Christmas Joys

Belly Full of Jelly - A Christmas Poem
By Jim Lofton

The time has come to set my money free

Most of it will go under the Christmas tree

I will drive to the store and fight the crowd

Try not to buy any toys that are too loud

When my money is all gone it’s back to the house

Wrapping presents after Midnight quiet as a mouse

The presents are under the tree all shiny and bright

I spent a hundred dollars on Christmas lights

At a quarter till three I can finally sleep

Just before seven my son will take a giant leap

Waking with a cry and a kid on my belly

I get to hear him say that it does feel like jelly

Paper is soon flying around the room

I guess I better go get the broom

Laughing children is a great thing to hear

For a little while at least, I think I need a beer

My money is all gone but the kids are happy

Time to go get the rest of the presents from Pappy

Now Christmas is over and I have to pay the bills

It will take a lot of over time to seal that deal

Christmas costs a lot of money I fear

Wish I didn’t have to wait a whole year

Hope you enjoyed the poem and maybe got a laugh. I know I enjoy Christmas time with my family every year and hope you get to do the same. Maybe this year I will start saving up early so I won’t be quite so broke by the end of it.

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Antique Christmas Ornaments
By Peter Gitundu

Antique Christmas ornaments are generally very expensive. This is because hard work and skills are involved in their making. A great deal of effort is put to ensure that there are no two objects that are similar. They hand made and require a large inventory of vintage decorations. They exhibit excellent craftsmanship and quality.

Antique Christmas ornaments come in various designs such as Santa, blown glass, Dresden, Sebnitz and many others. The materials used to make them include, beads, spun glass, fabrics, die-cut papers, silk flowers amongst many others. Most of these decorations are made from chromolithographs that are embellished with Dresden trims, vintage laces, fabric and metallic laces. They are used to decorate houses and gardens during the festive season.

Angels and Santa decorations of this type are more precious because they are difficult to find. The makers of this kind of decorations have materials that date from as early as the 1900’s. The scraps they use are from all sorts of origins, most of which are abstract, evocative, stunning and fantastic.

Glass garland beads when incorporated with other decorations that look home can be very beautiful. Some of them can be made at home as long as one has these vintage ornaments. These decorations may depict cattle, birds, women children and many others. However, one has to be familiar with the vintage market. They can obtain information from the Internet or from books. Antique Christmas ornaments are sure to add a classic touch to the home decor. These decorations can last for many years once made.

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Why Do We Love Christmas Tree?
By CD Mohatta

During every popular festival, there are some things that excite us a nd make the festival fun. During Halloween it is pumpkin and scary ideas. During Thanksgiving, it is the turkey and during Christmas it is the Christmas tree. Go back to your childhood and recollect the tress your father brought. Was it a freshly cut tree or did he buy that from the market? How tall was the tree an d where would you keep it? How did you decorate the Christmas tree? The memories make you very happy. That is the charm of Christmas. Christmas tree and Santa Claus.

There are many theories about how the tradition of Christmas tree was started. But no body is sure about that. It is known that the Germans brought the tradition of Christmas tree to the USA. But who introduced this to Europe is not known though written records suggest that in Latvia the tree was decorated in sixteenth century.

In the earlier days all the people used natural fir trees. Balsam was the top favorite. Now days practically every home has Christmas tree made in China. These synthetic trees need no care and watering and are available cheap. Why is the Christmas tree decorated? Is it to remind us of the tress in the Garden of Eden that were laden with apples? All of us decorate the tress with bright shining balls, trinkets, stars and other decorations sold in the market. That is the beauty of Christmas. Christmas tree has become a symbol of the festive spirit. China is the major manufacturer of decorations and retailers stock the decorations in all the varieties. Every home competes with the other and getting the best tree celebration. The day is not far when followers of other religions will also have such decorations in their home during Christmas time.

Christmas tree has become a symbol of the festival See a Santa or a tree anywhere and we are reminded of Christmas. That is the beauty of the Christmas tree.

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Celebrating a Celtic Christmas - The Traditions
By Rauncie Kinnaird

While many of us celebrate modern Christmas traditions of decorating Christmas trees and waiting for Santa, the Celts celebrated the Winter Solstice. The Druids felt that the sun stood still for 12 days from Christmas Eve to January 6th. A Yule log was burned for light on those days. Its charred remains protected the house for the rest of the year. Mistletoe, a sign of fertility, was hung in the house with other greenery as a symbol of life in the darkness.

The Scots believe that on Christmas Eve, a raging fire keeps mischievous elves from coming down the chimney. On Christmas Day, people dance around bonfires while listening to bagpipes and enjoying oatmeal cake. The biggest celebrations happen on Hogmanay, New Year’s Eve. These involve “first footing”, where the first person to set foot in a house in a New Year is said to bring either good or bad luck, depending on their hair color. The Night of Candles lights the way for the Holy family, first footers, and Mummers. Mummers dressed in masks and travelled from house to house for music and dancing. The home owners would have to guess who they were. On New Year’s Eve, they would circle houses beating on the walls to drive out the old year while saying a special rhyme to request entry for food & drink.

In Ireland, the celebration lasts from Christmas Eve until Epiphany on January 6th. They light red candles decorated with holly sprigs on Christmas Eve. The women bake a seed cake for each person and three puddings for Christmas, New Year’s and the Twelfth Night. On Christmas evening, milk and bread is left out and the door was left unlocked as a symbol of hospitality. St. Stephen’s Day, Dec. 26th, is filled with football and meetings. The Wren Boys Procession is a fun event for boys who would dress up and go door to door singing and playing music while holding a Holly bush on a stick. They would say that a Wren was hiding in the bush and they needed money to feed the starving wren. Actually, the money is for them!

The Welsh are known for their wonderful singing voices and caroling, known as eistoddfodde, is a very popular Christmas activity. In some communities, people gather in a public area to announce who has submitted the best music for a new carol. This carol is added to all the rest that are known and sung in Wales. In some areas, a villager is chosen to be the Mari llwyd, who travels around the town in white clothing while carrying a horse’s skull on a stick. Anyone given the “bite” by the horse’s jaws must pay a fine. One of the popular sweets for this holiday is Taffy. Christmas goose is also a meal must. Santa gets no cookies and milk; instead, mince pies and a bottle of Guinness! They also maintain the English traditions of holly, mistletoe, pudding, stockings, and snow.

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Christmas Music Radio
By David M Sacco

Although many Nintendo Wii’s, Xbox 360’s, and many other toys are not always easy to come by in the holiday season, one thing we never fall short of is Christmas music. Needless to say it is not always so easy to find quality Christmas music.

Many lucky consumers who were able to afford the IPod touch, IPhone, or a decent set of computer speaker will have no trouble finding exactly what they are looking for. Pandora is one website which allows users to pick an artist of their choosing, for the site to mold stations around. Another useful internet site great for these devices is Wunder Radio which links to many great stations. Sites such as AOL Christmas 365, Classic Holliday Radio, 181.FM, and Christmas 24/7 should all do the trick.

Subscribers to Serius and XM will be delighted to know that they have revamped their regularly scheduled programming to introduce twenty-four hours of holiday music, seven days a week, with no commercial interruption, all the way through the holiday season.

Of course we can always return to “old reliable and turn on the local AM/FM stations. Not for you? Around the country many local radio stations are converting their programming for the holidays in hopes of gaining listeners such as yourself. Simply scanning the airwaves is an easy way to find the holiday music of your choosing.

In need of an upgrade from the same old holiday music? With plenty of vacation time, I sure must of you will need to break away from the family, so this is a perfect time to take a look at the selection of new Christmas music available on ITunes. I pieced together a mixed CD and I am sure it will be a big hit. ITunes makes it as fun and easy as can be to locate, and test new music.Not only are songs easy to locate on ITunes, but the site also gives users the chance to preview songs before they actually make a purchase. Not only is ITunes easy but it is full of great new music, I even accidently came across a great song “Everything I Need For Christmas” by emerging artist JD Webb. It will not be easy to top this song.

So if you’re like me and you’re being forced to watch the kid from A Christmas Story shoot his eye out for the nine-hundredth time, take a break, and check out the labyrinth of available holiday music. Good luck and happy holidays.

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