Hooooooo. Pad Amma proved you were an early bird.Today my day is beginning with your feasty cool pics and pick-outs. Look for an Evergreen Day is today. . Evergreen trees give us vibrant green color in winter when the rest of the world has turned brown or is covered with a blanket of white. These trees also provide a magical scent as you stroll through a snowy evergreen forest on a crisp winter's day. What are evergreens used for? Many species of wildlife live among the conifers and use them for food. Red squirrels love to dig out the seeds and stash them for a winter snack. Mourning doves nest in the protective shelter of large trees. Chickadees pick boughs clean of insects. Hawks use the treetops as lookouts. Groups of trees camouflage deer, lynx and bobcats. Low hanging branches provide a corridor for the snowshoe hare. Branches lying on the ground make perfect homes for snakes, salamanders and shrews. White-tailed deer will strip white cedar branches clean to feed themselves in the winter, while porcupines eat the bark off of cedar stems. Owls also find comfortable perches in the tree tops. Many people like to have conifers in their yard to give shade, provide habitat for animals and because people like they way they look. We also use conifers in other ways. Just think of all the products that we use each day that are made from conifers. Many people also use evergreens for use in holiday celebrations. Oatmeal Muffin Day is today. Enjoy the cholesterol lowering benefit of oatmeal in your muffins today. That's great news... eating something that tastes good, and is also healthy to you. This special day is not steeped in tradition. To the contrary, we have found no information about this day. But, it is clear to us, that eating oatmeal muffins will fulfill the objective of this day. Of course, baking the muffins yourself, adds to the enjoyment and pleasure of this day. Have a couple of oatmeal muffins, and have a Happy Oatmeal Muffin Day!!!
Padmini and Saroj Nice information you guys have provided.... Here is my evergreen tree let us all dance around and merry the month... My favourite day I just like this oatmeal make it spicy or sweet it taste so good. Here is some apple oats to you all....
Hi folks! Here is another sculpted Evergreen Tree! Just learnt about an Indian evergreen tree, 'Saraca indica', the Ashoka tree, the 'Sorrowless' tree ... Ashoka is a Sanskrit word that means means 'without grief' or 'that which gives no grief'... Sita sat under an Ashoka tree in the Ashoka Vatika and Queen Maya is said to have given birth to the Buddha under this tree... The beautiful flowers of this tree... Love, Padma
Wow friends, What truckload of information..thanx thanx and thanx :bowdown. Lets rejoice in the cool shades of green trees . Not a fan of oatmeals muffins..so you can have them all :hide:. I am still sitting with yesterday's cookies
Always December 20 Go Caroling Day is a wonderful, rewarding, and memory filled day. By far more popular decades ago, Christmas holiday caroling is a great opportunity to enjoy the holiday and appreciate its meaning. Christmas caroling remains popular in many area and among many groups. Scouts and youth groups often partake in this special musical event. Even family parties and business parties sometimes produce an impromptu caroling event. It may take a little planning to make your Christmas Caroling happen. For example, scout groups frequently go caroling to nursing homes and senior citizen centers. A phone call to the facility management to arrange a date and time is a must. Transportation to/from the facility also must be arranged. And, after wards, a caroling event is often topped off with hot chocolate and cookies. We hope you enjoy Go Caroling Day to its fullest! ! <hr> with love pad
Good info Pad Amma. Fa la la la la la ! It's Go Caroling Day ! Time to hum all those lovely carols and welcome Christmas What is this holiday about? It's all about singing door to door in celebration of the Christmas Season! This holiday celebrates carols of the past by dressing up in period costume and celebrating this holiday by going door to door singing christmas carols as a caroling group. A more popular activity in decades past, Christmas caroling is a wonderful way to share the spirit of the holiday season. Caroling may require planning, but your efforts will provide joy to participants and listeners alike. Go caroling to make the holidays extra special. Definition of a Christmas Carol: A Christmas carol (also called a noël) is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general and which are traditionally sung in the period before Christmas. Definition of Wassailing: Wassailing as a practice falls into two distinct categories; the House-Visiting wassail; very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols. In modern times it is most commonly known through reference in various traditional Christmas carols (e.g., "Here we come a-wassailing / among the leaves so green"). And the Orchard-Visiting wassail. The term refers to the practice of singing to trees in apple orchards in cider-producing regions of England to promote a good harvest for the coming year.
Christmas carols are always so nice to sing and have fun use to do them when in school............ Read all about this brought my memories back of my childhood. I love these 2 the most. Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tails ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot We got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh yeah Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Saviour is born Christ, the Saviour is born Silent night, holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Padmini Aunty, Saroj, and Aruna, You are have shared so much about the christmas carols ...I have nothing to add
Hi everyone, A Christmas Carol is also called a noël from the French word meaning Christmas... Père Noël is Father Christmas or Santa Claus The word carol is derived from the Old French word carole, a circle dance accompanied by singers (in turn derived from the Latin choraula). Carols were very popular as dance songs from the 1150s to the 1350s, after which their use expanded as processional songs sung during festivals, while others were written to accompany religious mystery plays One of my favourites is Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history! We had our XMas party two days ago as many residents are going away for a vacation and will be back in the New Year 2010! Love, Padma
