Merry Christmas Greetings Wishes Quotes

"Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" - this is perhaps the most popular Merry Christmas Greetings! However, if you want to wish your friends and family by being a little more expressive, here is a collection of some Merry Christmas Greetings, Messages, Wishes and Quotes! Choose the Christmas greetings that closely express the Christmas wish you want to convey to your loved ones and send them in cards, SMS, or even e-cards meant for fast delivery of your Merry Christmas wishes online!

Merry Christmas Greetings Messages!


At Christmas let us all pray
that the New Year will bring in
abundance of joy and peace!


May the joy and peace of Christmas
be with you all through the Year
Wishing you a season of blessings
from heaven above. Happy Christmas


Its DECEMBER,
It is the month of
Cakes and Candles,
Snow and Songs,
Carols and Joys,
Love and Laughter,
Wishing you a Blessed Month of Christmas!!


Christmas is one of the most wonderful days for praying, loving, smiling, caring and relaxing. 
Take this opportunity and thank god for this wonderful life. 
Have a happy and merry Christmas.


Popular Merry Christmas SMS Messages!

How to Remain Stress Free on Christmas Day – Even if You Have not Organized Anything!

Holidays and the climax of it – the Christmas day – are meant for enjoying and to be happy because you have gone through many stressful days all the year round! However, in our fast pace of life and in the want of making our Christmas party or our Christmas time the best, we end up being more stressed than in any other time of the year. So, just stop for a second and think- do we enjoy Holidays or do we just celebrate Christmas? If you are not sure about whether you actually enjoy holidays and Christmas day, there is all probability that you are more stressed than happy! So, here are some tips on how to remain stress free on Christmas day? Yes, even if you have not planned and organized but then remember, planning and organizing all your activities for holidays is the best way to be stress free on the Christmas day. For now, get tips on how to be stress free this Christmas when you haven't even planned anything!

Tips to Remain Stress Free on Christmas Day!

You will probably realize before a couple of days from Christmas that you are not prepared for anything like gifts, the Christmas party, Christmas decoration or any one of them! When you realize this, don't get panicked, just sit for few minutes, breathe deep and then take paper and pen. Jot down the things that you can do in such a short span of time. Here are some clues for you.

How can Children Track Santa on Christmas Eve?

'NORAD Tracks Santa' – as we all know- is the annual Christmas entertainment program of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) under which, every year on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is followed from the time he leaves the North Pole to give presents to the children all around the world! NORAD, with the help of its volunteers, handles millions of telephone calls and mails to give all the children and their parents information about the locations crossed by Santa Clause. These calls and mails start floating in since Christmas Eve. With the technology spreading high and wide, now there are many other means through which children cam track Santa on Christmas Eve! Lets know, thus, how to track Santa on Christmas Eve with all these new media and means!

Websites and other Media to Track Santa!

Apart from the newspapers, radio, television broadcasts in North America that feature 'NORAD Tracks Santa' as one of the most important part of weather updates on Christmas Eve, many websites and social media networks are there to help in the task of tracking Santa Clause on Christmas Eve! These include the following.

NORAD Tracks Santa Website- The official website of NORAD- NORAD Tracks Santa – uses high tech systems like radar, satellites, Santa cams and fighter jets to track Santa. The kids countdown village of this site also offers new holiday game every day till the Christmas Eve i.e. December 24.

Facebook Fan Page of NORAD Tracks Santa- The Facebook Fanpage- NORAD Tracks Santa- has seven lakh plus fans who not only gives real time track of Santa from Christmas Eve but keeps you and your children updated about every new thing reagrading Santa and how to track him!

Twitter@NoradSanta- This is again the official page of NORAD Tracks Santa @NoradSanta for the very fresh and up-to-the-minute information about Santa's journey on Christmas!

Google+ Page for NORAD Santa- Beginning this year, this is the new media for tracking Santa- the Google+ NORAD Tracks Santa page.

Hotline to Track Santa on Christmas Eve- Telephone Number!

While the children all over the world can start tracking their favorite Santa from 12:00 a.m. MST on December 24, 2011- on the website as Santa prepares for his flight, they can even talk to a phone operator to know about Santa's current location starting 4:00 a.m. MST (6:00 a.m. EST)! They can do this by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) and even by sending an e-mail to noradtrackssanta@gmail.com

Christmas Planner Points

If you are lost in the web of thoughts and worries as to how to go about planning for Christmas...here is a little help in the form of some Christmas planner points. Just browse through it and you'll see the things start getting organized in your mind

• Christmas Cleaning Checklists
• Address Book Maintenance and Upgrade
• Baking Planner
• Budget Planning
• Black Friday Shopping Planner (a List)
• Cards Planner
• Christmas Decor List and Shopping
• Decor Inventory with Storage
• Family Traditions
• Menu Planner
• Christmas Gift Ideas
• Gift List as well as Gift Tags
• Handmade Gifts
• Master To-Do List
• Shopping List
• Thank You Card List

How to Have a Merry Guilt-Free Christmas!

Guilt Free Merry Christmas

Christmas and anxiety often go hand in hand. Between the gift buying, house and Christmas tree decorating, and cooking for friends and family, it's no wonder the holiday season can bring a side of ulcer along with that honey baked ham. Why not make this Christmas easier than all others? The American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA) offers tips to keep the holidays from becoming more chore than cheer:

• Make a more condensed gift and card list.
• Save gift buying for only those who have meaningful relationships with you.
• You may give cards to all your coworkers in place of personal gifts. You can even go for a no gift policy among your circle of friends.
• Instead of giving Christmas gifts to friends, you can make donations to local charities which could always use the help.
• To avoid the festive time crowded malls, traffic and long lines, go for online shopping. Get Christmea decorations, gifts and even the family Christmas tree and Christmas ornaments online for faster and convenient shopping.
• Try to plan out your shopping route. From food to decorations to gifts, its better if you can do them in an orderly fashion. You can find a multipurpose joint to meet several of your needs at one place only.
• Always make a list before heading for Christmas Shopping and stick to it.
• Buy an artificial Christmas tree as a convenient option instead of Live Christmas tree. You can set up artificial trees in no time!
• Don't be perfectionist. Try not to stress yourself for making everything perfect and pristine this holiday season.

Remeber, Christmas isn't about all stuff, decorations, food and similar things. It is about the people you love and choose to spend time with. So, Merry guilt-free Christmas!

About ACTA: The American Christmas Tree Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide consumers with factual data so that they may make intelligent decisions about Christmas trees and the Christmas tree industry. For more information or for answers to questions about Christmas trees, please contact ACTA at www.christmastreeassociation.org. We hope you find your perfect Christmas tree!

Source: SFGate

Why is Christmas Celebrated on December 25?

As most of the people know, Christmas is celebrated on December 25 to comemorate the birth of Jesus Christ though it is not established whether it is the true birth date of Christ. There are many beliefs regarding why Christmas is celebrated on December 25? Here are some of the reasons for celebrating Christmas on 25th December:

• December 25 may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived.
• The date might also have been chosen to correspond the winter solstice on the ancient Roman calendar or one of various ancient winter festivals.
• It is also said that the Emperor Constantine of Rome wanted to change the importance of paganism and declared Christianity the Roman Empire’s favored religion. In A.D 354, Bishop Liberia of Rome ordered people to celebrate his birth on December 25. This date was probably chosen as the people of Rome already observed this date as the Feast of Saturn, celebrating the pagan holiday “the birthday of the sun.”

Why is Christmas Celebrated on January 7 in Russia?

The Orthodox Christians still celebrate Christmas on January 7 (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar). The Russian Orthodox Church still follow the old Julian calendar, which is presently 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. Although the Russian government, like all the other countries, had adopted the Gregorian calendar in the end of 1917, Russian Orthodox Church decided not to follow the rules set by the increasingly oppressive Bolshevik civil authorities. One of the reasons for denying the Gregorian calendar was to protest against the Bolsheviks and their interference in church affairs. Another reason was to stick to the older rules, the ways in which generations of Russian Christians were praising the Lord, observing holidays, etc. As such, the Russian Orthodox still follow the old calendar and all Russian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas on 7th January. However, the ‘not-so-religious’ people there celebrate Christmas on December 25 only together with the Western World.

In fact, Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season and it marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.