Harry the Happy Snowman
October 13th, 2009



Years ago when we were building our village in the North Pole, we all decided to get together and build a snowman. Everybody was involvhttp://santalivenow.ning.com/profiles/blogs/harry-the-happy-snowman/edit#ed and togeth… Continue

Great to be part of this group. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Ever since I was a kid; many years ago, I loved wrapping the gifts. Admittedly I would unwrap them before the big day and rewrap without my parents knowing. I got so good at it I decided to open a gift shop so I could keep wrapping gifts. LOL

Seriously though, I opened my shop because of my love of Teddy Bears. It's a full line gift store with a Teddy Bear theme. As you can imagine, Christmas is always a very busy time o… Continue

im home chillin out and im not up to much at all and im happy to be the 4th member of this wonderful site christmas is my favorite holiday

A History of Christmas Stockings

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” It seems that Clement Clark Moore was already familiar with the image of the traditional Christmas stockings as early as 1822, when this poem, “Twas the Night before Christmas,” was penned. But where did the idea for Christmas stockings come from, and which culture can be credited w… Continue

A lot of people feel very nostalgic at Christmas time it is not just about Christmas Gifts, as they think back to their childhoods or hark back further to Victorian times. Modern life will never replace our fondness for the traditional Christmas village scene. These images can take many forms, including books, jigsaws, decorations and model villages.

A one thousand piece jigsaw will keep the family fully occupied o… Continue