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HubMob Weekly Topic: Christmas products, food, tactics and traditions

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Christmas Ornaments of the Past

"Everytime a bell rings an angel gets its wings", many of us have heard that famous line from the movie " A Wonderful life" and for the baby boomer generation christmas always evolved around the christmas... keep reading →

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Hot Spots To Visit During Christmas Breaks

  Christmas breaks are one of the best loved times of year for families. From adults, young students, to college students alike, it means time off from work and school. It's a time for them to travel and... keep reading →

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Aluminum Christmas Tree 88

Green Christmas Tree

Season's Greenings: Three options for choosing an environmentally friendly Christmas tree. keep reading →

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Flickr Image by KCIvey 92

Christmas Nativity Scenes

The Nativity Scene is probably the most common icon of the holiday season, of course besides Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, and various other images. The Nativity Scene is the more popular Christian image... keep reading →

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The white felt Christmas stocking that my grandma made for me 78

The White Felt Stocking: An Inspiring True Christmas Story

The white felt Christmas stocking that my grandma made for me Detail work completed after my Grandma lost use of her hand after brain tumor surgery. Dolly Parton had her coat of many colors that "my momma... keep reading →

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Rittenhouse 61

Christmas Gifts Any Gardener Would Love

Christmas is a great time to give a gardener a gift, especially one who is looking at snow rather than soil. There are a number of excellent gifts available and with little effort you should be able... keep reading →

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The Christmas Outfit

This is a difficult hub for me to write. I've spent the past few days trying to come up with some other topic for a Christmas hub...any other topic for a hub, but this one. It's like a broken tooth... keep reading →

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The Colo River winds in and around towns along the Putty Road. This photo was taken at Upper Colo. 67

Christmas in a Heatwave

Christmas 2001 did not present your classic Christmas fare in Australia. This is the story of a few family traditions that don't really make sense, and the ever-present bushfires that are part of any Australian summer. keep reading →

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Picture of the cat I drew.  I used photo editing software to add a Christmas hat. 81

How To Make Christmas Cards Online With Zazzle

Buying Christmas cards at the store is so last season, so for those who love the Internet they will also love making cards on Zazzle.com. Like Hubpages where we get a share of google adsense for ad revenue,... keep reading →

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Desert, northern Chinese continent. 84

Christmas Lights From Hell

Many people of the 21st century create their own Christmas traditions and one of mine is to no longer purchase Christmas Lights made by Christian Slaves. It is simply too disturbing... keep reading →

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I love to watch Christmas movies around the holidays. 76

Must See Christmas Movies

I am a movie addict that spends quite a bit of time watching Christmas movies on DVD and cable television. Christmas is a wonderful time of year to revisit some of my favorite movies from the past and to... keep reading →

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Photo by photographia 71

A Christmas Tree for the Birds

My family has been feeding the birds since I was a young girl and at Christmas, we have a special tradition for them. On Christmas Eve we spend a few hours together making all kinds of treats and in the... keep reading →

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Photo: furryscaly,Flickr 79

Christmas Decorating Trends 2008

Need a little Christmas decoration inspiration this year? Kids and adults alike will get inot the spirit when you take the time to decorate. But what’s hot in Christmas décor this year? Designers and... keep reading →

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Worlds most expensive Christmas gifts

Are you needing a gift for the person who has it all? Got an extra million or two laying around? Need to show off to your friends? I have got all your Christmas gift answers right here. A diamond... keep reading →

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Holiday Newsletters Spread Cheer Far & Near

One of the traditions I most look forward to at year's end is catching up with old friends. And what better way to recap an entire year than through your own "holiday newsletter"! Even if you've never... keep reading →

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Christmas Art for Kids - Simple, Easy and Fun!

Every year without fail, when the Christmas season starts to roll in, we make sure that the kids in our preschool get the chance to make homemade Christmas decorations. We then joyfully hang their work in... keep reading →

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Cat Themed Christmas Ornaments

One of the reasons we love cats so much is for their sheer aesthetic value. Let's face it, cats are gorgeous creatures. White or black, striped, bi-color or colorpoint, blue eyes, green eyes, orange yes -... keep reading →

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Decorating a Christmas tree is more fun than being in a bad relationship. 75

Should I Wait Until After The Holidays To Break Up With My Boyfriend?

This Hub is not about happy couples in functional relationships during the holidays, but I have written this for single women debating whether they should break-up with their boyfriends before the holidays. ... keep reading →

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Christmas Movies Countdown

Watching holiday movies is as much a part of Christmas tradition as tree trimming, cookie baking and shopping. And with Netflix, DVDs and Tivo, you don't have to wait for your favorites to air or choose... keep reading →

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A New Bike For Christmas

In the era of Technology and electronic toys, Christmas will be a noisy day in most house holds, Beep Beep! Pow Pow1 Zap! the sweet noise of children as they play on their new Xbox, Playstation or Wii, but... keep reading →

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Christmas pudding 82

Christmas Pudding

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. The days are shorter and the weather colder and inviting to stay at home, a time of conviviality and intimacy. Lovely smells of wood burning on the... keep reading →

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Ha! I now have an eggbeater . . . and peas, too. 66

Peas on Earth for Christmas

All I really wanted was an egg beater that Christmas when I was 5 five years old. Since I rarely asked for anything special, and was always happy with whatever presents I got, I thought there might be a... keep reading →

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Crete Lefka Ori, always snow covered at Christmas. 70

Christmas in Greece

Christmas in Greece "Xristouyenna". Traditions and customs in Greece for Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. Greece in winter keep reading →

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The Vegetarian Christmas Dinner

Christmas is only a few weeks away. This is one of my favourite festive celebrations. I like the lights, the music and the food, oh yes, the food. Christmas does not have to be a time of excessive... keep reading →

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O Holy Night, a Magnificent Christmas Carol

O Holy Night is one of the most inspirational of Christmas carols. keep reading →

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HubMob Weekly Topic: A Revolutionary Christmas In Rhythm & Rhyme

  I wrote this Christmas poem in 1999 just for a laugh - it can be quite fun if you start reading it out aloud quite slowly, progress to fast and furious in the middle, then slow down again as you reach... keep reading →

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Need to first have a bath 54

The Kitchen, Just_Rodney and Goompy's Christmas Foods

As Suggested By Sixtyorso (Food Critic, and Gastronome, cook) Goompie, Just_Rodney and the kitchen prepare for Christmas. How's that for a hub title in the current hubmob? And Egged On By Mistyhorizon2003... keep reading →

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Christmas Traditions in our family – an addition to traditional history

The earliest Christmas I can recall as when I was about three years old. This was once again a conflict with my old nemesis the snake (psychologists take note). My late father was a whiz with his hands and... keep reading →

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Peppermint Candy 75

Low Fat Peppermint Dessert Recipes

Easy, festive, low-fat Christmas dessert recipes made with peppermint candies: Peppermint Creme, Chocolate-Peppermint Fudge, and Ice Cream Peppermint Pie keep reading →

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Believe In Father Christmas!

I am ”only” a stepparent. But that means that actually this is my Season, for I am a Wicked Stepmother with a far-from-Ugly Stepdaughter. It’s official, and even after my divorce I was told by the... keep reading →

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Oh Goody, It's Frickin' Christmas Time Again

  Oh goody, it's frickin' Christmas again. That's fantastic. So I get to climb up to where the goddamn spiders are and drag out the forty-six giant plastic chests from the attic again. Once the coughing... keep reading →

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Christmas Games

For years, I've been the official game master in family gatherings and Christmas became one that challenged my creativity. I always wanted to do something different to make the games more exciting and... keep reading →

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Christmas Decorations, Perth, WA 82

Christmas in Australia: A Visitors Guide

For those of us who live in the southern hemisphere Christmas is all to do with long summer holidays, days at the beach, and for Autralian's particularly: trying to reconcile traditional heavy winter food... keep reading →

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Ded Moroz and Snegurochka. Source: mazaika.com 70

The Irony of Fate, or A Russian New Year's Tradition

In the USSR, religious celebrations were discouraged, so instead of celebrating Christmas, the Soviets encouraged their citizens to celebrate New Year's. Today in Russia, Christmas remains an almost entirely... keep reading →

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Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas; Image source: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/ 72

A Jewish Girl's First Christmas: Perspective from the Other Side

A Jewish girl's view of Christmas based on her first time celebrating it with her boyfriend's Christian family. keep reading →

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This Christmas, Send A Child A Letter Directly From Santa Claus (Dot Com)

Learn how you can have Santa write, or call, your child personally. keep reading →

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Children at the Sons of Norway Christmas party 2007, Portland, OR, USA 79

Seven Kinds of Cookies: A Scandinavian Christmas Tradition

Being a Scandinavian-American, I grew up with a Norwegian Christmas celebration. Dancing around the tree, going to the Sons of Norway Christmas party, visits from Julenisse. Our traditional Christmas feast... keep reading →

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Original goat's head on a stick 66

Julebukking and the 12 Days of Christmas

Children and adults dressed up in costume, going door-to-door in the evening, and coming home with all kinds of treats.  Halloween?  Nope, julebukking:  a Norwegian Christmas tradition!  Julebukking,... keep reading →

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Christmas Pin Brooch 70

Christmas Jewelry: Decorate Yourself, not just the Tree

On Christmas Eve, you want everything around you to be in the spirit of the Holidays. Everything from the tree down to the napkins, table cloth and your cat's collar, right? Some people go as far as wearing... keep reading →

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Great Christmas Recipe Traditions

It is my hope that if you have never made a Christmas dinner I want to inspire you to try it this year. It doesn't matter if you are the best cook in the world the company is the most important ingredient. I hope that I can inspire you with these simple straight foreword recipes so you can try to create your own Christmas recipe traditions this year. keep reading →

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Designing my own Christmas cards

I have my own Christmas tradition. Every year around this time I start to make Christmas avatars, Christmas wallpapers, Christmas gifts and I’m starting to think about the Christmas cards I’m going to... keep reading →

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HubMob Weekly Topic: Old Christmas in North Carolina

In our new world of blended families, married, divorced and re-married children and parents, part of my family now celebrates "Old Christmas." Growing up, I remember my grandfather saying that we should... keep reading →

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HubMob Weekly Topic: ChristmasFood Countdown

  Christmas is a time to really go through all your favourite recipes and choose carefully what you are going to buy, prepare and cook for the best people in the world – your family. At the same... keep reading →

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Planning an Eco-Friendly Christmas

The commercialism of Christmas always gets to me.  Shopping becomes a chore; planning what to get people for gifts is a complete hassle.  Most of the people in my family don't really need anything, so they... keep reading →

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"Tiny tots, with their eyes all aglow..." 60

myTunes: The Soundtrack to a Soulful Christmas

"Tiny tots, with their eyes all aglow..." Some people point to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the true kick-off to the Christmas season. But for me, it's not truly Christmastime in the city until Donny... keep reading →

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10 Christmas Carols We Never Sing

I don't know about you, but isn't it high time we all gave the more traditional Christmas tunes a rest this year and tried out a few of the lesser-known carols a chance? Isn't "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"... keep reading →

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Santa Skylar 80

How to have a pet-friendly Christmas

Santa Skylar here, with the latest information on having a pet-friendly Christmas! Here are some tips and tricks for your humans on how to make your Christmas (and theirs) a good and safe one. After all, we... keep reading →

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