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Christmas Crafting With The Kids
Kids love everything about Christmas except waiting for the day to get here. With them taking a break from school, you’ll often hear cries of, “I don’t have anything to do.” You can keep them busy this holiday season with Christmas crafts that are easy and fun for the little ones to make. Christmas Placemats […]
Continue readingQuick and Easy Holiday Treats To Make With The Kids
Are you looking for a way to keep your children busy during holiday break? One great way to have them contribute to the holiday festivities is to have them help make holiday treats. In many families cookies are an important part of the holiday tradition. Even if your children aren’t able to bake yet, they […]
Continue readingGingerbread Cookie Icing
Yesterday I shared my favorite recipe for Gingerbread cookies with you. While the cookies taste great plain (I actually prefer them that way), they are also wonderful iced and they look very pretty if you take the time to decorate with a simple gingerbread icing. Here’s the recipe we use: Gingerbread Icing 1 cup powdered […]
Continue readingGingerbread Cookie Recipe
I love gingerbread cookies. There’s just something about that sweet and spicy mix that makes them perfect. Around here it doesn’t really feel like Christmas until we smell these cookies baking. They are fun and easy to decorate, or have them plain. They are delicious either way and in a pinch they make some cute […]
Continue readingChristmas Books To Read As A Family
Christmas is the season of the gimmes. Gimme toys, gimme electronic gadgets, gimmme gift certificates. That’s not the real meaning of Christmas. It’s not about the parties or the sharing of tasty meals, either. All the holiday gift giving, all the parties, all of the shiny decorations can take over the meaning of Christmas and […]
Continue readingHomemade Eggnogg
I love a glass of eggnog (or two) around the Holidays. It’s such a fun, festive and delicious drink. Yes, you can buy a carton at the store and just add a little bourbon to it, but there is just no comparison to the homemade stuff. Making your own eggnog is surprisingly easy. The most […]
Continue readingSimple Ideas To Get Into The Christmas Spirit
Want to decorate your home but don’t have a lot of time, energy or money? Here are some quick and easy ways to create a festive mood. Idea #1: Grab a few candles, place them in the center of your table and light them. The twinkling adds instant ambiance. If you have a decorative plate, […]
Continue readingCrockpot Christmas Punch
Do you want something festive to serve at the Holiday Party you’re hosting? Or maybe you need an idea for something to bring to a Christmas Party Potluck. I have just the thing for you. It’s a yummy non-alcoholic Christmas punch. It’s hot and delicious and smells amazing. I love that everything is heated up […]
Continue readingHost A Christmas Cookie Swap
The holidays are full of time for family and friends. Just thinking about making new memories fills people with the Christmas spirit. This Christmas, gather a few of your best girlfriends and host a cookie swap party. What is a cookie swap? It can be done at any time of the year, but there are […]
Continue readingMy Favorite Fruitcake Recipe
Fruitcake has a bit of a bad name, doesn’t it? There are a lot of bad tasting fruitcakes out there that just get passed around during the Holidays. How’d you like to change that and bake up a version that tastes delicious? This is so good, I have friends asking me for a loaf of […]
Continue readingSpread Holiday Cheer With Christmas Cards
Each year without fail, a few days after Thanksgiving we get a Christmas card from my husband’s grandmother. It always makes me smile. And it’s a great reminder that I need to sit down and write my own Christmas cards. For a few days the card sits all by itself on a shelf in our […]
Continue readingOld Fashioned Cutout Cookies
Some of my favorite Christmas and Advent memories as a kid involved making cutout cookies with my mom and my little sister. We used the same recipe each year. I think we got it from our preschool. They honestly didn’t taste good at all, but they held their shape well and if you added enough […]
Continue readingCreating Family Holiday Traditions
One of the best things about the Christmas season is the family traditions we grew up with and get to pass on to our children. Early in my marriage it was sometimes a bit of a challenge, but also always fun to merge the traditions I learned from my German family with those of my […]
Continue readingHow To Make Buckeye Cookies
My daughter went to a Christmas party for her 4-H group this week and made buckeye candy. Some call it cookies, some call it candy. Either way, it is delicious. I’ve eaten plenty of buckeyes (including some she brought home the other day), but I’d never made them myself. My daughter was excited to be able […]
Continue readingFrugal Ways To Wrap Your Presents
I love looking at all the fancy wrapping paper in the store. And without fail, I get some serious sticker shock when I look at how much it sells for. I’m just a little too frugal at heart to spend that much on something that will just be ripped up. Here’s what we do instead […]
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