Social letters and notes may be divided into two distinct classes, the formal and informal and among the latter may be included thos...

        This paper mache box was modeled after a Shaker band box I think. I painted it with a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pattern.  Left,...

       The first time I ever saw these walnut strawberries was in a magazine article about Victorian Christmas ornaments. Then, years later ...

Pillows made from woolen mats are easy  and quick crafts that just about  anybody  can produce.        Here are my three ideas for warm and ...

       The "Noche-buena," or Good Night, is Christmas Eve in Spain. Following midnight Mass, the streets are alive with singing an...

A Christmas tree decorated at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.  The goats surrounding the tree are called  Gävlebocken.       ...

Antique paper-cut pattern designed by Karl  Fröhlich of a snowy sleigh-ride, a mother gathering tree limbs for burning and boys playing on ...

Wassailers in Great Britain go door-to-door caroling and feasting on wassail, a kind of spiced ale served warm in the Christmas season.     ...

A smoke sauna in Enonkoski.        "Christmas in Finland begins with a bath. First the house is thoroughly cleaned, even washed. Then, ...

Church of Saint Servatius decorated with papel picado.        Christmas festivities in Mexico begin on December 16 and every home is decorat...

An example of a aluminum table- top  Christmas tree by EverySpoon .        Aluminum  Christmas trees  were first commercially manufactured s...

         "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. It was published under the title "A Chris...