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On New Year's, people look forward and back, as did the two-headed Roman god Janus, who lent his name to the first month of the year. It's a time for resolutions a custom that goes back several millennia to the Babylonians, whose most popular one reportedly was to return borrowed farm implements.

With a little planning anyone can give Christmas presents that are thoughtful, original, recycled and homemade that make a difference to the environment.

Try to picture a world without gifts. There would be  no colorfully wrapped presents, nothing under the Christmas tree or in Santa's stockings. 

Christmas gift giving is a tradition that has been passed down for countless generations.

Christmas Quotes and poem extracts to get your creative juices flowing to use in holiday projects.

Traditionally, red and green have always been the colors of Christmas, but what do they symbolise?

Green stands for the continuance of life through winter and the Christain belief of eternal life through Jesus. Red denotes the blood Christ shed at the crucifixion.

The word Christmas (or Christ's mass) comes from the old English name Cristes maesse.However, it wasn't until AD 440 that the Christian church fixed the celebration date as December 25.

'O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your banches ...' and so are these divine homemade decorations. Keep your kids active and creative with these simple holiday craft ideas. Have them experience making their own contribution to the day and watch how proud they are when they see their projects on display!  Remember - busy little elves are happy little elves.

Without a tree, the festive season just wouldn't be the same would it? Rather like Easter without eggs!  Christmas trees are a given - a must-have for the season. Even though homemade decorations have been often replaced with store-bought goodies, the sentiment involved in trimming the tree remains the same after all this time, a simple tradition that engenders warmth and merriment for all to enjoy. The Eco tree is easy on the environment and the bank account.