Posts Tagged ‘christmas trees’

Artificial Christmas Trees Buying Guides

Friday, April 1st, 2011

If you’re trying to save time this year during the hectic Christmas season, you may be rethinking the quaint but unwieldy custom of getting a real Christmas tree. There are plenty of great reasons now to opt for a synthetic tree, not the least of which is saving gas and avoiding the blustery temperatures outside. [...]

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Friday, March 18th, 2011

The moment you gaze upon a Christmas Tree, you will instantly think about Christmas or the Yuletide season, festooned with glittering lights and beautiful decorations. Beneath the Christmas Tree are pretty gift-wrapped parcels, destined to be opened on Christmas Day itself. Have you ever decorated a Christmas Tree and wondered how this tradition came about? [...]

Make a Golden Christmas Tree

Monday, February 21st, 2011

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. I was dazzled by the sight, golden branches wrapped in twinkling white lights. The idea was so simple but yet absolutely beautiful. Within a moment I decided [...]

Artificial Christmas Trees Vs Real Trees

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Just as there is no definite answer to the venerable “real vs fake” Christmas tree dispute, almost all environmentalists (including tree huggers) would concur that real trees are best, at least from a personal and public viewpoint. Some people may create a case for fake trees since they are salvaged each year, therefore they don’t [...]

Christmas Books For Children – A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

You walk into a book store in December and before you is a display of Christmas themed books. Why should you buy a book about the holiday that already is taking up a large amount of time before December 25th even arrives? You love to read great books and on the table are books of [...]

Christmas Gifts and Celebrations That Won’t Break the Bank

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

If not for the fact that Christmas is a time of laughter and merriment, the yuletide season can be awfully frustrating especially for people who have a budget to think of. With lots of expenses for the Christmas celebration already lined up at your door ?decorations, dinner, gifts ?sticking to the family budget can be [...]

Christmas Trees

Monday, April 12th, 2010

There can be no Christmas without a beautifully decorated fir tree. According to history, the tradition of decorating trees in winter precedes the birth of Christ. The Romans were known to have decorated trees with metal during a winter festival that honoured Saturnus, the god of agriculture. According to myth, a paradise tree was decorated [...]

Feathered Wreaths and Christmas Trees Ensure a More Natural Look

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Feathered Christmas trees are natural looking. Their branches aren’t exactly the same. There is instead a natural variation in branch size. Feathered Christmas trees, whether artificial or real, look more natural than those not feathered. Trees aren’t the only Xmas decoration that could use some feathered effects either. You can choose online from a number [...]

Christmas Traditions

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Do you know the origins of our Christmas traditions? Nowadays exchanging gifts has unfortunately been commercialized and we are being coerced into spending more than we can afford to keep up with the Jones’. Perhaps if we followed the example of the early Christians and offered gifts to the poor or invited them to join [...]

Do You Really Know the Christmas History?

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

The Christmas history in America really lacks a clear pathway and seems to hodge podge many different cultural narratives and traditions all together. Since the American people are really a diaspora of different nationalities, it’s not surprising then that our holiday season is packed with so many rich traditions. From the German Christmas trees and [...]