Want to put a smile on a loved one’s face or hear the laughter ring out from the kiddies on Christmas day. Well the first move is to get it right when choosing their presents. How nice for you to hold an ear to ear grin all because this year you chose the ideal gift for the family. Deciding on what is right for each individual can cause unnecessary stress and worry to the build up to Christmas.

Xmas is a happy/joyous event where we celebrate our lord’s being. Jesus is a very special person in our life, an out of sight lodger in our thoughts and always in our heart who gave us all those close people in our lives.

How many times have you had to return goods that were not the right size/color? How many people thank you for that unwanted gift that they never get to use.

Lets us get into the Christmas spirit today by getting it right. You have enough worry with a shopping list as long as your arm and a credit card bill that you may well be still paying off into the New Year.

Then there’s the slaving over a hot stove, presents have to be wrapped and at the end of this hectic schedule you are expected to smile on December the 25th.

What gift can you give to please every member of the family or lover with a guarantee to put a smile on their face?

It does not take Einstein to figure this out.

Item number 1 on a Christmas list to give is a vacation. This way you the bringer of joy gets to celebrate too.

The Christmas festive season is celebrated all over the world so why not enjoy your Xmas on a beach. Millions travel at this time of year because they find it very cost effective when giving all people close to them a Christmas they will never forget

Guarantees are priceless when they come in the form of a smile. Have you ever seen an unhappy vacation maker?

In some cases parents are taken for granted by the kids and are never given a minute thought all because they are busy opening presents. Well that ends on vacation when the kids smother you with hugs and kisses thanking you for the best Christmas ever.

What do you give the kids on Christmas day abroad? A bucket/spade. What to give your lover? A date for your wedding. Grandparents will just love not having to wrap up for warmth.

It is far cheaper to spend Christmas abroad than stay at home. Recap on your list of Christmas duties.

Shopping/Christmas presents/ decorations/lights to be hung/turkey needs stuffing/ trifle to be made/tree and baubles /wrap presents and on top of all this the worry of having forgotten anything.

Get it right and get away.
The best Christmas gift you can give to your self is the satisfying feeling that you got it right.

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Christmas is the most mysterious holiday! Christians celebrate it all over the world. It is too special holiday as all the traditions were handled down from our grandparents and parents.

From November nobody forgets that Christmas is coming. Colored lights decorate many town centers and shops and artificial snow painted on shop, cafe windows. In streets and shops, ‘Christmas trees’, real or plastic evergreen ‘conifer’ trees, are also decorated with lights and Christmas ornaments.

Shopping centers become busier. Speaker systems in them play Christmas ‘carols’, the traditional Christmas Christian songs. Very often groups of people sing these carols raising money for charity. By mid-December, most people decorate their houses with Christmas trees, colored lights, make different decorations around the rooms. Some people decorate their trees with apples, nuts, and candles as it was in earlier times.

In many countries, most people send Christmas greeting cards with many wishes to their friends and family, and these cards are hung on the walls of their homes then. Traditional Christmas cards showed religious pictures – Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story. Today pictures are often winter pictures, jokes, Father Christmas, or romantic scenes of life in past times.

‘Father Christmas’ (or ‘Santa Claus’) has become the human face of Christmas. In the pictures we can see the old man with long white beard, red coat, and bag of toys. Children are taught that he brings them presents the night before Christmas (or in some countries on December 6th – St. Nicholas’ Day), and many children up to the age of 7 or 8 really believe this is true. The history of Santa Clause begins with a man called Saint Nicholas. He was a Bishop of Myra in Asia Minor (now Turkey) in the 4th century AD. He was very shy, and wanted to give money to poor people without them knowing about it. One day he climbed the roof of a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney. It landed in the stocking, which a girl had put to dry by the fire! This may explain the belief that Father Christmas comes down the chimney and places gifts in children’s stockings.

For many people it’s too interesting to know: how did Christmas start?

Since about 400 AD Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus. ‘Christ’ means ‘Messiah’, the title given to Jesus. Unfortunately the real meaning of Christmas is often forgotten. It has become a non-religious holiday! More children believe in Father Christmas, not in Jesus. Christmas Day is a holiday with eating, drinking too much and watching TV and other activities. But the real Christmas story is found in the Christian Bible. After Jesus was born there were some wise men who came to look for Him, from an area which is now in either Iran or Saudi Arabia. Admittedly there were three wise men (or three Kings). The story said they had seen an unusual star in the sky that told them of a birth of a special king. For bringing honor to the child, the brought rich gifts: gold, frankincense (a resin which burns with a beautiful smell) and myrrh (plant oil with a very strong sweet smell). These gifts tell us three key things about Jesus: Gold – a gift fit for a King, Frankincense – burnt in worship of God, Myrrh – a sign of mortal humanness, used to bury the dead. Jesus lived too difficult life. He was and is ‘everyman’ for us all as He came to identify with every racial group.

Christmas cards from different countries often show Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the landscape of that country, and with the racial appearance of that nationality. “No other person has had such an effect on human lives as Jesus. He came back to life again, and millions say they know Him today as a friend and helper in their lives. You owe it to yourself to find out more about Him. Is He who He claimed to be? Can He help us in our lives today? You have nothing to lose! Christmas is the time to stop and think about these important questions”.

Merry Christmas!

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