Santa Clause

Merry Christmas

Santa clause was probably inspired by Greek Bishop Nicholas of Myra who lived during the 4th century AD and was famous for his generosity and love for children. Years later, he was canonized and came to be known as Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children.

One more story revolves around a poor man and his three unmarried daughters. With no money to arrange suitable husbands for them, the poor father is in a state of deep despair. Seeing the father's anguish, Saint Nicholas disguises himself and goes to the peasant's home at night. There he quietly fills the three stockings hung near the fireplace to dry with a bag of gold coins each. The next morning, there is rejoicing in the impoverished family and the legend of Saint Nicholas grew as the saint who left behind gifts tucked inside stockings in the night.
Santa is very busy on Christmas Eve!
The world sleeps, On Christmas night, Santa Claus gets ready to descend from the North Pole. His elves help him load all the gifts and presents for all the lucky children who have been good that year in his magical reindeer-drawn sleigh. Santa's reindeers then carry him swiftly across the snow-filled night as he goes about silently fulfilling the desires of little children all over the world.
The secrets of santa clause:
Where can you find him?
Where is Santa Claus? What we know about is that he is in the North Pole. Some people even said that Santa Claus is from Rovaniemi, Finland. Is that really true? If your kid was very curious about Santa Claus and wanted to find Santa Claus, how would you answer him? I am afraid that the answer will depends on the age of the kid.
How old is he?
Santa Claus is a legend and a symbol, so his age is hard to say. If you want to count, then the prototype was Saint Nicholas who was a good bishop living in the 4th century. From the 4th century to the present, it has been 17 centuries. Therefore, he is more than 1,700 years old. But it may not be true. As for his exactly age we are afraid that only Mrs. Santa Claus knows.

Christmas Tree

In every country has different culture of decorating christmas tree & celebrating the christmas festival.
let's have a look at some country's cultures about how they decorate the christmas tree...


Norwegian Christmas Trees (Juletre)
The Juletre was only introduced into Norway in the latter half of the 19th century. On Christmas Eve the Juletre is usually done by the parents while the children wait out of site. Juletre are decorated with white lights, tinsel, Norwegian flags and other ornaments. Children often use shiny, colored paper to make paper baskets that are filled with candy or nuts. Chains made of colored paper are also very popular. Colored lighting is becoming popular, but the white lights are more like the candles they are supposed to represent.



Italian Christmas Trees (Albero di Natale)
The presepio (nativity scene) is very popular in Italy. The scene is often set out in the shape of a triangle which is the base of a pyramid-like structure called the ceppo. This is a wooden frame arranged to make a pyramid several feets high. It is decorated with colored paper, gilt pine cones, and miniature colored pennants. Small candles are fastened to the tapering sides. A star or small doll is hung at top. The shelves above the manger scene have small gifts of fruit, candy, and presents. The ceppo is in the old Tree of Light tradition which became the
Albero di Natale in other countries. Some houses even have a small ceppo for each child in the house.



German Christmas Trees (Weihnachtsbaum)
The christmas tree, a fir decorated with apples, representing the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The second, a small, pyramid-like frame called The Christmas Light decorated with glass balls, tinsel, and a candle on top. The Christmas Light was a symbol of the birth of Christ as the Light of the World. Changing the tree's apples to tinsel balls and cookies and combining this new tree with the Light placed on top, the German's created the tree that many of us know now.
the Weihnachtsbaum is traditionally decorated by the parents in secret with lights, tinsel, and ornaments by the mother and is lit and revealed on Christmas Eve with cookies, nuts, and gifts under its branches.




English Christmas Trees
Prince Albert, the Queen Victoria's German husband, put up a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1848. immediately, the Christmas tree became a tradition in England, the United States, and Canada. Today, the Norway spruce is the traditional tree used in British homes. The Norway spruce used to be a native species in the UK (until the last Ice Age) and it has been reintroduced before the 1500s.



Japanese Christmas Trees
Trees are decorated with small toys, gold paper fans and lanterns, wind chimes and small candles. A popular ornament is origami creations, with the origami swan being the most popular. Only about 1% of the Japanese are Christian, so Christmas is not a national holiday there and the year end celebration is more important than Christmas.




Brazilian Christmas Trees (Árvore de Natal)
In brazil Some people decorate pines with pieces of cotton that represent falling snow, because Christmas falls during the summer in Brazil.




Canadian Christmas Trees
Canadian Christmas Trees are very simple in look they are not so decorated like others they find beauty in simplicity. German settlers migrated to Canada from both Germany and the United States before 1800. These immigrants brought many of the things that we associated with Christmas today. Advent calendars, gingerbread houses, Christmas cookies and the Christmas trees.

Christmas Pictures

Lightening Tree



Tree & Globe

Christmas Candles


Candles


Decorated Tree


Bell



Christmas Logo



Santa Clause



Homes



Shining Tree



Christmas Sphere

Christmas Decors

Pull Up Christmas Tree:





This is one of the best ideas for Holiday decorations if you are not planning to have a real tree or even an undecorated faux tree. This pull up Christmas Tree comes pre-decorated and pulls up into a well decorated tree. Definitely one of the best Christmas decorations ever...


Disney Mickey and Minnie Mouse Christmas Sleigh Bells Ornaments:



Ashton-Drake to celebrate the holidays. These will be fun to give the kids to decorate the tree with and they also make one of the best Christmas gifts forever.



Peanuts Lighted Pathway Markers:
This makes one of the best Christmas decorations for 2010 for the exterior of your home. It also makes one of the best Christmas gifts forever.




give your friends and family who happen to be Peanuts fans. These represent lighted pathway markers featuring some of the Peanuts characters...

Club Pack of 24 Santa, Angel and Snowman Theme Stockings:
No Christmas decorating is complete without decking the halls with Christmas stockings. This is a cheap 24 pack of Christmas stockings that you can use for Christmas decorations...

Christmas gifts

Before you go out and buy some baby Christmas gifts, first realize for whom those baby Christmas gifts are really for: the parents. Christmas gifts are meant to be reminders of the gifts of the wisemen to the infant Jesus. Christmas gifts are usually wrapped beautifully in bright paper, sometimes with ribbons and bows and other adornments.




In most of the world, Christmas gifts are given at night on Christmas Eve, or in the morning on Christmas Day. Most exchange Christmas gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees, under which the Christmas gifts are stored. In fact, inexpensive handmade Christmas gifts are often the most cherished items under the tree. For most of the world, Christmas gifts are given at night on Christmas Eve (24 December) or alternatively in the morning on Christmas Day.




In most of the world, Christmas gifts are given at night on Christmas Eve, or in the morning on Christmas Day. Most exchange Christmas gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees, under which the Christmas gifts are stored. In fact, inexpensive handmade Christmas gifts are often the most cherished items under the tree. For most of the world, Christmas gifts are given at night on Christmas Eve (24 December) or alternatively in the morning on Christmas Day. Christmas gifts are more about the sentiment than the price tag. Christmas gifts are not hard to find, since during the holiday seasons, there are lots of options for you. I would have to agree that homemade christmas gifts are a great idea and friends and family absolutely love them.





Unique Christmas gifts are available for all budgets; just because a gift is individual does not mean that it has to be expensive. Christmas gifts are always great but there's just something delightfully extra about receiving a gift for no particular reason. So once again I am reminded that the best Christmas gifts are not the ones you buy in the store. Skip the Boring Christmas Gifts this Year Christmas gifts are often bought last-minute and not a lot of thought is put into them. Favorite Christmas gifts are typically the most unlikely.



Cool Christmas toys-mini Santa, teddy bears, reindeer sledges, little elves, musical trees, Christmas story books, puzzles, Christmas games, pretty dolls, macho trains and cars-are all peachy Christmas gift ideas for the kiddos that are waiting to be picked !
so now, go & get it...

Christmas

"Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart."


"Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others, Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing, The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing, Returns to you glad."



Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary as a fulfillment of the Old Testament's Messianic prophecy.[25] The Bible contains two differing accounts which describe the events surrounding Jesus' birth.[26] These biblical accounts are found in the Gospel of Matthew, namely Matthew 1:18, and the Gospel of Luke, specifically Luke 1:26 and 2:40. According to these accounts, Jesus was born to Mary that day, assisted by her husband Joseph, in the city of Bethlehem.