Unique Christmas Gifts

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If you’re struggling to find a Unique Christmas Gifts to give to someone – join the crowd. A lot of people end up strolling down the aisle of some store looking at every little thing that is cute, funny or strangely different. There’s certainly no shortage around the holiday time of things that go whirr, buzz or that giggles. But, just because it does something a bit unusual, does that mean you should give it to Uncle Joe?

Maybe, and maybe not.




Homemade Christmas Gifts

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Is your Christmas list starting to look like a telephone book? It's time to consider making your own Homemade Christmas Gifts . Here are several easy ideas for wonderful homemade Christmas gifts.

* Winter Warm-Up Baskets with Homemade Marshmallows and Hot Chocolate

You can purchase hand-crafted marshmallows in a gourmet store like Williams Sonoma, for $15-$18 or simply make your own.

Place 4-6 marshmallows into a clear plastic bag and tie with a decorative ribbon. Put the marshmallows in decorative fortune cookie boxes (found at your local craft store) or put them in a decorative basket with gourmet hot chocolate and holiday mugs.

Voila! You have gorgeous homemade Christmas gifts that look like they came from an expensive gourmet shop.




Christmas Shopping

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Avoid the crowds and avoid leaving your shopping to the last couple of weeks. The earlier you shop in the season, and the less you shop during peak shopping times, the less stressful it will be for you and the faster you can shop. Peak shopping times are weekends, evenings, and later in the week. Thanksgiving Day weekend, and the last Saturday before Christmas are the busiest shopping days of the year. Better times to shop are to be there when the store opens, and if you can, during a weekday.

Consider one type of gift for your gift list. Each year you can pick a theme that will suit most people on your list. One year you might give bookstore items, another year you might get winter hats and scarves and mittens, and another year you might give DVDs. Or you could give chocolate or toiletries or jewelry.



Top Christmas Gifts

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1. Prepare a list of all the people you are proposing to send Christmas gift.

2. Write down the amounts for which you want to buy gifts for Christmas.

3. Before that think about how much will you spend for all the Christmas gifts.

4. After this, think about what you want to choose as a gift. Have you thought of a bracelet for your mother? Write one more alternative.

5. Write tow alternatives for everyone you want to give Christmas gift.

6. How do you prefer to buy? Online or shopping in the real world? No use telling everyone to go online because many of us are not comfortable.

7. If you are an online buyer, visit different websites and bookmark what you want to buy.

8. Place orders and send directly to recipients.

9. If you buy offline, call the shop and ask for a catalog.

10 Mark the gifts ob n the catalog and visit the shop only after that.

11. Ask them to gift-wrap.



Unique Christmas Tree Toppers

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Traditionally, the Christmas tree was not put up until 24th December, Christmas Eve, and it was taken down on 6th January, 12th Night. The Germans used to put their tree up on Christmas Eve and take it down on 1st January, once the New Year celebrations were over. However, modern commercialism dictates that a lot of trees now go up as early as the first or second week in December. This has been made possible by the fact that a lot of people use artificial trees - to bring a real fir or pine tree indoors that early would result in falling needles and half bare branches by Christmas Day.



Glass Christmas Tree Toppers

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Animated Angels are very beautiful and can be Fiber Optic with animation, lighted and animated or animated with no lights at all. The animation includes very soft, gentle movements. Basically the wings move forward and back. The arms open and close and the head and torso move in a gentle circle to either the left or right. Sometimes the head will bow down a bit as the Angel moves forward. I have noticed a noise with these Angels. The Animated Angels with Fiber Optic wings will hum and bit and the Angels with feather wings may click as the wings go forward or back. One thing I have learned is never to pick one up by the head, arms or wings and especially not when the Angel is plugged in.



Angel Christmas Tree Toppers

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The decorating of trees is an old custom, going as far back as Old Testament times. During the Roman celebration of the feast of Saturnalia, pagans decorated their houses with clippings of evergreen shrubs. They also decorated living trees with bits of metal and replicas of their god, Bacchus. Tertullian (circa 160-230), an early Christian leader and prolific writer, complained that too many fellow-Christians had copied the ancient pagan custom of adorning their houses with lamps and laurel wreaths at Christmas time.



Country Christmas Tree Toppers

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This type of Angel Topper usually carries a mini light candle in one or both of her hands and has more mini lights around the bottom of the base under her gown. These mini lights are the same type of light used to light your Christmas tree. Usually the manufacturer will put a cover, like an acrylic star, over the top of the mini light in each of the Angels hands. This type of Angel Topper has no adapter and will easily plug into the top section of any Christmas tree. There are also Small Lighted Angel Toppers that have a pigtail light cord that allows you to remove a mini tree light bulb from the socket in your Christmas tree and replace it with the pigtail connection. Then every time you turn your Christmas tree lights on the Angel will light up as well. These types of Angels usually only have one mini light that they hold in their hands in front of them.



Finial Christmas Tree Toppers

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Fiber Optic Angels are very beautiful. Their wings come in several shapes and styles. Some Angel wings are a solid material that looks like bamboo and has the fiber optic filaments running through. There are others where the wings are an iridescent Mylar material nestled among fiber optic filaments. Then there are what I believe to be the most beautiful. These have clusters of many, many fiber optic filaments that are used to create a shape or design for the wings and then more loose fiber optic filaments are sprayed across the front of the wings. This creates the most beautiful affects from the fiber optics. These Angels have an adapter that powers the fiber optics. Sometimes the adapter can be a little heavy but can usually be taped to the center pole or trunk of the tree.

Homemade Christmas Tree Toppers

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Fiber Optic Angels are very beautiful. Their wings come in several shapes and styles. Some Angel wings are a solid material that looks like bamboo and has the fiber optic filaments running through. There are others where the wings are an iridescent Mylar material nestled among fiber optic filaments. Then there are what I believe to be the most beautiful. These have clusters of many, many fiber optic filaments that are used to create a shape or design for the wings and then more loose fiber optic filaments are sprayed across the front of the wings. This creates the most beautiful affects from the fiber optics. These Angels have an adapter that powers the fiber optics. Sometimes the adapter can be a little heavy but can usually be taped to the center pole or trunk of the tree.



Christmas Tree Skirts

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Traditionally, the Christmas tree was not put up until 24th December, Christmas Eve, and it was taken down on 6th January, 12th Night. The Germans used to put their tree up on Christmas Eve and take it down on 1st January, once the New Year celebrations were over. However, modern commercialism dictates that a lot of trees now go up as early as the first or second week in December. This has been made possible by the fact that a lot of people use artificial trees - to bring a real fir or pine tree indoors that early would result in falling needles and half bare branches by Christmas Day.



Disney Christmas Tree Toppers

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Christmas carols have a long and proud history that stretches back to the 13th century; originally sung as communal songs, carols were initially used for other festivities in addition to the festival of Christmas, but later on moved to church and became associated with only one thing. Once carols had moved into the realm of religion and Christmas, they became adversely affected by moves towards Protestantism, before enjoying a period of revival during the 19th century. Indeed, some of the most popular Christmas carols, God RestYe Merry, Gentlement, and Hark the Herald Angels Sing first appeared in print in 1833, after the publication of Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern.



Traditional Christmas Tree Decorations

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One of the most popular traditional christmas decorations is Mistletoe. It was used as a powerful healing agent by the Druids and was considered so powerful that all enemies who met under it would lay down their arms, embrace each other, and vow not to fight. Now wouldn’t that be great! It was only until the next day, but it was a start. The Christians adopted the Mistletoe as a token of good will and friendship. We could all do with that couldn’t we. Mistletoe was hung around the home as a symbol of hope peace and harmony.



Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas

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Some of the most creative and unique christmas tree decorating ideas are actually the ones that are the cheapest. Don't think for a minute that decorating a tree, whether it be an artificial tree, a wall mounted tree or a real tree has to be boring! The key is to use your imagination to come up with ideas that will reflect your interests and personal style. When it comes to christmas tree decorating ideas, necessity really is the mother of some great inventions!



Christmas Tree Toppers

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The addition of the Topper on the Christmas Tree is like putting icing on a cake. They add just the right finishing touch and enable you to step back, view your work, take a deep breath, sigh and know your job is done for this season. Christmas Tree Toppers come in all sizes, types and shapes from stars of all kinds to angels to gorgeous ribbon creations. In this article I want to focus on Angel Tree Toppers and Santa Tree Toppers.

Fiber Optic Angel Tree Toppers.

Fiber Optic Angels are very beautiful. Their wings come in several shapes and styles. Some Angel wings are a solid material that looks like bamboo and has the fiber optic filaments running through. There are others where the wings are an iridescent Mylar material nestled among fiber optic filaments. Then there are what I believe to be the most beautiful. These have clusters of many, many fiber optic filaments that are used to create a shape or design for the wings and then more loose fiber optic filaments are sprayed across the front of the wings. This creates the most beautiful affects from the fiber optics. These Angels have an adapter that powers the fiber optics. Sometimes the adapter can be a little heavy but can usually be taped to the center pole or trunk of the tree.



Christmas Tree Themes

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Do you celebrate Christmas? If you do, chances are you will celebrate the holidays with a Christmas tree. Each year, the majority of Americans purchase a Christmas tree for their homes. Whether that tree is real or an artificial one, it is often decorated with Christmas decorations. Different individuals decorate their Christmas trees in different ways. Many choose to theme their Christmas trees. If you are planning on decorating your Christmas tree this year, you may be wondering whether or not it is really worth it to decorate your Christmas tree with a theme. In all honesty, it depends.



Christmas Tree Ornaments

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From my childhood memories, pride of place on the top of Christmas tree always went to a fairy dressed in white. Or was it an angel? No, I'm sure it was the Christmas fairy; and she was usually last to go on the tree apart from the tinsel. One thing for sure, it was always after the other tree ornaments such as the hanging balls.

Life has become much more competitive since then, and the Christmas tree topping fairy has lots of competition now for the top spot, the Christmas-ornament-in-chief position.



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