Christmas and holiday season

The time of Christmas and holidays should be a time of happiness but things like this should have the appropriate time and place. Melanie Springer Mock, in her article “Separation of Church and State: A war on Christmas and Other Misguided Notions,” recounts her celebrations of the birth of Jesus. Mock purpose is to urge those who are not Christian are and still left out since the separation of the church from the government. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to the similar…

Christmas in the middle ages and the UK is on the same day the 25th of December. In the middle ages they had a lot more holidays and Christmas lasted more than 2-3 days. The 12 days of Christmas is from Christmas which originated from the middle ages. In the 12 days of medieval Christmas their was serval holidays, St Stephen's day was on the 26th of December, holy innocents on the 28th of December and Ephaniny and the feast of St Nicholas was on the 6 of December which was linked to gift giving…

Fresh Christmas Tree What makes the “best” Christmas tree? Having sold fresh cut Christmas trees for many years, I can attest to the old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In truth, your best fresh Christmas tree may look vastly different than someone else’s. Size, shape, branch density, needle length, color and fragrance are some of the personal preferences that will play into the final decision. For many of us, there is a specific tree species that just “smells like Christmas,”…

On average, 75% of Americans gain the majority of the weight during the holiday season. An NIH study found that people usually gain one to two pounds during the holidays and they almost never drop the weight. While that doesn’t seem like much. Gaining two pounds over the course of 10 years amounts to 20 pounds of weight that will be difficult to come off. Holiday weight gain can be tricky. That’s because you’re likely not noticing that it’s happening. You’re being invited to a ton of parties…

Symbols of Christmas in Canada One symbol commonly used is baby Jesus. He and his family are in a stable with many stars above them. People see this as significant because this is when people believe Jesus was born.Another symbol is a christmas tree. This is probably the most common symbol because most canadians use christmas trees to celebrate christmas. This is significant because mostly everyone around the world uses a tree to celebrate Christmas. “Santa Claus” is also portrayed in many…

Charlie Brown Christmas.” “We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.” Christmas, an important and happy holiday, now used mostly to gain large amounts of money. Retail businesses make it readily apparent that Christmas has become too commercialized when stores start putting out Christmas decorations in October. Retailers are more concerned with ensuring that people spend money and generate their revenue throughout the season. Instead,…

low growl in response. I know Grandma has cooked me her famous holiday feast and I can hardly wait. Walking through blankets of pure white snow on this merry eve, I realized how much I adore this time of year. After what seems only like a short trek, I stumble upon my Grandma 's house. The path leading up to her front door has bright red and white lit candy canes as if they were handrails on a bridge. The roof has white Christmas lights stapled rigidly in their place along with a Santa Claus…

It’s the time of year where holiday music becomes apart of the variety of music we, as consumers, are exposed to. Ranging from radio, Christmas carollers, malls, and coffee shops. Christmas songs originate from Christian and religious traditions celebrating the birth of Jesus and bringing feelings of rejoice to those around them. The purpose of most holiday music is to positively affect the listener at all three levels of listening. The place I decided to focus on this type of music…

All, Kevia here to share some of my favorite holiday hair tips for the upcoming season... Tip #1: Long Locks are in This year I’m loving the long, luscious locks. Some of my go-to glueless lace wigs for the holiday festivities are the long, flowy Bonnie Bella, and of course the beautiful Princess Love wig. Both of them are made from 100% virgin human hair and feature soft, sexy curls and a gorgeous 20-inch length. These are perfect for the holidays because they are soft, romantic, and…

I recently visited Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall to view the Songs for the season. This was my first time ever attending a show. My first experience was great and I really enjoyed it. To begin I would like to say the production and the displays were magnificent. When I walked in even before the show began they gave the perfect lighting with the snowflakes projected on the closed curtains. They also projected a Christmas tree and sat nutcrackers on each side giving a great winter theme. As it…