December 15, 2008 at 11:10 pm (Mother Nature)
Tags: Christans, Christmas, rituals, winter solstice
There is another holiday coming up. I’m not referring to Christmas or even New Year’s.
The next holiday is the winter solstice. It is Sunday December 21st this year and yes it celebrates the beginning of winter.
Over the last couple of thousand years or so it has gotten lost in the shuffle with Christmas. Many believe that the winter solstice was incorporated into Christmas in order to make Christmas more appealing to the new Christan’s.
Over the next week I’ll share some more about the ancient rituals of winter solstice.
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November 28, 2008 at 1:21 pm (general)
Tags: Christmas, gifts, life, shopping
Today is black Friday and I have to work. It’s just as well, I hate to shop. You could not pay me enough to get anywhere near any type of store today. As a matter of fact I will only buy groceries between now and the first of the year and I will only do that because milk won’t keep for 2 months.
I have never really liked to shop but at this time of year my aversion to it just gets worse. For one thing I hate crowds of any kind so a packed store is not my cup of tea. I also have no need for the typical Christmas present. You know, the bath set, the scarf set, the after shave set, the list goes on and on. I discovered a long time ago that if you shop through out the year, you can get just as good deals and presents that mean something to the person that receives them.
But the main reason I don’t like shopping is rude people and during this time of holiday cheer everyone gets a little ruder as they search for the perfect gift that the store doesn’t have anyway.
So to keep my own sanity today and for the rest of the year I will stay far away from any store or shopping center other than the grocery store.
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October 19, 2008 at 8:14 pm (money savings)
Tags: Christmas, crafts, gift, recycled
I found a great website today, www.carftbits.com. It has a craft idea for every occasion and then some. They have an entire section on recycled crafts.
A couple of weeks ago my daughter asked what I wanted for Christmas. I told her today that I want some of her time. We plan on getting some of her girlfriends together and all us making crafts for presents.
This is a great idea for anyone with a long list of gifts to gave and almost no money. It’s also a good time to get the whole family involved. Crafts are great, but I always enjoy them more when there is a group doing them together.
As a wife and mother I will also guarantee you that craft gift will treasured like you spent a million dollars.
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