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Christmas Scenes Wallpapers

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Beautiful collection of Christmas scenes wallpapers to adorn your desktop. Christmas is a time for Families, Fun, and Festivities! A time of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time for Santa, stars, and singing carolers. A time for ornaments, gifts, and twinkling lights. Of sleigh rides, hot cocoa, and gingerbread cookies. Put on a smile as soon as you look at the fantastic wallpapers. Christmas wallpapers can be found below : Christmas Scenes Wallpapers Christmas Scenes Wallpapers

Christmas Quiz

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Christmas Quiz Christmas Quiz Question 1. On Christmas Day 1977, Charlie Chaplin died in a) Switzerland, b) England, c) USA or d) Canada? 2. On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved? 3. The Shrine of the Three Kings, a reliquary said to contain the bones of the Three Wise Men, can be visited in the cathedral in a) Canterbury, b) Cologne, c) Vienna or d) Rome? 4. Every year in November Sinterklaas, the Dutch Father Christmas, arrives in Holland. Where does he come from and how does he get to Holland? (1 point per correct answer) 5. For which football club has Christmas come early when they won the Intertoto Cup 2006, the first silverware since 1969? 6. In what year did NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, start tracking Santa's flight path around the world? (+/- 5 years) 7. In what year were the first electric Christmas lights used? (+/-20 years) 8. Which of Santa's other 8 reindeer was the father of Rudolph the red-nosed one? 9. Kwanzaa, a...

Christmas Snow Scenes

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Snow, Ice and Christmas often go together, although why it should is a bit strange! There is no snow or ice in the Christmas story told in the Bible. However, snow does fall in Israel. Bethlehem and Jerusalem are on a range of hills that go north to south between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan valley. The top of these hills are about 1600 ft (500 m) high. The hills often have very cold weather from November to April and snow can often fall. So, although the Bible story may not have snow in it, Jesus may well have seen some snow in his life! Christmas Snow Scenes Christmas Snow Scenes

Christmas Recipes

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Chestnut and Hazelnut Cake Recipe The recipe for this beautifully moist Chestnut and Hazelnut Cake appears exclusively (with permission) from A Year of Family Recipes (pub. Bettys and Taylors, RRP £25) by Lesley Wild. The book (read review) is the first produced by Bettys, the famous Yorkshire tea shop. This cake comes from Switzerland where sweet chestnut trees grow in profusion, particularly in the south of the country around the lakes of Maggiore and Lugano – where Switzerland meets Italy. It would make a perfect treat for Christmas supper. Chestnuts, in both countries, are often dried and ground into flour which is then used in baking during the winter months. Chestnuts are not only low in fat and calories, but high in vitamin C and potassium. They also contain significant amounts of vitamin B. Because it is so rich, Lesley Wild says that she prefers not to decorate it with icing – a light dusting of cocoa powder just finishes it off. The texture of the cake improves if it is kept ...

Christmas Jokes

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What happened when the snowgirl fell out with the snowboy ? She gave him the cold shoulder ! What do snowmen wear on their heads ? Ice caps ! What do snowmen eat for lunch ? Icebergers ! Where do snowmen go to dance ? Snowballs ! How do snowmen travel around ? By iceicle ! What sort of ball doesn't bounce ? A snowball ! How do you know when there is a snowman in your bed ? You wake up wet ! What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark ? Frost bite ! How do you call an Eskimo cow ? An Eskimoo ! Christmas Music Christmas Jokes

Christmas Fun

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Xmas Fun is dedicated to the child in all of us. Fun for all ages. Christmas songs, jokes, games, stories, downloads, etc. Lots of Christmas fun! Christmas Fun Christmas Fun

Outdoor Christmas Lights

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LED Christmas lights save approximately 80% in electricity reducing your holiday energy costs over C7 or C9 lights. The cost savings are just one reason for the growing popularity of LED lights. Its long bulb life is another; on average LED lights last up to 50,000 hours! Also, if one of the bulbs on the string burns out, the others will remain lit - yet another bonus of LED lights. Finally LED lights come in a wide array of colors and textures and illuminate with a unique, vivid glow. Mini Christmas lights are inexpensive to buy and power, thanks to 1.5 or 2.5 volt bulbs. Xmas Mini lights are available in 50, 100, 150 and 200 light strings. The maximum recommended number of lights in a continual connected string is 350 to 400 lights. Mini lights are better suited to deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves) and smaller shrubbery. Christmas Rope lights are small lights enclosed within a rope of transparent plastic tubing. Christmas Rope lights are generally sold by the foot; with...

Christmas stockings

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Christmas stockings Christmas stockings are hung near the chimney on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to fill it with goodies for the children. It is an empty sock or a bag that is given the shape of a sock. The children in United States and some other countries have been following this tradition of hanging a Christmas stocking, believing that Father Christmas will fill it with sweets and gifts for them. The items that are believed to be stuffed in the Christmas stocking by Santa Claus are known as stocking stuffers. The tradition of the Christmas stockings began by a story told since ancient time about a kind noble man who had three daughters. The wife of the nobleman expired and the daughters and their father were left in a state of sorrow. The daughters had to do all the work in the house. When the daughters became young and eligible for marriage, the poor father could not afford to give the huge dowries to their husbands. One evening the daughters, after washing their stockings hung t...