Holidays

Festive drinks to serve children at the Thanksgiving table. Festive drinks to serve children at the Thanksgiving table.

Please make the children’s table festive at Thanksgiving! It’s so much fun for everyone.   I watched a little munchkin’s face fall last Thanksgiving when she realized she was relegated to the “children’s table.” I do set a separate table sometimes for the kids, but I do it like a special treat, not as a…

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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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