So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Future with Crystals

By Greg Pierce


Selecting weddings, baptisms, birthdays or housewarming send-off gifts or tokens for guests is quiet complicated especially if one is considering the various age brackets and genders of guests. And choosing a gift that can fit everyone is all the more difficult. Though the old adage that says 'you cannot please everybody applies', choosing a more personalized gift shows some degree of sincerity and profound gratitude.

Just about the most favored types of gifts is crystals that can come in various artistic forms, shapes and sizes. These happen to be adored even during the ancient times by kings and queens, priests, gods and goddesses as early as the Babylonian and Egyptian era. The treasure has evoked identical reverie and enchantment from anybody as evidenced by the range of elements that crystals have emerged today.

Using crystals and accessories made from it have been popularized by celebrities at an unparalleled rate as evidenced by men and women sporting accessories such as bracelets, necklaces, bracelets and some hair grooming accessories with crystals as the main decorative statement on it. The garment industry however has crystal beads made into intricate designs and sewn into many clothing apparels such as blouses, dresses, lingerie and into fashion accessories like bags, shoes, fans, umbrellas and among others.

Decorative items created from crystals also abound the market for home, office, restaurant and shop use. Crystal objects as horses, frogs, Buddha, angels, door chimes and the sort are believed to bring luck and drive away evil spirits and negative feelings making them basic decorative ornaments in business establishments.

Crystals such as quartz, hematite, cinnabar, pearl and magnetite are considered as herbs that in combination with certain types of roots, flowers, seeds, twigs and barks of some plants are believed to treat minor ailments such as respiratory tract infections, allergic reactions, urinary tract infections and among others in Hindu and Chinese traditional medicine.

Who else is not acquainted with big crystal balls as a representation of the supposed power or the ability to see the future through crystal balls by psychics and fortune tellers? Along with cards, they use crystals balls as an accessory to the supposed gift and in building-up their package as a whole. In fact, crystals are closely associated with psychics and powers due to its crystalline characteristic, being luminous and translucent.

In jewelery however, jewelry designers include crystals in their designs, be it of the more expensive version such as swarovskis and diamonds to the cheaper or synthetic types. Necklaces, rings and anklets are designed with crystals that are believed to possess healing or therapeutic capabilities that stabilize frequencies and ions within the body.




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