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Holidays and Special Occasions tips, articles and product reviews. Pretty Poinsettias are Perfect for Holiday Decorating
The poinsettia, also known as the Mexican flame leaf or Christmas star, is a sub-tropical plant known for its striking red displays at Christmas time. It's often used as a floral Christmas decoration because of its festive colors, and what many think of as the plants petals are actually large ...
Hang Your Stocking by the Chimney with Care
A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that children in the United States and some other cultures hang on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins, or other small gifts when he arrives. These small items are often referred to as stocking ...
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
In many Western cultures, holly is a traditional Christmas decoration, used especially in wreaths. Many of the hollies are highly decorative, and it’s believed that it and the green ivy that is usually used alongside it in decorating is why the colors red and green have come to be ...
The Tradition of the Christmas Wreath
Centuries ago, long before the birth of Christ, the wreath was always a part of festive processions. The evergreen wreath has always been a Christian emblem of eternal life and God's faithfulness to all humanity because of its hardiness and ability to withstand the cold winter temperatures.
An ... Christmas Caroling Through the Ages
Many of us can recall as children getting bundled up in our winter coats, warmest gloves and long, knitted scarves and touring our neighborhoods singing Christmas carols with family and friends. It’s a tradition that’s been around since the night Jesus was born. It’s been said on ...
Steal a Kiss and Snag a Berry
The tradition of the mistletoe dates back to ancient history and across many cultures. Ancient druids viewed it as a symbol of peace, goodwill and love. Warring tribes chancing across it stopped their battles observed a temporary truce, and people began displaying it the doorways of their homes as ...
A Winter Wonderland Filled with Snowmen
We’ve all probably built dozens of them in our lifetime, or helped someone. Snowmen adorn the snow-covered lawns of families across the world. Sometimes it’s just one, sometimes an entire family of snow people. And there was nothing as fun as finding old clothes and other ...
Greet the Season with Holiday Greeting Cards
It’s probably a fair statement to say that we all enjoy receiving Christmas cards, but sending them out can be quite a chore. For many of us in today’s fast paced highly technological world, it’s probably the only letter or note we’ll send out through the mail to ...
Celebrate the Novena in Italy
In Italy, the Christmas season celebration lasts for three weeks and starts eight days before Christmas. It’s known as the Novena, and during this period, children go from house to house dressed as shepherds, reciting Christmas poems and singing. In some parts actual shepherds bring ...
Little Christmas in Ireland
Christmas in Ireland lasts from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Epiphany on January 6, which is referred to Little Christmas. Ireland's Christmas is more a time for religious celebration rather than revelry. A manger scene, or nativity, is displayed in most homes and there are few Christmas trees. ...
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