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Holiday gift ideas for the new parent in your life
Many parents fondly recall their first holi-day season as a mom and dad. While youngsters may not
remember much about their first Thanksgiving dinner with family or where their first Christmas present was placed under the tree, parents tend to cherish such memories, mak-ing their first holidays with children in tow very memorable.Loved ones of new parents can take
steps to make this holiday season even more special. The following are some gift ideas for holiday shoppers who want to make this season even more memorable for the proud new parents in their lives.
• Photo album: Today’s new par-ents have more pictures and video of their bundles of joy than any previous generation of moms and dads, as smartphones, tablets and other devices have made taking pictures much easier than in years past. But family members also have more access to such photos than ever before, making it easy to put together a special photo al-bum of the new parents and their new child. Pull pictures from the parents’ social media accounts or make an album of the numerous photos you have no doubt received since your loved ones became parents. Parents likely don’t have time to make such albums, so your efforts will almost certainly be ap-preciated.
• Camcorder: Many smartphones are capable of taking video, but such devices are not ideal for shooting longer home videos new parents will want to watch for years to come. An HD camcorder with sufficient internal flash memory
can allow new parents to take lon-ger, higher quality videos with su-perior audio to those that are shot on smartphones. Such a camcorder may be costly for those shopping on a strict budget, but it’s a gift new parents are sure to love and utilize for years to come.
• Nursery sound system: New moms and dads are no doubt anxiously anticipating the day when the newest additions to their households sleep through the night. Help speed up the arrival of that glorious night with a nurs-ery sound system that provides soothing sounds to create a perfect sleeping environment for newly born boys and girls. The results may not arrive overnight, but parents may soon find their lovable youngster is spending more of the wee hours of the morning sleeping and less time waking up mom and dad.
• Spa treatment: Not every gift you buy for the new parents in your life needs to focus on helping them cherish their first holiday season as parents. New parents tend to ex-perience lots of exhaustion in their first few months on the job, but a spa treatment can be just the relax-ing break they need from catering to their bundle of joys’ every need. Moms may prefer the full spa treat-ment, while dads may simply want a massage and some relaxing time in the steam room. Book a treat-ment for both mom and dad so they can spend some time relaxing during this hectic time of year.
New parents often cherish their first holiday season as moms and dads, and the right holiday gift can make that first holiday season even better.
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The man behind the beard
Every Christmas Eve, children go to bed eagerly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus. This merry gentleman is purported to visit the home of every good girl and boy, delivering gifts and cheer along the way.
Before the modern evolution of Santa Claus lived a very real and generous individual named Nicho-las. In the third century, Nicholas served as the Bishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, believing that giving should be done secretly and sacrificially in Jesus Christ’s name rather than one’s own.Stories tell of Nicholas paying the dowry for
poor daughters to enable them to get married. He reportedly put coins in the shoes of those who left
them out for him. It is believed Nicholas helped to restore the hope of hundreds of people in his community, making him a beloved and revered Bishop. Throughout his ministry, Nicholas fer-vently shared his life and fortune with others. Nicholas continued to be revered and commem-
orated by many Christians even after his death. His charity and unselfish works helped inspire generations of the faithful, and he eventually was named the patron saint of everyone from mer-chants to sailors to pawnbrokers. No one really knows what St.
Nicholas looked like. But in 2005, a forensic laboratory in England reviewed historical data and pho-tographs of the remains taken from St. Nicholas’ grave in the 1950s. Researchers concluded that he was a small man, perhaps no more than five feet in height, with a broken nose.This image certainly does not fit
with the robust frame and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas in more modern years. St. Nicholas is believed to be the inspiration for Santa Claus, which was a name taken from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a contracted form of Sint Nicolass, or St. Nicholas. Tales of the real St. Nicholas’
giving spirit were blended with a fictional personification by New York-based newspaper writers who blended the St. Nicholas name with the appearance of a Dutch town citizen. The goal was to reach out to the primarily Dutch immigrants living in New York at the time. This jolly elf image was given a boost by the publication of “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” which was published around the same time.
Eventually, the merry Santa Claus portrayal began to outshine the more accurate St. Nicholas version as a religious man, fostered by political drawings and caricatures that depicted Santa as a chubby sort in a red suit. That image prevails to this day.Beneath the Christmas symbolism, the beard
and the presents associated with Santa Claus lies a tale of generosity that originated with St. Nicholas.
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Holiday living made easy
With so much on our plates between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the holiday season can be hectic. Fortu-nately, there are many ways to save time and make the holiday season more manageable. • If you don’t have plastic clips to hang lights around
windows and to the eaves of your home, inexpensive clothespins will work just as well. If you’re concerned about the color of the wooden clips, paint them holiday hues before stringing the lights.• Put a bath mat, rug-side down and rubber-side up, beneath your Christmas tree stand. This allows you to spin the tree as you hang lights and ornaments without damaging the floor underneath. It also makes it simple to undress the tree once the season is over. Use a tree skirt to hide the mat.
• Squeeze artificial tree portions into concrete form tubes. First wrap the tree portions in twine and then slip them into the concrete sleeves. Each tube can be stowed in attic or garage rafters, freeing up precious space.
• Use empty squirt bottles to make baking and cooking easier. Pancake and cookie batters can be squirted from the containers for less mess.
• Store one or two strings of lights in a plastic shopping bag to keep the strands from getting tangled. Hang the bags from a hook in a garage or stack them in a storage bin.
• Use plastic zip ties to attach garland and lights to bannisters. They’re easy to assemble and will not damage the bannisters.
• A paper towel holder can be screwed to the wall in a craft room to neatly hold
spools of ribbon. Simply pull the length you need from the spool and cut for easy decorating.
• Mount a tree stand to a piece of wood with screws or glue. This prevents spills from reaching the floor while stabilizing the tree.
• Old maps make interesting gift wrap and are a nice change of pace from com-mercially produced paper or newsprint.
• Wrap duct tape or another type of sticky tape around your hand. Pat over fallen pine needles that accumulate around the tree. In hard-to-reach areas, wrap the tape around a broom or a floor sweeper.
• When traveling for the holidays, use a brightly colored suitcase or flashy tape to make your suitcase stand out from others at the airport.
• Place hardened brown sugar in a baking dish, cover it with a moist paper towel and either microwave it on high for 20-second intervals or place it in a 300 F oven for five minutes. This will soften the sugar, making it easier to use the sugar to prepare your favorite holiday cookie recipes.
• Save plastic bread ties, which can be used to make tags for the wires on certain devices. Such ties also can be used to organize decorating components and to keep your place on a roll of tape.
• Measure the inside of your picture window and construct a wooden frame to its dimensions. Staple holiday lights to the frame and then easily slip the frame in and out of place each year.
• Hang a live wreath or some boughs of evergreen in your home to give it that fresh pine scent if you have an artificial tree.
• Color-code storage containers so you can easily find holiday decorations in the attic or basement.
• Pack for a holiday excursion using a collapsible clothing storage hanger for closets. Fold clothes on each fabric shelf and then collapse it into your suitcase. When you get to your destination, unfold and hang it in a closet so all of your clothes will be at the ready.
Make the holidays even more enjoyable with a variety of timesavers and clever tips.
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The many ways to recycle Christmas greeting cards
The Greeting Card As-sociation says Ameri-cans purchase some 6.5 billion greeting cards every year. Of those, around 1.6 billion are
Christmas cards. Exchanging cards is a great way for people to show their loved ones that they’re thinking about them, and such cards make for festive ornaments to display around homes. But when the holiday season ends, recycling those cards into other items can make good use of the paper resources and turn what’s normally a single-use item into an enduring trinket.• Turn this year’s cards into next
year’s gift tags. Cut out circles, rectan-gles or any shape you desire. Other-wise, visit the scrapbooking aisle of your favorite craft store and purchase a paper punch to make easy work of cutting those shapes.
• Transform a greeting card into a mini puzzle for a youngster.
• Glue silly characters from Christ-mas cards onto a sheet of magnet. Then use these magnets for decora-tions next year.
• Frame favorite cards so their mes-
sages can endure year after year.
• Turn a beautiful card into a keep-sake. Use a decoupage medium to attach a card to a ceramic or wood backing. Coat with a polyurethane top coat to protect it.
• Use greeting cards to make wine charms for holiday entertaining. Guests can keep track of their glasses with ease.
• Use cut-outs of cards to improve the appearance of plain gift wrap or bags.
• Insert cut rounds of greeting cards into the inside of can lids to create crafty ornaments.
• Make a paper Christmas tree from cutouts on greeting cards.
• Encourage kids to make a photo collage from the cards they like. Mount their efforts on poster board and save for next year.
• Donate used cards. St. Jude’s Ranch recycles greeting cards by reselling them to help fund programs.
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Holiday expo held at Pavilion
The holidays are fast approaching and being left in the lurch when it comes to gifts is just no fun. But now, there’s a
way to not be caught unaware with the first ever Holiday Gift Expo on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Put on by the Montrose Daily Press, the expo will be at the Montrose Pavilion, located at 1800 Pavilion Dr. Dennis Anderson, advertising
director for the Montrose Daily Press, called the expo an opportunity for the paper’s customers and clients to get in front of people and show off what they have. He said it showcases what Montrose has to offer for unique gifts.
“Get people to realize there’s great gifts here in town and then they’re less likely to go to Grand Junction or wherever,” Anderson said.Anderson said from 5 p.m. to
9 p.m., there will be 22 local businesses showcasing what they have, including the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Nina Suzanne’s, Rhonda’s Redo and The Bridges and Remington’s Restaurant. Anderson hopes to have somewhere
between 300 and 400 people come to the expo and said he believes that people need to shop locally. “It supports the economy, the
overall structure of government and helps not only local retail businesses, but local manufacturers and so forth,” he said. “So we just encourage everybody to shop in Montrose.”And not only will local businesses
show what they have to offer in the way of gifts and gift ideas. Anderson said the Office of Business and Tourism will be selling Montrose Bucks at a discount. He said if someone brings in $100 in cash, they will get back $120 in Montrose Bucks. For more information, call
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Between decking the halls, visiting family and attending holiday parties, it may seem like there is little time to maintain a work-out routine during the holiday season. While the holiday season is an especially
busy time of year, men and women who plan and stay dedicated to their routines do not need to let their health fall by the wayside until January.Several studies show that people can gain any-
where from one pound to a few pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although that might not seem like a lot of weight, a report in The New England Journal of Medicine noted that many people never lose the weight they put on during the holidays.Those who struggle to keep the weight off under-
stand the importance of maintaining both a consis-tent fitness schedule and healthy eating habits. This may be challenging when the rich foods and parties synonymous with the holiday season are around to threaten healthy habits. Here’s how to stay on course.• Establish a regular exercise date. Treat exercise
as any other obligation on the calendar. Make it a necessity and not a luxury. Schedule time for work-outs, even if it means removing something else from your agenda. • Don’t worry about the length of your workouts. If you’re accustomed to an hourlong workout but cannot fit in more than 20 minutes on some days, don’t skip the workout simply because it’s shorter. Make the most of that time by targeting larger, core muscles.• Change your schedule. You may need to alter your daily schedule to fit in gym workouts or other exer-cise. Try getting up earlier and heading out prior to work or school. This will open up time throughout the rest of your day, and you can use that time to
meet the demands of the holiday season. • Get a trainer or a workout buddy. It’s far easier to blow off a workout when you go it alone. However, if you have a workout partner who is counting on you and vice versa, you may be less inclined to miss a workout — even when you’re not especially moti-vated to hit the gym.• Try new activities. Workouts need not be limited to exercises in the gym. Plenty of activities work the body and burn calories. Sledding, ice skating, skiing, and snowboarding are just a few winter sports that can help you stay in shape.• Choose a hotel with a pool or gym. If holiday travel is on your itinerary, select a hotel that has fitness equipment. This way you can keep up with your routine. Even swimming a few laps in an indoor pool can provide a cardiovascular workout while you’re on vacation. Remember, it only takes a two-week break from exercise to experience a fitness regression, and you will only have to work harder to get back to your current fitness level if you let exer-cise slide too long.• Add short, high-intensity exercises. Burn more calories in less time with high-intensity workouts. This way you won’t need to schedule as much time for workouts but will still get the benefit of exercise.• Transform chores into exercise opportunities. See that vacuum cleaner, rake or broom as a piece of exercise equipment. While cleaning up for holi-day company, turn on the radio and get your heart pumping, too. Do leg raises while you’re preparing meals or do some pushups off of the kitchen coun-ter.• Use your bodyweight. Even if you can’t make it to the gym, rely on your own body resistance for a
thorough workout. Pushups, squats, burpees, moun-tain climbers, jumping rope, and lunges are some exercises that rely on bodyweight for effectiveness.• Periodically exercise during the day. If you have a few free moments here and there during the day, use these opportunities to exercise. By the end of the day, you may find you squeezed in an entire work-out’s worth of exercise over the course of several 10-minute intervals.Exercise and fitness do not have to play second
fiddle to other holiday activities. Make time for workouts, and you will be ahead of the game come the new year.
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The holiday season has arrived, and millions of people across the globe will be celebrating Christmas with their families and friends. The fol-lowing are some interesting tidbits to share with your loved ones this
holiday season.• Each year, more than three billion Christmas cards are sent in the United States alone.
• In 350 AD, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birth of Jesus Christ. Many historians and theologians have surmised that Christ really wasn’t born this time of year, thanks to imagery and information from the Bible.
• Christmas carols began as an English custom called “wassailing.” Individuals toasted neighbors to a long and healthy life.
• Despite the common tale that three wise men paid homage to baby Jesus, the Bible never spe-
cifically calls out a number. Similarly, there’s no specific indication that they visited the infant Jesus. Their visit may have occurred when Jesus was older.
• Santa Claus’ modern look was inspired by writ-ings from The Knickerbockers of New York and imagery from Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Moore denied authoring the famous poem for 15 years after it was published anonymously, feeling the poem was beneath his talents.
• Santa has his own official postal code. It’s H0 H0 H0.
• The song “Jingle Bells” was originally written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas. People loved it so much that the lyrics were changed to fit Christmas.
• Christmas trees typically grow for 15 years before they’re cut and sold. This means the trees sold today were likely planted in 1999.• Christmas was not declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870.
• Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal served in England was a pig’s head and mustard.• Male reindeer tend to shed their antlers in the winter. This means Santa’s reindeer are likely
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• Christ may have been born in a cave rather than a manger. According to the gospel of Luke, the shepherds that helped find shelter for Mary to give birth kept their flock in a cave. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built over a cave called the Grotto of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born.
• Many people may be less inclined to stand un-der mistletoe waiting for a kiss if they knew what “mistletoe” means in the ancient Germanic lan-guage. It literally means “dung on a twig,” for the bird who eats the berries and then leaves seeds in droppings to propagate new plants.
• Each holiday season, PNC Wealth Manage-ment calculates the costs of the gifts in the song, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” The price index for the gifts went from $12,673 in 1984 to more than $24,000 in 2011. The most expensive gift is the swimming swans.
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Holiday films to lift your spirits
Many families have their own unique holiday traditions, but some traditions transcend familial lines to become an integral part of many people’s holiday celebrations. One of
the more popular traditions during this festive time of year is to watch a favorite holiday film with family and friends. With that in mind, the following are some of the most beloved holiday movies ever to make it onto the big screen.• “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Perhaps no holiday
film is more beloved than this 1946 Frank Capra-directed classic. Screen legend Jimmy Stewart plays a desperate businessman contemplating suicide during the holiday season. But a guardian angel helps him realize all the good fortune in his life by showing him what life might have been like if he had never existed.
• “White Christmas”: This 1954 song-and-dance film stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as a pair of longtime friends and ex-military men who fall in love with a sister act team that includes famous singer (and aunt to George Clooney) Rosemary Clooney. Crosby and Kaye join forces to save the failing Vermont inn of their beloved former commander.
• “Miracle on 34th Street”: Natalie Wood stars in this 1947 classic that follows the trial of Kris
Kringle, who claims to be Santa Claus and must prove otherwise to avoid being institutionalized. Nominated for Best Picture at the 1948 Academy Awards, “Miracle on 34th Street” won three of the prestigious statuettes, including a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for Edmund Gwenn, who played the jolly old man in the red suit.
• “Bad Santa”: Though not quite as heartwarming as many holiday films, this 2003 black comedy stars Billy Bob Thornton as miserable, alcoholic con man “Willie,” who poses as a mall Santa
Claus so he can rob a department store safe on Christmas Eve. But in spite of its rather raunchy take on the holiday season, the film is ultimately a story of redemption as Willie befriends a bullied youngster and begins to turn his life around.
• “A Christmas Carol”: Those looking for a more traditional take on holiday films need look no further than this 1951 adaptation of the Charles Dickens novella, which tells the tale of bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge as he is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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• Long-Lasting LEDs last longer than traditional lights with an operational life span of about 20,000 hours—enough to last for 40 holiday seasons!
• Warm These days, LEDs come in warm, inviting colors in variety of light beam patterns and dimming speeds, giv-ing you lots of creative options for decorating.
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• Durable LEDs don’t have glass or filaments, which makes them durable and resistant to breaking. Also, one individual outage generally doesn’t darken the whole strand.
• Safer Because they use less energy, LEDs make it safer to connect multiple strands end-to-end without overloading the wall socket. Also, they’re cool to the touch, reducing the risk of fire.
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are the days when LED holiday lights were known for a harsh white light or stark colors that created a less-than-magical atmosphere. These days, LEDs come in warm, inviting colors in variety of light beam patterns and dimming speeds, giving you lots of creative options for decorating. LEDs last longer than traditional lights. In fact,
they have an operational life span of about 20,000 hours, enough to last for 40 holiday seasons. Also, the lights don’t have glass or filaments, which makes them durable and resistant to breaking. And because LEDs bulbs are so strong, one individual outage generally doesn’t darken the whole strand. For those enthusiastic decorators who like to blanket their entire house and yard in holiday lights, LEDs could save hours of painstaking work each year. LEDs use less energy, which means less strain on
your first winter electric bill. Running LEDs on one 6-ft. Christmas tree for 12 hours per day for 40 days can save 90 percent or more energy when compared to traditional incandescent lights.
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