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  ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse….. A right jolly old elf……. 200 ye...

  The first little project of 2022 finished woohoo what a great feeling.  Father Christmas with a holly wreath on his head. Most of the Chri...

  .....a little old driver so lively and quick..... He was dressed all in fur.... He had a broad face and a little round belly...........He ...

Father Christmas in England held closely to the pagan customs. He was part of the Feast of Fools going back to Roman Saturnalia a topsy turv...

  Santa was affected by the Reformation, Christmas festivals and traditions were banned in some places depending who was on the thrown. The ...

Scandinavian Christmas traditions go back before Christianity when the Norse gods celebrated the winter solstice. Odin would lead the hunt o...

As Christinaity spread through the Byzantine Empire and further north into Russia so did the stories of Saint Nicholas and everyone claimed ...

It seems appropriate to begin this short series of posts about the orgins of Saint Nicholas on Saint Nicholas day.  A boy was born to aged p...

                                                                                                       --Ann--

believe --Ann--

There is my Christmas tree skirt and all the leftover yarn is now in my last needlepoint Santa.  My Santas are in front of the fi...

Another Santa to add to the collection.  I would work on him a little bit at a time until my fingers would get sore from pull...

believe...................................

 --Ann--

Squeeze together, everyone look at the camera............smiles.............needlepoint Santas I have stitched beginning in 1989. ...

 Crepe paper Santa I remember him taped to a door in the house and surprisingly it has green label tape in a couple spots. He is 18 inches...