This ornament is 4½ inches long and consists of a Golf ball resting on a Golf tee. The tee is just over 2 inches long and is bright red. The Golf ball looks like a real one and even has the small holes. The words “Anytime is TEE TIME! are printed on the front of the ball. The words ‘Anytime is’ are smaller and in green, the words TEE TIME are larger and are bright red. What a Unique Birthday Present for a Golfer! Select this link to view our Sports Ornaments.
Birthday Cakes.
Birthday Cakes are usually elaborately decorated and some times follow a theme having to do with a talent or interest of the Birthday person. Select this link to view our Christmas Nutcracker Village People.
The Birthday Cake Tradition is for the cake to be presented covered with the same number of lit candles as the persons age. The Birthday person makes a wish and tries to blow out all the candles in one breath. If successful and he or she does not tell anyone the wish, then it is supposed to come true. Some people add an extra candle, “One to Grow On,” to help bring the Birthday person extra luck during the year. Select this link to view our People and Profession Tree Ornaments.
Christmas Cracker Traditions.
Christmas Crackers are an integral part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in other Commonwealth countries. A Cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The Cracker is pulled by two people and, much in the manner of a wishbone, the cracker splits unevenly. The split is accompanied by a small bang produced by the effect of friction on a chemically impregnated card strip, similar to that used in a cap gun. Select this link to view our Ornament Storage Boxes.
Traditionally the person with the larger portion of Cracker empties the contents from the tube and keeps them. Another variation lets each person have their own cracker and keep its contents regardless of whose end the goodies were in. Typically these contents are a colored paper hat or crown, a small toy or other trinket and a motto, joke or piece of trivia on a small strip of paper. Crackers are often pulled after Christmas dinner or at parties. Select this link to view our Unique Christmas Ribbon.
Poinsettia History:
In some villages across the world, it is customary to leave a gift in the Church on Christmas Eve for the Baby Jesus. Along time ago in Mexico, a young child was very poor and did not have a gift to give. He prayed for an answer to his problem. God looked down and saw how upset this small child was and so he answered his prayer. Where the humble child knelt, a flower of vibrant color bloomed. The flower blossomed in the shape of a star with leaves of an amazing red. This flower became the child’s gift. Later it became known as the “Flower of the Nativity.” Today the flower is called Poinsettia after Dr. Joel Robert Poinsett, an American Ambassador to Mexico who introduced it to the United States during the 1800’s. Select this link to view our Christmas Greenery, Christmas Picks and Vases.