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25 Dec 2007

Happy Holidays From Dominica Weekly

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Here’s to a safe and joyous holiday season for you and yours. In the event that you’re actually looking for something to read, here is a link to an article in the New York Times on the history of Black Cake or fruit Cake for your reading pleasure. In Dominica at Christmastime, black cake is everywhere. Although black cake is descended from the British plum pudding, for Dominicans, baking of fruit cake is a annual ritual which evokes a longing feeling for Dominica during the holidays season.

It will be interesting to learn - What do you miss most about Dominica at Christmas Time? Let’s hear ‘em in the comments …Wishing you a Happy Holidays!

Photo by:*Tony Cenicola/The New York Times*

Tagged with: Baking and Confections, Cake, Collections and Indexes, Cooking, Fruitcake, Home, Shopping, Wedding

Take Great Christmas Lights Photos

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Do you spend hours untying lights and creating the perfect holiday scene but not sure how to document your masterpiece? The video below offers several tips on how to take the best pictures of your holiday lights this season. Some of the tips shown are a bit obvious, but others, like the white balance tips, seem for the most part helpful for the holiday picture-taking novice. For a few more useful holiday ideas, check out how you can make DIY Christmas Cards. If you got any tips of your own, let’s hear ‘em in the comments.

Tagged with: Christmas, Christmas card, DIY ethic, Greeting card, Holiday, Home, Shopping, Stationery

Do It Yourself Christmas Cards

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If you send out Christmas cards every year, you know that buying cards can be a bit expensive and if you’re mailing them from the Caribbean to your family and friends around the global that’s another cost to consider. So in the spirit of saving money this holiday season but not sparing on the cool-factor of your cards, here are a two very cool, very 3-D do it yourself Christmas cards that’ll help you spread a little holiday cheer without breaking your pocket and save you some money for postage stamps.

Like the pop-up tree and reindeer below, the video above (from this Instructable) details how to make an angel pop-up card. The video moves pretty quickly, so if you give this one a try you’ll probably want to go to the step-by-step on Instructables.

WikiHow web site describes in detail how to make a simple elegant Christmas tree pop-up card or this Reindeer pop-up card with a thick piece of paper, their printable templates, and some glue. The tree is perhaps the most elegant of the bunch, and even better, probably the easiest to pull off.