February 14th, the holiday of Love! Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. Who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of...
What Women Really Dont Want – A Valentines Day Guide for What Not to Give (05 Apr 2006)
Valentine's Day outcomes generally fall into three basic categories: success, failure, or simply unremarkable. A successful Valentine's Day is by far the preferred choice for most men and women, but also the most difficult to achieve. The reasons ...
What Women Really Want - A Guide for Valentines Day Gift Giving (15 Mar 2006)
Many men struggle every year with the tormenting question of what to buy their sweetheart for Valentine's Day. In an effort to simplify this daunting task, and being in the gift giving industry myself, I thought I'd share some of my expertise and ...
8 Ways to Celebrate Chinese New Year (01 Sep 2005)
What are the Chinese New Year activities for celebrating
this most important festival in the Chinese calendar?
Let's start at the beginning...
In China, Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival.
That's because the first day...
8 Magical Ideas to Celebrate Valentines Day (21 Apr 2006)
Consider a fresh approach. Don't send flowers. Firstly, they are very expensive during Valentine's Day. Secondly they'll die. Instead, why not get her a living plant? Roses symbolize love. Red and white roses signify unity. Plants that give off fr...
Family Christmas Traditions – This Year Start Your Own (06 Feb 2006)
As you start having a family of your own, it is important to create Christmas traditions that make the holiday special for your family. As your children grow up, they will sincerely appreciate and have fond memories of the Christmas Traditions th...
National Cookie Day – Time to Celebrate (28 Mar 2006)
Just when you thought you had heard of all the lesser known holidays, someone invents another one. While you likely won't find any cards at your local Hallmark, there are a few people out there who celebrate National Cookie Day. This obscure coo...
Birthday Party Supplies Technology (08 Feb 2006)
Birthday party supplies and decorations have come a long way. Getting prepared for a child's birthday celebration used to mean cobbling together flimsy streamers, wafer thin table cloths and handfuls of confetti. But now, birthday party supplies a...
How We Came to Send Flowers, Cards, and Chocolates on Valentines Day (28 Apr 2006)
Every February 14, couples send flowers, buy chocolate and break out their romantic sides. Few people, however, know how we came to celebrate Valentine's Day. They may even believe the holiday was invented by the flower and greeting card industry....
The Easter Bunny carrying his gift basket of colored eggs, chocolate and jelly beans is a familiar symbol of the Easter holiday for many. But there is a movement down under to replace the Easter bunny with the native Australian bilby.
The r...
Celebrating the Holidays (27 Feb 2006)
Everybody knows how dull life would be without all the fun, games, food and decorations of holiday celebrations. Holidays are also the only time when old friends and families can get together for dinner or a day out. Take for example, if you had b...
A Spooky Halloween Party (08 Apr 2006)
Halloween history is all about dressing up in scary costumes and eating sweets. There is no reason to make your party any different. When Halloween party planning it's important that you decide on a theme, let your imagination go wild. Some good H...
Labor Day Party Ideas (01 Mar 2006)
Labor day is traditionally a celebration of the working class, however it is more a mark of the end of summer now, and Labor day history has seen parties, traditionally barbecues, held outside with drinking and swimming. Very much a party for the ...
A New Years Day Party to Remember (24 Dec 2005)
New Years Day party ideas are usually quite standard, but because there is no real theme to New Year you can let your creativity and your imagination really flow. Whether you want to have an alien New Years Day party or a President's party the cho...
A Hanukkah Party to Remember (02 Mar 2006)
Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights and Hanukkah history is based around the eternal light that burned for eight days. This alone gives plenty of Hanukkah party ideas and Hanukkah decorations should traditionally be based around light...
Planning Your Christmas Party (11 Aug 2005)
Christmas party planning can be a difficult task regardless of whether you are planning a home or office party. You will undoubtedly spend a lot of your time planning the food but you shouldn't concentrate on the Christmas menus alone, as there ar...
The Self-Indulgence of Thanksgiving (02 Sep 2005)
Thanksgiving is the most self-indulgent time of year where we are openly encouraged by everyone to forget all about eating properly and living healthily. Instead, Thanksgiving menus are crammed with course after course of unhealthy but so incredib...
A Traditional Mardi Gras Party (02 May 2006)
Mardi Gras is without doubt the biggest and most colorful party in the world and provides you and your guests with an excellent opportunity to impress everyone around you. The most important elements to any Mardi Gras are Mardi Gras decorations a...
Valentines Day Parties (06 Sep 2005)
Throughout Valentines Day history the whole event has been steeped in mystery and suspense and carrying this over into your Valentines Day party planning is easily achievable. Make sure everyone wears a mask and theme your party on any theme you l...
More Holiday Strategies (28 Aug 2005)
How did it go? If you live in the US, you have just passed
one of the holiday hurdles.
Did you have any strategies to help you get through
Thanksgiving and manage to avoid overeating?
It's good to review what worked and what didn't, ...
