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Christmas Articles
- Emphasizing the Spiritual Side of Christmas with Our Children
Emphasizing the Spiritual Side of Christmas with Our Children Lisa M. Hendey Emphasizing the Spiritual Side of Christmas with Our Children By Lisa M. Hendey In these hectic days prior to Christmas,...
- Enjoy Christmas by Simplifying
Enjoy Christmas by Simplifying Janie Schaeffer Is there such a thing as an enjoyable Christmas holiday? A holiday when you aren't shopping at the last minute with no real idea of what gifts you want...
- Experience the Magic of Christmas Without the Headaches
Experience the Magic of Christmas Without the Headaches ARA (ARA) - There are many things that can spark the Christmas Spirit inside of us --the arrival of cold weather, the smell of cookies baking...
- Finding Joy in Christmas
Finding Joy in Christmas- When Everything 'Feels' Wrong Ellen M. DuBois The year 2001 proved to be a life altering one. Barring our own personal problems which already may have had you in a state of...
- Get Organised for Christmas
Get Organised for Christmas... NOW! Lorraine Pirihi Hasn't time flown? Only six weeks to Christmas! Now you may think that you're too busy to even contemplate that far ahead, however if you don't get...
- Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays
Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays ARA (ARA) The holiday season is here and if the spirit hasnt entered your home yet, now is the time to do something about it. As any interior decorator will tell...
- Give Presence Not Presents
Give Presence Not Presents Rachel Webb Throughout the year we have many gift-giving opportunities to show love to those around us. From Christmas to Birthdays, Valentines Day and more, our thoughts...
- Grandmas Fruitcake
Grandmas Fruitcake Andrew Krause This is the recipe that my grandmother brought with her when she and her family left Russia in the early 1900"s. As a child around 1920's or so, while living on a...
- Grief And The Holidays
Grief And The Holidays Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW Publishing Guidelines: You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the resource box is...
- Have a Multi Cultural Christmas with Juan Oskar
Have a Multi-Cultural Christmas with Juan Oskar Juan Oskar FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christmas Is For Grownups Too Phoenix, Arizona-- October 17, 2005-- Trumpeter, pianist, vocalist, and writer Juan...
- Have Your Self a Naughty Little Christmas
Have Your Self a Naughty Little Christmas Lance Russell If youre looking for a gift thats a little sexy or a bit naughty youll find some fun ideas how to spice up the eggnog below. These choices are...
- Holiday Cookie Exchange
Holiday Cookie Exchange Chris, WebAdmin. With the Christmas holidays coming up, many cooks will be looking at lots of baking and preparations for the parties and get-togethers not to mention the big...
- Holiday Times Are For Helping Those Less Fortunate
Holiday Times Are For Helping Those Less Fortunate, Think Invitations Steven Schneidman Every year I watch as advertisers begin to promote their products for the Holiday Period. For retail this is...
- Home For The Holidays
Home For The Holidays Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 8, 2003 In my husband's family, family members send Christmas cards to other family members (parents to...
- Household Fires Claim Thousands of Lives Each Year
Household Fires Claim Thousands of Lives Each Year ARA (ARA) - The statistics surrounding fire-related deaths and property damage in the United States are staggering. More than 500,000 household...
- How Does Santa Make Out His List
How Does Santa Make Out His List? (humor) Kristin Johnson Ill let you in on a secret: I know Santa Claus. And I received a letter from him with his Christmas list. Dear Kristin, Thank you for the...
- How to Handle Christmas Before it Handles You
How to Handle Christmas Before it Handles You :) Randy Mclean Ahh, the Holidays gotta love it. Family, fun, presents, and food! I guess you probably knew where that was going... :) Yes, we can't...
- How to Have an Abundant Holiday Season
How to Have an Abundant Holiday Season Kalinda Rose Stevenson, Ph.D. How To Have An Abundant Holiday Season There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of...
- How to Have the Perfect Christmas
How to Have the Perfect Christmas Kimberly Chastain This year will be different. I vow I wont get stressed out over presents, parties, cards, Christmas plays, putting up the tree and decorating, and...
- How to Really Enjoy Christmas
How to Really Enjoy Christmas, Written by a Pro Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, cEQc, The EQ Coach Im known in my family as the original Christmas Elf. Ive always loved Christmas and thought it...
- How to Reduce Your Stress this Christmas
How to Reduce Your Stress this Christmas Kerry-Ann Cox In theory Christmas is a time that is filled with joy and celebration. A joyous holiday when you get together with loved ones and catch up,...
- How to Save Money at Christmas
How to Save Money at Christmas John Mussi Do you know how to save money at Christmas and still have fun? Sounds impossible but it can be done. Everyone assumes that in order to enjoy the festive...
- How to sell Santas slip-ups
How to sell Santas slip-ups Donald Lee Shoppers spent more than $15.5 billion this Christmas on gifts on the Internet alone. Just imagine how many millions went to unwanted polka dot sweaters,...
- How to Survive Christmas
How to Survive Christmas? The Results of the Survey Are In Susan Dunn, MA, cEQc, The Emotional Intelligence Coach The results of the EIS International Survey are in, and way ahead of the pack is Make...
- I Am a Grinch
I Am a Grinch David Leonhardt Last Christmas, Uncle Albert promised his neighbor, Wilson, to find a way to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year. You know, just like Wilson and everybody else...
- Ill Be Home For Christmas
I'll Be Home For Christmas Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 29, 2004 I have been married 25 years. We come from completely different backgrounds. I grew up in a large...
- Its Not Just About Christmas Trees and Christmas Gifts
It's Not Just About Christmas Trees and Christmas Gifts David Arnold Livingston Let kids tell you what they think of Christmas and they will speak of images full of snow, caroling, putting up...
- It was a Christmas Miracle
It was a Christmas Miracle! Catherine Spelling So there we were, awkwardly staring at one another in utter disbelief that nobody could figure it out. It was a week before Christmas, and all through...
- Keeping The Christmas Spirit Alive
Keeping The Christmas Spirit Alive: Christmas Just Isnt The Same Without Santa Claus! Yvonne Thompson Holidays may come and go but some holidays, like Christmas, should never change. Most folks have...
- Last Minute Christmas Tips
Last Minute Christmas Tips Susan Dunn Some last-minute tips for increasing your enjoyment of the holidays. Last minute tips for increasing your enjoyment of Christmas! 1. Try opening the gifts a new...
- Lead In Christmas Lights
Lead In Christmas Lights Christine Climer The wires of many electrical devices, including Christmas lights, are insulated inside a plastic (PVC) coating. Some sort of stabilizer must be added to the...
- Letters to Santa Claus Where Do They Actually Go
Letters to Santa Claus...Where Do They Actually Go? Mark Bulleit In anticipation of the most magical time of year, a child poetically articulates on paper exactly what she wants for Christmas,...
- Light Up Your Holidays the Easy Way
Light Up Your Holidays the Easy Way ARA (ARA) - Even Scrooge wouldn't dare say "bah humbug" to a dazzling display of holiday lights. He'd be even happier if he didn't have to string the lights...
- Making the Holidays Brighter for Loved Ones in a Nursing Home
Making the Holidays Brighter for Loved Ones in a Nursing Home ARA (ARA) Every year around this time, the sights and sounds of the holiday season spill over into nearly every aspect of our lives....
- Making the Holidays More Meaningful
Making the Holidays More Meaningful Debbie Milam Have the holidays become too commercial for you? Are you feeling empty and unfulfilled during this time of the year? This year by making some simple...
- Mall Santa Pitfalls
Mall Santa Pitfalls Loring A. Windblad This article is Copyright August 2005 by http://www.santaclausca.com, Loring Windblad and Windy Dawn Marketing and is based upon Lorings experiences as Santa...
- Maybe This Christmas Will Be Different
Maybe This Christmas Will Be Different..... Kimberly Chastain Have you always dreamed of a Norman Rockwell Christmas - where everyone is singing Christmas carols and there is joy in the house? Alas,...
- No More Bah Humbug
No More Bah Humbug! ARA (ARA) - At the holidays, they always say it is better to give than receive. Luckily, one nonprofit organization has found a way to match up companies who have a lot to give...
- Sending Them Home for the Holidays
Operation G.I. Jingle: Sending Them Home for the Holidays Dina Giolitto This Christmas, theres a new kind of care package going out to the U.S. Military. Although they cant eat, wear, or stow the...
- Staying in the Holiday Spirit
Staying in the Holiday Spirit Rinatta Paries The holiday season can either be exiting and joyous, or saddening and lonely. How you experience the holidays is completely up to you. Really! Whether you...
- Successful Holiday Gift Giving Starts with a Plan
Successful Holiday Gift Giving Starts with a Plan Wendy Wood Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the clock is ticking down as we grow closer to the holiday festivities. By now, many have...
- Survival Kit for the Holidays
Survival Kit for the Holidays: Grace, Gratitude and Random Acts Of Kindness Laura Turner If you*re like me, the holidays always have a way of sneaking in. And - like an unexpected visitor who shows...
- Taking Back Christmas
Taking Back Christmas Kristin Johnson John Grisham wrote a book called SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. Amazon.com reports: John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday...
- Teaching Our Children about the True Meaning of Christmas
Teaching Our Children about the True Meaning of Christmas Martha Matthews Help children understand Christmas through imitating Jesus. Teaching Our Children about the True Meaning of Christmas By...
- Ten Great Holiday Dates
Ten Great Holiday Dates Toni Coleman, LCSW Dating during the holiday season can be a special treat. Of course, in order to fully experience this you may need to re-order some priorities and make time...
- Ten Ways to Save Your Sanity During the Holidays
Ten Ways to Save Your Sanity During the Holidays Marie M. Roker 1. Set limits for yourself. If you feel overwhelmed with shopping, cooking and visiting relatives don't add more to your plate. Take...
- The Cheapest Christmas Ever
The Cheapest Christmas Ever! Ann Scaling Tucker Have you ever said "I wish we didn't have to spend so much money on Christmas?" or "I wish we could have Christmas without going into debt!" Well here...
- The Christmas Dress
The Christmas Dress LeAnn R. Ralph (From the book: Christmas in Dairyland True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm; August 2003; trade paperback; http://ruralroute2.com) From the time I was a very little...
- The History of the Christmas Card
The History of the Christmas Card Catherine Spelling The Christmas card, as we know it, originated in England in the year 1843. An artist named John Calcott Horsley was commissioned by Sir Henry...
- The Magic Of Gift Giving At Christmas
The Magic Of Gift Giving At Christmas Adriana Copaceanu Regardless of age, almost everyone can remember at least a few magic moments of their past at Christmas time. Even in our fifties and sixties,...
- The Reason for Christmas
The Reason for Christmas Fred Roe Christ is the reason for a Christmas celebration I know a lot of you are getting ready for Christmas right now, but it always seems to me that a lot of folks just...
- The Truth About Christmas
The Truth About Christmas Janice Wee Every year, as Christmas approaches, you hear Christmas carols everywhere. Sometimes to the point where another Silent Night would make you want to silent the...
- The Truth About Santa Claus
The Truth About Santa Claus Arleen M. Kaptur Christmas carols evoke visions of holiday cheer and wonderful, tender family moments. There is "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," a classic that has...
- Top 10 Donts for Christmas
Top 10 Don'ts for Christmas Gary R. Hess 10. Don't steal the Santa from your neighbors yard 9. Don't blow up the little baby Jesus and try to replace it with your childhood G.I. Joe 8. Don't smoke...
- Top 10 Ways to Show Holiday Spirit
Top 10 Ways to Show Holiday Spirit Gary R. Hess 10. Buy presents for more people than just yourself 9. Treat all your drunken relatives the same. Don't just trip one, trip them all! 8. Dress your...
- Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas
TWAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS Irvin L. Rozier Twas two weeks before Christmas morn Until that day the Savior was born There was no Santa Claus present at that stable Some believe the virgin birth...
- Visions of Sugar Plums and Holiday Safety
Visions of Sugar Plums and Holiday Safety Wally Conway Ho, Ho, Ho, Holiday greetings to you! Every year at this time I can't help but notice the beautiful holiday lighting and adornment. It's great...
- What Do You Want for Christmas
What Do You Want for Christmas? Maureen Killoran Headphones to grant me some private space . . . tickets to some far-off exotic place . . . What do you want for Christmas? Clothing to dress me to...
- Whatever Happened to Christmas
Whatever Happened to Christmas? LeAnn R. Ralph Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving? Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well. "When I was growing up...
- Why Does Santa Bring Gifts
Why Does Santa Bring Gifts? Jessica Cander The history of Christmas and in particular the reasons for the giving of gifts are not known for certain, but several things are known for a fact. The...
- Women Own The Holidays
Women Own The Holidays! Ed Williams This week were gonna get serious and deal with one of lifes greatest mysteries - why are almost all of the gift giving holidays slanted towards women? I know, I...
- A season for giving
A season for giving Stephanie Foster The holidays are upon us. It is the best time to teach your family about caring for others. In the midst of all the holiday madness, there are so many people who...
- Christmas
Christmas Joyce C. Lock If the Lord's return is a bit different than we thought (flying out of here in the literal isn't exactly what He meant) we would be ashamed for Him to return at Christmas;...
- Christmas, a time for giving and sharing.
Christmas, a time for giving and sharing. Hege Crowton Finally, the season so many of us are looking forward to is just around the corner.Joy, peace, happiness, children, lights, decorations and...
- Christmas Expectations
Christmas Expectations Teresa Hansen Christmas is here again. It is a time of year we all look forward to with excitement and anticipation. But it can be a time of year when you feel overwhelmed,...
- Christmas in July
CHRISTMAS IN JULY? Mary Anne Hahn For many of us who live in the Northern hemisphere, the month of July means vacation, swimming, boating, picnics and camping. Long hot days entice us to slow down,...
- Christmas is Celebration
CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATION! Jan McCracken You may publish this article in your newsletter, on your website, or other publication as long as the article content is not altered and the resource box is...
- Christmas Joy
Christmas Joy Jimmy Boyes Christmas comes and goes at the same lightening speed as the bank balance. We put on a few pounds as the wallet is shedding its. Then comes the January sales hooray that s...
- Christmas Time
Christmas Time David the Dogman from David the Dogman Gather presents, boxes, paper, etc. in middle of living room floor. Get tape back from puppy. Remove scissors from older dog's mouth. Open box....
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