't be the same without Santa Claus stopping by for a quick visit to share the true meaning of Christmas, giving.
Add Some Fun to Your Neighborhood by Singing Christmas Carols!
With things becoming more and more hectic in the form of careers, and just a generally fast-paced lifestyle, people are starting to treat the Christmas season as if it is just another stressful time. People dash around shopping malls, trying to find last-minute gifts. All the while they are missing the wonderful parts of the holiday. If you are one of these people, you should take a moment to bring some fun to your neighborhood – sing some Christmas carols!
Artificial Christmas Trees bring Ease and Convenience to Holiday Decorating
There is nothing more festive than having a freshly cut Christmas tree in the house. The aroma of the pine says “Happy Holidays” like almost nothing else. Of course, there is the chilly trip to a tree lot to choose that perfect holiday icon. Then there is the process of loading it onto the car, driving home on a wing and a prayer that the tree will remain in place until you get to your driveway, and getting the tree into the home without breaking any valuables or losing any needles from the branches...
Send Your Business Christmas Cards The Right Way
People who are engaged in business whether individuals or senior-most executives in large corporations would do well to consider a few points before sending out business Christmas cards because a well made and suitably chosen christmas card can do wonders for your and your business’s image and thus provide a welcome fillip to your customer relations and maybe even improve your earnings.
Holiday greeting cards: Creating Printable Photo Greeting Cards
Making your own digital photo cards and personalized holiday photo cards is a lot easier than you think. All you need is your favorite photo or photos to get started. Soon you will have your own customized set of digital photo cards to send off to your family and friends for graduation day, birthdays, holidays and more...
Christmas Dinner Made More Festive
"But Susan," you say, "Why would I be worried about making Christmas dinner more 'festive'? It's a family tradition my kids are sick on Christmas, my in-laws are staying with us for a week, I have to work Christmas Eve, and I've promised the maid the week off, ha ha. What I'm worried about is getting it to the table at all."
Top 50 Christmas Quotations
"Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart."
-- George Matthew Adams
Whatever Happened to Christmas?
Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving?
Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well.
Christmas greeting cards: Greeting Card Tango: How To Impress, Not Stress, During The Holidays
When it comes to holiday greeting cards, to send or not to send is often the question. Once you have decided in the affirmative, you then have to determine who to include on your list, what kind of card to choose and how to address the envelope...
Make a Golden Christmas Tree
Several Years ago while I was shopping for Christmas I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the holiday arrangements at the department store I was in...
Christmas Shopping Online Might Or Might Not Be For Everyone
Christmas shopping online is not for you? If you are one of those that share this thought, you probably like to enjoy the atmosphere of physical shopping. Doing your Christmas shopping online despite all its convenience, lack the festive mood. The convenience of online shopping has reduced the shopping experience to a browse and click mode, no mood and very little atmosphere...
Taking Back Christmas
John Grisham wrote a book called SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. Amazon.com reports: ?John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25...."
Creative And Inexpensive Gift Ideas
I have a friend who works at a loan company. She starts getting busy around August -- because her offices are flooded with people taking out loans for their holiday shopping. And she stays busy well into the new year -- because a huge percentage of those people default on their loans. Why do we feel compelled to go so deeply in DEBT buying gifts? It seems as though every year the bar is raised -- we are expected to spend more...
Christmas Tree Topper Ornaments
From my childhood memories, pride of place on the top of Christmas tree always went to a fairy dressed in white. Or was it an angel? No, I'm sure it was the Christmas fairy; and she was usually last to go on the tree apart from the tinsel. One thing for sure, it was always after the other tree ornaments such as the hanging balls...
Christmas Dinner: 5 Things Your Christmas Table Should Not Be Without
Christmas dinner probably the most elaborate and complex dinners you will have to prepare all year. Chances are there will be many friends and family members attending so you will want to make sure everything is just right. In order to help you do this, I have compiled a list of 5 things which your Christmas dinner table should not be without. I can help you with the setting of your table, but the responsibility of actually cooking the dinner remains in your hands...
Magical Plants of Christmas
Most of the plants we associate with the holiday season are from Europe or the Mediterranean. We know the holly, ivy, mistletoe, christmas rose, rosemary, hawthorn, bay and of course, evergreens while the New World is represented in Christmas legend by the poinsettia. What are the legends and lore surrounding these common plants...
How to Save Money at Christmas
Do you know how to save money at Christmas and still have fun? Sounds impossible but it can be done...
Here Come The Holidays - Ready, Set, Go!
Here comes Santa Claus…here comes Santa Clause… Yep, it’s almost that time again. As we head into September, every e-commerce site should be formulating a plan for the holiday season. Even the sites selling the, "I hate the holidays" t-shirts...
Visions of Sugar Plums and Holiday Safety!
Every year at this time I can't help but notice the beautiful holiday lighting and adornment. It's great to see that even homes with a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn have been bedazzled with lights! But this good deed seldom goes without also decking the halls with many holiday hazards...
Holiday Spending: How to Keep Your Personal Information Safe
If we're not careful, busy holiday shopping can be a great way to give thieves your information. These 11 pointers can reduce your risk significantly.
Christmas at Longwood Gardens
When we think of Botanical Gardens, we usually don?t think of winter. But in reality, Christmas is one of the better times of year to visit Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. From the end of November through the beginning of January, Longwood Gardens hosts a series of events that fill the conservatory with Christmas Organ Concerts, Organ Sing-alongs, Carillon Concerts, Chorals and Handbells, Strolling Performers and visits from Santa...
How Not To Gain Weight At Christmas
The summer holiday season is over in the northern hemisphere; the days are shortening; and the nights getting longer and cooler. While you cling on to any remnant of summer you can find, through the odd warm day, the remaining summer flowers, and the holiday snaps you are now having printed, the remorseless progression into autumn and winter will continue...
Christmas Island
Believe it or not Christmas Island, actually has nothing to do with the Holiday Season of Christmas. A small, non self-governing Territory of Australia, the Territory of Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 2360 km northwest of Perth Australia. Only about 1500 residents live on Christmas Island...
Make Boxing Day Your Own Day-After-Christmas Tradition
At this time of year, there are parties for everything from Christmas to Hanukkah to Kwanza. But have you ever considered celebrating Boxing Day?
Santa Claus Continues Holdout
A tongue-in-cheek, sports-related recap of the stalemate in contract negotiations between Santa Claus and the world's toy stores.
Holiday Traditions
Though we might not realize how deeply our kids are touched by family traditions, most children look forward to the holidays and the little ways we make them special. It’s a form of security for children to know that certain events and personal touches will always be part of their celebrations.
Christmas Secrets - 7 Tips to Revitalize the Real Spirit of Christmas this Season!
Revitalize yourself as you rediscover the real spirit of Christmas. It can magically transform your life! By doing these tips you reconnect with yourself, family and friends with the opportunity to go create some good old days. Memories that warm the heart and rekindle the ‘loving’ spirit of Christmas!
Stay Healthy Over Christmas/Hanukkah/New Year's in 5 Easy Steps
Worried about the amount of damage that you can do to your figure/weight/fitness levels over the festive season? Well read on to discover 5 simple ways to stay healthier and happier over the Holidays.
Holiday Tipping Tipsheet
The holidays are on top of us, and we know we need to tip some important people in our lives: but how much? This Holiday Tipping Tipsheet takes the guesswork out of your holiday thank-yous.
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The National Christmas Tree
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Favorite Recipes
Spice Up Holiday Cutout Cookies
Dust off your rolling pin and cookie cutters -- cutout cookies are a classic symbol of the festive holiday season.
Thumbprint Cookies Recipes
No holiday is complete without at least one batch of adorable, jelly-filled thumbprint cookies.
Flavored Butter Recipes
Dress up your table for the season with a holiday favorite - real butter.