Does your family get a real tree every year, or do you have an artificial one you always take out of storage?
If you typically use a fake tree, but are maybe open to switching up some Christmas traditions this year, here are eight great reasons why you should consider going for real over artificial.
This past Christmas I tried something new – I gave the female members of my family canned preserved lemons.
My husband thought I was nuts, for not the first or last time.
“I was really concerned when you told me you were giving people lemons,” were his exact words.
Not much is known about the history of candy canes – at least, not much that is backed up by reliable historical records. But we’ll go over what we do know.
We learned in the history of Christmas cookies that gingerbread was one of the first cookies to be associated with Christmas.
But what about gingerbread houses, specifically?
We’re not just going to look into where Christmas cookies come from.
We’re also looking at the specific traditions of leaving cookies for Santa, and cookie swapping.
Within the general history of fruitcake, of course, we must investigate the repulsion behind this unusual, and yet festive, food item.
Perhaps you still have one from over the holidays that you’re using as a doorstop.
