🌲CHRISTMAS BLOG SERIES🌲

  CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS EVE! 🎁 🌲 What is Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve, also called Heiligabend or Holy Night, is the night before Christmas. In some places, the whole day before is called Christmas Eve. In the late afternoon or evening, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, among other countries, traditional gift-giving takes place, during which family members give each other presents. What is celebrated on Christmas Eve? Its history & significance At Christmas, God brought his Son to earth in the form of Jesus. On Christmas Eve, Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, who came into the world as the Son of God and Saviour to redeem humanity from its sins. The exact date of Jesus' birth is not known and there is no reference to it in the Gospels. What food is typical on Christmas Eve? Meals on Christmas Eve have a lot to do with tradition and time-honoured customs. In other words, many families serve the same dish every year on Christmas Eve. According to a survey, Germans ...

  CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO REVIVE YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT!  Carols are meant to be shared and their main purpose is to bring people together. This list of classic carols and hymns will definitely do just that! Get your group together and pick your favorites to go a-wassailing this Christmas!  1. "Silent Night" - Michael Buble 2. "12 Days of Christmas" - Ray Conniff 3. "O Come All Ye Faithful" - Martina McBride 4. "Joy to The World" - Nat King Cole 5.  "The First Noel" - Carrie Underwood 6. "O Christmas Tree" - Crouch End Festival Chorus 7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 9. Jingle bells Jingle bells is undoubtedly the most popular Christmas carol. It is also the easiest one to get the little ones all cheered up. It’s traditionally sung at Christmas in most parts of the world. 10. We wish you a merry Christmas This one’s probably the most sung carol, especially going by Hollywood movies and one even the m...

TOP 05 CLASSIC CHRISTMAS MOVIES 🎥 🍿 1. Home Alone 2 (1992) Director : Chris Columbus Starring : Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern Following on from one of the most iconic Christmas movies, Home Alone 2 is a sequel that doesn’t shame the original, so something of a rarity right off the bat. It inevitably tries to up the stakes of the previous film by stranding our hero away from home rather than in his house. While that does make a lie of the title, it gives him a bigger canvas to play on and, in a major New York department store, a lot more tricks and weapons to turn against would-be thieves Pesci and Stern. At this point, however, we do think that parents Catherine O’Hara and John Heard should be arrested for negligence. To lose a child once may be a misfortune; to lose him twice looks like carelessness. 2. The Polar Express (2004) Director : Robert Zemeckis Starring : Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye, Leslie Zemeckis, Peter Scolari Robert Zemeckis’ first f...

  THE CANDLE OF LOVE   Do everything in love. (Corinthians 16:14) As a reminder for our candles of advent series, we’ve covered the different candles the church lights weekly, starting with the first week in December, and leading up to the week of Christmas.  Churches will typically adorn an Advent wreath during December. Four candles decorate the outer edges of the wreath, and one white candle sits in the middle. The church will light one of the candles each week, and on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, will light the candles in the center.  These candles remind us of the attributes of God we use during our anticipation of Christ’s coming: his first coming for Christmas and his long-awaited second coming.  As a summary, these were the past few candles of Advent: The Candle of Hope - Week 1  The Candle of Peace - Week 2 The Candle of Joy - Week 3  In the final week of Advent, churches will light two candles. We’ll discuss the fourth and fifth Advent can...

  CHRISTMAS SWEETS   Which sweets are a must for Christmas? Gingerbread, Yule Log, candy canes, figgy pudding, and sugar plums are just a few of the many delicious Christmas sweets. What is the most popular Christmas dessert? No Christmas celebration is complete without Cakes, puddings, and cookies. What are Santa’s favorite snacks? To make Santa happy, offer him a plate of cookies and some flavored milk. 1. Chocolate and Peppermint 2. Sugar Cookies 3. Gingerbread 4. Pecan Pie 5. Cranberry Sauce 6. Bûche de Noël (Yule Log Cake) 7. Rum Cake 8. Santa Cookies 9. Sticky Toffee Pudding 10. Cranberry-Orange Star Bread Here are a few more treats to tickle your taste buds!🤤 Comment your favourite treat down below!

  THE CANDLE OF JOY   “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:10-12) In our candles of advent series, we’ve analyzed the symbolic importance of the five candles present on or inside the advent wreath, often featured in churches on Sunday. In past weeks, we’ve covered the history of the candles and wreath as well as the candle of peace and the candle of hope.  For this week, we’ll cover the third candle known as the candle of joy. Instead of the previous two weeks of purple or violet candles, this week the color of the candle will be different: it’s pink. As a reminder, three candles are purple, one is pink, and the one in the center is white.  Churches will light one candle a week, starting the first week of Decembe...