HOW TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

This is the time of year that most people’s thoughts turn toward celebration. Well, how exactly do you celebrate? Some people define celebration by decorating, some by visiting relatives or friends, and some by watching endless hours of football. Some begin celebrating by getting drunk at the office party on the last working day before Christmas and don't sober up until sometime after New Year's Day. But that’s what they think of when they think of celebrating, anesthetizing reality. Fewer and fewer in our culture think about celebrating the birth of the one about whom this holiday is named by going to Church. Maybe that's because for many the church is not the place they think of when they think of celebrating. 

In this sermon we will ask the novel question that frequently doesn't ever get asked: How did those who witnessed the first Christmas celebrate?

Christmas cookies

Top Christmas Recipes

Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 packages (3-1/2 ounces each) cook-and-serve butterscotch pudding mix
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Combine the flour, pudding mixes, ginger, baking powder and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool. Decorate as desired. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 194 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 38 mg cholesterol, 144 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

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sweet trees cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg

Jingle Bells - Mother Goose Club Holiday Christmas Songs

Jingle Bells - Mother Goose Club Holiday Christmas Songs







"Jingle Bells" lyrics:
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

the best messages for christmas

• I hope that your Christmas would be enjoyable & may the essence of Christmas remains always with u.  Take care.  

The snow gently falls, touches the heart, white as a dove, Merry christmas wid love

Merry Christmas. Hope Santa gives you what you wish for.

May this day brings with itself a bunch of joy & laughter, a delight to savor. 

Merry Christmas.

This year, all I want is a gift bag filled with laughter & joy, with you. 
Merry Christmas my dear.

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most beautiful christmas gifts

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Manic's Christmas Party

Manic Street Preachers celebrate 25 years

The Manic Street Preachers are playing a special one-off Christmas party gig at the O2 in London tomorrow night.

It is likely to be their last gig in the UK for some time - and the show will encompass every one of their 38 singles.

We caught up with Nicky Wire recently and found the bassist in a reflective mood about the state of the music industry.