Christmas It's Christmas 2023! Anne, Jane, Julie, John, Andrew, Caroline and Matt from the "AnArt4Life" blog team send our best wishes to all our readers and subscribers. May you each enjoy the peace and goodwill of the Christmas spirit.
Christmas The Night before Christmas The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, was first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Image credit: youthareawesome-com
Christmas Christmas Cards by Anton Pieck Anton Pieck 1895 - 1987, was a Dutch engraver, painter, etcher and book illustrator. His drawings and paintings were always set in the past, particularly the 19th century. From 1938 on he started designing Christmas cards which became a huge success.
Christmas Christmas Cards Sending Christmas cards, as we know them today, was started in the UK in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. The tradition lives on today with a 20% surge in the sales of Christmas cards in 2020 and to my surprise the leadership in this growth is attributed to millennials
Christmas Christmas Markets in Europe Sharing images from Christmas markets in Berlin, Vienna, Ljubijana, Edinburgh, Nuremburg, Romania...
Christmas Christmas at Harrods 2021 To give you a taste of the festive season and get you into the mood to start your Christmas shopping, from the comfort of your lounge room, enjoy a virtual tour of the Christmas shop at Harrods in London, said to be one of the most luxurious department store in the world.
Celebration An Interview with Santa We all know that Santa lives at the North Pole – but it’s a big place so where exactly does he hang out? He lives close to Rovaniemi, which is 800kms north of Helsinki across the forests of Finland in Lapland and the Arctic Circle. Image credit: Travel Lapland magazine Feb 2019
Celebration Happy Christian Orthodox Christmas Celebratong Christian Orthodox Christmas through the works of Theodore Jacques Ralli, Vassily Maximovich Maximov and Uros Predic.
Celebration It is not Christmas yet! St Nicholas, our Dutch Santa Claus celebration is on the 6th December, totally removed from Christmas
Glass Glass in All Its Glory Showcasing some glass Christmas trees made on Murano (near Venice, Italy), images of a paper weight taken by John Pickup. Plus a video on the making of a hand blown glass pitcher.
Travel From the Arctic Circle All year round the landscape of Lapland is breathtaking, as is the flora and fauna - we especially loved the reindeers - this time of year their coats getting thick, ready for winter; antlers regrowing and covered with silky velvet.
Celebration Christmas Day Christmas A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AFTER US ALL YEAR ROUND AND ALSO GIVE UP BEING WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AT THIS TIME TO HELP KEEP US SAFE.
Drawings The Magic Pudding The strange thing about Australians who have British heritage is that we cling to the tradition of eating a plum pudding at Christmas even if the temperature is way above 40C. The tradition is so strong that during the war years my mother sent a plum pudding to my father who served in New Guinea
Naive and Folk Art Christmas DownUnder Nyinta was born on Angus Downs. Her father was from Blood Range near Docker River but he worked on Angus Downs bringing salt into Alice Springs on camel caravans. Her mother is from Kaanpi and her parents met up at Docker River and moved to Angus Downs Station.
Mailbag Mail from Kent & Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere Constable
Celebration Reindeer and Boomers reindeer who work for Santa travelling enormous distances around the world. They are beautiful creatures.
Celebration Choirs, Choristers & the Coming of Christmas The Camberwell Chorale, one of the oldest community choirs in Australia and has been making music in Melbourne (and beyond), ever since it was founded in 1944
Celebration The Significance of Food & Who Does Own the Pavlova? Pavlova Follow the link to 8 Unexpected Ways of Celebrating Birthdays. You will be relieved to know that Fairy Bread is there as is the Swedish Princess Cake!
Celebration Advent multiculturalkidblogs.com explains: Advent is steeped in the history of Christianity - the word Advent means “coming” or “arrival”. During the month before Christmas, Christians prepare for the Advent of Jesus Christ.
