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O n e L o o k /3 W a y s Martha (CraftyMom) was our lucky One Look/3 Ways contestant for November and she sent us some wonderful pictures of DD playing in the leaves. Thanks Martha for sending your photos to us! Enjoy! ----------------------------- . “I love the paper used. And I really liked it. I would have never had thought of using the flowers on a fall layout. And she showcased two of my favorite pictures from that day
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"Is a nice layout. very clean and simple. The layout flows nicely. And looks great. But the colors just didn't make the page jump out at me.
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"We (dh and I) picked # 3 as the one we love and want for dd's book. I love the look of it. It flows nicely. I love the color choice. It showcased not only the pictures of my dd and niece but also the journaling." Again, I want to thank the ladies for the time they took to do the layouts. I love them all. That is why I had to have dh's help in picking one. ----------------------------- Join us for next month's One Look/Three Ways! The Shaker Box is accepting volunteers to submit their photos and be featured in next month's newsletter. Do you have any photos that are just not inspiring you? Have a layout that you are completely stuck on? Well send in your photos and our designers will come up with three amazing layouts for you to choose from. If you are chosen, each designer will create a layout specifically for you. Via email, you simply need to choose which layout you would prefer and it will be mailed to you. If you wish to participate, please let us know by emailing onelook@theshakerbox.com by December 20, 2004. Please include the follow information:
The Designers for next month feature will be: Sabrina – Sabrina Gould
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Christmas Traditions What are Christmas traditions and where do they come from? That is a great question and an even harder one to answer! I thought this would just be the easiest thing to write until I got started. Boy did I change my mind! Traditions are made from legends and stories not facts. So, the hard part for me was how to begin writing article. I finally decided to write it as traditions are told, by their stories, and to leave it up to you to decide which ones to believe. Santa Clause He is the patron saint of sailors, Sicily, Greece, and Russia. He is also, of course, the patron saint of children. In 16th century Holland, Dutch children would place their wooden shoes by the hearth in hopes that they would be filled with a treat. The Dutch spelled St. Nicholas as Sint Nikolaas, which became corrupted to Sinterklaas, and finally, in Anglican, to Santa Claus. In 1822, Clement C. Moore composed his famous poem, "A Visit from St. Nick," which was later published as "The Night Before Christmas." Moore is credited with creating the modern image of Santa Claus as a jolly fat man in a red suit. The Candy Cane Christmas Trees Mistletoe Poinsettias While these are merely legends and will often be contradicted, the telling and re-telling of the stories and folklore themselves are part of the fun and joy of the holidays. This holiday season, we at The Shaker Box encourage you to take these traditions, mingle them with your own and scrap your stories and traditions for the future to share. Have a wonderful and magical Christmas!
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e poor. The Romans didn't like Christianity or St. Nicholas so they imprisoned and tortured him. When Constantine became Emperor of Rome he freed St. Nicholas. Constantine became a Christian and convened the council of Nicaea in 325 and made Nicholas a delegate to the council. 
ight, a small pyramid-like frame, usually decorated with glass balls and tinsel and with a candle on top, was a symbol of the birth of Christ as the Light of the World. Changing the tree’s apples to tinsel balls and cookies; and combining this new tree with the Light placed on top, the Germans created the tree that many of us now know.
ans also thought of mistletoe as a plant of peace and harmony. They associated mistletoe with their goddess of love, Frigga. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe probably derived from this belief. In some cultures, most notably in Europe, if you kiss a woman under a mistletoe, it is a proposal of marriage! Did youi know the proper procedure is to take a berry off the sprig every time you kiss. When the berries are gone, so are the kisses. So, make sure to make those kisses last.
t Child. On her way, she picked some weeds from the side of the road and, as her only possession in the world, laid them at the feet of the statue of the Virgin Mary. Miraculously, they were transformed into the scarlet brilliance of the poinsettia we know today. The poinsettias remind us of Joel Robert Poinsett, for whom the plant is named. He was born in Charleston in 1759 and was a planter, botanist, statesman and our country's first minister to Mexico from whence he first brought the plant to Charleston in 1829. Now it is used throughout the world at Christmastime. The bright, blood-red poinsettia has become the most popular of all Christmas flowers. The star of the leaf is said to represent the star that stood over the Christ Child. The red flower stands for the blood of the male infants that King Herod had slain. The red flower also represents the shed blood of Christ who came to be our Savior.
