Christmas is Coming!
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On The First Day of Christmas
Christmas marked each year with feasting, present-giving and family gatherings, is a wonderful wintertime celebration. Much of its energy comes from the contrast with the season. In the midst of bitter, cold weather and long, dark evenings, when trees and fields are bare, we celebrate with an orgy of rich food, presents, lights, noise and green leafy decorations.
Before Christianity, winter festivals were celebrated by the lighting of fires to welcome the New Year and banish the old. The riotous Roman festivals of Saturnalia and New Year both contributed elements still found today, including the giving of presents, and the decorating of houses with greenery.
It was during Victorian times that the Christmas festival underwent a great regeneration, becoming a family event and a time to be enjoyed above all by children. The inventive Victorians were responsible for introducing several seasonal elements into the celebration, including Christmas trees and cards, a jovial Father Christmas and even festive crackers with novelty bangs.
In our modern, fast-changing world, Christmas provides a valuable link with the past. It is a unique time of year when each family celebrates with its own customs and personal festive touches, ensuring that Christmas remains our most enduring and popular celebration.
Merry Christmas!
For US and UK residents this, regularly updated, lens will provide you with ideas, information, links, recipes and products to make this the best Christmas ever!
Christmas Lights Photos
Classic Christmas Cake Recipe from Delia Smith
The Classic Christmas CakeThis, with no apologies, is a Christmas cake that has been in print since 1978, has been made and loved by thousands and is, along with the Traditional Christmas Pudding, one of the most popular recipes I've produced. It is rich, dark and quite moist, so will not suit those who like a crumblier texture. Recently we took some of these cakes along to book-signing sessions up and down the country and were quite amazed to see so many people take a mouthful and then buy a book!
To read the recipe click the Delia Smith Christmas Cake link below.
Delia Smith Christmas Cake
- Christmas Cake Recipe
- Full details of Delia Smith's Classic Christmas Cake Recipe
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Christmas Links!
- Christmas Charity Shoeboxes
- UK scheme distributing shoeboxes of gifts
- Santa Claus and Christmas at the Northpole
- Enjoy Christmas with Santa Claus at the North pole, an award-winning Christmas web site. Send a letter to Santa Clause or a Christmas card to a friend. Find yummy Christmas recipes, Christmas stories, Christmas entertainment and free games to play.
- Christmas Nativity Play
- Christmas Nativity Play for church, school, club, family. With Script, Carols Sheet Music, rehearsal, production notes, etc.
- The Complete Christmas Collection
- Christmas Recipes, Crafts and Kids Activities.
- Christmas Dinner - eHow.com
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to do with Christmas Dinner. - Christmas Is Coming - Christmas is Coming
- Christmas is Coming - and we are helping you make Christmas special, with Christmas crafts, decorating ideas, Chistmas gifts, Christmas recipes, printable Christmas cards, poems, quotes and carols.
Gifts for Kids
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Gifts for Him!
Gifts for Him!
Tell us what you want for Christmas here!
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porter246
Nov 17, 2007 @ 1:39 am | delete
- Great Lens!!! You Deserve a 5!!!
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Timewarp
Sep 18, 2007 @ 4:48 pm | delete
- Its the most wonderful time of the yeaaar!
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LennyCastellaneta
Jul 12, 2007 @ 9:31 am | delete
- I love you lens (and Christmas)! Thanks for posting it.
Lenny
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Shar
Dec 16, 2006 @ 11:39 am | delete
- Hi, Wonderful work... Happy Holiday,Shar
Stop in and Elf Yourself at my new lens...
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YourSmilingChef
Dec 12, 2006 @ 7:07 pm | delete
- What a great lens! It's colorful and very well done and I've added you to my faves. Thanks to you, I'm going to attempt Delia's Christmas cake while staying far away from the Prada bag!
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- 27, 2011, at Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County Jail in Kearny, charged with beating their brother-in-law, Jeorge Alzendia, 44, to death with a shovel on Christmas night. Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey ...
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