New Year.

New Year ia a winter holiday. From 31st December to 1st January people celebrate New Year around the world. For someone, holiday night is the most important night in the year.

Snow and frost are part of New Year celebration.

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Christmas.

Christmas is a very important holiday. On this day, many families around the world celebrate winter holiday. Children get gifts from Santa Claus, watch intersting movies and cartoons on TV, eat tasty food for example, ginger bread cookies.

At the end of December, a week before New Year, from 25th to 26th December many Christmas figures and symbols appear in shops.

If there are snow on the strret then it gives a holiday mood! Hot chocolate with marshmallow is one of the most popular beverages.

Summer photo.

Cookies for Christmas.

Summer and Winter.

Holiday mood.

Recipe of homemade Christmas cookies.

Ingredients:

Almond flour-170 g
Flour-50 g
Powdered sugar-100 g
Sugar-50 g
Butter-20 g
Salt-1/3 tea spoon
Egg-1
Whites-2

Mix in one bowl egg whites, egg, sugar, powdered sugar, salt, and melted butter. After add almond flour and flour.

Make a soft dough. Warm the oven 400 F. Bake at 300 F about 15-20 minutes until gold color.

Mountain.

Great people: Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great also known as Alexander III of Macedon was born on July 20, 356 B.C. His parents were King Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympia. His teacher was Aristotle.

In 336 B.C. became a king of Macedonia. During his reign there were several wars in history.

Alexander the Great fought in Persia, Egypt, Greece, Asia. He was a famous person in ancient world.

King of Macedonia died on June 13, 323 B.C. in Babylon. Alexander III of Macedon was 32 years old.

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Tales from childhood: Walking in the yard.

One winter Sunday morning little Sophie and her granny decided to go to the yard with their dog. There was: blue sky, bright sun, frost, and a lot of white snow all around.

Sophie met her friends in the yard. Girl's grandmother met another old woman. She was old, alone person and age was already high. Also she had a bad mood on that day. Several minutes later their puppy barked to old woman. Suddenly she yelled at Sophie's grandmother and dog. But granny didn't pay any attention to her.

After old woman told everyone that she go to the shop because even a dog wasn't pleased to her.

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Literature. Part twenty one.

                                         Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter.

  Pollyanna Whittier is an orphan. Eleven-year-old girl arrives to her Aunt Polly. She is a very strict woman. Pollyanna is an optimistic girl. She likes the Glad Game. Pollyanna can find good things in all.

 She meets problems with optimism. It helps Pollyanna.

 Some time later Ms. Polly Harrington and her niece became friends.

There are many movies about this interesting book.
                 

Vanilla muffins.

Famous people and their quotes. Part seven.

                                          Mahatma Gandhi.

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“Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal? In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.”

“There are many things to do. Let each one of us choose our task and stick to it through thick and thin. Let us not think of the vastness. But let us pick up that portion which we can handle best.”

“If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.”

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”

Source of information:

http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898#synopsis

Hamdmade ideas for Christmas and New Year № 3.

Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving is a holiday which celebrated at the end of November in the United States of America. This day became a holiday after an acquiring Independence.

Usually on this day different relatives come to visit. Pumpkin pie and turkey are very popular dishes on Thanksgiving Day. Also this holiday is celebrated in Canada.

The next day, Black Friday begins.

The long-awaited snow.

Different angle.

Morning and Evening.

Buns with dry cherries.

Veteran's Day.

Today is a very important day in American history-Veteran's Day. People congratulate veterans, heroes of different wars. Some of them have awards and injuries.

On this day there are many parades in cities.

Great people: Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was born on Februaury 12, 1809, Hondgenville, Kentucky. He was child of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln.

Young man liked reading many different books. Abraham Lincoln worked as a lawyer before he became a president.

In 1840 he met Mary Todd and married her two years later. Couple had four sons: Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas.

On election 1860 Lincoln was a presodential candidate from the Republican Party. He became the 16th president of the United States of America.

One year later American Civil War started. It was a very hard period in US history. North and South fought for four years. In the end slavery was abolished.

Abraham Lincoln was killed by actor John Wilkes Booth on Friday, April 15, 1865 Petersen House, Washington, D.C.

Tales from childhood: Don't do evil to others.

In a simple day Sophie and her classmates had to go to a doctor for vaccination. Young girl and her two best friends were very brave children.

But one boy named Alex from 1-"A" class (Sophie's class) cried during vaccination. Another boy named Johnny laughed at his situation.

Several minutes later Alex asked his classmate about his mother. Pupil of elementary school started crying. Johnny's mother died when he was a little baby. The child went to the elder sister for help. Twelve-year-old girl asked the brother who started it.

Boy seriously thought and understood that he is guilty. Next day John asked Alex for forgiveness. Teacher praised the little kids. This case was a good lesson for him.

Cherry Pies.

Hamdmade ideas for Christmas and New Year № 2.

Famous people and their quotes. Part six.

                                          George Washington.

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“We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions and proportion our efforts to the exigency of the times.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”

“I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.”

“Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.”

“There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation.”

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.”

Source of information:

http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786

Recipe of homemade salad.

Ingredients:

Onion-1/4
Cabbage-50 g
Lettuce-50 g
Radish-4
Tomatoe-3
Carrot-1

Cut all vegetables in one bowl and mix. If you want you can add salt and/or olive oil.

Bon Appetit!

Literature. Part twenty.

                                    Emil of Lonneberga by Astrid Lindgren.

Emil Svensson lives in Swedish village Lonneberga. He has parents Alma and Anton, younger sister Ida, and two servants Lina and Alfred.

Boy is very active. Emil does several pranks in a day. He is friends with Alfred. In winter Emil's best friend has blood poisoning. The boy takes him to the doctor in a snowfall.

So many people in village understand that Emil Svensson is a good boy.

Handmade ideas for Christmas and New Year № 1.

Recipe of salt dough for handmade:

Flour-1 cup
Salt-1 cup
Water-1 cup
Oil-5 table spoons

Mix all ingredients in one bowl. The dough should not stick to hands. Make figures. Width about 5 mm. Dry 50 C (122 F) about 3-4 hours. Use paints and glitters.

Why do I like fashion of the 1950s?

I like fashion of the 1950s because this period was very beautiful! There were many long skirts, dresses, hats, and gloves. Prints with polk dots and flowers were also popular. Fashion icons of that time wore ballet flats and heels.

Many of these clothes became classic for us. Famous women of that time such as: Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn did a lot for modern fashion.

I have several clothes and shoes from 1950s in my wardrobe.

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