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The Christmas Almanac
Ultimate Christmas book - Vintage art, literature, songs, crafts, and recipes, adding practical advice for shopping, travel, entertainment, as well as trivia, history, facts, and tips. Organized into 8 chapters: Deck the Halls: Trees, Trimming, and Tinsel; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Holiday Music, Concerts & Events; Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding: The Christmas Feast; My True Love Gave To Me: The Gifts Of The Season; Santa Claus is Coming To Town: The Legend And Lore of St. Nick; 'Twas The Night Before Christmas: Christmas Eve; Charity at Christmastime. Each cahpter will be a combination of elements based on its particular theme, including: Classic Stories - Poems - including A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore and Lewis Carroll's Christmas Greetings From A Fairy To A Child; Recipes - American standards such as Sugar Cookies and Cranberry Sauce; classic recipes from around the world; Christmas drinks; and entertaining ideas; History & Traditions - find out how the legend of St. Nick came to be, why we hang stockings and much more; Carols - complete with lyrics and music, from "Deck the Halls" to "Silent Night"; Games - to entertain children and grown-ups alike at holiday festivities; gifts to make, stocking stuffer ideas, Facts & Trivia - Entertainment - celebrations around the country and the world, the best concerts, festivals, movies, music, and ballets; Tips - How to care for your tree, make sure Santa writes your kids back, and track him on-line as he makes his way around the world; Crafts - learn how to make tree decorations, orange clove balls, mini cookie & candy trees, cookie puzzles, scented sachets, and snow globes; tons of options!

Decorating for the Holidays
From Thanksgiving to Christmas Day - make a home beautiful, welcoming, and festive, transforming any room into the perfect holiday setting with everyday items such as ribbons, ornaments, candles and fresh greenery. Includes special sections on gift wrapping, table setting, decorating the mantel and trimming the tree. Plus five-minute decorating ideas throughout with suggestions for quick, festive ways to bring home the holiday spirit. Looking for a quick dress-up for the Thanksgiving table? Valerie shows how beautiful natural autumn leaves andacorns look scattered along the length of a table runner. Simple touches for Christmas-a glowing arrangement of candles in the fireplace; a red rose and fresh pear snuggled into some greenery to create a quick, original place card-take little time to do but transform an ordinary setting into a scene of extraordinary magic.

White Christmas : Decorating and Entertaining for the Holiday Season
Everyone knows that the best Christmas is a white Christmas-a traditional celebration with snow capping the eaves, a fire roaring in the fireplace, and a mistletoe ball hanging in the doorway. Tricia Foley, brings back the magic of the time-honored customs, along with her own white-on-white decorating style, to create the kind of Christmas that will make treasured memories for years to come. With ideas for every room of the house, Foley shows how to borrow from the colors of nature in winter 'pure white and evergreen' to dress up the house for the holidays. She includes simple yet timeless suggestions for draping greens over the bed canopy, hanging all-white stockings of every size and fabric, lighting with votive candles, candelabra, and sconces, and wrapping with handmade papers and raffia ribbons. For entertaining, White Christmas presents the perfect Christmas tea, with snowy linens and homemade scones. Helpful tip boxes cover Christmas lore, favorite tales, and Christmas crafts.

The Book Of Santa Claus
The legend of Santa Claus began in America in 1822 with Clement C. Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This enduring poem, which begins with the now-classic line "Twas the night before Christmas," paints a vivid picture of Saint Nick and his miniature sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. This image was illustrated for the first time by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly in 1863 and became the inspiration for much of the beautifully detailed Victorian art captured in The Book of Santa Claus. You don't have to be a child to appreciate the magic within The Book of Santa Claus. As Howard notes, "We can never outgrow the anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus. He is a magical figure, drawn from the legends, history, and folklore of many countries.

Simply Homemade Food Gifts
Over 325 ideas for kinds of food to make and appealing packages to hold them. Five different sections which contain the following: Giving Thanks, Bright Birthday Wishes, Cherished gifts for all seasons, Merry gifts for Christmas and Between friends & Neighbors. The instructions and recipes are easy to read and understand. They give detail information as to how long these foods will keep in refrigerator or freezer. They give several suggestions whether your gift will need a box, jar or packaging.

Victorian Christmas: Source Book With 10 Projects
Sprinkled throughout are beautiful photographs and paragraphs explaining various Victorian customs, such as the traditions of gift-giving, card-making, and tree-decorating and seasonal recipes. With 18 sheets of embossed die-cut paper scraps with step-by-step instructions for 10 projects, traditional decoupage, faux-plaid painting and simple gilding of gift items ranging from cookie tins and holiday candles, potpourri jars, candy boxes, table centerpieces.

The Santa Claus Book
About Santa Claus and his associates, including how he travels around the world in one night, how he gets all those toys into the bag, where the elves came from, how the reindeer are able to fly, why Santa goes down chimneys, where Mrs. Claus comes from; and why Santa lives so long, and exciting things to see at the North Pole - along with many more fun, funny, and heartwarming stories and facts about everyone's favorite holiday helper. .