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- How To See A Pixie - 3 Enduring Techniques
- Pixies and similar entities have existed in the minds of countless cultures over the millenia, but are they real? This article looks at 3 historical techniques that can be used to actually see pixies, so you can make your own mind up....
article data || full article - What are the origins of Christmas traditions?
- There are many traditions and symbols that we associate with Christmas including the Christmas tree, leaving cookies out for Santa Claus, and sending Christmas cards and Christmas presents. If you're like most, you observe all of the traditions which are sacred to your family without a thought about where they originated or why they became so popular in the first place.
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article data || full article - Choosing the right music for Christmas
- In our multi-cultural societies today the run up to Christmas is experienced in many different ways. The commercial version pioneered by Coca Cola's magazine advertisements which established the red suited Santa Claus image, washes over us all through the TV advertisements and the decorations in the High Streets and shopping Malls. They built on and reinforced the Victorian version of Christmas celebrations...
article data || full article - baby shower decorations
- Great baby shower decorations are more about using your imagination than your pocketbook! You can create a wonderful party mood with simple, high-impact arrangements. This article details some of the best ideas for baby shower decorations.
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article data || full article - all about christmas cards
- The Christmas card he commissioned was fashioned in the form of a triptych, which is a three-paneled design that allows for the two outer panels to be folded in towards the middle one. Each of the two side panels depicted a good deed. The first showed an image of people clothing the poor, and the other side panel showed an image of people feeding the hungry. The center piece had an image of a well-to-do family making a toast and surrounded by an enormous feast.
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article data || full article - Santa Claus or Saint Nicklaus- How father Christmas is named in different countries.
- Santa Claus actually started out as a version of Poseidon,
Greek god of the sea, known as Neptune by the Romans. Early
Greek sailors feared him. He could bring terrible storms in
the sea, or grant them safe journeys. Because he could save
them from the angry waters, he because known as "giver of
all good things". The Romans and Greeks held a festival on
December 6 in his honor.
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article data || full article - all about becuse christmases
- I am dreaming of a tropical Christmas.
I can recall from my days in England, watching television at Christmas and seeing how others celebrated across the world. At one time I used to think about people in Australia, who seemed to be featured on the news every Christmas Day: "it's not like Christmas, hot weather and going to the beach.”
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article data || full article - Colors in Dreams and Their Meaning
- Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams. In many of the ancient societies, including Egypt and Greece, dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention, whose message could be unravelled by those with certain powers. In modern times, various schools of psychology have offered theories about the meaning of dreams....
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