November 18th, 2009 With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to begin decorating. At our house the Christmas decorating begins outside around the middle of November. I like to use fresh evergreens and grapevines outdoors. Because I’m rather “thrifty” shall we say, I refuse to purchase evergreen boughs. [...]
December 18th, 2008 Looking for a crafty gift idea? Here an easy craft that you still have time to make. SCENTED PINE CONES How delicious and pretty is a basket of cones, scented with cinnamon, and bedecked with a ribbon or a piece of holly? If you’ve collected the pine cones yourself, you’ll want to [...]
December 9th, 2008 As with many of our Christmas traditions, the use of holly as an important celebratory plant began long before the first Christmas, though Christians have adopted and adapted the tradition to make it their own. The Romans are credited with originating the custom of gifting their friends with holly boughs during [...]
