http://xmasgreen.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:39:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have young (or not so young) children to cater on your Christmas shopping list, you may find yourself stumped over what to buy as a gift this year. Manufacturers unveil new toys all year round, it seems - but it's Christmas time that sees some of the busiest ... http://xmasgreen.com/christmas-toy-shopping-tis-the-season/30 You hear many people announce that Christmas only comes once a year. I am very thankful for this fact. Who wants to have to decorate their house every week in preparation for another Christmas party? Yeah, I am certainly glad that Christmas only comes once a year, that way my ... http://xmasgreen.com/the-beauty-of-christmas-decorations/25 Everyone has a list of what they want for Christmas. For some, it’s clothes, for others it’s money. For most, however, the best gift of all is to be able to spend the special day with the ones they love. Christmas presents are about the thought required, not the value ... http://xmasgreen.com/christmas-present-it%e2%80%99s-the-thought-that-counts/22 Every year, as Christmas time approaches, people head for their storage areas to break out the Christmas tree ornaments. If you’re like most people, you probably have the same Christmas tree ornaments you’ve used for years. It probably looks the part, too, dingy and old. However, who wants to go out ... http://xmasgreen.com/christmas-tree-ornaments/18 Many avid Christmas decorators begin unpacking boxes of their holiday treasures as soon as Thanksgiving is a reality. The market for Christmas decorations is a big one – from homespun trinkets, to ornate Victorian accessories and valuable holiday heirlooms. Everyone seems to have an individual style when it comes to Christmas ... http://xmasgreen.com/christmas-decorating-on-a-budget/16 Commercial Christmas greeting cards were first created in England in the year 1843. They are still one of the most popular Christmas traditions, giving folks the chance to communicate with old friends and family that they might not otherwise hear from. The Christmas greeting card has evolved in many ways ... http://xmasgreen.com/send-your-holiday-greetings-in-a-christmas-card/13 It’s funny how naked a Christmas tree looks without any sort of ornamentation. Having a Christmas tree in your house without decorating it is like having a Barbie you don’t dress- stupid. Christmas ornaments are a tradition as old as the Christmas tree itself. For generations people have been decking their ... http://xmasgreen.com/the-magic-of-the-christmas-ornament/10 Christmas has become a holiday of gift giving and receiving. Billions of people, every year, spend billions of dollars on gifts for others. What can be more gracious and precious than that? Well, there are many who say that the true gift of Christmas isn’t something that can be bought ... http://xmasgreen.com/the-most-precious-christmas-gift/8 Martin Luther, the father of modern day Protestants, had a really good idea. We went into the woods around the time of the Christmas celebration, and found a tree. Once there, he decorated the tree with fruit, ribbon, and candles- all in celebration of the birth of Christ. That year, the ... http://xmasgreen.com/o-christmas-tree/5 Christmas is one day throughout the year that people all over the world look forward to. It’s is a time for sharing, family, love, gifts, eating, and general merry making. Christmas, unknown to most people, didn’t start out being celebrated on December 25th until the late 16th century. Here is ... http://xmasgreen.com/hello-world/1