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What would you like to see on Christmas cards? A lot of shops already have them out, Just wondering what people like eg. Nativity scene, Santa, Modern, Simplistic, scenery, Victorian, animals, children, couples, family.

What are your Favorite christmas cards to receive? I like the old Victorian London ones, like the horse and cart and fog types

how many Christmas cards have you had from people of other religions/ethnicities? I have seen a load of questions from 'christians' on here bleating about 'how they arent allowed to say merry christmas', 'political correctness', 'war on christmas/christians' etc, etc... blah, blah, blah just got home to find a christmas card from a jewish guy (says 'Merry Christmas' and has a picture of a robin) a christmas card from a local (sikh) business (says Happy Christmas, picture of a victorian winter scene) plus, at work, I got a card from a muslim (Merry Christmas, Jokey picture of santa & snowman)

Photo editing software create a face in a Christmas bauble? Id like to create my own Christmas card with a photo inside a bauble with a misty snowy gass lit Victorian scene in the background could anyone advise me what software to use tips tricks? Most appreciative!

does anyone have any ideas for a victorian prop that i can work into a character sketch? i need this for an english project that is due tomorrow so somebody PLEASE help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need to work this prop into a character sketch and already have a calling card and a christmas card PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What does Christmas mean to you? I make my own Christmas cards, because I find it difficult to buy cards with a Christmas message. Robins, Victorians skating on a pond, Santa Claus, sledges, possibly an angel? I call it keeping Christ out of Christmas. Anyone agree with me? Cananddo. I send Christmas cards to Muslim friends and they send me New Year Cards. They are not offended and neither am I. I remember my father, an Anglican priest receiving a Christmas Card from a young Jew. My father had only given the guy a lift on his motor byke in the English Lake District, but that Christmas Card moved him to tears. There may be great differences between religions, but respect and acceptance is paramount. Something we should not forget. Let. Read the question! I make Christmas cards because the ones on sale are mainly robins etc.

The True or False Christmas quiz-Can you answer the questions below? It's that time of the year, 1)We can trace the origins of the first Christmas card back to 1843. 2)The common Christmas plant Poinsettias is poisonous to humans 3)The Dutch were those who brought the Christmas tree tradition to the United States. 4)A traditional early English Christmas dinner was a pig's head with mustard 5)Connecticut was the first U.S. state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday 6)In Ukraine spiders and spider webs are a traditional part of Christmas decorations 7)The traditional hook-like red-white candy canes started out as straight white sticks. 8)As the song states, Christmas was once a 12-day celebration 9)The first use of electric Christmas lights was in the 1920's. 10)In Victorian England the Christmas turkeys wore boots as they were walked into London

ANY ONE HAVE FACTS ON ROBINS? 10 POINTS FOR MOST INTERESTING AND USEFUL? This is a somewhat random question but i'd be glad for help. Basically I am planning on writing a poem about Robins and their association with christmas but am falling flat inspiration/ideas- wise I would be very glad if you could provide me with a website, OR BETTER YET, LIST FACTS, about Robins, the association with christmas and anything else interesting. I read somewhere that Robins are seen on christmas cards carrying letters because of the victorian relation to postmen at christmas. So any little bits of information like that or mating habits, habitats, or territorial issues. This is regarding the TRADITIONAL BRITSH RED BREAST ROBIN that we see on christmas cards. Plus I DON'T want a poem written for me thanks, just facts about Robins. Thanks in advance for any help...

Did Americans Reinvent Christmas? English author Charles Dickens created the classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol. The story's message-the importance of charity and good will towards all humankind-struck a powerful chord in the United States and England and showed members of Victorian society the benefits of celebrating the holiday. The family was also becoming less disciplined and more sensitive to the emotional needs of children during the early 1800s. Christmas provided families with a day when they could lavish attention-and gifts-on their children without appearing to "spoil" them. As Americans began to embrace Christmas as a perfect family holiday, old customs were unearthed. People looked toward recent immigrants and Catholic and Episcopalian churches to see how the day should be celebrated. In the next 100 years, Americans built a Christmas tradition all their own that included pieces of many other customs, including decorating trees, sending holiday cards, and gift-giving. Although most families quickly bought into the idea that they were celebrating Christmas how it had been done for centuries, Americans had really re-invented a holiday to fill the cultural needs of a growing nation This came from this site http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=1274&display_order=1&sub_display_order=5&mini_id=1290 I find the last sentence most interesting. It wasn't that we reinvented the holiday to be about a religion...but about cultural needs. Thoughts? The Mighty Ra: Correct. This is after all of that. This comes after a ban on Christmas here in the US early in our history. So one interpretation of this article is that christmas was "re-invented" for the people to gather to gether and party. Not necessarily as a religious holiday.

I Need Creative Responses!!!? Great Grannies Will Great Granny died recently and left you, her favorite great grand child, $250,000. However there is one slight "catch" to work out before your receive the money. She wants you to go through her attic and find some use for every object in it. You are not allowed to sell anything or throw anything away. You must also use them in a different way than how they were intended. Can you do it? 1. A box of assorted buttons 2. A bunch of faded pictures of Great Grannie's friends and relatives. 3. An adult "potty chair" from the 1800's (made of wood with a 12 inch circle cut out of the seat where a pan was inserted beneath). 4. A box of old books 5. A large Victorian plant stand 6. A one piece bathing suit worn by Granny in 1892 7. Six petticoats (three with hoops in them) 8. A cedar chest 9. Three white napkins embroidered in pink and blue 10. Six plastic Easter baskets in which mice have been playing 11. Seventeen player piano rolls (without the piano) 12. A box of broken and half-used Christmas candles 13. Thirteen empty dress boxes 14. A twenty-inch stuffed baby alligator (with a torn leg) which Granny bought on a trip to Florida 15. A large tin bucket 16. A box filled with the Christmas cards sent to Granny over the last 20 years 17. A 24" marble bust of President Buchanan 18. Two quill pens 19. Five of Grannie's old hats in five round hat boxes 20. A large (three foot by four foot) cracked mirror in a wooden frame 21. Three brass candlesticks 22. Two old storm windows that do not fit the house I dont need all of them answered, i just need some maybe 1 or 2 will be perfect :)

What to get an "ODDBALL" for Christmas? OK, so my daughter is sort of an oddball, and i don't really know what to get her for christmas. She's 13 and she likes anime, drawing (she's very good at it by the way), writing fiction, fancy things like from the victorian and rococo era, she likes Tim Burton things, she LOVES Harry Potter, just things like that. But when I asked her what she wanted all she said was, "Oh, a couple of tee shirts from Hot Topic, Vista Gift card, fancy things, stuff like that." But I just don't know. Could someone give me some suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated! Thank-you sooooo much!!!!!!!

how is this story as appeared in the tribune chandigarh? Saturday, March 27, 2010 THIS ABOVE ALL Queen and her munshi KHUSHWANT SINGH QUEEN VICTORIA was undoubtedly one of the most loved and respected monarchs in history, the epitome of a Queen Mother. Her personality underwent a distinct change after her German-born husband died. She had been a faithful wife, bore many children, and was very conservative. She was the role model of propriety for her subjects, and to this day observance of strict decorum in speech and behaviour is known as Victorian prudery. She wore black dresses, and her severest words of reprimand, which have become proverbial, were: "We are not amused." In her later years her character underwent a remarkable change. She seemed fed up with the stiff upper-lip behaviour of the England aristocracy and the upper classes from which court officials and ladies-in-waiting were drawn. She did not like living in Buckingham Palace, and preferred staying in other royal residences like Balmoral or Windsor. Queen Victoria was the role model of propriety for her subjects She felt more at home with servants drawn from the working classes. Her first favourite was John Brown, her Scottish buggy driver. Their relationship became a topic of gossip all over the Empire. When he died, she was heartbroken. Then she imported half a dozen khidmatgars from India. They were all young, handsome Muslims from Agra. One of them was Hafiz Abdul Karim, the most erudite of the lot. They learnt the art of waiting at the Royal Table at meal times from the head butler. They were a colourful lot in brocaded turbans, beards, sherwanis and chooridars. Abdul Karim was the smartest of the lot. Within one year he learnt to speak English fluently, and was then able to converse with the Queen. From a waiter she elevated him to the rank of Munshi to teach her Hindustani. She provided him and his family with a large cottage in the palace grounds. Every day Karim gave her lessons in spoken Hindustani and Urdu. She was soon able to talk to her Indian visitors in their language. The sudden rise of Munshi Abdul Karim was strongly resented by the sahibs. They did their best to snub him and put him in his place. The Queen stood by him. She went out of her way and proposed his name for knighthood. There were loud protests, and she had to withdraw her proposal. Instead, she conferred on him a new honour, RVO (Royal Victorian Order), and gave his father, who was a hakeem in Agra prison hospital, the title of Khan Bahadur. The racial pettiness of the Whites can be gauged from an incident. One year Karim sent a Christmas card to Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India. Instead of thanking him, Elgin questioned the audacity of a small-time Munshi to send him a greeting card. As could be anticipated, Karim’s halcyon days came to an end with the death of the Queen. He was allowed to see her body but not allowed to attend the funeral service in the cathedral, and he had to watch it from a loft. Worse was to come. One afternoon the entire royal household barged into Karim’s cottage and ordered him to hand over every letter and scrap of paper in which the late Queen had written anything. They tore it all and threw it in the fire. They searched every corner of the cottage to make sure no evidence of relationship was left. A beaten and broken-hearted Karim returned to Agra. He died in 1846, and was buried in a remote Muslim graveyard beside the graves of his father and wif

is there something dreadfully wrong with me? if so do you know what it is? here are a few things that a lot of people are either concerned about, or have no idea i think this way; i want to give myself mercury poisoning i have a constant obsession over some Tim Burton or horror movie out of all the celebrities i only know Johnny Depp (and i don't really care about anyone else because 1. he is the best and 2. he is cute) i can never get enough knives i would like to see how many knives i can stab into my stomach at one time i really wish that i could cut myself i absolutely adore scars i enjoy bondage (sexual or not) i am a steam-punk fan i always dress in Victorian fashion i speak in a British Accent (even though i don"t have one) I've had so many plans to slaughter my entire school i can't even count them i believe death is the answer to everything if i were to kill myself i would set myself a-flame i hate trying to fall asleep i hate waking up i am never good enough for anyone i have very low self esteem (especially when i am around the girl i love) i would disembowel myself if she asked me to i live in Under land (or Wonderland as most people call it) i wish i was dangerously under weight i really enjoy Futanari i like yaoi lately all i can think about it kissing and pleasuring a cute guy it seems that i only sext girls who are in a relationship with someone else i like piercings (even though i have none) i hate psychiatrists ( they never help) i don't trust anyone (except the girl i love) i have an obsession with time (clocks and watches) i only drink hard alcohol i am a hatter i wish i was mad as a hatter (hence the mercury poisoning) i enjoy sewing (needle and thread) the door to my room has a Christmas wreath on it yet my room is mostly Halloween i like dice, cards, and other gambling paraphernalia fire is a wonderful thing and as are razors these are only a few things so if you could please tell me if i am a horrid person or not that would be nice and if you have any idea what is wrong with me please tell me thank you i am describing things that people think are wrong with me yet i like them i am wondering; am i a bad person for thinking these thoughts?