Many people look forward to Black Friday, I however look forward to December 26th, the day Christmas goes on sale! I have made it a habit to go shopping early the day after Christmas. It is a great way to stock up on all your Christmas goodies for next year.
Over the years I have purchased [...]
While I was touring all the beautiful homes for the Christmas Tour of Homes, I read several posts about families who decorated Jesse Trees during the Christmas season. I’ll admit I felt a little ignorant having never heard of a Jesse Tree before, so I did a little more research about the tradition, and I [...]
I love to bake! I love to share my creations with others! What better time to share baked goods with friends and neighbors than at the holiday season. I am going to share with you how to make up holiday sample plates for gift giving to your friends and neighbors for the holidays.
After the [...]
The holidays are here! The excitement of the season is in full force — as is holiday shopping. Over at Sittercity.com, the most popular question we get from parents this time of year is what they should give to their babysitter/nanny as a gift.
We know that the economy has made gift-giving a little tougher this [...]
I love cookies. And I love baking. And I love a good competition. Perhaps this is why I am still fired up from my friend Karen’s cookie exchange.
This is a guest post from Sherry who blogs at Lamp Unto My Feet and a Light Unto My Path.
Last year was our first year back in the states after being in Japan for 4 years. I was always having to buy gifts to send back as homemade goodies just don’t stand up too [...]
The following is a guest post from Angie who blogs at Many Little Blessings.
Helping Siblings Shop For Each Other
One of the most vivid memories I have about Christmas growing up was one year when my school had a Christmas shop. (This was back in the day when they still could have called it a [...]
The following is a guest post from Kate who blogs about healthy and frugal cooking at Kate’s Kitchen.
‘Tis the season for sparkling lights, tinsel, garland, Christmas trees, and bulbs of all sizes and shapes. Decorating our house for Christmas is one of my favorites; our tiny home becomes filled with lots of creative decorations that [...]
I have committed myself to keeping this Christmas as stress free as possible. Our December challenge here at Happy To Be At Home is about having a frugal AND fabulous Christmas. The frugal part is easy for me so I am going to really focus on making this year fabulous.
The easiest way for me to [...]
The following is a guest post from Angie who blogs at Many Little Blessings.
Fewer Gifts + More Thought = Nicer Christmas
For years, I allowed myself to get carried away with Christmas. It was like I couldn’t help myself. I wanted my kids to have piles of presents on Christmas morning. It’s not that I actually [...]
Like Mother, Like Daughter. We are a family who live in Central Massachusetts. My husband is a Boston Irish Catholic from a big family. His upbringing was smack dab in the middle of respectable Catholic America, not untinged by 60s unrest.
I am about as different from him as you can get: I’m an only child, my parents are divorced, my father was an immigrant from Egypt, I was raised on the cutting edge of the feminist/relativist/sexual self-fulfillment/diversity revolution. My upbringing was smack dab in the middle of 70s hippie snotty know-it-all America, not untinged by anomie.
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