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This miniature village is in wintertime always in "our" gardencentre Intratuin, Ter Aar. It's handmade (scale 1:5), completely, by a couple from Nieuwkoop, Anton and Greet v.d. Hooren. It's a typical landscape of the area were I live, how it use to be, not too long ago 1930 - 1940. They use to gain peat over here. All those lovely lakes around here, Westeinder- Nieuwkoopse plassen etc., are in fact dug-out peat reservoirs!
Dit miniatuurdorp staat in de wintertijd altijd bij "onze" Intratuin in Ter Aar. Het is helemaal handgemaakt (schaal 1:5) door het echtpaar Anton en Greet v.d. Hooren uit Nieuwkoop. Het is een typisch veenlandschap van de omgeving waar ik woon, niet zo heel lang geleden, jaren 1930 - 1940. In deze omgeving werd turf gewonnen. Al die mooie meren in de omgeving, Westeinder- Nieuwkoopse plassen enz., zijn in feite uitgegraven turf reservoirs.
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season organized around it.
The traditional Christmas narrative recounted in the New Testament, known as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then spread the word.
There are different hypotheses regarding the date of Jesus' birth and in the early fourth century, the church fixed the date as December 25. This corresponds to the traditional date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar. It is exactly nine months after Annunciation on March 25, also the date of the spring equinox. Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, part of the Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. For Christians, believing that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity, rather than knowing Jesus' exact birth date, is considered to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving; completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath; Christmas music and caroling; viewing a Nativity play; an exchange of Christmas cards; church services; a special meal; and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. Over the past few centuries, Christmas has had a steadily growing economic effect in many regions of the world.
Translation from the box;
Intratuin wishes you much pleasure of your purchases.
Uhm... thanks alot! :-)
A new cash register system is to be introduced at the establishments of the largest garden centre chain in the Netherlands, Intratuin. For the purpose of informing the staff of Intratuin of the changes, a double extendable trailer of Movico will serve as a mobile training unit. This mobile training unit will pay a visit to all of the Intratuin branches in the course of a 70-week period, at which time the staff will participate in a training course in groups of a maximum of 12 people.
The mobile training unit is equipped with 6 folding desks with drawer units, a spacious kitchen/storage space, audio- and video system and the cash register system that has been especially developed for Intratuin.
More info about the Intratuin Blue Retail Truck: www.movico.nl
In the garden centre.
When we enter the garden centre there is row upon row of shopping carts and being Dutch we have to pay to get one unlocked from the row. But don't be afraid, you get your coin back later, when you return it.
Zaterdag 16 februari lees ik voor bij de vissen in de Utrechtse Intratuin. Vrije inloop. Lees het programma op www.festivalmooiewoorden.nl
This is why we went to the Intratuin garden center (where we got the lilies): to buy some plants for a fall decoration piece on our garden table. We used a combination of purple heather (Calluna vulgaris), Gaultheria, Spindle (Euonymus), Skimmia and two species of Hebe.
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Hiervoor waren we naar de Intratuin gegaan (toen we de lelies hadden gekregen): om een paar plantjes te kopen voor een herfststukje op onze tuintafel. We hebben hiervoor paarse struikheide (Calluna vulgaris), Gaultheria, Kardinaalsmuts (Euonymus), Skimmia en twee soorten Hebe gebruikt.