To get in the holiday spirit, take your Christmas Cruise on some of the links below.

May the spirit of Christmas touch your heart and fill your home with love.
snowman


star 123 Christmas Greetings.com
star Christmas.com - Your Personal Christmas Experience!
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star Email Santa! santa

           star 123 ChristmasCardsletters
star All Things Christmas postcard
star Free Christmas Clip Art
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star Christmas Carols Song Lyrics Page-Merry Christmas from the Leal Family
star Billy Bear says... MERRY CHRISTMAS! billybear This page is fun for kids!!!
star Santa Claus & Christmas at the Northpole present
star Christmas at Home
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star Winnie the Pooh Ecards Christmas Ecards with Kanga tree

           star VistaPrint.com - UpLoad your photos for Christmas Cards  
star Tracking Santa globe
star The Internet Christmas Tree Directory
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star Home and Family Network Christmas reindeer

           star YuleLoveIt.compresent
star Santa Claus at Claus.com
star Welcome to Santa's Workshop!  elf

           star Christmas Graphics Plus
star Christmas Wreath Projects - About.com holly

            star Christmasgifts.comgift
star Santa Bulletin Board  ornament
star Christmas Clip Art, Christmas Stuff
star Christmas Time at Kaboose.com snowman
star Boston Ballet - Learn about the Nutcracker
star Santa Claus' Christmas Home candycane
star DisneyShopping.com: Home Page mickey mouse
star Decorate a Christmas Tree on-line!
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star Merry-Christmas.com
star Puddings.net Christmas Recipestree
star ChristmasDepot.com - Christmas Mega Store bell
star Christmas Recipes holly
star Cookie Recipe | Recipe Index: Christmas Cookiescookie
star Christmas-Cookies.com ornament
star Links to Christmas Food Sites
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star Mrs. Claus' Cookbook
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star Dear Santa Clausmenorah
star Traditional Christmas Carols    The Lyrics
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star Christmas Stories at Kaboose.com toytruck
star Dr. Seuss' Grinch Who Stole Christmas
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star Christmas Time Christmas Recipes   holly
star Frosty The Snowman
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star Coloring.com - Online Coloring Pages and Coloring Books paints
star Poinsettia - Print & Color Pictures
star FamilyFun.com - Homemade Christmas - Crafts & Stockingshearth
star Christmas Recipes Collections
star It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie) reel
star Christmas Crafts at Kaboose Family Network holly
star An Assortment of Christmas Crafts
 
           star About.com - Christmas Crafts - Cookies in a Jar
star Gifts in a Jar at Christmas-Cookies.com        gingerbreadman
star Santa - Favourite Christmas Food ornament

           star Christmas Lights & Decorations   lightbulbs
star Busy Cooks - Christmas Cookies candycane
star  Audrey's Christmas Page
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star Christmas Recipes Index - Southern U.S. Cuisine ornament
star Christmas Appetizer & Snack Recipes - CooksRecipes.com
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star Santa Suits and Christmas Costumes
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star Christmas Links stocking
star Bobbi's Christmas Trivia       ........Get in the Christmas Spirit, FUN, EASY - and yes we are kids at heart
star The Charlie Bown Christmas Quiz!!
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star BlackDog's Christmas Fun and Games!
star SegPlay Choose     ......This is a lot of fun, like painting by numbers
star Winter Activities for Children

SUGAR COOKIES AND CANDY CANES.
CAROLERS SINGING DOWN THE LANE.
JACK FROST IS NIPPING AT YOUR NOSE.
CHILDREN'S CHEEKS THE COLOR OF ROSE.
BELLS IN CHURCH SPIRES SING OUT THEIR SONG.
SANTA IS COMING IT WILL NOT BE LONG.
WARM WISHES, GLAD TIDINGS, GO HAND IN HAND.
THAT YULETIDE FEELING EMBRACES THE LAND.
PACKAGES TIED UP WITH RIBBONS...SO BRIGHT!
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM SHINES THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TREES ARE DECORATED WITH ANGELS ON TOP.
EACH LITTLE CHILD HOPES THEY'LL BE SANTA'S FIRST STOP.
STOCKINGS ARE LINED UP...EACH WITH GREAT CARE.
KNOWING THAT SOON, ST. NICK WILL BE HERE.
LITTLE TOY DRUMS, DOLLS WITH CURLY RED HAIR.
TIME SPENT WITH LOVED ONES THAT WE HOLD SO DEAR.
TIS THE SEASON OF WELL WISHING AND MISTLETOE KISSING.
TO REACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH THE ONES WE'VE BEEN MISSING.
SO, HERE IS OUR CHRISTMAS WISH TO YOU.
MAY YOUR DAYS BE FILLED WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS TOO!
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and
behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.


                                               - Norman Vincent Peal
1. Fill your car with Christmas scent.
2. Call a childhood friend whom you haven't talked to in a long while.
3. Take out an old photo album and look through it with your family.
4. Wear red to bed.
5. Brew something wonderful - spiced tea or mulled cider with cloves-to drink while you wrap presents.
6. Send a video "greeting card" to a friend or relative - they're fun to make and a refreshing pleasure to receive.
7. Give a gift of time or money to charity.
8. Answer the phone "Merry Christmas."
9. Christmas Stockings - parents get sentimental about trinkets that their children leave behind as they grow up (old scout pins, charms from necklaces and bracelets, favorite shells and pebbles, and other memory-making little toys and baubles are hard to part with.  Instead of tossing these items, use them to dress up Christmas stockings.  Stitch, pin, or tie these treasures to the top, edge, body of the stocking and you'll have a family keepsake to cherish and one they can treasure and pass on to their children.
10. Bring out that favorite glass punch bowl you save for only special occasions.  Fill it with cloved oranges, holly leaves, lady apples and cinnamonsticks for a refreshing sent.  Or fill with glass ornaments and frilly fancy tree garland with pine boughs.
11. Have an old sled in the shed/attic - if not hunt one down at a garage sale. Then decorate it with garlands of balsam or holly (the entire length of the sled), add a strand of white lights placed on top of the boughs. Add a broad christmas ribbon at the top. Pinecones can also be added.  This sled adds a festive touch to any room when placed in a corner or leaned against a wall (make sure you plug in the lights).
12.Want to dressup a fireplace mantel, side table or piano for the holidays, photocopy a selection of your favorite hymns or carols from books you can find at the public library (the more elaborately designed the pages, the better).  Place them in small gold (fancy edged) frames. Place about four side by side with some greenery and pine cones set in front of them.  Add some nice gold ball ornaments in the greenery as well.
13.  Tired of finding a way to display your Christmas Cards - make a beautiful  display case by simply hinging together two to four louvered wooden shutters (you can paint a festive color if desired). Then just slip the cards in the slots.  The rack can stand in any room, or buy small shutters to set on a table.
14. Have a sunny window. Place an assortment of vinegar, wine and perfume bottles filled with green and red colored water (use food coloring).  This gives a festive stained-glass effect.
15.  Drape a beautiful piece of fabric over a cake stand, then arrange cookies on top.
1. Low on ornaments, fill tree with candy canes, ribbons, paper doilies, gift-wrapped tiny boxes, cinnamon sticks, tiny stuffed animals, miniature toys.
2. Popcorn and cranberry strings - use fishing line to string.
3. Tie ornaments on with red and/or green ribbons.
4. No tree topper, use a doll dressed in her best clothes, a small teddy bear, a big shiny bow, a bouquet of dried flowers (keep away from lights).
5. Don't have a tree skirt - disguise the bottom with a pretty tablecloth, a lace curtain or some nonpoisonous potted plants.
6. Try putting on several strings of lights, each a different color. That way you can unplug strands at different times and make the tree all red, yellow, white, or a rainbow of colors.
7. To prevent the Christmas tree from slipping in its stand, cut a piece of rubberized shelf liner to fit in the bottom.
8.  Buy a bright red or green sheet to use as a tree skirt.  When the holidays are over, lay the tree on the sheet and carry it outside.  Shake out the needles and wash the sheet for next year.


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