Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
There are many different Christmas classroom activities that can be used with students in the lead up to Christmas. Many of these are both fun and also educational so that while the children enjoy themselves they will also be learning. The Christmas theme can be used in math activities, writing activities, spelling activities, craft activities and there are also educational Christmas puzzles that can used with students. There are also many educational Christmas games that can be played in the classroom with either small groups or with the whole class.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED - Exposing the Lies Surrounding the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ
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CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED - Exposing the Lies Surrounding the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ
***(SEE BELOW for MORE INFO)*** Discover the real story of "Christ-mass" and the hidden truth about this "Christian" holiday. This feature broadcast details the history of Christmas and the many cultural traditions surrounding the origins of this holiday, with a serious examination of their roots in paganism and connection with its practices. Find out why we decorate the Christmas tree, put lights and decorations up around our homes, the myths behind "Santa Claus" and his magical reindeer, and was December the 25th really Jesus Christ's birthday? FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS TOPIC - SEE OUR ARTICLES: 'In Retrospect ...of CHRIST-MASS, Christmas Trees, and the Holiday's Traditions' christ4ever.hubpages.com 'Why CHRISTMAS in the FALL Season? -OR- a Mixed-Up Calendar System & How the History of Christianity was Confused' christ4ever.hubpages.com
CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED - Exposing the Lies Surrounding the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ
CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED - Exposing the Lies Surrounding the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Unique Christmas Decorations That Stand Out
Christmas decorations are of so many types. There are decorations you have outside your house. There are things your decorate your mantelpiece with. There are Christmas wreaths you hand outside the door. And there are the decorations you put on your Christmas tree,
Unique Christmas Decorations That Stand Out
Paper wreath
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Paper wreath
How to make a paper wreath! BACON!!!! MrDudereno
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Christmas Wreath Complete Information
The use of Christmas wreath as a part of seasonal decorations has its origin in European pagan festivities coming down from times even before the birth of Jesus Christ. However holiday season presently derives lot of momentum from these practices now forming part of the main Christmas Celebrations.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
PRESSED FLOWERS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT RBG
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PRESSED FLOWERS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT RBG
A workshop designed to celebrate the beauty of flowers. Gardeners and flower lovers will discover the art of crafting with pressed flowers and leaves. They will transfer their creative talents into four projects! Learn how to make miniature wreaths to embellish your packages, learn how to design and embellish your own cards, experience basic gift wrapping techniques, learn how to add a touch of nature to your jewelry and how to layout mini gardens on holiday ornaments. At the end of the course two participants will get the chance to win a signed copy of Gabriela's new book Flowers and Leaf Press and one of her signature pieces. Part One - November, Saturday 19 - Pressed Flowers Gift Toppers & Holiday Cards Part Two - November, Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 -- Pressed Flowers Ornaments & Jewelry Instructor: Author, Designer & Instructor Gabriela Delworth Website: www.gabrieladelworth.com
PRESSED FLOWERS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT RBG
PRESSED FLOWERS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT RBG
PRESSED FLOWERS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT RBG
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11 Celtic Christmas Themes
Since its early beginnings the Celtic Christian Church drew inspiration on the pagan traditions of the past. Many of our present day customs have their roots in the druidic or Wiccan rites of long ago.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
Fresh Cosmetics for the Holidays
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Fresh Cosmetics for the Holidays
Shop Fresh products at Sephora: seph.me - Mixing ancient beauty rituals with modern technology, Fresh offers one-of-a-kind products that perform and pamper. They splurge on everything, and skimp on nothing, to create a collection of high quality—and highly effective—makeup, skin, hair, bath and body products, as well as extraordinary fragrances. Be it a brown sugar body scrub, a milk-infused face cream, a soda-loaded shampoo, or a sake-spiked candle, this brand is full of Fresh ideas.
Fresh Cosmetics for the Holidays
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Christmas Wreath Complete Information
The use of Christmas wreath as a part of seasonal decorations has its origin in European pagan festivities coming down from times even before the birth of Jesus Christ. However holiday season presently derives lot of momentum from these practices now forming part of the main Christmas Celebrations.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath With Plastic Sandwich Bags
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Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath With Plastic Sandwich Bags
You can make this Christmas wreath in just 30 minutes. All you need is a wire hanger, glue, 6 Christmas ornaments, wire, and some plastic sandwich bags. No one is going to believe you made it with sandwich bags. The wreaths are great on your front door because tehy can handle any type of weather. Have fun making them! Video produced for www.Mamiverse.com
Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath With Plastic Sandwich Bags
Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath With Plastic Sandwich Bags
Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath With Plastic Sandwich Bags
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Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
There are many different Christmas classroom activities that can be used with students in the lead up to Christmas. Many of these are both fun and also educational so that while the children enjoy themselves they will also be learning. The Christmas theme can be used in math activities, writing activities, spelling activities, craft activities and there are also educational Christmas puzzles that can used with students. There are also many educational Christmas games that can be played in the classroom with either small groups or with the whole class.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
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Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
Here's a step-by-step DIY video that will show you how to make a beautiful festive wreath for the holiday season, perfect for a gift or your own front door. It's easy and fun! I'm new to YouTube, but I hope you'll stick around, as I have lots to share! :) Please subscribe if you like what you see, and thanks so much for watching! * * * Music: "Wish Background" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available at incompetech.com
Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
Cardinal & Berries Christmas Wreath Tutorial
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Christmas Wreath Complete Information
The use of Christmas wreath as a part of seasonal decorations has its origin in European pagan festivities coming down from times even before the birth of Jesus Christ. However holiday season presently derives lot of momentum from these practices now forming part of the main Christmas Celebrations.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Holiday Card Series 2010 - Day 25
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Holiday Card Series 2010 - Day 25
Day 25 of the Holiday Card Series 2010! For more info on this card, please visit my blog: www.kwernerdesign.com To be entered in this week's giveaway (deadline is Friday, November 26 at 11:59 pm ET), go this this blog entry: www.kwernerdesign.com ------------ BLOG: www.kwernerdesign.com TWITTER: twitter.com ------------ SUPPLIES Solid Card Stock: Kraft (Stampin' Up!) Stamp: Special Wishes stamp set (Hero Arts) Ink: Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan (Colorbox) Small Letter Stickers: Basic White Micro Monos (BasicGrey) White Foam Numbers: Subway Thickers (American Crafts) Red Glitter Letters: Cherry Sparkling Thickers (American Crafts) Rhinestones: Red Lush Rhinestones (My Mind's Eye) White Gel Pen: Signo Broad (Uni-Ball) Circle Cutter: Simple Circle Cutter (Martha Stewart Crafts) Disclaimer: Some supplies used in this post/video were provided by Two Peas in a Bucket.
Holiday Card Series 2010 - Day 25
Holiday Card Series 2010 - Day 25
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11 Celtic Christmas Themes
Since its early beginnings the Celtic Christian Church drew inspiration on the pagan traditions of the past. Many of our present day customs have their roots in the druidic or Wiccan rites of long ago.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
Updated Geo Mesh Wreath & More
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Updated Geo Mesh Wreath & More
Lori and Kathy show us how to make different things out of Geo Mesh
Updated Geo Mesh Wreath & More
Updated Geo Mesh Wreath & More
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Lori and Kathy show us how to make different things out of Geo Mesh
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The winter solace starts on the 21st of December and is the shortest day in the year. Pagans believed in holding a festival of the sun to encourage its return and bring good fortune and bountiful crop with it. Accompanying this were a number of practices still very much in evidence today over the festive season.
Holiday Wreath
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
1. The Yule log that we all have on our mantelpiece is reminiscent of the time when an oak log was burnt for twelve hours using the remnants of the previous years to light it. Once it had been burnt the log was decorated and kept throughout the year and its ashes were spread on the fields to encourage a good harvest.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
2. Decorating your house with holly and ivy is very much a druidic tradition. They believed that these evergreens along with their blood red berries were a sign of fertility and rebirth. It was placed around doors and windows, so as to capture evil spirits before they entered the house in its spiky leaves. Echoes of this are in today's practice of placing holly wreaths on front doors.
3. The same is true of mistletoe which grows in the boughs of the oak tree. Druids would cut it down with a golden sickle making sure that it did not touch the ground. Meeting beneath a sprig of mistletoe was considered fortunate and a sign of goodwill; hence nowadays at Christmas we suspend it above doorways and exchange kisses if we meet beneath it.
4. Advent wreaths again have their roots in Celtic traditions. The countdown to the celebrations was marked with an evergreen holly wreath or a Celtic rope knot to hold four or five candles. One was lit each week in the lead up to Christmas. Traditionally there were 24 candles, the last of which was lit on the winter solace, bringing most light at the time when the world outside is at its darkest.
5. Place a lit candle in your window to welcome Mary and Joseph should they be passing.
6. Catching the Wren, traditionally an Irish feast celebrated on St Stephen's Day, December 26th, where participants would try to catch a wren, bringing them good luck. Now it is considered more as a time for going door to door, carol singing and passing around the hat.
7. Hogmanay, the Scottish four day festival of the New Year, is when the streets come alive with singing, dancing and partying. These include eating of haggis, a mince, potato and onion based filling put into a sheep stomach.
8. January 6th is the day to celebrate Little Christmas. Here traditionally women have the day off housework and the Christmas decorations are taken down. It is considered bad luck to take them down before or leave them up after this date.
9. The Celtic knot is a prime example symbolizing the life force, as in its never ending circle it weaves its path. These can be used in a variety of decorative ways, as place settings, Christmas cards or wreaths for your front door.
10. Christmas cake, Christmas pudding/ Plum Pudding or Figgy Pudding contain a rich mix of dried fruit, nuts and brandy. You start making them at the end of harvest and leave them to mature in time for Christmas. A cake of plenty made in the deep midst of winter.
11. In Scotland they have the tradition of First Footing, where at the stroke of midnight neighbors visit each other with a small gift, fruit cake or shortbread in return for a wee dram of whiskey. In other parts it is lucky for the first person to enter the house on New Years Day to bring a piece of coal as good luck for the coming year. Tall dark handsome men are thought to be the luckiest, while red headed women are sadly the least lucky ones to have knock on your door.
The Christmas greetings you will hear throughout both Wales and Ireland in the traditional Celtic languages are in Welsh "Nadolig Llawn" and in Gaelic "Nollaig Shona duit". However you choose to say it, have a Happy Christmas.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
Day 25 of the Holiday Card Series 2010! For more info on this card, please visit my blog: www.kwernerdesign.com To be entered in this week's giveaway (deadline is Friday, November 26 at 11:59 pm ET), go this this blog entry: www.kwernerdesign.com ------------ BLOG: www.kwernerdesign.com TWITTER: twitter.com ------------ SUPPLIES Solid Card Stock: Kraft (Stampin' Up!) Stamp: Special Wishes stamp set (Hero Arts) Ink: Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan (Colorbox) Small Letter Stickers: Basic White Micro Monos (BasicGrey) White Foam Numbers: Subway Thickers (American Crafts) Red Glitter Letters: Cherry Sparkling Thickers (American Crafts) Rhinestones: Red Lush Rhinestones (My Mind's Eye) White Gel Pen: Signo Broad (Uni-Ball) Circle Cutter: Simple Circle Cutter (Martha Stewart Crafts) Disclaimer: Some supplies used in this post/video were provided by Two Peas in a Bucket.
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Being a part of the set of traditional Christmas Ornaments these beautifully crafted and made by hand (if natural) decoration brings forth freshness to the holiday seasons fun.
Holiday Wreath
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Christmas wreaths come in a variety of designs and shapes. However traditionally these are Circular in shape. Primarily these can be fresh or Synthetic. The fresh item which is more pleasing on the eye but priced higher will lift the Christmas spirit as perhaps only a gaily decorated natural Christmas tree of fresh balsam bough could. It brings freshness to the whole theme of decorations giving it a rich feeling. If you are looking for impressiveness it is the Fresh wreath you have to look for.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
You may find Fresh Christmas wreaths commercially available as;
o Those wreaths with Gold colored pine cones and a maroon bow of velvet
o Traditional design Wreaths with pine cones and berries and no bow.
o Those with white tipped pine cones and with a red water proof velvet bow thrown in.
o Plain wreath with only a Red bow
o Tear Drop shaped Wreath of balsam with a red bow of velvet
o Ones with tiny LED lights embedded for that exclusive effect.
Functionally the wreaths could be to;
o As an ornament on the Christmas Tree
o Wall and Mantle decoration
o As a tribute to dear departed close ones who would not be home for this Christmas.
Again the wreaths would be classified according the region of origin and the plant material used.
As for the sizes the standard is Circular pattern with an approximate diameter of 12 inches. The thickness could be anything around 4 inches. The tear drop shaped could be about 27 inches long and 16 inches wide. Here too the thickness could be about 4 inches. Each design offers you a variety of choices to get the right feeling of your Christmas décor.
One important factor we must not forget when selecting Christmas wreath is that, these should last the Holiday season. Naturally one would expect the manufacturers to look in to this and take action appropriately. Ask them and make sure before you make the commitment.
In spite of being natural some retailers offer ones with somewhat dry textured foliage, so due to processing or age. These do not have the feel of the "fresh off tree" feeling and also do not last that long. So be choosy when you want to buy Christmas Wreaths! Luckily now these can be ordered on line unlike in the days gone by. The items would be shipped generally overland by courier services and will reach you in no time.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Here's a step-by-step DIY video that will show you how to make a beautiful festive wreath for the holiday season, perfect for a gift or your own front door. It's easy and fun! I'm new to YouTube, but I hope you'll stick around, as I have lots to share! :) Please subscribe if you like what you see, and thanks so much for watching! * * * Music: "Wish Background" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available at incompetech.com
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Christmas Spelling Game
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Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
One of the Christmas classroom activities that is sure to be a hit with the kids is the Christmas Spelling Bee Game. Although it might not sound like fun, kids love this fast moving game that has an element of chance to it.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
For this Christmas game the children stand in a circle. The caller gives a word for the children to spell and nominates the person to start. Children give one letter at a time going in a clockwise direction. The child who is after the person who says the last letter says 'Jingle Bells'. Then the next child is out and sits down. If a child says a wrong letter, they are out and sit down also. Then the next person must give the correct letter. When the word is completed, the caller then gives the next word and play continues around the circle. The last child standing is the winner. Christmas words can be used for the spelling bee. Here are some words to get you started, stocking, chimney, wreath, carols, elves, merry, holly, presents, Santa, angel, Rudolph, tree, candles, sleigh, and decorations.
Christmas Math Activities
Christmas math activities are also ideal as Christmas classroom activities. A simple Christmas math activity is to draw several Christmas trees on the board and then put the numbers from an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division operation jumbled up in each tree. The pattern for the operation is then written under the tree. If the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 7 are in the tree, the pattern? X? =??, would be added under the tree. Children then have to unjumble the numbers in the tree to create a true operation to fit the pattern. The answer for this one would be 6 X 7 = 42. More complex operations can also be used.
Other Christmas classroom activities include Christmas craft activities where decorations, gifts, cards and wrapping paper can be made.
Christmas Pasta Wreath
A simple but very effective Christmas craft activity is to make a Christmas wreath from a paper plate and different shaped pasta pieces. Cut a hole out of the center of the paper plate and then glue pasta around the wreath shape in a pattern. It won't look very interesting yet, but spray it with silver or gold spray paint and it will great. It can then have a ribbon tied to the top of it and be hung on a door or wall as a Christmas decoration.
There are loads and loads of Christmas classroom activities than be used to give the kids some fun in the classroom before Christmas. If you choose your activities carefully, then not only will the kids have fun but they will also be learning at the same time.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
You can make this Christmas wreath in just 30 minutes. All you need is a wire hanger, glue, 6 Christmas ornaments, wire, and some plastic sandwich bags. No one is going to believe you made it with sandwich bags. The wreaths are great on your front door because tehy can handle any type of weather. Have fun making them! Video produced for www.Mamiverse.com
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Being a part of the set of traditional Christmas Ornaments these beautifully crafted and made by hand (if natural) decoration brings forth freshness to the holiday seasons fun.
Holiday Wreath
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Christmas wreaths come in a variety of designs and shapes. However traditionally these are Circular in shape. Primarily these can be fresh or Synthetic. The fresh item which is more pleasing on the eye but priced higher will lift the Christmas spirit as perhaps only a gaily decorated natural Christmas tree of fresh balsam bough could. It brings freshness to the whole theme of decorations giving it a rich feeling. If you are looking for impressiveness it is the Fresh wreath you have to look for.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
You may find Fresh Christmas wreaths commercially available as;
o Those wreaths with Gold colored pine cones and a maroon bow of velvet
o Traditional design Wreaths with pine cones and berries and no bow.
o Those with white tipped pine cones and with a red water proof velvet bow thrown in.
o Plain wreath with only a Red bow
o Tear Drop shaped Wreath of balsam with a red bow of velvet
o Ones with tiny LED lights embedded for that exclusive effect.
Functionally the wreaths could be to;
o As an ornament on the Christmas Tree
o Wall and Mantle decoration
o As a tribute to dear departed close ones who would not be home for this Christmas.
Again the wreaths would be classified according the region of origin and the plant material used.
As for the sizes the standard is Circular pattern with an approximate diameter of 12 inches. The thickness could be anything around 4 inches. The tear drop shaped could be about 27 inches long and 16 inches wide. Here too the thickness could be about 4 inches. Each design offers you a variety of choices to get the right feeling of your Christmas décor.
One important factor we must not forget when selecting Christmas wreath is that, these should last the Holiday season. Naturally one would expect the manufacturers to look in to this and take action appropriately. Ask them and make sure before you make the commitment.
In spite of being natural some retailers offer ones with somewhat dry textured foliage, so due to processing or age. These do not have the feel of the "fresh off tree" feeling and also do not last that long. So be choosy when you want to buy Christmas Wreaths! Luckily now these can be ordered on line unlike in the days gone by. The items would be shipped generally overland by courier services and will reach you in no time.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Shop Fresh products at Sephora: seph.me - Mixing ancient beauty rituals with modern technology, Fresh offers one-of-a-kind products that perform and pamper. They splurge on everything, and skimp on nothing, to create a collection of high quality—and highly effective—makeup, skin, hair, bath and body products, as well as extraordinary fragrances. Be it a brown sugar body scrub, a milk-infused face cream, a soda-loaded shampoo, or a sake-spiked candle, this brand is full of Fresh ideas.
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The winter solace starts on the 21st of December and is the shortest day in the year. Pagans believed in holding a festival of the sun to encourage its return and bring good fortune and bountiful crop with it. Accompanying this were a number of practices still very much in evidence today over the festive season.
Holiday Wreath
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
1. The Yule log that we all have on our mantelpiece is reminiscent of the time when an oak log was burnt for twelve hours using the remnants of the previous years to light it. Once it had been burnt the log was decorated and kept throughout the year and its ashes were spread on the fields to encourage a good harvest.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
2. Decorating your house with holly and ivy is very much a druidic tradition. They believed that these evergreens along with their blood red berries were a sign of fertility and rebirth. It was placed around doors and windows, so as to capture evil spirits before they entered the house in its spiky leaves. Echoes of this are in today's practice of placing holly wreaths on front doors.
3. The same is true of mistletoe which grows in the boughs of the oak tree. Druids would cut it down with a golden sickle making sure that it did not touch the ground. Meeting beneath a sprig of mistletoe was considered fortunate and a sign of goodwill; hence nowadays at Christmas we suspend it above doorways and exchange kisses if we meet beneath it.
4. Advent wreaths again have their roots in Celtic traditions. The countdown to the celebrations was marked with an evergreen holly wreath or a Celtic rope knot to hold four or five candles. One was lit each week in the lead up to Christmas. Traditionally there were 24 candles, the last of which was lit on the winter solace, bringing most light at the time when the world outside is at its darkest.
5. Place a lit candle in your window to welcome Mary and Joseph should they be passing.
6. Catching the Wren, traditionally an Irish feast celebrated on St Stephen's Day, December 26th, where participants would try to catch a wren, bringing them good luck. Now it is considered more as a time for going door to door, carol singing and passing around the hat.
7. Hogmanay, the Scottish four day festival of the New Year, is when the streets come alive with singing, dancing and partying. These include eating of haggis, a mince, potato and onion based filling put into a sheep stomach.
8. January 6th is the day to celebrate Little Christmas. Here traditionally women have the day off housework and the Christmas decorations are taken down. It is considered bad luck to take them down before or leave them up after this date.
9. The Celtic knot is a prime example symbolizing the life force, as in its never ending circle it weaves its path. These can be used in a variety of decorative ways, as place settings, Christmas cards or wreaths for your front door.
10. Christmas cake, Christmas pudding/ Plum Pudding or Figgy Pudding contain a rich mix of dried fruit, nuts and brandy. You start making them at the end of harvest and leave them to mature in time for Christmas. A cake of plenty made in the deep midst of winter.
11. In Scotland they have the tradition of First Footing, where at the stroke of midnight neighbors visit each other with a small gift, fruit cake or shortbread in return for a wee dram of whiskey. In other parts it is lucky for the first person to enter the house on New Years Day to bring a piece of coal as good luck for the coming year. Tall dark handsome men are thought to be the luckiest, while red headed women are sadly the least lucky ones to have knock on your door.
The Christmas greetings you will hear throughout both Wales and Ireland in the traditional Celtic languages are in Welsh "Nadolig Llawn" and in Gaelic "Nollaig Shona duit". However you choose to say it, have a Happy Christmas.
11 Celtic Christmas Themes
A workshop designed to celebrate the beauty of flowers. Gardeners and flower lovers will discover the art of crafting with pressed flowers and leaves. They will transfer their creative talents into four projects! Learn how to make miniature wreaths to embellish your packages, learn how to design and embellish your own cards, experience basic gift wrapping techniques, learn how to add a touch of nature to your jewelry and how to layout mini gardens on holiday ornaments. At the end of the course two participants will get the chance to win a signed copy of Gabriela's new book Flowers and Leaf Press and one of her signature pieces. Part One - November, Saturday 19 - Pressed Flowers Gift Toppers & Holiday Cards Part Two - November, Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 -- Pressed Flowers Ornaments & Jewelry Instructor: Author, Designer & Instructor Gabriela Delworth Website: www.gabrieladelworth.com
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Being a part of the set of traditional Christmas Ornaments these beautifully crafted and made by hand (if natural) decoration brings forth freshness to the holiday seasons fun.
Holiday Wreath
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
Christmas wreaths come in a variety of designs and shapes. However traditionally these are Circular in shape. Primarily these can be fresh or Synthetic. The fresh item which is more pleasing on the eye but priced higher will lift the Christmas spirit as perhaps only a gaily decorated natural Christmas tree of fresh balsam bough could. It brings freshness to the whole theme of decorations giving it a rich feeling. If you are looking for impressiveness it is the Fresh wreath you have to look for.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
You may find Fresh Christmas wreaths commercially available as;
o Those wreaths with Gold colored pine cones and a maroon bow of velvet
o Traditional design Wreaths with pine cones and berries and no bow.
o Those with white tipped pine cones and with a red water proof velvet bow thrown in.
o Plain wreath with only a Red bow
o Tear Drop shaped Wreath of balsam with a red bow of velvet
o Ones with tiny LED lights embedded for that exclusive effect.
Functionally the wreaths could be to;
o As an ornament on the Christmas Tree
o Wall and Mantle decoration
o As a tribute to dear departed close ones who would not be home for this Christmas.
Again the wreaths would be classified according the region of origin and the plant material used.
As for the sizes the standard is Circular pattern with an approximate diameter of 12 inches. The thickness could be anything around 4 inches. The tear drop shaped could be about 27 inches long and 16 inches wide. Here too the thickness could be about 4 inches. Each design offers you a variety of choices to get the right feeling of your Christmas décor.
One important factor we must not forget when selecting Christmas wreath is that, these should last the Holiday season. Naturally one would expect the manufacturers to look in to this and take action appropriately. Ask them and make sure before you make the commitment.
In spite of being natural some retailers offer ones with somewhat dry textured foliage, so due to processing or age. These do not have the feel of the "fresh off tree" feeling and also do not last that long. So be choosy when you want to buy Christmas Wreaths! Luckily now these can be ordered on line unlike in the days gone by. The items would be shipped generally overland by courier services and will reach you in no time.
Christmas Wreath Complete Information
How to make a paper wreath! BACON!!!! MrDudereno
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Lets start from the outside. Decorating your house with lights is the preferred thing. In today's age of global warming and inconvenient truths, why not get something like a 50 Multi Pinecone Christmas LED Lights Set. A typical set would be with a bunch of Led lights set across around eighteen feet. There is a spacing of about four inches between the lights. These are United States UL approved lights, for 120 volts performance. These are long lasting and energy saving, compared to normal lights. That takes care of the late evening and night.
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Unique Christmas Decorations That Stand Out
If you stay in warmer climes with no threat of snow, your daytime Christmas decoration could consist of some special new attractive potted plants displayed in your driveway or at your front door or patio.
Unique Christmas Decorations That Stand Out
Christmas wreaths may be fresh as well as artificial. Typically evergreen plants have been used to make Christmas wreaths. Plants like holly, ivy and mistletoes, not only remain green throughout the year, but also bear fruit in the winter. So a wreath made of these at Christmas, signifies new and everlasting life, in keeping with the story of Jesus. Today with the degreening of the earth, there are concerns of destroying trees, and so we have very natural looking artificial wreaths that are now available to decorate your door. You can also make a wreath yourself from dried plants and branches, and decorate it with berries. This is a biodegradable thing and one need not worry about adding to the plastics of the world.
Finally we come to the decorations inside your home. LED lights may also be used to light up the area around and within your Christmas tree. While Origami Christmas decorations made personally by someone in the family would undoubtedly be the best thing, in today's world, of both parents working and school pressures, it's probably a great idea to plan in advance and buy your Christmas Decorations from some special places.
There is a "twelve days of Christmas" ornament collection from Vaillancourt Folk Art. Twelve distinctive and wonderful figurines depicting the twelve days of Christmas, maybe collected through the year, so as to not cause a dent in the pocketbook in December, and makes a great addition to your Christmas display.
Some exquisite red, yellow and green Chinese lanterns are popular Christmas decorations as well, and these come with wonderful designs that gleam brightly when the lantern is lit up. St Nicholas figurines, and a black Santa can add something new to the usual decorations. There are figurines of a knight in shining armor, there is a Santa-coming-through-the-chimney figurine, and there are interesting chandeliers you can hang on your tree, with a Joyeux Noel Angel presiding from atop the tree.
Should you be planning to do a nativity Scene, there are several glass ornaments, and Vaillancourt Folk Art chalk figures that you can use.
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Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
One of the Christmas classroom activities that is sure to be a hit with the kids is the Christmas Spelling Bee Game. Although it might not sound like fun, kids love this fast moving game that has an element of chance to it.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
For this Christmas game the children stand in a circle. The caller gives a word for the children to spell and nominates the person to start. Children give one letter at a time going in a clockwise direction. The child who is after the person who says the last letter says 'Jingle Bells'. Then the next child is out and sits down. If a child says a wrong letter, they are out and sit down also. Then the next person must give the correct letter. When the word is completed, the caller then gives the next word and play continues around the circle. The last child standing is the winner. Christmas words can be used for the spelling bee. Here are some words to get you started, stocking, chimney, wreath, carols, elves, merry, holly, presents, Santa, angel, Rudolph, tree, candles, sleigh, and decorations.
Christmas Math Activities
Christmas math activities are also ideal as Christmas classroom activities. A simple Christmas math activity is to draw several Christmas trees on the board and then put the numbers from an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division operation jumbled up in each tree. The pattern for the operation is then written under the tree. If the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 7 are in the tree, the pattern? X? =??, would be added under the tree. Children then have to unjumble the numbers in the tree to create a true operation to fit the pattern. The answer for this one would be 6 X 7 = 42. More complex operations can also be used.
Other Christmas classroom activities include Christmas craft activities where decorations, gifts, cards and wrapping paper can be made.
Christmas Pasta Wreath
A simple but very effective Christmas craft activity is to make a Christmas wreath from a paper plate and different shaped pasta pieces. Cut a hole out of the center of the paper plate and then glue pasta around the wreath shape in a pattern. It won't look very interesting yet, but spray it with silver or gold spray paint and it will great. It can then have a ribbon tied to the top of it and be hung on a door or wall as a Christmas decoration.
There are loads and loads of Christmas classroom activities than be used to give the kids some fun in the classroom before Christmas. If you choose your activities carefully, then not only will the kids have fun but they will also be learning at the same time.
Christmas Classroom Activities for Fun and Learning
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