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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 from the folded edge (as per video), making sure not to cut th

During Christmas in Costa Rica, people like to decorate their houses with beautiful tropical flowers. A model of the nativity scene, called the Pasito or Portal, is the center of the display. It's also decorated with flowers and sometimes fruit. Some of the scene take a long time to make and all the family is involved. As well as the traditional figures, people add other models including houses and lots of different sorts of animals. Christmas wreaths are made of cypress branches and are decorated with red coffee berries and ribbons. Most homes, shops and important buildings are decorated with Christmas lights. In Costa Rica, the gift bringer is often  'Niño dios'  (Child God, meaning Jesus) or  'Colacho'  (another name for St. Nicholas). On Christmas Eve, everyone puts on their best clothes and goes to Midnight Mass. In Costa Rica it's called the 'Misa de Gallo (Mass of the Rooster); it's also called that is Spain. After Midnight Mass

Today begins a new year – two thousand and nine. To celebrate the new year, I have put together a list of significant events that have happened in man’s history on this day. It was not until the 16th century that the majority of countries in the West began to use January 1st as the first day of the year – prior to that many nations used the Feast of the Assumption (March 25). This list includes only events that happened on January 1st. The list is in chronological order. Happy New Year! 1. Significant Events 1 – 5 1.   404 AD – The last known gladiatorial competition in Rome takes place (gladiators pictured above) 2.   630 – Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly. 3.   1515 – King Francis I of France (France’s first Renaissance monarch) succeeds to the French throne. 4.   1772 – The first traveler’s cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London. 5.   1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previ