Christmas decorating is probably my most favorite activity of the year. It is by far the most exciting and looked forward to activity of the year. My family decorates our house ourselves.

There are several items that we use from year to year. The tree has been the center of our decorating since before I can remember. We use red tinsel and multi-colored lights spun around the tall green tree that sparkle and glow.

There are multi colored metallic balls that sparkle the lights. Balls or gold, silver, purple, red, blue and green make the tree look like a festive fruit cake. My mother also has a set of antique metallic balls from the 1960s that dot the tree with glee. Read More »

The world is full of so many different cultures and people that the way Christmas around the world is celebrated will be special and unique to all those celebrating. Although many of the Christmas traditions around the world will be similar there are still a wonderful variety of customs for each Christmas around the world.

It is rather nice to know that Christmas around the world has very similar themes such as attending mass, the nativity scene and the decorating of trees.

In Ireland many of the favorite celebrations are popular Christmas traditions around the world. As Ireland is still a very religious country with Catholicism being very prevalent, it is said that the Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas goes back to when Catholicism was illegal and the gifts in the song were special references to Catholic dogma.
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My grandmother and father never really got along. She never felt he was good enough for my mother and had all she could do to pretend to like him for my mother and us kids.

When she was in her 70′s, she got cancer. She was scared and she no longer was able to stay at home by herself. My mother being an only child was distraught.

Suddenly one day in early December, my father announced without warning that grandma would be moving in as soon as she was well enough to be out of the hospital. My mother teared up and said a simple, “thank you.” Read More »

I would definitely want a house for a Christmas gift. The first thing I would do after moving in the furniture would be to set up the Christmas tree. After that was done I would get out my holiday tea set and other decorations.

I would have something special for dinner like oyster stew followed by cake. It really wouldn’t matter about gifts, I would have everything I wanted for Christmas. I would say that it really isn’t probable that I would get a house for Christmas, but it isn’t impossible.

I would like to get a house that has a first and second floor with possibly and attic. There should be a laundry room, a good sized kitchen, at least two bedrooms, a dining area and a cozy living room. An office area would be nice too, but wouldn’t be necessary. Read More »

Prime Rib

Ingredients
8 pounds prime rib roast
3 teaspoons grated fresh ginger root
1/3 cup orange marmalade
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 cup beer
1/4 cup olive oil
ground black pepper to taste

Directions
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One day a year, children all over the world wake up bright and early to gather around sparkling Christmas trees to see what Santa has brought them. There are squeals of delight as they tear through shiny reindeer paper and ribbon to reveal their gifts. The day is then fulfilled with some attending church services before heading home to indulge in large quantities of glorious food and drink until they’re about to burst!

Have you ever wondered where Christmas has come from? Here we have some historical information regarding the origin of Christmas and history of traditional practices.

Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. While the actual birthday of Jesus is not known, the early Church Fathers in the 4th century fixed the day around the old Roman Saturnalia festival (17 – 21 December).
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It’s the night before Christmas and Santa’s got a sackful. He hasn’t come for almost a year and is in rush to drop his load down some dirty pipes.

You’ve got 60 seconds to help Santa empty his sack whilst being pulled by a couple of mooses.
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