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

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