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Monday 18 July 2011

10 Best Christmas Gifts For 2013



 
1. Wild Planet Hyper Dash by Wild Planet
This product won the 2011 Top Toy of the Year issued by Creative Child Magazine. Not only a fun game, it is exceptional in developing math and athletic skills. It also challenges skill, speed, coordination, teamwork and memory. 7-12 years.

2. Hot Potato by Fundex Games
Also among the best gifts 2012 is an electronic hot potato and potato chips and requires family members to frantically toss the hot potato and not get caught holding the spud when the music stops. Good for 2-6 players.

3. American Girl 300 Wishes - Board Game by Mattel
Included are 300 wish cards, five diaries and five wish keys. The "Wish Cards" dealt to players describe fun experiences, careers and personal accomplishments they dream of having. The aim is to match the players' wishes with the cards they receive. 8+ years.

4. Scooby-Doo! A Haunted House Game by Pressman Toys
Similar to the TV series on Cartoon Network, this 3D plastic game is packed with action as players move about the haunted house and try to reach the top level whilst avoiding booby traps and ghosts. Suits 2-5 players.

5. Math Whiz by Educational Insights
Provides hundreds of fun math facts and challenges kids on addition, division, subtraction and multiplication. It can also function as a calculator. There are eight skill levels and an easy to read display screen, as well as light and sound effects that greet the answers given. 6+ years.

6. Electronic Hyperslide by Hasbro Games
Three different games that allow for individual as well as team fun and competition on the table top, with sounds, voice commands, and electronic lights. "Guess" a sequence of colors before the buzzer declares your time has run out.

7. Bananagrams by Bananagrams

A word game featuring 144 tile letters that are placed face down while players select their tiles. Great for family fun while you travel as it is light, portable and easy to set up. No pencil or paper required.

8. Blokus Classic by Educational Insights
A strategy board game which is the most awarded game of the Century, so far (20+ awards). Suitable for up to four players, it employs a 400 piece game board and 84 colored playing pieces. Players try to fit all their pieces on the board, touching at least one corner of their earlier pieces and not adjacent to the pieces of another player. The winner is the first to get rid of their pieces.

9. LeapFrog Match Up!
A fun game to improve memory and reasoning skills. Pressing a button provides a clue which must be matched with options that include rhyming words, animal sounds, and opposites. Three levels of play allow children to progress at their own pace. Suits individual play or with a friend.

10. Math Mat Challenge Game
The final selection for best Xmas gifts 2012 is a clever and exciting math game that includes an interactive, talking floor mat. There are four different games and two skill levels that help develop skills in numbers, addition, counting and subtraction. Kids step on the mat when they have the answer. The game gets faster as scores get higher.


Monday 11 July 2011

Christmas Indoor Decoration Tips



Decorate your home and your garden in this Christmas at your hand and celebrate with your friends and family. Indoor decorations is very easy here i share some indoor decoration tips to how to decor your house with Christmas tree, Christmas scandle and Christmas stars.



  • Christmas Tree is one of the most important decorative for the Christmas. Pay full attention to it. You may choose to use a lot of ribbons as decorative. A good idea would be to tie ribbon bows on curtains, chairs, door knobs or candle holder or at any other feasible place.
  • Place flowers, natural or artificial, all around your house. This will make your home more vibrant and lively. A great idea would be to use mistletoes and poinsettias, the traditional Christmas flowers to get a better feel of the festival. You may also float flowers or petals in a large crystal or glass bowl. *You may also hang traditional Christmas stockings on your mantle, a shelf or the wall.
  • A cute Christmas decoration idea would be to display teddies, dolls around the house. You may place them together on the floor. Dress the teddies and using Christmas decorative as accessories to increase the impact.
  • On a side table you may pile Christmas books. It will work both as a source of knowledge and as a decorative.
  • A great idea would be to create a collage of old Christmas cards and pictures. This will be a heart touching Christmas decorative.
  • You can also decorate colorful candles around the house.
  • Place color glass balls or marbles or even beads in glass bowls and place it on the centre or side table.
  • Pay extra attention to the decoration of Christmas Table as major activities will be centred around this table.
  • Use room fresheners, aroma candles and flowers for fragrance to please your olfactory senses.

Happy Christmas To You And Your Family




Christmas is a yearly festival that makes merry the Jesus birth. Christmas celebrations usually come together the memorial of ’birth of Jesus with different traditions, many of which have been affected by previous winter celebrations. Customs contain the show of Holly, Christmas trees and Nativity scenes, the exchange of cards and gifts and the coming of Santa Claus (Father Christmas) on Christmas morning or Christmas Eve. Famous Christmas themes contain the promotion of peace, goodwill and compassion.

Christmas day is commemorated on December 25 in different areas over the world. However, in several nations it is considered as Boxing Day and celebrated on December 26. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates this festival on January 6, the time on the Gregorian calendar that matches to 25 December on the Julian calendar.



The term ‘Christmas’ is taken from the Old English Cristes masse and the Middle English Christemasse. Sometimes, Christmas is shortened to Xmas, which has a lengthy history. The nativity is referred to the Jesus’s birth. The story of Christmas depends on the accounts offered in the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of Matthew. As per the records, Jesus was born in the Bethlehem, to the Virgin Mary, supported by Joseph (her husband). Nativity scenes traditionally contain the Three Wise Men, Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior.

The Christmas tree is frequently enlightened as a Christianization of pagan custom and tradition nearby the Winter Solstice that contain the usage of evergreen branches and a variation of pagan tree love. The modern Christmas tree custom is considered to have started in the eighteenth century in Germany. This kind of tree can be decorated with ornaments and lights.

As the nineteenth century, the poinsettia has been developed along with Christmas. Other famous holiday trees contain red amaryllis, holly, Christmas cactus and mistletoe.

In different businesses, communities, schools and nations have Christmas dances and parties in the weeks before this festival. Christmas shows can contain a retelling of the tale of Christ’s birth. Groupings might stay neighborhood homes for singing carols. Other holds fundraising drives or do volunteer job for help.
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On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, a particular meal is generally offered. In several areas, especially in Eastern Europe, these family feasts are come first by a time of fasting. Treats and candy are also part of Christmas celebration in number of nations.

Other custom is for individuals to send cards to their relatives or friends. The customary greeting slogan on these cards is ‘Merry Christmas’. Greeting cards are also prepared through messages like ‘Happy Holidays’ or ‘Season’s Greetings’ in order to contain recipients and senders who may not have fun on Christmas Day.