Christmas

Expert tips for writing the perfect Christmas letter to send out to friends and family during the holiday season. Expert tips for writing the perfect Christmas letter to send out to friends and family during the holiday season.

I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to receiving Christmas letters from family and friends during the holiday season. Often it is the only news you receive from some of them throughout the year.   I started sending out our family Christmas letter the year after I got married. Some adult children…

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Have your elf on the shelf surprise your kids with these snowmen on a stick for breakfast. Have your elf on the shelf surprise your kids with these snowmen on a stick for breakfast.

If you need a quick treat for a children’s holiday party, this snowman on a stick is a really easy to make and cute too. If I can make these cute snowmen, you can too! They only take a few minutes to make.   Snowman on a Stick Ingredients: Mini powdered donuts (three per snowman) Fruit-by-the-Foot Mike…

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No Christmas tree for the holidays? You can still decorate for the holiday season with these easy holiday decorating tips that don't require you to have a Christmas tree. No Christmas tree for the holidays? You can still decorate for the holiday season with these easy holiday decorating tips that don't require you to have a Christmas tree.

Although many people love to put up a Christmas tree for the holiday season, you certainly don’t need one. There are many other decorating techniques that you can use instead.   Many times the other decorations can be so pretty and so much fun that you barely even notice that there isn’t a tree.  …

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These peppermint candy kiss cookies are a fun holiday variation of Hershey's chocolate kiss cookies. These peppermint candy kiss cookies are a fun holiday variation of Hershey's chocolate kiss cookies.

If you like the Hershey’s chocolate kiss cookies that a lot of people like to make for the holidays, then you will love these candy cane kiss cookies. They are a fun treat to make for holiday cookie exchanges.   The chocolate kiss cookies are normally made with a peanut butter cookie dough, but this…

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This felt Christmas tree is so easy to make. Kids will love decorating it over and over again. This felt Christmas tree is so easy to make. Kids will love decorating it over and over again.

I saw an idea for a felt Christmas tree on Pinterest last month, and I have been really excited to make this fun Christmas tree for kids.   I knew my kids would love it. It is very inexpensive and only took a couple hours to make. You don’t even really need a pattern to…

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