Want to give your home a natural, traditional scent this season? Winter may be all about cozying up inside, but some of the most traditional scents are ones you’ll find in nature. From pine trees and oranges to fresh rosemary and dried cloves, try these ten Christmas fragrance ideas (all of which you can find in your home or nearby!) to set the holiday mood. Pine, balsam, spruce, and other varieties of evergreens - especially ones used for wreaths, t.antj.link/192379/3788/0?bo=3471 Christmas trees, and garlands - have a rich, woodsy scent. Candlemakers try to mimic this, but trust us: There’s nothing like the real thing. 2. Citrus fruits, seasonally available in warm climates at wintertime, are traditional gifts for a Christmas stocking. Sliced oranges, lemons, and limes are key ingredients in simmering or dried potpourri. Warm cinnamon lends depth to your favorite cold-weather recipes (try adding some to baked squash or your favorite chili), and the spice is a common ingredient in pies, breakfasts, and other baked goods.
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4. You probably wouldn’t want to bite into a whole clove, but when ground, cloves pair as well with meat and marinade as they do with apples or oranges. Try studding an orange with dried cloves for a room-freshening, all-natural pomander. Fresh and dried (not crushed) rosemary sprigs look like little tiny pine trees themselves - which makes them a natural addition to spice blends for filet or to citrus-based cookies. 6. Don’t discount that little container of nutmeg, either: This is a key addition to holiday drinks (like mulled cider and eggnog) so the scent will be familiar, even if you can’t place it at first. 7. Natural vanilla enhances just about anything, whether it's a scoop of vanilla ice cream next to warm apple pie -- splurge on the naturally, not artificially, flavored version -- or a splash of extract in your favorite pancake recipe (just 1/2 teaspoon will give it a special kick). 8. Candy canes, anyone? Brain-boosting peppermint works in dessert icing, anal your favorite coffee, or homemade candies. If you want your home to smell like the holidays when guests walk in, then time it so you’re removing a batch of fresh, warm gingerbread from the oven just as they arrive. 10. The smells that you’ll enjoy the most in your house are the ones that recall favorite memories of past holidays. Try making the cakes, cookies, or meals that you remember from childhood celebrations to give your home a holiday scent you can’t resist. This article has been done by GSA Content Generator DEMO!
Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Born in 451 or 452 of princely ancestors at Faughart, near Dundalk, County Louth; d. 1 February, 525, at Kildare. Refusing many good offers of marriage, she became a nun and received the veil from St. Macaille. With seven other virgins she settled for a time at the foot of Croghan Hill, but removed thence to Druin Criadh, in the plains of Magh Life, where under a large oak tree she erected her subsequently famous Convent of Cill-Dara, that is, "the church of the oak" (now Kildare), in the present county of that name. It is exceedingly difficult to reconcile the statements of St. Brigid's biographers, but the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Lives of the saint are at one in assigning her a slave mother in the court of her father Dubhthach, and Irish chieftain of Leinster. Ind nóeb dibad bethath che.
Cogitosus, a monk of Kildare in the eighth century, expounded the metrical life of St. Brigid, and versified it in good Latin. This is what is known as the "Second Life", and is an excellent example of Irish scholarship in the mid-eighth century. Perhaps the most interesting feature of Cogitosus's work is the description of the Cathedral of Kildare in his day: "Solo spatioso et in altum minaci proceritate porruta ac decorata pictis tabulis, tria intrinsecus habens oratoria ampla, et divisa parietibus tabulatis". The rood-screen was formed of wooden boards, lavishly decorated, and with beautifully decorated curtains. Probably the famous Round Tower of Kildare dates from the sixth century. Although St. Brigid was "veiled" or received by St. Macaille, at Croghan, yet, oral it is tolerably certain that she was professed by St. Mel of Ardagh, who also conferred on her abbatial powers. From Ardagh St. Macaille and St. Brigid followed St. Mel into the country of Teffia in Meath, including portions of Westmeath and Longford.