ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES WHY YOU SHOULD GET IT

Wednesday, December 16, 2015



The significance of a Christmas trees as one of the centre points and part of the Christmas traditions makes it very important to choose the proper artificial tree for your home.
7.5-Feet Spruce Tree
Full Tree

             
I would like to help you in finding your perfect family Christmas tree though the tree being artificial and sold at many stores online it can still provide you with challenges in finding the Best Deals on Artificial Christmas Trees to last for many festive seasons to come.


ARTIFICIAL TREES IS A LONGTERM INVESTMENT.


·        No Maintenance
·        Fire risk Minimal
·        Easier to erect and take down
·        Tree can stay erected for longer period
·         Hardly any clean up
·        Non- allergic

CHOOSING A SUITABLE ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE


The Christmas tree display area is very important before choosing a tree you must first decide if the tree is meant to be the main attraction of the family room, in which room it will be displayed, do you want it showcased as a corner display or is it a second tree for the guest room.

After putting on your Father Christmas thinking cap and you decided upon a suitable place to display your tree, do take note that artificial trees come in one of three widths, which are standard tree shapes called full, trees that fit into tight spaces are often labeled as narrow and slim.
  
Next would be to determine the base space your tree is going to acquire, keep in mind you would need space to move around the tree for decorations. It is a recommendation to keep at least 12 inches of space between the tree topper and the ceiling to establish the perfect height you will need for your tree.

Considering a tall tree might look stylish, but might not be suitable especially if there are no adults that can reach the trees heights.
Decorating trees with a step ladder to reach the tree topper is sometimes not a good idea after all as a family we would like for the whole family to gather around the Christmas table to enjoy the feast.

A short tree will just be invisible amongst the furniture in a family room. It is, there- for important to consider and get a tree that has a suitable height, also a tree with strong artificial branches that can hold heavy ornaments. A lot of families do have traditions to create their own ornaments and hang it on their Christmas tree another reason to inspect how strong the artificial branches is before purchasing the tree. If you are buying a Christmas tree online, I would suggest you take time to read the specs to avoid disappointment.
Pre-lit Multi-Color Lights 6.5 Feet Artificial Narrow Christmas Tree
Narrow Tree

 

 CHOOSING ARTIFICIAL TREE MATERIAL


Artificial trees normally manufactured with two types of branches hinged or hook in.
The one that is easier to assemble is the artificial hinged trees that only consist of a few parts and has branches that are fixed permanently to the centre pole; the hook- in branches are hooked into openings that had been made to fit into the centre pole.
PVC and PE are the two types made of plastic material commonly used for imitation trees.
To fix the PVC needles to the fake tree branches use wire while the fabricated PE tree is manufactured so that the needles and the branches resemble real trees.
 Artificial trees got different prices if you perhaps buy a designer tree obviously you going pay designer money.

CHOOSING ARTIFICIAL PRE- DECORATED TREES


Pre lit artificial Christmas trees had been made not only for commercial purposes but for those people who are very busy and do not still have the time to spend carefully placing Christmas lights on trees. In today’s market, you can find several pre-lit Christmas trees and a standard type. These trees a person can easily pass for the real evergreen except for the multi-colored fiber-optic lights that are scattered throughout the limbs and branches of these trees.
Pre-lit trees can actually save you from having to untangle strings of Christmas tree lights every year.
350 Clear Lights 7 1/2' Kingswood Fir Pencil Tree, Hinged

You do find another type of pre-lit artificial Christmas tree made completely of fiber optics and shaped out of strands of wispy light. These brightly lit fiber optic trees also come equipped with pre-recorded Christmas songs, carols and speakers to give the added pleasure of Christmas music. The main advantage of these style of trees are that the lights had been strung on them at the factory all you have to do is follow instructions about how to assemble the tree and plug in different parts for the lights to work. Once you did that correctly, the tree will look decorated professionally. Snow covered branches is another readymade feature that artificial trees have is done with faux snow. Icicle lights are commonly used along rooflines and outdoors but also used as icicle ornaments to decorate artificial trees for additional lighting decorations.      
All these different decorations are to give an appealing, sparkling appearance as the trees also have varying hues of green similar to real Christmas trees.
In conclusion, pre- lit and decorated artificial Christmas trees are an excellent way to brighten your holiday season in your home and enable you to have more time to enjoy the Festive Season.  
                                          

                               ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS!

The Tradition of Giving Gifts at Christmas

Wednesday, December 9, 2015


The real enjoyment of giving during the Christmas Season as a family get-together would be to have started according to belief with the Three Wise Men who brought gifts of incense, myrrh and gold to Bethlehem after the birth of JESUS.


 
Three Wise Men brought gifts for JESUS
Three Wise Men
                       

The giving of gifts at Christmas 



The giving of gifts at Christmas and all through the holidays is universal today it started in the early part of the 19th century a period after English Protestants prohibited Christmas celebrations.


Christmas regained fame during 1820 to 1840 stores began to advertise Christmas specials and shopping promotions. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the story/poem “T’was the night before Christmas” in 1822. 
This story quickly became the most popular poem all over the world, and children learned in it that Santa Claus brought presents on Christmas Eve, and they began expecting Santa would bring them also gifts.
Children especially would look for gifts in their stockings hung up to dry by the fireplace hence where the Christmas stockings originated.
Today, the tradition of giving and receiving gifts is as much a part of Christmas as the Christmas tree, mistletoe, candy canes, and Christmas songs.

The marketing  sections  were  additionally  created  by  newspapers  at the same time just for Christmas season shopping ads. These special promotion sections had Santa Claus at the center of these display.
The interest of seeing Santa Claus supplied advertising  idea's for retailers they could bring parents and kids to shops through offers to take a look at an 'actual' or 'live' Santa Claus.
This marketing strategy to entice kids during Christmas was thus to focus on giving Christmas presents to kids many times in the shape of kids toys.

Today toy giving is still purposeful for kids, but grownups are also popular receivers of gifts as kids, after all, Christmas is about giving to others during the festive season, thus one actual tradition of Christmas are being expressed in this way.

Within families, the focus on kids is clear, an individual mature member will not get more presents than an individual kid does.
Presents can take many forms, but during the Christmas season, the joy of giving and preparing attractively wrapped Christmas presents for friends, family, acquaintances and work colleagues.

Young children are especially thrilled and delighted by the holiday and Christmas season, toys are often the present of selection with young children.
Adults are the ones yet, for whom there is a broad choice of items available as Christmas presents.
Many adults will easily do without the enjoyment of receiving gifts by rather giving if it means a little member of the family will likely be completely pleased and delighted with their Christmas gift although grownups also would like to receive presents.
Remembering the sparkle of delight in children's eyes when they get a toy or alternative Christmas present surely supports that Christmas is for kids.
Santa brings presents after all for all the good little boys and girls, not for mothers and fathers or other grownups.  
It used to be very funny, as parents once related how on Christmas Day when their child opened a Christmas gift and was thrilled, they the parents pretended to be somewhat disappointed that Santa Claus did not bring any Christmas present for them. The child responded it is 'because you were a bad Mom and Dad. You made me eat all my green beans.

Toys are therefore an important part of Christmas. Parents go all out for their children they make the extra effort to give children something special such as what the child wishes, desires or longs for.

It may be a toy such as a particular type of Disney Frozen sing along with Elsa doll, a Chad valey 3 storey summer/ winter dollhouse or an item like a Zinc scooter or Real FX Racing car set, or Meccanoid Robot.
Christmas Gift Idea Meccano Meccanoid G 15 KS Robot
Meccanoid Robot


The fun of getting a toy at Christmas begins earlier for children as they start to make their wish list and anticipate getting one or more of what they desire.

For teenagers, the most desired toy may not be a toy in the real sense of the word.

A toy, in today's casual speech, can mean a favorite gadget such as an ultra-stylish cell phone, an iPod, tablet or different types of electronics
Toys have also evolved beyond dolls, cast iron trains and cars to be very interactive and educational.
The popularity of educational toys and the presence of increased technology have combined to produce many toys that are highly computerized.
Receiving a toy as a gift at Christmas can play an important role in creating a lasting memory. When a child gets the toy, he or she wished for is surprised by a wonderful toy - he or she will remember the feeling it brought for a lifetime and recall it whenever there's talk of which Christmas was a favorite. It also helps to create a tradition as the child becomes an adult and wants to recapture a similar feeling by seeking to do the same for his or her own child.

Then, there are the children with a wish list with a hope to get something, any present or a toy at Christmas.

Many companies, businesses, churches, and social organizations arrange to have members donate new and age appropriate toys and do distributed it to children in need.

Putting a smile on the faces of those children will create warm memories about Christmas and Santa Claus for them.

By participating in a charitable effort, the donors are themselves Santa Claus and spreaders of good will and cheer that embody the meaning of Christmas.

Christmas Songs Lyrics

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Members of the Navy Sea Chanters sing their comedy version.
Navy Sea Chanters

What will Christmas be without the singing of our favorites Xmas songs to put us in the festive spirit.

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconcile.
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic host proclaim
'Christ is born in Bethlehem'
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King.

Christ by highest heaven adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail, the incarnate deity,
Pleased as Man with Man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King.

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of peace!
Hail the Son of righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King.


      

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow, 
In a one horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.

Chorus:
Oh jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun
It is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, Hey! 
Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd took a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortuned seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And we got upsot

Oh jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun
It is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, Hey! 
Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day of two ago
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell; 
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed a there I sprawling lie
But quickly drove away

Oh jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun
It is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, Hey! 
Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way! 
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh


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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list
And checking it twice; 
He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake! 
Oh! You better watch out! 
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town



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Silent Night

Silent night! holy night!
All is calm all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace!
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night! holy night!
Son of God love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth
Jesus, Lord at thy birth

Silent night! holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ the Saviour is born!

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The Twelve Days Of Christmas


On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the forth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the eight day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the Twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas


Version 1:
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

[Refrain:]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And bring some out here


[Refrain:]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For we all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
So bring some out here

[Refrain:]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

And we won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
So bring some out here

[Refrain:]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


Version 2:
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.

[Refrain:]
Good tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

O bring us some figgy pudding (x3)
and bring it right here.

[Refrain:]

And we won't go until we've got some (x3)
so bring some out here.

[Refrain:]
It's a season for music (x3)
and a time of good Cheer.

[Refrain:]

Version 3:
We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
and a Happy New Year.

[Refrain:]
Good tidings to you, where ever you are
Good Tidings at Christmas and a Happy New Year

(The first line of the refrain can also be rendered 
as "Good tidings we bring, to you of good cheer")

Now bring us some figgy pudding (x3)
and bring it right here

[Refrain:]

now bring some tea and breakfast(x3)
and bring it right here

[Refrain:]

Christmastime is coming, (x3)
It soon will be here

[Refrain:]

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O Holy Night


O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt it's worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees
O hear the Angels voices.
O night divine O night when Christ was born
O night divine O night divine
O night divine.

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Little Drummer Boy


Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see
Pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the king
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
When we come
Little baby
Pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too
Pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give our King
Pa rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you
Pa rum pum pum pum
On my drum

Mary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum
The He smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum

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Joy To The World

Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King! 
Let every heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns:
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground:
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found.

He rules the earth with truth and grace, 
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousnes
And wonders of his love
And wonders of his love
And wonders, wonders of his love

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O Christmas Tree

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!
How are thy leaves so verdant!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!
Weeee

Not only in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

For every year the Christmas tree,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!

Each bough doth hold it's tiny light,
That makes each toy to sparkle bright.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly