Christmas Printer

This time of year when holiday stress can take its toll, take time out to enjoy a bit of humor.  It is amazing what a good laugh can do for your spirits.  TV shows, magazines, comedy acts…humor abounds.  Here are a few of my favorites:
Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren’t for Christmas
We’d all be [...]

Many plants are associated with the Christmas season, from the Christmas tree to holly, poinsettias, Christmas cactus and mistletoe.  For those of us who live in a northern climate, and are surrounded by snow and dead plants, it reminds us that spring will be coming and puts a bit of color in our lives.
The Christmas [...]

Christmas has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870, but it was not a holiday in early America. Celebrating Christmas, in fact, was outlawed in Boston from 1659 to 1681. This was a result of Puritan ideas and religious reform.
Then in the 19th century things began to change. Previously, Christmas celebrations were [...]

A holiday tradition which spans generations is kissing under the mistletoe.  A number of mistletoe varieties exist, but the American plant is called Phoradendron Flavescans.
Mistletoe has long been regarded as possessing magical powers, as far back as with the Druids in the first century and early Vikings in the 8th century.  It has been known [...]

Are you sick of sending boring old Christmas cards year after year? Why not try something different?  Keep technology in mind when sending your holiday wishes.  Make a mixed CD using some of your favorite holiday tunes and send a copy to your friends and family members.  They’ll love getting in the holiday spirit and [...]

It’s rare that people go caroling at the holidays anymore.  However, it is a simple pleasure that costs nothing and brings joy to so many.  Pick some of your favorite Christmas classics and try to incorporate caroling into your yuletide plans this year.  Take the entire family or a group of friends to a nursing [...]

Christmas time can be one of the few times where everyone is together so it’s important to make sure you do some fun things together. Here are a few ideas of fun things families can do around the holidays.
1. Sleigh Ride – What better way to take in the winter wonderland than to bring the [...]

Decorating the Christmas tree is always one of the best moments of Christmas. Everyone in the family gets together and plays Christmas music as you hang ornaments, tinsel and lights on the tree. One thing that my parents always did with me and I have carried on to my kids is creating photo ornaments for [...]

Ok, you can think whatever you want about this video, but I just laughed when I saw this.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I [...]