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 …
Do you hide a pickle ornament on your Christmas Tree? Do you know why? The most popular story of the pickle tradition starts in long ago Germany. How long ago is a bit fuzzy, but on Christmas Eve, while the children are nestled all snug in their beds, their parents …
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 …
Inside St. Nick’s Christmas Decor Shop two toddlers sit on Santa’s lap, one crying as the other smiles. Nearby, a cat climbs a fully decorated Christmas Tree under the watchful eye of a dog. Underneath a table filled with Christmas houses are baskets of candies and gingerbread men. Outside the …
Among the Christmas paraphernalia we unpack each year is a gingerbread house mold. Circa 1995, the Cozy Cottage kit was sold by Longaberger, a company whose headquarters looked like a picnic basket because baskets were their real bread and butter. My mother passed it down to us, never used, thinking …
Do you know how to use an egg and tissue paper to make a festive pinecone holiday ornament? Me neither. But, to cap off our week of holiday crafts, I know where you can learn. Creativebug – FREE (for some); Annual Subscription $99 Started and run by women, Creativebug has …
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. …
If you’ve ever struggled with an idea for a festive holiday tablescape, then landed on an homage to the dark movie Black Swan, HGTV’s Holiday Crafters Gone Wild is the must watch TV you didn’t know you needed. Hosted by Jay Manuel of America’s Next Top Model fame, the show …
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 …