By Jillian Gallo A Christmas party for elementary school age kids is not complete without those fun and silly parlor games they so love. Read on to get some really enjoyable Christmas party activity ideas, and get your prizes ready and your digital camera too. The best way to kick off any party is...
If you live somewhere that it snows, you’ve probably built at least one snowman in your lifetime. Snowmen adorn the snow-covered lawns of families across the world. Sometimes it’s just one lone figure, and sometimes there’s an entire family of snow people. But if you’ve never built a snowman, now’s the time to try!...
Each year, Americans send millions of cards during the holiday season, and most of them are traditional folded greetings or flat photo cards with faces of smiling families. Want to break out of the mold this year? Here are some unusual Christmas cards that pop up, play music, fold out, simply look a little...
by Debora Dyess Nothing says ‘It’s Christmas’’ quite like the sound of carols wafting through chilled air in the darkness. Shivering singers tapping on the door to bring holiday cheer and best wishes makes you feel special – almost as special as being one of the ones caroling at Christmas! Bringing smiles and (hopefully)...
Ingredients 175g plain flour 90g brown sugar 50g unsalted butter, diced, at room temperature 2 tbsp golden syrup 1 small egg, beaten 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda Icing sugar to dust Directions 1) Sift the flour, ginger, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl....
by Sherry Law Hosting a Christmas cookie exchange can be a great way of getting together with close friends and taking a couple of hours to visit and relax during the hustle and bustle of the season. The added bonus is that you will be going home with a variety of homemade cookies to...
By KC Kudra Christmas in Mexico is all about hospitality and making traditional Mexican Christmas food recipes to share with friends, family and neighbors. There are some Mexican Christmas recipes, which are made only at Christmas, and others, which are made throughout the year, for various occasions. Tamales, for example, are enjoyed all year...
by Sherry Law Decorating trees during what has become known as the Christmas season began in Germany during the early 1800s. Nuts coated with sugar and pieces of candied fruit were the first German Christmas tree ornaments. Ornaments cut from gingerbread dough and marzipan also became popular, but these expensive treats were out of...
Not that long ago, the phrase “Christmas cards” meant only one thing – a holiday image on the outside of a folded card with touching text inside. That was, of course, before the days of electronic greeting cards. Now “old-fashioned” paper Christmas cards are not always the greeting of choice during the holidays, but...
As the story goes, the German Christmas pickle is an ancient Christmas eve tradition in Germany. Parents would hide an ornament shaped like a pickle somewhere in the the Christmas tree after all of the other ornaments had been hung. If a child found the ornament the next morning, he or she would get...
