http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Mitch+Jelly Culture Mitch Jelly Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318791&ca=Culture History of the Christmas Stocking: The tradition of the Christmas stocking seems to have originated in around the third century and involves the Bishop of Myra who became known as Saint Nicholas. The legend goes that there was a righteous and honorable man whose wife had died, leaving him to care fo... Advice Mitch Jelly Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=316064&ca=Advice History of Advent: Advent began to be celebrated or followed in the fourth century, shortly after the first council of Nicaea dictated the Nicene Creed, wherein they tried to set forth their interpretation of the scriptures and how people should believe and what holidays they should have and when. T... Culture Mitch Jelly Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=310197&ca=Culture Mrs. Claus: Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus, she is a fairly recent invention as with the earlier days of Santa a wife was never mentioned. Today many movies have had Mrs. Claus take a bigger role as her character has developed. In her earlier days she was often silent or at least a woman of v... Culture Mitch Jelly Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=310194&ca=Culture Early Uses of Wreaths and Garlands: Wreaths and garlands have been used in festivals and in celebrations for many thousands of years. Its believed that with the wreath forming a circle that it symbolizes eternity, it has no beginning or end. One of the ancient celebrations where wreaths were given a... Advice Mitch Jelly Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=304089&ca=Advice Deciding on the Suit: Usually one of the first things that come to mind when buying almost anything is how much to spend. Santa Clause Suits and Santa Costume like many items have a big price range, from as low as 75.00 dollars like the Sherpa Trim Economy Santa Costumes to the Halco Majestic Premiu... Home Management Mitch Jelly Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=304092&ca=Home+Management Artificial Tree Storage Bags For Decorated Trees: So when Christmas is over and your thinking about the cleanup that follows the holidays, what do you do with your tree? If you’ve bought a live tree you may just throw it out with the trash or maybe call your city government and find where you can ta... Arts and Crafts Mitch Jelly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=288937&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Brief History of Figurines: Figurines or statues have been made by humans since the dawn of time. Ancient civilizations made figurines and statues of everything they could, from their kings to common people and from animals to a representation of their deity. These were made from materials that were... Sports Mitch Jelly Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=285495&ca=Sports American Football: The first person paid to play football was William Heffelfinger also called Pudge; he was paid 500 dollars in 1892 to play for Allegheny against Pittsburgh. Of course American Football started earlier than this. Football type games had been around for many years in Europe and in t... Cooking Mitch Jelly Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=285499&ca=Cooking Christmas Cook Books: Christmas books with feasts and parties are a wonderful family tradition, and of course for these events you need Christmas treats. Wither a small or large gathering of friends and family for a mingle served with Christmas Cookies book or a sit down Cozy Country Cookbook dinner... Arts and Crafts Mitch Jelly Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=285501&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Stands for Artificial Trees: After spending hundreds of dollars on your Artificial Prelit Christmas Tree or Artificial non-lit Christmas Tree, you want to have a stand that will display your new tree well. Of course there are several different types of stands to choose from. There are stands that ho...