Planning for your Christmas Holiday

Have you developed your Christmas plan yet? If you don’t start your plan immediately. If you want to have a good plan , there are 3 steps that you should take into consideration.

First,you can write the tasks that you will do for the Christmas down on a sheet of paper.There are 9 major tasks that you have to do: Cards, Gifts, Decorations, Food, Tree, Lights, Toys, Parties and Catchall.

Second,you need to think what we should do about each tasks and make some notes under each task. For instance, under “Cards”, you will list and provide answers to questions like what type of cards do we want to send this year, where will we purchase the cards, who do we send the cards to. Questions like this.

Third.after these questions you can draw a large picture for the thing you will do and rearrange them.And then decide what you should do first ,second until the tasks complete.

These steps are very logical and they can help you plan your Christmas effectively. Using this type of planning system or something similar, you can enjoy a great holiday season.

Review – How The Grinch Stole Christmas (DVD)

One of a handful of essential, “must-see” animated Christmas classics, How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a Dr. Seuss holiday masterpiece. Created in 1966 on the heels of the phenomenal success surrounding such TV specials as A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), the Grinch has morphed into a sacred annual Christmas rite perfect for any child from one to ninety-two. The narration and singing voice of Boris Karloff breathes life into the 1955 Dr. Seuss tale of a dark and miserly heart’s redemption, thus revealing the true meaning of Christmas. Based on Charles Dickens literary classic A Christmas Carol, it creates a uniquely memorable caricature of the Scrooge personality we’ve come to know so well

How The Grinch Stole Christmas follows the life of a lumbering green cave monster with a heart seven-sizes-too-small. Living with his dog in a mountaintop retreat high above the town of Whoville, the Grinch (voiced by Karloff) hates all the Whos, but what he hates worst of all is their incessant happiness and celebration come Christmas. So the Grinch, smiling his evil Grinch grin, hatches a plan to steal Christmas. Fashioning crude reindeer horns for his dog and a Santa suit for himself, the Grinch drives a makeshift sleigh down into Whoville while the Whos lie sleeping on Christmas Eve. He steals their lights, their ribbons, and their bows. He steals their boxes, packages, and bags. He steals wreathes and Christmas trees and even their Roast Beast � why that evil Grinch even stole the Who hash! And the only thing he left behind was a crumb far too small for even a mouse… But when the Grinch is caught by the most innocent of Who’s, his master plan begins to unravel. He discovers that Christmas isn’t quite what he thought it was. In fact, Christmas might be a whole lot more. But with the trimmings of Christmas hanging in the lurch, what the Grinch finds out about himself just might be the key to saving all of Christmas for the Whos

Created under the direction of Chuck Jones, the famed creator of such Warner Brothers characters as the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a masterful production with stellar voice-overs, imaginatively drawn characters, and Boris Karloff’s impressive narration. In fact, the facial expressions and movements of the Grinch mimic Wile E. Coyote in numerous ways. Several songs interspersed throughout the story, such as the song You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, have become holiday classics in-and-of themselves. In a nutshell, no celebration of the Christmas holiday is truly complete without at least one viewing of this brilliant cartoon

Christmas Stories for your Children in Christmas Holiday

Christmas is the happiest time for children since they can get some presents from Santa Claus.All of the children all over the world know the tradition. But how many children know the story of the first Christmas – the night Jesus was born? So tell them some stories about the Christmas and let them embrace the holiness of this season as well.

There are some stories that you can tell:

1. The Angels Foretell Jesus’ Birth:

Tell about God sending the Angel Gabriel to Mary to tell her the Holy Spirit would cover her and she would bare a son and name Him Jesus. Also tell how an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him about the expected birth of Jesus.

2. Jesus is Born:

This is a good place to discuss why Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem and why there was no room in the ‘hotels’. Share how Mary gave birth in the stable and placed the baby Jesus in a manger.

3. The Shepherds:

Share how the angel appeared to the shepherds in the field and told them about the birth of the Savior. This is a beautiful passage to read directly from the Bible to your children.

4. The Three Wise men:

Discuss the three Magi from the east who came baring gifts for the baby Jesus. Depending on the age of your children, you can add the details of King Herod and his plot to kill Jesus to protect his reign as King.

After telling these four lessons, your children will have a better understanding and in-depth knowledge of the true meaning of Christmas.