Personalized School and Teacher Ornament Gifts

Are you looking for a Personalized Christmas Ornament / gift idea for someone at school? Well, there is no need to look any further as we have the best gift idea for you. It doesn’t matter who the gift is for – a teacher, a graduate, a reading tutor, a principal, the school nurse, a teacher’s aide, a bus driver, a class, a faculty or any other group of people – or what the occasion – a graduation, the first day of school, learning to read – one can find personalized Christmas ornaments for all these people and occasions and many more.

christmas ornament for teacherWith these personalized Christmas ornaments finding and buying a gift has suddenly become much easier and much more fun. Whatever you are looking for you will be able to find and you will enjoy giving these gifts so much when you see the joy and appreciation on the receiver’s face. This gift idea is so unique and special that whoever receives one of these personalized ornament gifts is made to feel unique and special too. Each and every personalized Christmas ornament can be made even more personal with a personal inscription including the date, name (theirs and yours), place and occasion so that they will always remember who gave them the ornament and when.

There are so many lovely Christmas ornaments to choose from that you could always choose a different ornament for a different occasion thus building up an ornament collection which the receiver will enjoy displaying and talking about when people come to visit. Each ornament will mark a special occasion and will trigger off countless stories and tales surrounding each particular ornament and special occasion. These personalized Christmas ornaments are gifts that last forever and mean so much more than the regular run of the mill gifts people usually give teachers and students.

It doesn’t matter who the gift is for – a college student, a first grader, a kid starting kindergarten, a bus driver, a school nurse, a teacher, a teacher’s aide, a professor, a lecturer, a reading teacher, an art teacher or a piano teacher – these personalized Christmas ornaments are suitable for everyone and everyone will love them.

So go ahead and choose a personalized Christmas ornament for someone important to you. You might be a teacher yourself and you want to choose an ornament for each member of your class at Christmas so they will always remember their time with you. Or maybe you are a principal and you want to honor each member of your staff with a personalized ornament gift to show your gratitude and appreciation for all their hard work and support. All these ideas can be suited to these personalized Christmas ornaments, each gift can be individually personalized for each and every person making each gift slightly different and unique and special just for that one person.  No more pens, ties, handkerchiefs, perfumes, aftershaves or scarves on your Christmas gift shopping lists!! From now on, only personalized Christmas ornaments on your list. This is really the ultimate gift idea.

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Easy Homemade Christmas Ornaments

So – it’s finally getting back to “that time of year” again. We have the halloween costumes, decorations and candy all figured out – the kids are counting down the days for that – but we are already planning for the BIG time consumption of Christmas.  Did you know that even as early as August, people start searching for new Christmas Gift ideas?  We know all about it.  We see the searches climb, the visitors climb and the orders come in. (Actually we sell Christmas Ornaments all year round — but they certainly become more popular in fall than in Spring or Summer).

easy homemade christmas ornaments for kids ebookAnyhow…this year we decided to truly emphasize the meaning of MORE in our Ornaments And More business.  We have decided to publish our first book on How to Make Christmas Ornaments.   Easy Homemade Christmas Ornaments for Kids is certainly a sense of great pride for us.  Our team of elves worked very hard on it and our mini-elves even got involved making their own ornaments too!

If you wish to get your Christmas Ornament making done early this year, we highly recommend downloading our eBook.  Its packed full of easy to make christmas crafts that are fun for anyone of any age!

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Christmas Seals – Interesting Christmas History

Did you ever wonder where the idea of Christmas Seals came from?  Recently we were curious so we took in a little Christmas History lesson to find out.

Here’s what we learned,

The American Lung Association is the oldest voluntary public health agency in the United States. The original name of the ALA was the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis (NASPT), formed in 1904 to combat the deadliest disease of the time. The name was changed to the National Tuberculosis Association (NTA) in 1918, and finally, with the decline of TB and the rise of other serious lung diseases, to the American Lung Association (ALA) in 1973. The American Lung Association of Virginia (ALAV) has been similarly renamed since its formation in 1909 as the Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Today, both the national and state associations are dedicated to the prevention, cure, and control of all lung diseases.

The ALA is perhaps best known as “The Christmas Seal People.” Since 1907, the Christmas Seal Campaign has raised many millions of dollars toward the fight against lung disease. The fame of the Christmas Seal makes the holiday season the perfect time to honor the work of the ALA.

But….

The fledgling NASPT could not financially support every sanatorium in the country. Many, like the tiny Brandywine Sanatorium near Wilmington, Delaware, were barely able to stay open. In 1907, Dr. Joseph Wales, a physician at Brandywine, asked his cousin, Ms. Emily Bissell, for help. Ms. Bissell was an active member of the American Red Cross with considerable experience in fund-raising. Her mission was to raise the $300 necessary to keep Brandywine Sanatorium in operation through the winter.

Ms. Emily Bissell got the idea for a sale of Christmas Seals from an article written by a Danish-American journalist and social worker named Jacob Riis. In his article, Riis referred to a successful sale of Christmas seals in 1904 in Denmark that raised $20,000 in the fight against TB. Bissell agreed with Riis’s suggestion that America do the same. She borrowed money from friends to print the first 50,000 Seals, got permission from the Wilmington postmaster to sell them in the post office lobby, and sold the first Christmas Seal on December 7, 1907.

You see, a Christmas Seal is part of our Christmas History – but also part of our Medical History.   These Christmas Seals save lives.  So this year, when you see those Christmas Seals delivered by post mail, please think twice about throwing them away.  Your donations will help the ALA and could save a life some day.

To read more about Christmas Seals, we encourage you to visit: http://www.christmasseals.org/history-of-christmas-seals.html

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