TWELVE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT CHRISTMAS: No 3 & 4 WILL SHOCK YOU

1. CHRISTMAS EVOLUTION: In the early years of the start of Christianity the main holiday was Easter. It was in the 4th Century that church officials made a decision to have the birth of Jesus celebrated as a holiday and Pope Julius I chose December 25 as the day of Jesus' birth. The holiday, which was first called the Feast of the Nativity, spread to England by the end of the 6th Century and to Scandinavia by the end of the 8th Century.

2. XMAS TREE: Workers in the construction industry are responsible for the tradition of having a Christmas tree on display at Rockefeller Center in New York City. They are credited with placing an undecorated tree at the site in the early 1930s.

3. RICE AND CHICKEN/TURKEY: It is the season and period in Nigeria when Rice and chicken/turkey becomes more popular than the President of the country. If you don’t believe me ask mummy junior and Governor Ambode about Lake Rice bonanza.

4.  JAN 7^TH IS OUR OWN XMAS: Christmas in Ethiopia is celebrated on Jan. 7, around the time known as the Epiphany or Three Kings Day in North and South America.

5. CHRISTMAS CAROLS: The tradition of caroling and Christmas carols is believed to have originated in England when wandering musicians would go from town to town and visit castles and other homes of the rich to give impromptu performances. But there also is the belief that singing carols at Christmas likely came from the group of angels, shepherds and Wise Men who visited Jesus at his birth, because they worshiped the holy child, sang and proclaim praises unto Him. And after their visit, they continued their proclamations in the street. The origin of the word carol however, is thought to come from the word 'caroller,' which is a French word that describes a circle dance with singers.

6. CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS: The idea of Christmas greeting cards started in Britain in the late 1830s when John Calcott Horsley started to produce small cards that had festive scenes and a holiday greeting written inside. Similar cards were also

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TOP 10 TRENDY BUSINESSES WITH HIGH EARNING POTENTIALS FOR THE YEAR 2017

As the year 2016 comes to an intriguing conclusion, there are hues and cries in some quarters while some people became successful in the midst of the global recession witnessed in major parts of the world. In 2016, there were so many job losses while some few jobs were equally created, online businesses witnessed massive boost and booms, just like we had in 2015 the entertainment and media industry also witnessed a revolution and there were greater improvements in contents and revenues from the media universally.

In line with the usual rituals of predictions from preceding economic year, here are lists of business opportunities that will make headlines in 2017:

1.     INFORMATION MARKETING BUSINESS: Many people will be hungry for as much information as they can get and absorb in their brain. When you position yourself out there, and give people the information they want, they will come back for more. This is not to say that Google and other search engines will not be there for people to explore but they will rather have someone do the search, sieve the information, summarizes and serve to them in their mails or mobiles. At least, I have made more money from information marketing compared with the periods I was earning monthly salary working 9-5hours.

2.     ONLINE COACHING BUSINESS:  Everyday, human beings are required to learn something new either as a skill or for knowledge and there are times when we are interested in something for the fun of it and we want to learn more about it. That’s why a coaching business offers a vast way to make some nice earnings. If you are skillful or knowledgeable in a particular field of human endeavor, the year 2017 presents an array of opportunities for online coaching and video courses.

3.     SOFTWARE MARKETING: Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world. The year 2017 will even prove more rewarding for software development companies and marketers.

4.     AGRICULTURE: There is serious global campaign already for amplified agricultural practice due to the food shortage and declines experienced in some parts of developing and poor nations. Government at all levels is driving massive support towards agro-economy as this is the best alternative in the drive for self reliance goal of any nation. Thomas Robert Malthus was the first economist to propose a systematic theory of population. Malthus was of the opinion that food output was likely to increase in a series of twenty-five year intervals in the arithmetic progression 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and so on, population was capable of increasing in the geometric progression 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and so forth.  This scenario of arithmetic food growth with simultaneous geometric human population growth predicted a future when humans would have no resources to survive on, this I believed we have been experiencing in this millennial era and sustainable agricultural practice is the only solution to avoid catastrophe. Between 1900 and 2000 the increase in world population was three times greater than the entire previous history of humanity– an increase from 1.5 to 6.1 billion in just 100 years. (Source…www.ourworldindata.org)

5.     RECYCLING OF WASTE MATERIALS: The search for raw materials and production inputs are becoming increasingly costly because access to foreign exchange through the official route was near impossible while getting it via the black market is a cut-throat venture. The present economic reality serves as energizer for venturing into recycling business due to availability of waste materials in abundance.

6.     VIDEO MARKETING: We are living in the age of video as a matter of fact it is the most compelling way to engage and sell online.  Videos make sales and people are asking for it. Almost all the social media platforms had incorporated videos in their

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