Author: Bonnie
Published: Dec 22nd, 2009
Category: Home Life, Recreation & Leisure
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Let’s Enjoy The Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Though the Christmas day sourced from the Western, it is widely popular with the young all over the world. Such as me.I am a Chinese, I like the Chinese festival, such as the Spring Festive. But the Chrismas is another festival I liked. The two are very different to me.When it come to Spring Festive, I miss my families very much. In China, The Spring festival stands for the reunion of a families. when the spring comes, every one will go home to meet others no matter how long the way to home. While the Chrismas let me happy like a Child. The music, the Father Chrismas, the Cart etc.

The Chrismas Eve is coming, forget all of the annoyance and unhappiness. Let’s enjoy the moment of happiness.You can do:

Prepare a special Christmas Eve meal. If Christmas dinner means ham or turkey, perhaps you can make a warm pot of chili. Or cook traditional foods from your culture on Christmas Eve, whether it’s Italian, Polish or Korean.

Host a Christmas Eve party that gathers your friends for an evening of food, laughter and good memories.

Get the children involved. Make a Gingerbread House or cookies for Santa. Allow the kids to track Santa’s progress by radar on the Internet. After leaving cookies and milk for Santa, read “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and tuck in the kids for a special Christmas Eve night.

Wish others a Merry Christmas. You don’t have to worry that you will offend them. If they want to wish you a Happy Hanukkah, in response, thank them and wish them the same. Wishing others a Merry Christmas helps spread the cheer.

Give to others. Whether to your family and friends, or to others less fortunate, spend some time this Christmas in giving. We give in remembrance of the gifts of the Magi to the Savior, but at the very heart of it all, recall that we are to give because He first gave to us.

Author: Bonnie
Published: Dec 9th, 2009
Category: Home Life
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Green Life Style

Tags: life

This is the second day of Climate Conference in Copenhagen. It is essential for the worlds climate and the Danish government and UNFCCC is putting hard effort in making the meeting in Copenhagen a success ending up with a Copenhagen Protocol to prevent global warming and climate changes.

As a part of the globle, I think we have the duty to protect our unique and common home, the globle. What do we need to do in our lives? I think a healthy life style and habite will be a useful and effective method. Such as saving the water, electricity, gas and so on.

Energy

Conserve fuel by turning down the heat at night and while you are away from your home — or install a programmable thermostat.

Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Insulate your home against heat loss and periodically check insulation.

Fix air leakage with weather-stripping and caulking.

In the winter, change your furnace air filters once a month. The heater uses more energy when it is full of dust.

Insulate your electric hot water heater and pipes. Do not, however, insulate gas heaters and only start insulating gas heater pipes about six inches away from the heater.

Avoid using cars — walk, cycle or use public transportation whenever possible.

Avoid anything battery operated (or use rechargables or solar rechargables if batteries are unavoidable).

Buy locally — not only is it good for the local economy, it will save energy because products haven’t traveled across the globe to get to you.

Waste

Do not throw out your toxic household wastes, such as paint, paint thinner and car fluids, in the garbage or down the drain. Check with your local facilities for proper disposal and avoid these products in the future.

Take your own bags to the grocery store. If you take plastic bags, use them until they are worn out.

Compost your food waste and use as nutrient rich soil for your lawn.

Avoid excess packaging.

Always use reusables: mugs, lunch containers, batteries, pens, razors, etc.

Replace paper products with reusable ones (use recycled, non-chlorine bleached paper when you do have to use paper).