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Christmas Traditions Can Differ a Lot

When I was a kid, we had Christmas on just one day – Christmas Day – and it was a very busy day for us. We always woke up early and tore into the presents under our tree in the living room. Then we had brunch, got dressed up and visited my Grandmother at her house. We always took gifts to her house for her and she always had gifts for us waiting under her tree. We visited for a couple of hours and then left her house and went to my other grandparent’s house for a huge family party.

I am amazed to learn that many people open their gifts on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas morning. Some families hang stockings and some don’t. Some families don’t even have Santa come visit – I think that is sad. Even when the kids are grown, everyone still likes to get a little gift from Santa!

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Choosing the Right Wedding Centerpieces

Wedding centerpieces set the look of your tables at the reception. The goal of the centerpiece is to have them compliment your wedding theme and style. Adding special details with your centerpieces can really carry your theme out For example, a vase with sand and sea shells would be beautiful for a beach ceremony and would bring aspect that back to the reception for the guests.

I’ve seen big giant wedding centerpieces and also small little something centerpieces. At a few of the weddings I have attended the center piece were given out to some of the guests to take home as additional gifts or giant favors.

I know some people enjoy having candles as a part of their centerpiece. Pillar candles can be added to a floral arrangement and really make the piece stand out. Personalized candles also make great decorative items on the table.

I had very simple wedding centerpieces at my wedding reception. I didn’t have much money so I got little glass candle holders or, small and fat vases I guess you could call them, and filled them with pretty glass stones. I set them on the table with things I call balloon weights or table cloth weights. They were a pretty opalescent color and had hearts and bells confetti streamers coming out of the top. They were simple and looked great for my small wedding reception.