Novelty Santa decorations and gifts for Christmas 2011

You know it's nearly Christmas when you see Santa everywhere you look - he gets everywhere!

Look at these fun Santa decorations we've found on sale this Christmas!

 Santa Speaker

Connect to your MP3 player to this extra cute Santa speaker (from Next) to hear music from Santa!

Santa Toilet Seat Cover And Mat

Liven up your bathroom visits with this unusual Santa themed bathroom set with "Santa Sat Here" slogan, the perfect cheeky Santa novelty this Christmas.

Sure to be a conversation starter.

Santa Bath Mat : cute Santa design bathmat from Marks and Spencer. Made of cotton, so you can wipe your wet feet on Santa!

Santa Cookie Jar  - Another unusual Santa accessory this Christmas: how about this Santa Cookie Jar? Now you can eat cookies from Santa too!

Santa Tea Light Holder

Cute Santa design tealight holder at Debenhams.






For a huge range of Christmas decorations and novelties, try 24studio, who have the best range of Santa novelty decorations we have found online, plus tons of other unusual Christmas stuff.

Santa! Stop Here!

Look at this cute Personalised Santa Stop Here Sign - also available in a reindeer design. 


Personalised with any name up to 11 letters, this simple stake sign pushes into soft ground - make sure Father Christmas doesn't miss your house!


More Christmas ideas.

Cute Santa Claus Christmas Tree Topper

I love cute Christmas decorations, so imagine how excited I was to find this gorgeous Santa Christmas tree topper - he's adorable and will brighten up any Christmas tree!

You can buy the Santa tree topper here:
http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/search/22826505



For more Christmas inspiration, Christmas gifts and decoration ideas, visit www.24studio.co.uk/christmas

Great Christmas Shopping Website Link

Christmas Shopping fanatics!

Check out this website www.24studio.co.uk/christmas - packed full of wonderful Christmas stuff, and it's on sale even in the summer! (A Christmas maniac's dream!)

They specialise in personalised gifts (also great for Christmas!), but what I like about this online shopping website (UK) is their fab range of random and funny Christmas novelties.

Like.... this Santa Toilet Seat Cover (yes, you did read that right, it's a cover for a toilet seat!!)

I never really considered Christmas decorations in the bathroom before, but why not!? The message on the hat (and on the mat) reads "Santa sat here"....
Very cute, I think I need one!
Buy Santa Sat Here toilet seat cover and mat set from 24studio.

Wandering around their website I also found these charming angel / reindeer door stops - shame they don't have one in a Father Christmas design but these are still very festive and sweet.

Available from 24studio (UK based) :

Buy festive door stops

One final thing I had to show you, also from Studio:
Santa LED window light in Santa / reindeer design.

These are very sweet window decorations (can also be fixed to a wall) - each has 10 LED lights built in and comes with stickers for fixing to your window, and transparent cable to keep things neat.

Santa / Reindeer LED window decorations by 24studio.

24Studio also have an impressive selection of Christmas cards and wrap, so are a good place to start your Christmas shopping, especially if you like to start early!
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Track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

One modern take on Christmas that is fast becoming a tradition in our house, is tracking Santa on NORAD.

On Christmas Eve, you can log on to the NORAD website and watch Santa's progess as he makes his way across the world, delivering Christmas Gifts to all the good boys and girls as they sleep!

For most of the year, there is not much to see on the website, as Santa and his little helpers are resting before their busy season begins! Check back in December for an update!

http://www.noradsanta.org/

Christmas - a history

Christmas is a worldwide phenomenom - culturally and economically. In many places Christmas has now become more of a commercial festival than a religious one, however many still enjoy Christmas traditions to some degree,

Christmas traditions enjoyed the world over include the decorating of Christmas trees, sharing of meals, exchange of gifts, church services, public holidays and Santa Claus.

If you are interested in the history of Christmas, visit the History channel's in-depth website article: http://www.history.com/topics/christmas

Christmas Stockings - why do we hang them?

Christmas stockings - background
 
The legend of Christmas stockings is linked to that of St Nicholas and Father Christmas.

The story goes that there was a poor man with three daughters, in the days when it was common to pay a dowry. The man, being poor, could not afford any dowry for them and worried that his daughters would never marry.
The girls had hung their stockings to dry on the fireplace, and legend has it that St Nicholas, who was the Bishop of Myra, and believed to be the inspiration for Father Christmas, dropped some gold coins down the chimney, which landed in the girls' stockings.

When news spread of this, others began to hang stockings too in the hope that they would receive gifts.

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