This Gold Ornament is tipped with silver glitter. Almost like a porcupine, these Christmas Ornaments will add a wondrous effect to your tree. Twisted in a gold wire spiral are quite a few wire spikes. The spikes are various lengths to make it look like a ball. The spikes are tipped in iridescent silver glitter. Select this link to view our Gold Ornament and Red Christmas Ornaments.
What is a Christmas Carol?
A carol is a song of joy celebrating the great Christmas festivals of Easter, Christmas and New Years. Carols are most often sung at Christmastime. The custom of singing carols has been popular in Europe since the middle Ages. It still forms a special feature of the Christmas season in many parts of the world. Bands of singers go about the streets for several nights before Christmas. They sing in the open air or visit hospitals and homes to cheer the sick and aged. Select this link to view our Crystal Christmas Ornaments and Silver.
Christmas Presents
It has been said that the giving of presents at Christmas time began when the three wise men gave their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus. Anciently and through the middle ages, gift giving was predominantly confined to the upper classes. Since the 18th century Christmas has become more commercial with the increase in and sophistication of, advertising campaigns. The development of the advertising industry has intensified the age old problem of gifts being too ostentatious and given for reasons other than true fellowship. Select this link to view our Gold and Cream Ornaments.
Letters to Santa Claus.
A very important question of children around the world is how to convey their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus. For the millions who write letters every year the question is how to get their letters to the right address. For this the post office has made special arrangements. In the United States, the U.S.P.S. Operation Santa Claus takes charge. In Canada children send letters to Santa Claus or Pere Noel at the North Pole, postal code HOHOHO. In Denmark Santa live in Greenland and letters are forwarded to him there through the Danish Tourist Association. In Norway Santa Claus lives in a town called Drobak and has his own postal station to handle his mail. In Germany they have a special ‘Celestial Post Office’ in the city of Augsburg to reach the Christ Child. In Austria kids direct their mail to the village of Christkindl, near Stryr, Upper Austria. Other methods of trying to get their wishes to Santa include putting the letter in the fireplace so the smoke will carry their wishes up the chimney and beyond until they reach Father Christmas. Or leaving the note in a shoe beside the tree or on the windowsill. Swiss children know their letters left on the windowsill have been received because of the chocolate left behind.
70,000,000 letters are processed each year with either the mark of a creche or the Three Kings, depending on whether the letter is mailed closer to Christmas or Epiphany. In Switzerland a December 6 post mark form the town of St. Niklaus is a collectible item.
A recent study of hundreds of American children revealed that boys and girls request the same amount of gifts, but that girls write longer and more polite letters. Select this link to view our Crystal Christmas Ornaments and Silver.