Inquest hears of Christmas Death

Inquest hears of Christmas Death

The inquest into the death of a 30 year woman has heard that, the investigation into the death was not investigated properly as all the police officers that could do the job has been given the day off for their Christmas party.

The coroner said that the investigations was a shambles. The victims parents were waiting by her body for a detective to arrive eventually one was dispatched from Bristol over 100 miles away. But a Senior officer turned them back.

Christmas Island Deaths, First Funerals today

The first funerals of the victims of the Christmas Island boat disaster took place in Sydney today. Two months after the tragedy the coroner has release the bodies of 17 of the 30 victims recovered from the sea.

There was a lot of grief and anger as the first eight funerals took place. Many of the families were angered by the way the funerals have been handled. Also there is some political debate over the cost of the funerals especially sending relatives from Christmas Island and Perth to Sydney.

Is Valentine’s day a Second Christmas?

Has the marketing / advertising business turned Valentine’s day, a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionary and sending greetings cards (known as "valentines"), into a second Christmas with children expecting gifts from parents, grandparents and the day off school?

One mother overheard her nine year old son giving his grandmother a list of presents he was expecting to receive on Valentines day, and the list read like a nine year olds Christmas wish list.

Alter The Way You Celebrate Christmas By Making Christmas Crafts

Don’t feel that you are talented enough to perform fabulous Christmas crafts? Have you never tried to make a Christmas craft as a gift for someone who you love and admire? Just think how lovely it is to receive a homemade Christmas gift from someone you care about and love. You know you will cherish it always. Wouldn't someone you love feel the same way if you gave him or her a Christmas Craft gift?

Now you can simply carry out your Christmas craft, even if you didn’t order crafts kits, and experience a new way of celebrating Christmas.

I know that it is very easy to purchase ready-made decorations and Christmas crafts, but it is far more festive and fun to make your own special Christmas crafts. Making homemade Christmas cards and Christmas crafts is a great way to spend quality family time together. There are so many fun ideas for homemade Christmas ornaments to give to relatives, teachers or friends. They can be varied to make a number of different sparkling ornaments for your Christmas tree.

Christmas crafts can be made from a variety of materials. If you like working with wood, you can cut out typical holiday designs, like snowmen, Christmas trees, or Santa figures and then spend some time painting to bring life to your Christmas crafts. If it's your first time working with wood as a Christmas craft, start out simply- cut out any shape and make a sign for your holiday guests. You can paint little trees or stars, and print out with a cute Christmas greetings sentences like “Hope all your wishes come True”.

The easiest Christmas craft by all odds is the Christmas card. No one will ever get bored with making his or her own hand-made cards, especially if they are provided with rhyming Christmas greetings and poems. Ideas can be many and easy-to-craft too.

You could always make candleholders. Take a small baby food jar. Wash and allow it to completely dry. Then you could cover it with such things as: buttons, squares of tissue paper in different colors, etc. Add a new, great smelling votive candle to the holder and you have an instant, thoughtful and creative gift.

A wonderful idea is to present family members and friends with creatively framed photographs. You can simply go to a craft store and purchase a number of plain wooden frames. These can then be painted and you can involve your children in making the craft by letting them add a number of stickers for the year, glitter, buttons, or other embellishments. What’s wonderful about the framed picture is that the frame will have been decorated by the child whose picture is inside.

Another Christmas craft idea is the Santa hat. You'll just need red cloth, some fluffy cotton and glue to get this Christmas craft real! Fold the red cloth into a conical shape and stick the edges. Then have a ball of cotton glued at the top and some to border the circular base.
The holiday season is a festive time, and making your own Christmas crafts can really add to the special feeling of that time of year. You don't have to be a pro to enjoy them, all you need is a bit of the Christmas spirit flowing through your body.

Christmas in the news todaty(Monday 20th Dec)

Cost of Christmas dinner gone through the roof

Since 2007 the cost of the items on your plate for Christmas dinner has spiralled upwards well above the rate of inflation and in some instances by over 150%, especially the vegetables. One way to reduce your costs for next year is to grow your own vegetables.

Northern Ireland Parliament Building Transformed for Christmas Concert

The Great Hall in the Parliament building in Stormont has been decked out with boughs of holly for a cheery Christmas concert hosted by Northern Ireland's popular singing trio, the Priests. The concert will be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday 21 December at 2100 GMT. The concert will be repeated on Thursday, 23 December, on BBC Two NI at 2030 GMT. Transmission details are still subject to change at this time.

Will the UK have a white Christmas?

Well it certainly looks as though there will be snow on the ground for most of the UK on Christmas Day. However if you are betting on a white Christmas with the bookies then you will need it to snow on Christmas day itself. The Chances of that happening look to be good for some parts of the UK.

However all this snow is causing major problems for people travelling with many airports closed, trains services cancelled and major roads blocked.

Royal Wedding China for Christmas presents?

Ahead of next year’s Royal wedding on April 29th, the official china merchandise has gone on sale, just in time for Christmas. From today, the fine bone china featuring a delicate design of the Prince and his future wife’s initials intertwined is available to buy from all Royal residencies including Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Sandringham amongst others.