Posts

Showing posts from March, 2019

3D Paper Snowflakes!!

Image
Jejak Panda Hai.. Bertemu Lagi Di Website Kesayangan Anda situs bandarq This comes from  www.wikihow.com  .  These are really a neat looking idea to hang on your tree or at your annual holiday Christmas party.  Make alot or a little. This is a little more complicated than a two-dimensional paper snowflake, but it looks beautiful and is a suitable craft for children adept with scissors and patient in making crafts. It will produce a 6-armed three-dimensional snowflake decoration that makes a perfect tree decoration or window-hanger. Steps   Assemble the materials. Assemble the materials . You can See the "Things You'll Need", are at the bottom of the page. Fold each of the 6 pieces of paper in half, diagonally . If the paper you're using doesn't make a perfect triangle, cut off the rectangular edge that sticks out and make it align perfectly.   Cut 3 lines on each side of the triangle fr

Christmas In Ireland!

Image
Jejak Panda Hai.. Bertemu Lagi Di Website Kesayangan Anda situs bandarq     Christmas  Day in  Ireland  is December 25.     Here the Christmas celebrations last from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Epiphany on January 6, which is referred to as "Little Christmas". Christmas in Ireland is a religious as well as a festive occassion. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom and hence, Christmas traditions here echo those of the western countries.    In preparation for Christmas, Irish families bake Christmas cakes, puddings and mince pies. Mantelpieces are decorated with  flowers  (such as holly) and  ornaments . A popular tradition here, as in other western nations, is hanging the mistletoe in a doorway and to kiss under it. Before  the holidays , families give gifts (usually  money ) to all those who provide service to them throughout the year, such as  the plumber  or the milkman. Chirstmas shoppers    Homes are cleaned and often whitewashed,

Christmas In Switzerland!!!

Image
Jejak Panda Hai.. Bertemu Lagi Di Website Kesayangan Anda situs bandarq     Imagine a white robed angel whose face is delicately hidden by a veil, held in place by a jeweled crown, walking into your families Christmas gift exchange. The glow of the candles on the tree enshroud his form with a beautiful orange glow, as he enters and hands out presents from the basket held by his child helpers. A bit different from a traditional American Santa stories, this Swiss traditional story of the  Christkindli  is a well-known tradition in Switzerland. Most Swiss children eagerly await the arrival of the Christ Child in his reindeer drawn sleigh to come bearing gifts for everyone.     For the week preceding Christmas, kids in Switzerland dress up and visit others bearing small gifts.  Bell ringing competitions between villages to call people to midnight mass have become common traditions, as have the gathering after the service for families to share giant homemade donut

Tiny Gingerbread Houses To Perch On Your Cup Of Cocoa Or Latte!!

Image
Jejak Panda Hai.. Bertemu Lagi Di Website Kesayangan Anda situs bandarq   Found this on  www.notmartha.org  .  These little houses have so many uses and can be given away as gifts or made for that  next Christmas party. Happy holidays!! I made tiny gingerbread houses that are meant to be perched on the edge of a mug of hot chocolate. I had been thinking about those  sugar cubes that hook on the rim of a teacup  earlier this month, and I was also thinking about  done . So I started wondering what else I could do. At the time I was making a bunch of gingerbread recipes trying to find one that would hold up for my  partridge in a pear tree cookie , so a gingerbread house was on my mind. I made a few versions to figure out how to make one that wasn’t so top heavy that it would flip off the mug, and how small I could get away with and still fit on both large and small cups. I generally followed the size of my  The Mini Gingerbread House Kit  (though, those

Yes Virginia, Coca-Cola Had A Hand In Creating Santa Claus!!!

Image
Jejak Panda Hai.. Bertemu Lagi Di Website Kesayangan Anda situs bandarq  Most people can agree on what Santa Claus looks like---jolly, with a red suit and a white beard.  But he didn't always look that way, and Coke advertising actually helped shape the modern day image of Santa.    2006 marked the 75th anniversary of the famous Coca-Cola Santa Claus.  Starting in 1931, magazine ads for Coca-Cola featured St. Nick as a kind, jolly man in a red suit.  Because magazines were so widely viewed, and because this image of Santa appeared for more than three decades, the image of Santa most people have today is largely based on their advertising. 1931 Coke Santa Ad  Before the 1931 introduction of the Coke Santa Claus, created by artist Haddon Sundblom, the image of Santa ranged from big to small and fat to tall.  Santa even appeared as an elf and looked a bit spooky.    Through the centuries, Santa has been depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to an elf.  H