Outdoor Christmas Ideas : $25 - $50

The world’s favorite beagle, Snoopy, has been through so many incarnations since he was born in 4 October 1950. One of the most well-known is his role as a World War I fighter plane pilot. He was also a novelist, an attorney, a hockey player, a grocery check out clerk known all over the world,…

Known as Santa Claus in the United States, he is called several other names in other places. In Greece and France, he is St. Nicholas; in the Netherlands, it’s Sinterklaas or Sint Nicolaas. He is also called Father Christmas and, informally, Kris Kringle or just Santa. Whatever it is you call him, he is the…

Everybody loves Charlie Brown. He may have a lot of insecurities and he may be in a perpetual state of bad luck, often taken for a ride by his friends, but he is always full of hope and determination. That is why on Christmas he and his pet beagle Snoopy don Santa Claus caps and…

Kids all over the world should be thankful to Rudolf the red-Nosed reindeer because, without him, Santa Claus won’t be able to find his way to their homes on Christmas Eve, especially if it snows. The other reindeers, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen, do not have Rudolf’s glowing nose so they…

Both children and adults have always loved sweets. Candies were, and still are, used to induce kids to do something they wouldn’t do otherwise and to reward them afterwards. It is exactly for this reason that the red and white candy cane came to be. During the Christmas masses held in the 1670s, kids often…

Snowmen have been associated with the holidays for so long that Christmas is not Christmas without them, sometimes even in the tropics. With the Internet and western movies and TV shows now aired globally, customs and practices in the west that look attractive and fun are emulated and adopted almost anywhere in the world. Decorating…

Family and friends often visit each other during the Christmas season. Apart from them, neighborhood kids often come caroling on Christmas Eve. You can make them feel welcome by lining your pathway with GKI Bethlehem Lighting Pre-Lit 3-Foot Stake Trees. These will not only show them that you share the Christmas spirit of loving and…

Birds are wonderful creatures. As children we have all watched them fly into the air wishing we could fly with them. Plenty of adults spend plenty of time watching birds even travelling to faraway places for it. The birds come in so many sizes. They could be as small as a hummingbird or as big…

Originating as early as the 1830s, the Moravian Star has a rich history. The first of these stars was made in Germany at a Moravian school in the town of Niesky, probably as a lesson or project in geometry. The Moravian Church quickly adopted the multi-pointed three-dimensional star as a symbol of the Nativity and…

Rope lights are slowly taking over conventional string lights because they offer several advantages over the latter. While string lights are basically a series of small lamps joined together by the electric wire supplying them with power, the lamps in rope lights are encased inside a clear plastic hose. Although the hose is sufficiently tough…