2. On the second day of Christmas my true-love sent to me
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

3. On the third day of Christmas my true-love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

4. On the fourth day of Christmas my true-love sent to me
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

5. On the fifth day of Christmas my true-love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

6. Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

7. Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

8. Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

9. Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

10. Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

11. Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

12. Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear-tree.

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The Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker comes with several items, including four tasty cupcake mixes (chocolate and vanilla, cinnamon sugar, and red velvet), four delicious and yummy frosting mixes, a microwave safe container, sprinkles, a mixing bowl, a spoon/spreader, recipe cards, four different styled cupcake cups, and one cupcake holder. There is plenty included here to get her started on making her very own cupcakes. You can also purchase additional refill packs, which contain different flavors of the cupcake mixes and frosting mixes, as well as other accessories such as decorations. The refill packs come in sets of two or four of the mixes and frostings.

It’s so easy to make homemade cupcakes with the new Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker! Simply mix the batter with water and pour it into the cupcake cup, place it into the cupcake maker and microwave for a mere 3 seconds. When it’s cooled down, you can use the included cupcake froster, where you can decorate your cupcake however you like. It’s so simple and fun, and not to mention delicious, too! The Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker is a wonderful Christmas gift for this season, and it’ll make your little budding chef smile.

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Gift Idea For Him #1: A Watch

If you want to let him know that you love it timeless, buy him a watch. It’s practical, thoughtful and carries a wonderful meaning. Slip a note inside the watch box, which reads “Time flies when I’m with you.” Gold watches are nice and they don’t always have to be expensive. Shop around at some of the online stores and browse their huge selection of watches.

Gift Idea For Him #2: Tools

If the gentleman in your life is also the home’s handyman, consider a toolkit. There are some terrific kits, which contain hundreds of items, which are available and make wonderful Christmas gift ideas. When searching for the perfect toolkit, keep in mind what he likes to do. If he prefers to build things, look for a kit with the tools necessary for building. If he likes to repair, look for a kit with a lot of fix-it tools and spare gadgets. You know what they say – busy hands are happy hands.

Gift Idea For Him #3: Unique Sports Items

If your guy is a sports nut, consider the ultimate unique gift. Log on to his favorite team’s website and read about any construction or new projects being built for use by the team. Many times, during construction of a new facility or building, the teams will sell customized bricks to help with financing of the project. You could purchase a brick used for construction, have it engraved with his name and present a certificate to let him know that he will forever be a part of his favorite sports team. If his favorite team is building a new stadium or other brick structure, the brick would be used and forever remain as part of the facility. Talk about a homerun, this will be it! A better Christmas gift idea, for a sports fan, would be difficult to find.

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You can begin to familiarize yourself with easy and low-cost ways to decorate your workplace for Christmas, you may want to keep a number of important things in mind. One of those things is the fact that not everyone celebrates Christmas as a holiday. There are some individuals who choose not to celebrate Christmas on their own, but there are others who are following the views and beliefs of their religion. Since there is a good chance that you may be working with someone who does not celebrate Christmas, you may want to ask your supervisors or your other employees before you begin decorating, even if you are only decorating your own personal workspace.

Once you have determined that it is okay for you to decorate your office or workplace for Christmas, you may want to start searching for Christmas decorations. As nice as it is to decorate your office, not everyone treats it the same as their home. That is why there is a good chance that you may be looking for low-cost Christmas decorations. If you are looking for low-cost Christmas decorations, you are advised to examine your local dollars stores or you can simply buy from Amazon. These low-cost Christmas decorations may include small strands of Christmas lights, Christmas pictures, Christmas signs, as well as small Christmas cardboard cutouts. Many of these low-cost items would look great in your office space.

Although there is a good chance that you may be shopping for Christmas decorations on a budget, there is also a chance that cost may not be a concern of yours. If you are looking to have the best decorated workspace in your building, you may be shopping for beautiful, elegant, or trendy Christmas decorations. If that is the case, you may want to think about shopping at a local specialty Christmas shop or online. These shopping methods will likely give you the biggest selection of Christmas decorations to choose from. They may cost a little bit more, but they are almost always worth the price. Whether you are looking for porcelain or ceramic Christmas figurines, tabletop fiber optic Christmas decorations, or small Christmas trees that you could decorate, you should be able to find what you are looking for online or at a specialty Christmas shop.

As mentioned above, it was advised that you speak to your coworkers and supervisors before you decorate for Christmas. Even if you know of someone in your workplace who does not celebrate Christmas you can still decorate your workspace for Christmas; however, you will need to take a little bit different of an approach. Instead of decorating your workspace or workplace with Christmas decorations that symbolize Christmas, such as decorations that have Christmas trees, Santa, or reindeers on them, you could take a more simple approach. Simply by purchasing a red and green tablecloth for your desk or an artificial bouquet of red and green flowers, you could still bring the holiday spirit into your workplace, without having to worry about offending one of your coworkers.

By keeping the above mentioned points in mind, you should easily be able to decorate your workplace or workspace for Christmas, no matter what you had in mind. Christmas season is all about sharing, giving, and spreading the holiday joy, so, if you want, start spreading that joy to your coworkers today!

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Chorus
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night, when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine.

2. Led by the light of Faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the wise men from Orient land
The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend.

Chorus
He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger;
Behold your King! Before Him lowly bend!
Behold your King! Before Him lowly bend!

3. Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,
And in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name.

Chorus
Christ is the Lord, O praise His name forever!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!

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One obvious choice for some fun at the office during the holidays is to have a party. How about a cookie exchange party? Plan to do this at lunchtime one day, and during that block of time, everyone brings several dozen cookies they have made. You have to set a particular number of cookies everyone brings. Because once everyone has an empty plate, they go around the table picking up cookies that look good to them and place them on their empty paper plate. If everyone brought 3 dozen cookies, say, then everyone gets to take home 3 dozen cookies. This is not a particularly unique idea, but one that brings a bit of fun into the workplace.

Keeping in mind whether or not the public visits your workplace, you might choose to decorate. Why not have a Christmas tree decorating event? Everyone brings 6 ornaments and as a group activity, everyone decorates the tree. This is a good way to build team spirit and decorate your workplace at the same time.

Nothing brings people together like a group activity designed to help others. What if your officemates came up with an activity designed to help people less fortunate at the holidays? You might adopt a local family and everyone in the office purchases items for that family. You might choose to purchase Christmas trees for needy families. If the public visits your office often, you might even begin a “sharing” tree and people can bring items to put under the tree for needy families or children. As a group activity, the office workers can then deliver these items to the needy.

The particularly festive office might want to have someone come in and do a cooking demonstration. If there are enough people interested, you can hire a cook or baker to come into your office on your lunch hour and do a demonstration or class. Say you want to bake but don’t know what to bake this year. A baker can come in and demonstrate cookies or other goodies you might not have thought to make. Or someone can come in with ideas and samples for the perfect Christmas meal. These ideas are perfect for the environment where people work many hours and are quite busy but still want to do their regular cooking and baking each year.

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During the Christmas season the world is adorned with many Christmas imageries, such as that of Santa, decorated Christmas trees, pretty Christmas ornaments, slow-burning candles, family gatherings and carol singing – all brighten up your mood and abode despite the snow and the cold outside.

What adds to the festivities and joy of Christmas is simply the act of selfless giving and sharing that brings out the more compassionate, more loving side of each and every person. It is this tradition of giving Christmas gifts that embodies the true spirit of Christmas, that is, the spirit of universal love and compassion for all.

Everybody wants to impress his or her dear ones with an exquisite gift for Christmas. But what exactly is the magic factor that makes a Christmas present so meaningful and precious? No, it is not the gift nor the monetary value of the gift itself; rather, Christmas gifts are special because they are an expression of your love and appreciation.

No matter for whom you are buying the Christmas gift for, your Christmas present will stand out from the rest of the presents if you follow these simple rules:

* Use your imagination and your creativity to create a unique gift for someone you love dearly.

* The gift should reflect how much thought and care you have devoted to select it.

* Keep the personal preferences of the person in mind while choosing your Christmas gift.

* Add some personal touches to turn a simple gift into a unique piece. For example, buy a good quality fabric and embroider it yourself, or similarly, make a spectacular pouch. The effort that you take to create these simple yet meaningful objects speaks volumes of how much you care for your family and friends, and thus makes the presents priceless in the eyes of your loved ones. For more ideas on creative Christmas gift making, there are a lot of Christmas craft ideas on the internet.

* Gifts that have been personalized especially for the recipient hold special meaning. For example, present your wife a small gold pendant with her name inscribed on it. Or surprise your teenage child with an exotic vacation. Buy beautiful Christmas cards for your friends, but write short poems of good wishes inside the cards to make your friend feel special and pampered.

As you can see there are so many ways that your Christmas gifts can make your friends and family feel so special; you only have to be little creative and put a little effort into the Christmas gifts to convey your message of love and well-wishes.

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For some people, travel consists of hopping on a plane and moving around the country as part of a job. For others, it is an opportunity to get out and see exotic locations. Regardless of the type of travel, following are a list of unique travel gifts you can buy friend and family who travel.

1. Gladiator School – Watching the movie, Gladiator, each of us had a moment where we pictured ourselves on the floor of the coliseum. Well, now you can give someone the ultimate travel gift. Yep, Gladiator lessons in Rome, Italy. Located on the ancient Appian rode where Spartacus met his end, the Gladiator School offers a variety of lessons in the theory and actual combat techniques of the Gladiators. You will actually cross swords with others. Courses range from on day to four months.

2. Packing Compressors – Okay, these aren’t the most exciting of gifts, but travelers love them. When you travel, space is at a premium. Packing compressors are zip bags that hold clothes. The bags have a pressure valve that removes the air and reduces the space taken up by the clothes by over 80 percent. This means you don’t have to leave the wool sweaters and winter jackets at home. A tremendous utilitarian item. Eagle Creek is the leading brand in this category and you can spend between $10 and $30 depending on the size of the bag. This is a travel gift that will actually be used and cherished.

3. 1,000 Places To See Before You Die – This books makes a great gift for travelers. Locations and descriptions of unique places are included. Be warned, the person you give this gift to will end up sitting somewhere for hours reading it. In rare cases, they’ll walk out the door and go directly to the airport. You can buy it at any bookstore.

4. Swiss Army Knife Pens – Everyone knows the value of Swiss Army Knives. Now you can buy it in the form of a pen. The tools pull out of the top of the pen just like the traditional knife. Expect to pay $30 for this travel gift.

5. Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator – Makes traveling and finding direction a easy task. Every GPS Garmin produces is top notch in durability, accuracy, and operation. Garmin’s interface is a key to their success part of what makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about the trip. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and it takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions, 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map updates as you navigate.

6. Nomad Travel Journals – A little self-promotion here. Nomad Travel Journals are compact writing journals that let travelers keep notes about their trips. Really great for creating a record of who was on the trip, things seen, people met, contact information such as email address, phone numbers and so on. As the years pass, you can read back through your travel journal to relive trips and laugh yourself silly over funny events you might otherwise forget. A tremendous gift for student travelers and backpackers. You can click the link below to see the travel journals which cost $27 with case.

Shopping for the holidays can be stressful. If you’re buying for a traveler, any of the above gifts will be a hit.

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2. Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
Let us our songs employ.
While fields and floods, Rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy

3. No more let sin and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness.
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.

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It has been a long tradition that since the concept of Christmas was established, Christmas stockings are one of the most visible emblems of this wonderful celebration. And after the Dutch have introduced this idea to America in the 16th century, it has lone been acclaimed as one of the most significant emblem of the Yuletide season.

Hence, to make a Christmas stocking through crocheting is doubly amazing. Just imagine how elegant and lovely your Christmas would look like if they were made with some delicate thread intricately intertwined and stitched with your bare hands.

One of the great benefits of crocheting is that it helps to retrieve stress. With the holiday rush penetrating deep down to everybody’s nerves, developing stress is definitely inevitable during this time of the year. The problem is that people are busier than ever, working more than the usual, just to prepare for the holiday season.

Shopping alone for the gifts that you want to give away can be stressful enough. Hence, in order to eliminate all of the things that constrain you in a stressful situation, why don’t you try diverting your attention and make some crochet Christmas stockings.

Psychological studies have proven that people who are engaged into sewing, particularly crocheting, these people are subconsciously diverted to other activities that are far less stressful than those that they are engaged with as of the moment. In turn, hobbies like crocheting provides an artistic channel to release the stress and for those who want to express what they feel through the art.

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