Kids all round the world behave all through the year in order to get what they ask for at Christmas. With the idea of Santa knowing who's naughty and nice, it's a set task for children each year to behave properly and ask nicely and politely for Santa to bring them all the nice presents they want.
With this in mind, and all their hard work, you should make an effort to assure them that their Santa letters have been received, and that he'll be visiting on Christmas Eve to deliver their much-awaited gifts. One thing to do is obviously prepare. Make sure your children have sent letters to Santa and have asked politely for the things they want. Make sure they're not going too overboard with the gifts they want, and leave it to them to decide whether they want to ask for things like gifts for other people. When they've written their letters, it's up to you to decide if you want to give them a definitive answer by getting them letters from Santa. This is a wonderful thing to do for kids, as it gives them a sense of being listened to and understood, and also recognition of their behaviour throughout the year. Another way to make sure Santa comes to your house is to purchase a STOP sign for Santa. You can get these at almost any store, and they assure your children that Santa knows to stop at your house and deliver their gifts. Involve your children in placing this sign or post. Ask them where you think Santa is most likely to see it from the sky. That way you wont have to answer questions like Are you sure Santa knows to come here? Lastly, another sure-fire way to get Santa down your chimney is to leave him gifts as well! Leaving a dram of whiskey and a cookie for him is tradition around the world. Leave these little gifts on the mantelpiece for Santa before Letter from Santa your children go to bed, you can even leave a carrot for Rudolph. Make sure your children know Letters from Santa that they're for Santa. When they've gone to bed, drink or throw away the whiskey, eat the cookie (leave some crumbs on the plate!) and take a bite out of the carrot. That way, when your children get up in the morning, they'll really think Santa has been to your house and has thoroughly enjoyed the little treats you left! Keeping the idea of Santa alive for children can sometimes be a bit difficult, but by following a few simple tasks every year they still believe, it'll keep the magic of Santa alive.
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Homemade Christmas gifts, do not need to be crafty. You don't have to have all kinds of creative talent, just some thoughtful ideas, and a bit of time.
This is especially true, if you are trying to come up with a Christmas gift for grandparents, or someone who has absolutely every gadget out there. I mean how many more scarves and gloves do your friends need? How many times have you stood in that lineup at the department store doing that last minute shopping? For gifts that you really only had a few minutes to think about, and probably will just end up in a drawer somewhere. But you think "its the thought that counts right? Try creating your own gifts this year. What do you create? What homemade Christmas gift, will be good for people like that on your list, that won't look tacky or cheap? You think "I am not crafty or talented that way, what could I possibly make or give"? Well the answer is "Time" Why not create gifts of time to spend with them. Example: My mother recently moved out of the family home, and into a condo and downsized most of her things. Us kids ended up getting furniture, dishes etc.. and even all the photo albums, so why would I buy my mom more "things"?. Instead my sister and I, came up with the gift of dinner with "the girls". My mom absolutely loved this for a gift, she couldn't wait to book the date and table. Us girls met for dinner and had a great time, she was so happy about it, that we felt guilty for not having done this sooner. I mean we talk to mom all the time on the phone, and we see her at all the family gatherings, but it had been a long time since we had done anything like that. Dinner out, just us girls, for really no special reason, other than to spend time together. Handmade Christmas Gifts - Homemade Gift Certificates We had created our own homemade gift certificate for her Christmas present, and it was one of her best gifts. Getting together takes a bit of organizing, so she knew, we meant to give her something nice, and appreciated the time and effort it took for us to get together, since we all live an hour apart. Anyone can go and buy something at the big box store and wear out the credit card for Credit: morguefile.comsomething that the other person really doesn't need or want. You don't have to give up any of your time, you just purchase it, have it there Christmas morning, and hope they like it. Then get stuck with the big bills in January. Whereas a homemade Christmas gift, that comes from the heart, and takes some time to organize will mean a lot more to someone who would rather spend time with you then receive things. Older People Don't Need "More Things" My mom used to say, "I will just be giving them back to you" she is 76 years old, so, we try to spend time with her when we can anyways, but a special Homemade Christmas gift of maybe a small tin of your homemade cookies, and a homemade gift certificate attached with your idea of an outing, will be personalized letter from Santa very well received. It doesn't have to be much. A friend of mine, told me, she would rather have a coffee and a muffin with me and an afternoon of visiting, then a purchased gift, as we were finding it harder and harder to get together with all of life's activities. We kept saying.. "we should get together soon" This way, you will!. Handmade Christmas Gifts - Time We have all got wrapped up in this mad chaos of gift buying and giving. Take a good look at your list this year. You may want to get your kids that latest gadget, that is up to you, but does grandma need more kitchen gadgets? or do your friends need more "stuff"? Rethink some of your list. You could probably pare down expenditures, by really thinking about giving your "time" to a friend or your grandma rather than things. Plus you will enjoy this too! It really ends up being a gift for both of you. I bet if you check with some of your family or friends, they might just say the same thing. With the economy giving our wallets a nasty tug, it might just be time to go back to really thinking out gifts. Remember when you were a kid, and you only had so much money, and you would have to get creative with gifts? Or make your own? Maybe it is time to go back to that for most of your gifts. Credit: morguefile.com With Economy Giving our Wallets a Nasty Tug - Homemade Christmas Gifts are Better! Create a block of time, create some homemade Christmas gifts. Anything from gift certificates of "time", homemade cookies, homemade bread and jams... it doesn't have to be store bought. Something they could enjoy with you. With that tin of homemade cookies, you could have a special note, saying you would like to come over and enjoy those cookies with them. Watch their face light up, that is the best present right there. At first, I thought my mom might think we are being cheap, but she would trade everything for time with us, laughing and having fun. We all get so busy with life, but sometimes we just have to make the time to spend with family and friends. It is all to easy to converse with friends via email, rather than spend an evening with them. The same with family. We need to reconnect and enjoy their company. It is good for our health. Why not create homemade Christmas gifts this year? Really think about what each person letter Santa would like from you or with you. A movie together? A hike in the local parks? A coffee and treat and a yak at the local coffee shop? Or just get caught up on life, with an afternoon visit. Spending some time with your family and friends is good for your heart and soul. We are social creatures, but are hiding more and more behind electronics (cell phones, computers, black berries). This year make "time" your homemade Christmas gifts and drive right by the lineups at the mall. Enjoy the peace of the season, and let it carry on as new traditions into the New Year. Make sure that you come with this gift. Take them to Starbucks and have a wonderful time. Winter storm watch in place for Northeast as snowstorm arrives Saturday - ABC News
The Northeast is about to taste its first snowfall of the season this weekend. Interested in Weather?Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Weather news, video, and analysis from ABC personalized letter from Santa Claus News.WeatherAdd InterestA storm system is developing in the Gulf Coast on Friday morning, and is expected to track northeast into Georgia and the Carolinas by Friday night. A swath of accumulating snow is expected from Louisiana to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. ABC NewsA storm system is developing in the Southeast on Friday morning. The storm system will move up the East Coast and spread snow from Virginia to New York early Saturday morning. ABC NewsSnow will move into the Midatlantic region during the early morning hours on Saturday. The heaviest snow should be flying along the I-95 corridor during the late morning on Saturday into the early afternoon as the storm system moves east of New Jersey. ABC NewsSnow will move into the Northeast during the afternoon on Saturday. The snow should be moving out of the Northeast Sunday morning. Snow accumulations will be anywhere from 1 to 3 inches from personalised Santa letter Alabama to Georgia and into the Carolinas. Up to 6 inches of snow is possible from southern New Jersey to Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts. Philadelphia should see a couple of inches, while New York City receives 2 to 4 inches and Boston sees 4 to 6 inches. ABC NewsThe heaviest snow totals will come in the southern New Jersey and Delaware area. Santa Ana winds continueWinds gusted to over 50 mph in San Diego County yesterday, spreading two new wildfires. Winds gusted to 88 mph in the mountains of San Diego County. The National Weather Service has extended red flag warnings for Southern California through Sunday as the dry, gusty Santa Ana winds will continue. Relative humidity is expected to be as low as 5 percent in Southern California. ABC NewsSouthern California will be under red flag warnings for another day on Friday. This morning, the winds are a little lighter, but the region could still see gusts near 30 mph in spots. Gusty off-shore winds are expected to continue Saturday at 20 to 30 mph with local gusts near 60 mph in the mountains. ABC NewsThe dry Santa Ana winds will kick back up on Saturday. Santa Ana winds will continue to gust on Sunday near 25 mph along the coast with higher gusts near 60 mph in the mountains. Santa Claus is coming...to the city council.
A 68-year-old man legally named Santa Claus won a write-in campaign for city council of North Pole, Alaska, on a platform that included advocacy for the children of the community of about 2,000 people. "I'm happy I'm here," Claus, an independent candidate, told ABC News in a Wednesday interview. "It's a great community and I'm looking forward to serving it." The election was Santa Letters last week and results were announced on Tuesday. When all the ballots had Santa letter been counted, Claus had 58 votes, according to the unofficial election results. He and two other candidates had been seeking to fill two vacant seats on the council. Claus, the former president of the North Pole Chamber of Commerce, said he also wants to work with the council on the town's budget issues. A cancer patient who uses medical marijuana, Claus has supported the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in North Pole. He said he got the idea to change his name when he was living in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and decided to grow out his beard "for fun." It grew full, soft and white, and people started telling him he should portray Santa Claus at Christmas. He did, then said he prayed about how to best use his image to benefit child advocacy. Seconds after his finished his prayer, he said a car drove by and a male voice shouted "Santa, I love you!" He started the name change process the following day. Claus is a Christian monk who has lived in North Pole since 2013. He has previously been an emergency services chaplain, actor and university lecturer. Unlike his namesake, Claus does not accept requests for presents. He says the greatest gift people can give is love. The Magic of Christmas: Macy’s Celebrates the Holidays With Communities Across the Country12/8/2017 Michael Flynn, August Ames, Jeffrey Tambor, Moogfest, Russell Tovey, Richard Hatch, Trevor Moran: HOT LINKS - Towleroad
VOTE TO IMPEACH. Fails. "House Democrats overwhelmingly joined Republicans on Wednesday to defeat an attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. But 58 Democrats supported the bid to consider impeachment over the objections of House Democratic leaders, who viewed the measure as a distraction in a Republican-controlled Congress. The motion to sideline the measure -- killing the effort -- was approved 364-58, with four Democrats voting present." RIPPED UP. Michael Flynn told a former business associate that economic sanctions against Russia would be "ripped up": "The account is detailed in a letter written by Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. In the letter, Mr. Cummings said that the whistle-blower contacted his office in June and has authorized him to go public with the details. He did not name the whistle-blower." TRANSPARENT. Jeffrey Tambor hasn't left the show quite yet. OMAR DELGADO. Pulse Nightclub hero cop being dismissed from the force: "Delgado told ABC affiliate WFTV in Orlando that he has been on light duty since the massacre because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He said the Eatonville Police Department has deemed him unfit for duty and he was told Monday that his last day on the job will be Dec. 31, six months before he qualifies for a pension from the town." WORLDWIDE CAUTION. State Department issues warning for U.S. travelers abroad. AUGUST AMES. Porn star dead after cyberbullying prompted by warning her replacement that scene partner had done gay porn. AUSTRALIA. State of Victoria to send Milo Yiannopoulos $50,000 bill. "His talk at the Melbourne Pavilion on Monday night saw around 500 protestors and 50 right-wing supporters clash. Riot police intervened, charging the crowd when violence broke out and using capsicum spray. Five police officers were injured when rocks and bottles were thrown at them. Two people were arrested." ALSO: New Orleans is About to Break the Next Drag Superstar and It's One of These 7 Fierce Queens MOOGFEST. The music festival this year decided to focus on all-female and non-gender-binary artists, and that pissed off Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) so much she pulled out. Furious to be (without approval) on an all-female & non-gender-binary announcement list for @Moogfest. Gender is not a genre. I don't need a sympathy pedestal, esp from a male curator. Take my name off this list and put me in the pit with the boys. pic.twitter.com/6XWcWgldZC -- Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) December 6, 2017 DIVORCED. Original Survivor champ and tax evader Richard Hatch is splitting with his husband. DUMB STUNT OF THE DAY. Cementing your head into a microwave oven. "Five firefighters spent an hour working to release a YouTube prankster who had cemented his head inside a microwave oven. The 22-year-old and a group of friends mixed seven bags of Polyfilla before pouring it around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag inside the appliance." BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. And the new director of the Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic is...Dexter Fletcher. RUSSELL TOVEY. On playing gay superhero The Ray, opposite Wentworth Miller: "It made me very happy. Wentworth is just one of the nicest Santa letter guys I've worked with. He's so supremely Zen and open. We had the best time and we hung out outside of filming and he's become a friend. I said, "People are liking us; the Ray and Cold together." He was thrilled. It's kind of crazy that in 2017 that's still seen as the unseen. Someone tweeted me or Instagrammed me a message. They are gay parents. Their son was watching the show and ran in to them and said, "There are two superheroes who do what you do," when they kissed each other. He was so happy about it. So many people have been so supportive of seeing two superheroes who are gay played by two actors who are out. It seems like it became a bit of a moment. I couldn't be prouder to be one half of that moment." TREVOR MORAN. On identity. NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. Sufjan Stevens "Tonya Harding". POLISH CHRISTMAS SONG OF THE DAY. This one. THIRSTY THURSDAY. Jordan Yeoh. Monday - Another week to make it right! #mondaymotivation #shirtlesseveryday #jystyle A post shared by Jordan Yeoh (@jordanyeohfitness) on Oct 29, 2017 at 7:47pm PDT I always go the extra mile, because it's never crowded there. #ittakescouragetostandalone #ittakescouragetobeyou #justbeyou #jystyle A post shared by Jordan Yeoh (@jordanyeohfitness) on Aug 19, 2017 at 8:53pm PDT If you want it badly, you'll find a way... If not, you will find excuses. #toolate #tootired #maketime #noexcuses #jystyle A post shared by Jordan Yeoh (@jordanyeohfitness) on Aug 8, 2017 at 8:43am PDT This condition ? Many years of training and hitting my macros right + 3 months of calorie deficit diet. PS. lighting + angle + flexing + some editing as well. #noimnotonsteroidsbutthanksforasking #ifitwaseasyeverybodywouldachieveit #jystyle A post shared by Jordan Yeoh (@jordanyeohfitness) on Jul 19, 2017 at 7:07am PDT PreviousPrevious StoryGay 'Well Strung' Duo to Compete on 'The Amazing Race' -- WATCHNextNext StoryBryan Singer Sued for Alleged Rape of 17-Year-Old Boy at Party on YachtShare36 Like36 Comments Find unique and festive Christmas gift ideas for everyone on your list. Whether they've been naughty customized Santa letters or nice, you're sure to find the perfect Christmas presents for everyone this year.
From the smallest stocking stuffers for husbands to the most heartfelt Christmas gifts for Mom, we've got the gifts that will make this year extra special for everyone. Imagine a Christmas season without last minute shopping at crowded stores! Instead, imagine sitting down and having your Christmas gifts wrapped and under the tree with time to spare! Imagine time for wassail and stringing popcorn, listening to Bing Crosby and standing under the mistletoe! If you can't believe it's already time to start thinking about Christmas and you don't even know where to start, we've thought of that too. Take a look at our top ten best Christmas gifts to really give your holiday shopping a jumpstart. You'll find things for the home, thoughtful Christmas presents for men and lots of personalized one-of-a-kind items like personalized Stuffies for kids. Need a memorable Christmas gift for that special woman in your life? We have the top Christmas gifts for women already sorted out for you. She'll love our personalized jewelry, clothing, gift baskets and home decor. And she'll love you for taking the time to find that special something just for her. From truly heartfelt to romantic to silly, we have everything you need to make this Christmas morning truly memorable. Or maybe you're the one hoping to get that unique Christmas present? If so, you'll find some great tools to help drop subtle, or not so subtle, hints to your loved ones. Find something you want but need help getting the idea across? Try using our share button to let your special someone know exactly what it is you're longing for. Or with the same personalised Santa Clause letter click tell the entire social media world?just because. Make this Christmas season easier and more relaxing on you, and focus on spreading that holiday cheer. From the silly to the sincere you're sure to find something for everyone on your list. Find the perfect Christmas present ideas for everyone and take a deep breath?, you're done. ... read more |
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