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Merry Christmas to you and your family. Welcome to my Christmas blog and enjoy your stay. Happy Holidays!

Precious Moments Xmas Doll

Precious Moments Xmas Doll
Everyone loves Precious Moments. But, did you know they had a Precious Moments Xmas Doll?


Sweeten your Yuletide décor with this lovely little doe-eyed darling! She shimmers in her satin and gold gown sprinkled with sparkles, and even comes with matching stocking and hair accessory for the holiday.

Get two, one for yourself and one for a gift. Put her on your tree or have her on your fireplace.

How To Wrap A Present

So you have your tree up and now it's time to wrap up the gifts. Oh, joy! Wrapping gifts can be a bit of a challenge for some people.

Here Marissa demonstrates in this video and shows you each step clearly so that even the clutziest of us can follow along.

Text directions are included under the video, but it's easier to understand by actually seeing the process in the video.

Printable Christmas Crafts for Children


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 If you have children and you need to keep them busy while your doing housework or something else. Then you might want to get Quick Crafts for them. Quick Craft has over 750 craft activities for you to print out for your child. Keep them busy while you work. Or get this for the mom who you know who needs a break.

Man I wished they had had this out when my children was young.





Give The Gift Of DVD Movie Downloads

Coming up with ideas for the perfect gift can often be a challenging task.

Even when you know someone well, you still may not know what to give on birthdays, Christmas, etc. Well, search no further.

The answer to your gift-giving dilemma is DVDs. Everyone, young and old, loves to relax in front of the television with a good movie. Give the gift that is perfect for all ages; give the gift of DVD full movie downloads.

One of the best movies currently available on DVD is Inkheart starring Brendan Frasier and Eliza Bennett. This story is about a booklover with a special gift of being able to bring the characters of books to life, simply by reading the books aloud. However, there is a major catch to using such a fantastic power. This film is perfect for youngsters, parents, grandparents and anyone who enjoys a good story.

The Ultimate Christmas Collection

Make your holiday planning and gift giving easier with
The Complete Christmas Collection.

Choose your favorite ebook or get the Complete Collection!

1. The Ultimate Christmas Recipe Collection.

A little history of Chanukah

Chanukah is glorious in December on the northwestern calendar and Kislev 25 on the Mortal calendar. The celebration lasts for cardinal life, figuration the octad life the oil lamp treated in what is illustrious as "the miracle of the container oil." Syrian-Greeks led by Mogul Antiochus IV Epiphanes seized the Individual tabernacle in 168 B.C.E and prefab compliance of Monotheism a transgression punishable by dying. They also desecrated the temple by dedicating it to Zeus. Patriarch Maccabee

History of Christmas Day

The traditional date for the appearance of Santa Claus, obviously from the birthdate of Jesus (the word Christmas is from old English, meaning Christ's mass). This date is near the shortest day of the year, from old times an important agricultural and solar feasting period in Europe.

The actual birthday of Jesus is not known and thus the early Church Fathers in the 4th century fixed the day as was most convenient. The best fit seemed to be around the old Roman Saturnalia festival (17 - 21 December), a traditional pagan festivity with tumultuous and unruly celebrations.

History Of The Modern Christmas Tree

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree - 18"The history of the modern Christmas tree goes back to 16th century Germany. In Alsace (Elsass) around Strasbourg there was a widespread practice of bringing trees (evergreens, not necessarily a fir-tree) into houses for decoration during Christmastide. This practice may well derive from pagan times. The evergreens were symbols of eternal life in ancient Egypt and China and in Europe trees were worshipped in many places - the ancient Finns used sacred groves instead of temples.

Oprah's Picks for Best Holiday Gifts

Gayle King reveals Oprah's favorite gift choices from pajamas to toys and it also shows a clip of Oprah and Galye on a camping trip in their pajamas.

The Little Tree by Bobbie Kimmel

The snow was beginning to fall. A little porcupine
was scurring deep down in the forest. He was
trying to get to his burrow before the snow covered
all the deep woods.

He heard a small scuffled sound. He looked to see
what it was. There to his right, was a little trail
that led deeper into the woods.

He ventured to see where the sound was coming
from.

How to avoid the office oddballs at office Christmas parties

This is something that a lot women can relate to. I know a lot of you will be going to that big company Christmas party and this is tips on how to avoid the office oddballs.

Sarah Ivens, former editor-in-chief of OK! Magazine, and author of six books on
etiquette — including A Modern Girl's Guide to Etiquette — explains how gracefully avoid the office oddballs at parties.
So how do you avoid the creepy guy from shipping, or the colleague who gets drunk and pinches bottoms?




How to avoid the office oddballs at office parties