Decorations & Trees in general

Decorating the house for Christmas is one of my favourite parts of the season (along with making a big Christmas cake) and I always enjoy digging out the decorations and remebering past Christmases. Usually my family only buys one or two decorations each Christmas, and we have baubles going back from before I was born, they are looking a bit worse for wear now but still look merry on the tree. Of course all these bits and pieces which have been bought and gathered over the years mean having a "colour scheme" is pretty much impossible. I've never really been into very neat all in tone trees and I think lots of sparkle and colour just adds to the ...

Home made Christmas decorations . I love making homemade Christmas decorations and during the many, many years I have worked with children I have made many. I fact I am frantically trying to get many decorations constructed at school at the moment. If your child brings home a decoration they have made at school please put it on your tree and reward your child with praise. A lot of effort on teachers and child?s part was put in to make that decoration just for you. Some decorations that are easy and effective to make are Salt dough tree decorations Ingredients 300g /10 ½ oz plain flour 300g/10 ½ oz salt 200ml /7fluid ounces ...

In my house there is an annual argument over whether the tree should have tinsel on it. To answer this question I think we need to look at the reason why we have Christmas decorations. Whatever the original rationale, Christmas decorations now seem to serve the purpose of making Christmas and bit different and cheering up the place during our dark and dull winters. The spirit of Christmas has changed to be about (hopefully) being thankful for what we have and taking the time to appreciate each other, give gifts and joy and generally have some fun. I've no real problem with this change - I'm an aethist and enjoy the excuse for a party. So, with ...