Christmas Topics



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Christmas Door Decoration ... Add a big bow and you have yourself a knock-out Christmas door decoration that costs next to nothing....

Christmas Tree Farms Benefit The Environment ... Real Christmas trees are a benefit to the environment from the time they are planted until after the holiday season when they can be recycled... While growing, Real Christmas trees support life by absorbing carbon dioxide and other gases and emitting fresh oxygen...

Pre Lit Artificial Christmas Trees ... Instead of using the money to buy a traditional Christmas tree every year, you can just buy an artificial tree, place it in storage by the end of the season and then bring it out by the next year...

Christmas Tree - Are You Ready? ... Artificial vs Real - What is the best decision? If you are wondering if buying a real tree is still a good idea or will you end up depleting precious natural resources, consider these facts.. ...

Do You Know The Origins Of Christmas Traditions ? ... There are many traditions and symbols that we associate with Christmas including the Christmas tree, leaving cookies out for Santa Claus, and sending Christmas cards and Christmas presents... While you don't need to know why you celebrate the Christmas holiday the way you do, it makes for interesting conversation when you're sipping egg nog in front of the fireplace... So, if you're ready to wow your family and friends with your knowledge of the Christmas holiday, bring up these interesting facts about the most widely celebrated holiday....

Lighting Your House: Making The Neighbors Jealous ... For light decorations outside at Christmas you can begin looking at your house from the curb side, and visually take note of all the places that you would like to decorate... Traditional theme choices are of course Santa, elves and reindeer, Nutcracker, snowmen, Christmas villages, candy canes, ginger bread man, stars, trains or manger scenes... Its good to mix it up and several themes work very well together, such as a Christmas village and Santa...

Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, ‘Is it what he needs or what he wants?’ It isn’t always easy to distinguish between the two. A child has many real needs which can and should be satisfied. His wants are a bottomless pit. He wants, for example, to sleep with his parents. He needs to be in his own bed. At christmas he wants every toy advertised on television. He needs only one or two.
—Haim Ginott (20th century)

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs,
Rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys,
Advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm,
Retreating to the corner of arm and knee,
Eager to be reassured, taking pleasure
In the fragrant brilliance of the christmas tree....
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

I hear that in many places something has happened to christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness.
—Julia Peterkin (1880–1961)