Chistmas Bilder

Von this time of year, many people are running out of gift ideas. Well, if Du have a gardener (or a potential gardener) among your Friends and family, we have a few ideas for you!

You can always buy a plant for your gardener. But that's too easy--let's be a little Mehr creative.

If Du know a fellow gardener who would like Essen plants but just can't resist those beautiful Blumen and decorative plants, plan a decorative Essen garden for them! Many vegetables and herbs have lovely Blumen oder foliage. Ornamental kale, for instance, is often grown simply as an ornamental but it is both pretty and...

Back when I was a kid watching Weihnachten specials on TV, Mrs. Claus was invariably portrayed as a sweet but dowdy older woman of slightly plump stature. She could cook a mean pie and reminded Du of your Grandma. Of course, we loved her and so did Santa.

But did Du ever wonder what Mrs. Claus might have looked like when she was younger? I mean, I assume she must've be smokin' (natch).

So why is it that so many of the classic holiday programs Zeigen us a Santa Claus surrounded Von androgynous little elves and a matronly Mrs. Claus? I mean, it's cold up at the North Pole. Surely Santa isn't adverse...