DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   Santa knows whether you’ve been naughty or nice, but he doesn’t know how much he’s hurting the environment. In one night, Santa uses as much carbon as Qatar does in one year! I like getting toys for Christmas, but I don’t think I need them that badly!    Maybe we need to raise our standards on who makes the ‘nice’ list.    Not sure what else to say about this infographic. Santa’s a carbon glutton and needs to be put away. In this kind of economic recession we need to cut down on spending and we are wasting too much on Santa. Or maybe get him a hybrid sleigh?    Well I guess this infographic is a good exercise for thinking critically about our energy usage. Although I’m not sure where they got the statistics. But now you know to limit the amount of wrapping paper you use to help offset Santa’s ridiculous carbon usage. 

   This dify comes from  www.theletteredcottage.net   Many get ideas on how to add that extra detail to your holiday dinner. Enjoy! Christmas Craft: Festive Napkin Ring Ideas Hey there! Are you having a nice December? Hope so! We saw our niece and nephew sing at church tonight and it. was.  wonderful ! There’s something about little ones signing & singing songs about Jesus that always makes me teary. Speaking of Christmas and fellowship, if you’re hosting a family dinner and you’re looking for some inexpensive and easy ways to festify (get it? festive? fy?) your dining room/kitchen table, how about creating some  holiday napkin ring bling ! All ya need are some napkin rings… …a hot glue gun, glue sticks, and some “holiday bling” from the arts & crafts store… Everything in the photo above was marked 50% off, so each item only cost between 50 cents and $1. Normally, I wouldn’t have purchased so many different options, but I wanted to have fun creating a var

    In Russia ,  Christmas  is annually celebrated on January 7th, thanks to the Russian  Orthodox Church  that has made it an  official   holiday in  the country. Previously the occassion was observed on December 25th in much the same way as it was in the rest of the world, complete with  Christmas trees  and  Christmas gifts , Saint Nicholas and the like. But after the 1917  Revolution , Christmas was banned throughout Russia, along with other religious celebrations. It was much much later, in 1992, that the holiday began to be openly observed again. However, the  church  in Russia still uses the old Julian calendar which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar used in the Western nations. This is why, Christmas is celebrated in Russia on January 7th. But these days, a few Russians have begun to celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. A Christmas tree in Red Square    Today, Christmas is celebrated in the country in a grand fashion, with the faithful particip