Thank you for joining us to celebrate the 25 days of this holiday season. We wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and the hope that your day is filled with family, joy and love. May the New Year bring everyone health, happiness and peace.
From today’s newsletter: At my holiday house, we’re singing Let It Go every day. Really? No, not really. I’ve never seen Frozen and I have a musical hating husband and two grown boys. But the idea is the same. Usually this time of year I have a million things left on my to-do list. Presents to …
Building gingerbread houses for Holiday-ish: Day 14 left us curious about the origins of this Christmas treat. Here’s what we discovered: While the tradition of making gingerbread houses during Christmas is fairly recent, the earliest known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece in 2400 BC. Ginger root had traveled around …
Happy Hanukkah! Tonight marks the start of Hanukkah – or Channukah – or your choice of the 16 different ways this lesser of the Jewish holidays is spelled. When I married into a Jewish family, this shiksa (gentile female) was determined to holiday the craft out of those eight days. …
From our newsletter: It’s no secret that we love craft projects at mutterhood. And if there’s ever a time for crafting, it’s the holidays. This felt stocking is a kindergarten creation, the first Christmas craft I can remember that didn’t involve coloring. Our after-school great-aunt/minder thought a craft was the perfect diversion …
Oh, for the life of Jolly Old St. Nick: With a long, white beard, a hearty chuckle, and a belly like a bowl full of jelly, his job consists of making a list, checking it twice, and — one night a year — driving a sleigh to deliver joy to …
One of the few good things to be said about 2020 is that it gave us plenty of time to read. Of the dozens of books we borrowed, bought, Kindled, and Audibled, each of us had one stand-out favorite. Presenting our top book picks for 2020, perfect for gifting to yourself …
It’s that time again. Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas. You know the recipe: Start with a former child star: Lacey Chabert from Party of Five; Danica McKellar from Wonder Years; or Candace Cameron Buré from Full House. Add a cup of BIG CITY event planner, marketing executive, lawyer or writer career …
Martha Stewart ushered in an era of women seeking domestic perfection for which I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive her. Thanks to Martha, almost none of us can do enough to make a party themed and festive, decorate our homes in a complimentary palette, or create lush, landscaped gardens dotted …
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. We’re very bad at menorah-lighting in my house, where we celebrate both Jewish and Christian holidays. But we try. Every year we google the proper order for lighting the candles, the menorah shining brightly against the explosion of Christmas …