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[C661]Christmas Holiday Greeting Card

by Roger Thompson, Rog

Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various secular customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. The date as a birthdate for Jesus is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. As the autumn breeze blows summer away, the fall leaves begin to drop from the trees and everyone begins to bundle up and prepare for the chilly weather. The color of the season turn to bright orange, a golden yellow, browns and reds as everyone begins to prepare for the first days of autumn and Halloween. And yet, right there on the shelf, next to the jack-o-lantern is Santa himself.

What has happened to the holiday traditions? For the sake of commercialism, stores now decorate the shelves with Halloween candy and Christmas stockings. It was once customary to allow each holiday it's own time for celebration and merriment before allowing the next to breeze into the markets retail aisles. Gone is this policy and in its place is a department store crammed with Halloween decorations, turkey platters and artificial Christmas trees. It is as if we are in the fast lane of holiday celebrations, how long until commercialism combines them into one giant event.

I remember the fun of seasonal shopping, anticipating the arrival of the Halloween costumes, candy, ghosts and goblins filling the aisles and the shopping carts, undisturbed by the Thanksgiving turkey or Santa and his elves. Happy Halloween was not seen on the same aisle as Merry Christmas, because the two holidays were never being sold at the same time. Some Stores held onto custom much longer that their competitor's and did not decorate or sell their Christmas specialties until the day after Thanksgiving. It was impossible to buy a cup of Christmas blend until the early morning hours on the day after Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza, while on the way to see the Christmas decorations at Nordstrom.

It once was a time-honored tradition that the phrase ?Merry Christmas? was never seen or heard and Santa absolutely never arrived at the malls until after the turkey had been cleared away from the Thanksgiving table. Why has the need to increase sales and generate revenue forced us to sacrifice the pleasure and joy found in celebrating each and every holiday? You do not have to see Christmas decorations or hear ?Merry Christmas? to purchase Christmas gifts, so why the need to bundles holiday sales into one bulk shopping experience?

In our house, we still recognize and celebrate each holiday as it arrives. In the fall we celebrate the seasonal change by picking apples and hosting a neighborhood cider press party, making cider from freshly picked apples. In October we decorate and prepare for a large Halloween party filled with ghosts, goblins and skeletons. In November we gather around the table to give Thanks for the years blessings and in December we welcome the Christmas spirit inviting friends and family to celebrate a Merry Christmas together in our home.

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If you are hoping to deck out your home or place of business with a spectacular light display this Christmas, it is never too early to begin stocking all the lights and accessories you will need to complete the project. There is every kind of Christmas light decoration you can possibly imagine. From traditional Christmas outdoor string lights to full-fledged outdoor Christmas Light sculptures, we can help you create a truly dazzling wonderland for your family, co-workers, friends, or anyone else who happens to pass by!

A simple Christmas string light is a good beginning to any indoor or outdoor Christmas lighting scheme. Our commercial grade icicle lights have become a favorite over the past few years, with their strings of white light dangling like ice in the cool air of the holiday season. Our net lights are another popular and create Christmas light: strings interwoven into a silken web of light! We also sell the classic American Lighting Christmas light strings, in 100 ft. or even 1000 ft. bundles! For smaller indoor displays, we offer a few different types of battery-powered strings. These are perfect for illuminating even the most delicate centerpieces!

A slightly different approach to wire lighting is our Christmas light is our 120-volt rope light. Versatile, long-lasting, and easy to use, these rope lights are perfect for building outlines, creating step lighting, winding around handrails, drawing attention to displays, windows or other architectural features. In fact, these rope lights are so flexible you will find uses for them year round!

If you want to go all out this year, however, why limit yourself to strings and ropes? We have a variety of outdoor Christmas light sculptures that are certain to breath life into your home, place of business, or wherever you choose to place them! Our outdoor Christmas light sculptures come in small, medium and large sizes. From candles, bells or candy canes, to Santa's, stars or bows: if it is related to Christmas, chances are we have an outdoor Christmas light sculpture that will perfectly complete your decorative theme. These Outdoor Christmas light sculptures are made of the highest quality materials, and are designed for easy storage, to ensure that they light the faces of your friends and family for many years to come.

Christmas lights are not just about impressing the viewer. Artfully arranged Christmas lights display can evoke a spirit of wonder and generosity for all who gaze upon it. Exciting childhood memories, a sense of endless hope, and time made magical by its being shared with family and friends—such are the thoughts and emotions that wind about a string of Christmas lights as it is hung each year on a chilly winter's night. Outdoor Christmas lights combined with the love and care of the hands that arrange them, can make this Holiday Season truly unforgettable.

As such, hiring a designer, or consulting with an the lighting expert free of charge to develop a lighting theme on one's own, provides a retail storeowner or manager with the widest set of positive variables to maximize advertising, merchandising, and sales at this crucial time of year end closeout. The selection of Christmas lighted sculptures and Hanukah decorations ranges from small, medium, and large models in size, allowing a business to decorate everything from the countertop to the main windows and floor space with images that compliment shopping with holiday spirit.

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