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Smaug wrote:By Coralie Briaux

This necklace tells a Christmas story.

In the afternoon before the Christmas night a little boy met a fairy in the forest. They played together in snow, they make a snowman and met a mink hidden in a old tree.

Then each came back at home.

The fairy went back to her home in wood.
She slept near the Christmas tree by waiting for its presents.

The little boy was sleeping near the chimney when Santa Claus brought his presents.

All is quite, and tomorrow morning... they will enjoy and have a great moment with their family and friends !

I used Pearls to represent the snow,
Rainbow/green rainbow for the garlands,
the brown/green dillos and the pinecone to represent the christmas tree and the owl for the night,
I used an amber bead to represent the fire in the chimney (silver), the red dillo to represent Santa Claus and the angel face to represent peace, and the J.C. Birth.

Smaug wrote:By Beadgirl

The idea behind the bracelet is 2 family's coming together at Christmas, represented by the 2 colours. The silver beads are festive themed; Dala Horse for the toys, WT gnome for Father Christmas, WT clogs for the stockings, WT coffee cup for drinks shared and Thumbelina for the leafy garlands. I have chosen the festive colours of red and the dark blue with gold glitter.

Smaug wrote:By Schneeflocke

I am sitting in my chair, looking at old pictures and remember christmastime with my children when they were little kids.
Singing christmascarols in the kitchen while we were baking brown cookies and gingerbread -
Sometimes it snowed and we had fun playing in the snow and feed the animals in the wood -
The children dreamed of toys and when the holy angels told about christmasnight, we decorated our green christmastree with red candles -
When I look at this bracelet they are all in my mind -
Now I am a grandma, the children are adults with children by their own and they will sing in the kitchen.....

Smaug wrote:By Bluesybeads

Christmas Card for you!

The theme is snow, peace and harmony for our earth, love and understanding among men, and Christmas night with the Christmas tree, Santa and Santa’s kitten. Wearing the Christmas bracelet in the snow is just the best winter feeling.

Beads seen from left: Trollbeads Pearl (snow), Trollbeads Red Prism, Christmas Tree (unknown), Trollbeads Blue Glitter Christmas (Christmas night sky), Trollbeads Pearl Dangle (snow drop), Trollbeads Sparkling Star (Christmas night sky), Trollbeads Hearts OOAK (love and understanding), Trollbeads Harmony (Christmas harmony), Trollbeads Pearl (snow), Links of London Blue Earth, Links of London gold plated Red Snowflake, Links of London Blue Earth, Trollbeads Snow, Trollbeads White Christmas Glitter (snow), Links of London Green and Gold Enamel Ivy, Trollbeads Pearl (snow), Trollbeads Silver and Gold Stars (Christmas star), Charlotte Borgen Design Red Glitter, Trollbeads Kitten (Santa’s kitten), Santas Red Hat (unknown) and a lace lock.

By Mermaidspurse

No deer or organ in the bracelet, but the Dala horse and the music box are the 'stand-ins' ;-) The two OOAKs left of the pearl are 'The Holly and the Ivy' !

"The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown,
Of all trees that are in the wood,
The holly bears the crown:
O, the rising of the sun,
And the running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ,
Sweet singing in the choir."

By Angeltroll

The holiday season for me is all about Christmas. I always use red and gold at Christmas - for the decorating, the parcels, the cards. I have attempted to re-create a traditional red and gold theme, with a pop of green. I love the texture in the beads I have chosen for my Christmas bracelet, all Trollbeads. I have used a mix of eight production beads and four ooaks making the significant number twelve....representing the Twelve Days of Christmas perhaps. The gold beads are also those which remind me of a traditional Christmas ~ Drum, Royal, Berries and of course Hearts for Love, which the Christmas message is all about. Happy Christmas everyone.

LindaJo wrote:

Smaug wrote:By Coralie Briaux

This necklace tells a Christmas story.

In the afternoon before the Christmas night a little boy met a fairy in the forest. They played together in snow, they make a snowman and met a mink hidden in a old tree.

Then each came back at home.

The fairy went back to her home in wood.
She slept near the Christmas tree by waiting for its presents.

The little boy was sleeping near the chimney when Santa Claus brought his presents.

All is quite, and tomorrow morning... they will enjoy and have a great moment with their family and friends !

I used Pearls to represent the snow,
Rainbow/green rainbow for the garlands,
the brown/green dillos and the pinecone to represent the christmas tree and the owl for the night,
I used an amber bead to represent the fire in the chimney (silver), the red dillo to represent Santa Claus and the angel face to represent peace, and the J.C. Birth.

Coralie! I could guess this was yours, you've been doing so many wonderful things with the Troll Tree!
I love your story combos.

By Tinka

No story, only atmosphere. Sometimes a picture speaks louder than words :-)

By Swisstroll

Since I can remember Christmas, my mom decorated the christmas tree with silver christmas balls of glass, white bows of lace, garlands of white pearls and white candles. The only other color than silver or white was the orange of our dala horse in the middle of a dish filled with tangerines, oranges, christmas-cookies and nuts.

When I got married my mom gave me some of her silver balls and I continued the tradition until my kitten arrived. They were 4 month old at their first christmas and I wasn't aware how inviting a christmas tree with balls on it must be for them until I came down to the living room the next morning. They must have had a lot of fun in the night, for me there remained a lot of broken pieces of glass. Fortunately they didn't cut themselves.

So the next year I bought red plastic balls but I didn't liked them. A year later I noticed, that they weren't interested anymore in the christmas tree, so the following year I gave it another try with the silver(glass) balls. I had to buy some new for the broken ones and I decided to add some in other colors, last year it was midnight blue and purple, the year before rose.

This year I will have another premiere: I choose the balls after the trollbeads I intend to wear on christmas eve, I hope my family will like it!

By PMJ

I send you a picture of my Trollbeads Polar-bracelet. At Christmas eve I like to be with my boyfriend and his family in France and because there are little children too, we have a good lunch with delicious things and the evening we'll do a picknick with wine, olivebread, french cheese, etc. inside. The fire is burning and with the children in their pyjama's all exited about Santa who's gonna come that night... we watch a Christmas movie or even two all together. Because the children are to excited to sleep. The favorit movie the last years is the Polar Express... The movie about children who do believe in Santa and children who don't. We follow the Polar Express all the way to the North Pole passing landscapes of ice and snow, to Santa's house. That inspired me to do a Polar Bracelet : I added snowflakes, polar bears, seals, sparkling star ( as the pole star ), big earth for that special part of our planet... and of course I had to add snow and ice... I used all the white beads I could find in the Trollbeads collection and I think the result is North Pole. During the movie the children come to sit on my lap and they turn the beads on my bracelet... and look how they sparkle in the light. The youngest told me last year... "you have a piece of the North Pole around your wrist, does that mean that Santa is a friend of you?" I answerd him that Santa is a friend of all the people in the world if they are nice and friendly to eachother. So I'll start wearing the Polar-bracelet when I leave to join them for Christmas... and the North-Pole story will restart again and I absolutely love it !!!

By Plumbun

Holiday Joy and Magic: These are the beads that make me think of the holidays from left to right - the spirit of the season (cherub and angel's feathers); humility and kindness to others (sparrow); peace on earth (earth); the gems a lady loves, (crystal triangles, triple pearl, and troll w/gems); the $$ it takes for said gems (troll coin); sweaters, coats, and grandma-mas who made us wear them (buttons); warmth and sweetness (mink); our moms' signature holiday beverages (teacup); and not last but least, a wish list and the little reminder that with love and patience dreams can come true (scroll and frog prince). Happy holidays to all!

By Lady Jagen

They awoke to find the fated star glimmering even though sunrise was at hand. They quickly gathered their gifts for the journey, and because they knew that the road would be perilous with many thieves and brigands, they fitted their gifts to adorn their wrists. One was a gift of gold in the shape of a small flower as found on the aromatic frankincense plant found in the mountains of their Eastern homes. Another was a gift of gold in the shape of a bitter twig plant, like the anointing oil of precious myrrh. And last was a gift of gold with precious stones arrayed around the center, invoking blessings and wisdom in the wearer's life. They set forth to seek the King.

They came to a king who smiled at their gifts, and was pleasant. But when he heard the gifts were not for him, but for the True King, he grew nervous. He kept his face impassive and gave them shelter, hoping that these great men with great gifts would lead him to the one they sought after. The men left, ever pursuing, their gifts clinking softly as they traveled.

Finally, they arrived in a small rural village, where the star had led them. They felt drawn to a stable, where they found an infant, quiet in his mother's arms. It was there that they set their gifts.

Once satisfied that they had met the King of Kings, they continued on their way, using a different path as had come to them in a dream, foiling the plans of the nervous king. Their gifts shined softly in the low light of the stable; the only raiment for this infant King.

By Tuesday's Child

Tinka wrote:Linda Jo, thank you for loving my bracelet, and thank you for making nice comments on all the bracelets. That's such a sweet thing to do, so very thoughtful.

Bluesybeads wrote:
Linda Jo has been very busy appreciating not only this thread but also other threads

By Michelle

~ Christmas Presence ~

By Rainbow

Xmas to me is about my love for my family and friends so this combo is built around that.
Starting with my love for my girls, my angel and princess. Being a mum is the most amazing thing that I have achieved. The white beads symbolize the special winter moments in lapland. I still remember almost crying as we were travelling through the snow. These have been the best xmas times for us, just family time, me my husband and girls x

The baby breath beads, one for each of my girls. The mask for the many emotions throughout this year. Sometimes sad, sometimes cross but mostly happiness.

The scroll given to me by my girls. The pink dillo to remind me of my youngest's special confirmation day. The tulip reminds me of my mum and dutch family. The heart ooak a reminder of my troll friends. This one was my very first trollfairied gift. I still dont know who sent it but it stays in my heart. The pink trollstone to remind me that like true friends once lost can always return especially at xmas.

And lastly my dragon lock represents my home country Wales.
The best thing I ever did was to move to Wales. At 16 it was hard to make my own life but I did it and now have the best family and look forward to having another wonderful family xmas this year.
Merry xmas to everyone from me and my family x

By Mabel WINNER!

What color has Christmas? For me it is red and green with white and some gold and brown. Even in the middle of the year does this color combination build a longing and imagination of Christmas that is hard to resist.
How does Christmas smell? It smells of cinnamon, cardamom and other spices mixed with sugar and icecold wind and snow.

Christmas time is a time of familiy gathering together, of children laughing in the snow, of candles burning and people cozely snuggling together and reading the old christmas tales of angels and fairytales coming alive. It´s a time of silence and yet of carols and singing and music playing everywhere. It´s a time of longing for peace and love and thinking of people not beeing able to be with us.

It´s a time of darkness coming alight with the deep knowing of God watching over us.
May you all have a happy and peaceful christmas!!

From left to right: Sabo Gingerbread Man, pixiebead prism, TB OOAK, Murmelbead, OHM snowman kid, TB christmas 2011, TB OOAK, Pandora Angel, TB christmas 2011, TB OOAK Longevity, TB OOAK, OHM christmas tree, TB christmas 2011, TB red bubbles, OHM carolers, Artisan GITD snowman, pixiebead prism, TB stopper, Artisan lock, TB chain

By Polarchick

A Finnish Christmas

One of my favourite Christmas experiences was when I spent Christmas Eve with a group of people from Finland. It was lovely to share Finnish Christmas traditions including wearing a red hat, going to the sauna, singing traditional Christmas songs, and hearing about the annual declaration of Christmas Peace from Turku Cathedral. This bracelet symbolises a Scandinavian Christmas, with the Nisse Elf representing Joulupukki, or Father Christmas.

Hyvää Joulua!

From left: Bright Red Prism, Navaho, Red Feather, White Diamond, Dala Horse, Angles Triangles, Scarlet Bud, Three Stars, White Stripe, Red Bubbles, Quatre, Nisse Elf, Red Stripe, White Bubbles, Sandi, Red Berry. All beads TB.