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Christmas Recipes, Crafts
and Kids Activities and xmas stories. How
to Light Up Your Home for Joy Do
you love the winter holiday season or does this time of year cause you stress?
One way to lower your holiday stress, using fewer decorations, decreases your
"just have to much to do" list. However,
you still want to display Christmas candles because these decorations bring smiles
to you and your loved ones. As days grow shorter and cooler and the suns sets
earlier, people naturally crave the warmth and comfort of light, especially natural
sources such as a bonfire or the flame of a Christmas candle. Christmas
Candle Tips Luminaries
Save your energy and your money. You dont need to line your entire sidewalk with
luminaries. Get a similar effect with four large candles in clear glass containers
near your front door. These glowing candles will welcome your guests without all
the work of gathering bags, buying votive candles that just burn up fast, and
shoveling all that sand. Window
Candles Many cultural holiday traditions include placing a lighted candle in front
windows to be seen from the outside. Pamper yourself. Place a candle in any dark
window at night. Rather than peering into a dark void, youll focus on the cheerful
flame and feel comforted and uplifted. Gift
Yourself Create a nightly quiet ritual for yourself in a quiet place away from
distractions and the hustle of the holidays. Place candles around your bathtub
and unwind, or by your favorite reading chair and instead of reading sit in the
quiet and reflect upon the brightness of a single candlelight. Listen to quiet
music or simply enjoy the peace and stillness. Ponder the joys in your life and
express gratitude. This quiet time may be your most treasured gift to yourself.
Candlelight Carol-Sing
Recycle last years greeting cards by cutting each into a disk or rounding the
edges, punch a hole in the center, and slide a taper candle half-way through the
hole. Gather your friends and family around the piano or hearth and sing familiar
Christmas carols as each person holds their own candlelight. Pause to reflect
upon the fact that each individual brings their own special light to the world
and recognize the common spiritual light in each of us. Candle
Night-Night When its time to settle the children down to bed on Christmas Eve,
calm them with a soothing candlelight ritual. My daughters children walk to bed,
each carefully carrying a lighted candle through a dark hallway, singing "Silent
Night." Happy Holidays!
Jeanette Fisher
Free holiday
decorating ideas teleclass, "Interior Design Secrets to Glorious Holiday Decorating"
and more holiday decorating tips Joy Holidays Decorating http://JoyHolidays.com
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