Christmas Celebrations 2015 - Round the Globe

We can call the month December as the month of celebrations & fun. Christmas and New year are much awaiting carnivals where people used to get ready from the month of October itself. The plans for Christmas starts from the month of October and sometimes even before. Decorations using lights, flowers, snow etc would usually dazzle. Sometimes some incredible stuffs use to happen during Christmas. Let see How world has celebrated Christmas this year.

Streets of Bethlehem:

Streets of Bethlehem were illuminated with lights. Wow what an eye treat.

Sea world Orlando Christmas Celebration:

Sea World Orlando is a marine zoological park, located on the outskirts of Orlando. Visiting sea World during normal days would be astonishing, now think how it should be during Christmas.

Star Parade at Thailand:

Sakon Nakhon is a city in Thailand, which has conducted dazzling star parade on more than 200 cars with santa.

Amazing Christmas tree in Dubai:

Vatican City celebrations:

Pope kisses Baby Jesus at Vatican city on 24 December 2015.

Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia:

Amazingly decorated Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia.

Santa Kids @ Rajasthan, India:

Students dressed with Santa clause dress during Christmas in Rajasthan, India.

Santa Motorcycle Parade, Tokyo, Japan:

Motorcyclist dressed like Santa during motorcyclist toy run at Tokyo, Japan.

Sand Crafted Santa, India:

Sand Artist Sudarsancraftte this big santa using sand to promote world peace.

Santa Village - A Google's Initiative for children

Wow, Christmas is nearing, it is the time to move out for shopping. What should be your Christmas from Santa? Who will surprise us as a Santa this year? With whom we will celebrate Christmas this year, Any Special Guest? What is the surprise gift from Dad/Mom/Spouse on this auspicious day? These many questions are getting arose in people's mind now. Let everyone keep apart the answers to thrill your loved ones.

This time a special gift from Google to young kids on behalf of Christmas. "Wow" is the noise from kids.

Yes, their initiative is appreciable to educate, entertain kids in this Christmas.

Google's Santa Tracker is amazing with many activities in it like

Dance Class
Puzzles
Search and pick the Gift
Play store Apps
Tic Tac Too
Selfie with Santa
Learn Translations
Watch Videos
Jet pack


https://santatracker.google.com/?utm_source=VillageHPP#village

DIY - Do it Yourself, A View

We are predominantly spending our leisure time in malls, restaurants, shopping and movies. Yes, I accept these are some refreshing ways to deplete our time. But thinking on the other side of the box, do these really confer anything other than fun, I say 'No'. I am not saying 'No' to these refreshing activities but I say we can cut short those activities and concentrate on DIY (Do It Yourself) activities. Crafts really do some magic in our skills and make us feel refreshed.

People are doing the following as DIY

1. Diya Painting
2. Scrapbook
3. Tile Painting ( Painting on a tile)
4. Earrings making ( Using paper)
5. Paper Basket
6. Pen Holders using card boards
7. Crochet making
8. Glass painting
9. Clay Molding
10. Lanterns

There are few websites that can teach you some do it yourself stuffs like

http://www.hobbyideas.in/diy
http://www.crayola.com/crafts/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/
https://diy.org/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/diy

Below are few of the step by step DIY stuffs

Small Purse:

Small Lantern made out of spherical marble toy:

Small Round Jewelry box using Satin ribbon:

Sequins Balls:

House with Popsicle sticks:

Cute Towel Bunny:

Handmade Bangle:

Beautiful Curtains using CDs:

Smooth Pebble mosaic walkway:

Illawarra Fly - Treetop Walk

If you been to Australia and that too you are visiting Sydney, then you should never miss Illawarra fly. The GPS (Global Positioning System) would detect this place towards south of NSW. It is about 130 kms south from Sydney Central and about 48 kms south from Wollongong. A private concern 3801 has provided the Train facility to reach Illawarra and that is called "The Cockatoo Run". This train run on selective days. It begins from Sydney and reaches Illawarra. Illawarra fly tree top adventure is one of the Australia's award winning tree top walk and ziplines. It is a 1.5 hour natural experience and positioned 710 meters above sea level. It is a perfect place for group gatherings and people who loves adventurous trip. On the way to Illawarra you can find "Summit Tank Lookout". It is wonderful viewpoint to lookout. It would be a wonderful adventurous experience and should never miss.

Opening Hours

Open	9am – 5.00pm (Last admission 4.15PM – allow 45-60 minutes for the walk)

Prices

Categories	Price	Notes
Adult	$25.00
Child	$13.00	(4 – 15 years) Children 3 and under are free of charge
Family	$64.00	(2 Adults + 2 Children) Additional Family Child $10.00 per child.
Senior	$21.00

Visa Balaji Temple, Temple for Visa Grant

After the boom in the IT industry, one major question asked by the relatives and friends of the people working in that industry is "when are you going to onsite". The passion for onsite travel has increased drastically. Especially US (United States). We could see huge number of candidates wait for their turn in long queue in front of US embassies for their VISA grant. As everyone knows that getting a US VISA grant is a strenuous task. Even if you have your papers right, you may face the chances for rejection. Aspirants started praying for their VISA approvals. One such treasure for those devotees is VISA Balaji temple, Chilkur, Near Hyderabad, India. The temple is one of the oldest in Telengana, having been built during the time of Akkanna and Madanna, the uncles of Bhakta Ramdas. It is a strong belief that people get their VISAs after they worshiped this Balaji. It was also worshiped as an alternative fro Tirupathi temple. Sri Balaji venkateshwara, the Pratyaksha Daiva in kaliyuga, is thus available at Chilkur to shower blessings on His devotees who for any reason are unable to go to Tirupati. Many devout worshippers flock to the temple, to receive the blessings of the Lord and his consorts throughout the year particularly during the Poolangi, Annakota and Brahmothsavams.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Gopuram_at_Chilkur_Temple1.jpg

Exceptional Hobbies with its Explanation

Hobbies are numerous, but we are in search of only influential hobbies and want our children to be outstanding. There are many infamous hobbies and which needs to be appreciated by parents if they discover it in their children.

Few of those and its explanation.

Philately    Art of stamp collection and study of stamps
Numismatics    Art of Collecting/Studying Coins
Suiseki        Art of collecting/Studying precious stones
Graffiti    A kind of painting
Calligraphy    Art of stylish writing
Cosplay        Art of playing with costumes
Couponing    Art of collecting coupons
Crocheting    Art of creating things with fabric
Genealogy    Study of families and their history
Glassblowing    Making of glass into a bubble
Juggling    Art of manipulating of objects for Recreation
Macrame        Art of textile making using knotting
Origamy        Art of paper folding
Whittling    Art of carving shapes using raw wood
Taxidermy    Art of preparing stuffing  and mounting skins of Animals
Hooping        Art of Dancing with a hoop
Larping        A form of role playing game
Letterboxing    A play for finding out the hidden boxes at public places using clues
Antiquing    act of shopping, identifying, negotiating, or bargaining for antiques
Deltiology    A study and collection of postcards

Top beautiful railway lines

Rail journey would be UN forgettable if the way we travel would be the best way. Rail journey to a hill station would be an eye treat for us.  Governments across the countries arranged tours using railways to explore the beauty of nature. Lets see few of the railway lines below

Bhavani Island - A place for Peace

Islands usually surrounded by Sea, but Bhavani Island is a River Island which spread over an area of 538231 Sq m offers you a time to relax. Bhavani Island is in the middle of Krishna River, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. We can feel the refreshing ambiance in Bhavani Island. An wonderful place to play for kids. AP Tourism provides boating facility to the tourist to enjoy and explore the Island. An Island with well-manicured gardens, trees and Tree houses. We feel the slow rhythmic melody of winds while boating as well as while sitting at the lawns. Swimming pools are well maintained to enjoy swimming. The name emerge from the god Kanaka Durga also knows 'Bhavani'. Resorts also available in Bhavani Island with reasonable fare. The best time to visit Bhavani Island is in winters with comfortable temperature for sight seeing. It is just 10 kms away from Vijayawada. There is no entry fee, whereas there is a fee for the Boating. We can also say this Island as lover's paradise. Plan to visit Bhavani Island and enjoy the nature and peaceful time.