What Do You Know About The Christmas Flower?

Christmas flowers are blooms that are most commonly used for decorating homes during the festive season. In North America Poinsettia, Christmas cactus, ivy, mistletoe holly, Christmas rose are some species of flowers used for Christmas decoration.

Poinsettia

The ancient Aztecs tribe of Mexico considered poinsettia symbol of purity. When Christianity became prominent in the country, people started using the flower for Christmas decoration. The blooming season of the Christmas flower coincides with the festive season.

Christmas rose

Christmas rose (Serissa) is known by some other names as well. Winter rose and Snow rose are other two names by which the rose is addressed. These flowers are use by people for decorating homes during festival in the USA and other North American countries.

Ivy

People believe that leaves of the plant signify eternity and resurrection. It is associated with the Greco-Roman god, Attic who is believed to have resurrected from the dead. Therefore it can be seen in many homes used as decoration item as well as a symbol.

Mistletoe

The plant is believed to have Pagan festival connection. It was used in winter celebration by Pagan even two hundred years ago before the birth of the Christ. The tradition merged with the Christmas celebration over the years.

Christmas Wedding Cake

There is nothing unusual about a themed wedding cake. Couples are deviating from traditional styles to new age concepts that reflect their personality. There’ve been cakes with an edible mobile phone as the topper or some couples who love Angry birds actually get edible forms made and perch them atop the cake! So there’s nothing strange about it anymore. In fact it trendy fashionable and reflects your wedding mood!

For those getting married in winter especially during Yuletide getting the right Christmas wedding cake is quite a challenge! Most of us want to be unique and do something different. The idea is to express yourself in keeping with the holiday theme. So get in touch with the best wedding cake designer in town.

In case you don’t want to go overboard and do something bizarre you could always opt for traditional Christmas theme toppers but choose an unconventional cake flavour. Something like a red velvet cake; lemon or pineapple flavoured cake. Using cream or butter icing with edible glitter and satin ribbons always work.

Bunches of cream colored edible rose bouquets on with lovely cream star toppings can add that extra warmth to your wedding cake. A few satin pink ribbons will make all the difference to the lovely edible ensemble.

Funny Quotes For Christmas Cards

Christmas greetings can be written in different tones. Humoris one of the most enjoyed and appreciated tones of conversation. You can use funny quotes in Christmas cards to be sent to friends.

How to write funny quotes for Christmas cards

Write when you are in jovial mood

It is difficult to write something funny when you are ina grim mood. So one should always choose a time when he/she is in good mood.

Take inspiration from personal experiences

Most people look up the internet for ideas for writing Christmas greetings. Though there is nothing wrong in taking inspiration from the internet, one should avoid copying messages from other sources.Greetings cards messages should always be personal so you should take inspiration from your personal experiences instead of the internet.

Some sample funny quotes for Christmas cards

After-Christmas sales fulfill a vital need.

They give women something to do while men are watching bowl games.

– Melanie White

The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.

– Joan Rivers

I bought my brother some gift wrap for Christmas. I took it to the Gift Wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping.

– Steven Wright

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying “Toys not included”.

– Bernard Manning

Youth Christmas Plays

Christmas plays are a big part of the yuletide season. While these plays are generally performed by people of all age groups, it is more often common to see these plays performed by all youth cast. These plays may be secular in nature or even propagate the story of the birth of Christ however one way or the other there are a few common themes that most of these plays have. While the religious teachings of Christ are pretty popular and widely propagated through such plays, many youth theater groups prefer a secular message of unity, equality and love for all mankind.

These plays are performed by groups of teenagers at schools, community Christmas events and churches. Often these plays are also musical performances and the talents of actors who are also good singers are very much in demand. Most of these plays are generally performed by young amateur actors who may not necessarily want to take up acting as a profession. Youth Christmas plays can range from small productions to major theatrical renditions which employ all the technology and techniques used on Broadway including lighting and costumes. Some of the major plays are the Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol which is a theatrical interpretation of the book by Charles Dickens.