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My Classic Christmas Cookie Recipes

Last weekend I participated in my fourteenth annual Christmas cookie bake-a-thon. It was an unseasonably warm day, so I wore this cute t-shirt that I got from Cafe Press last year: We mix up the cookie selection once in a … Continue reading

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Advent: Watching And Waiting

Today is the second Sunday of Advent. In the Christian church calendar, Advent is the “season” when we get ready for Christmas. In most Christian traditions, Advent has a dual meaning: we remember the first Christmas when Mary, Joseph, the … Continue reading

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Easy Holiday Card Garland Craft

Our house doesn’t have a good place to display holiday cards. Our fireplace mantel is occupied by an antique sled and we don’t have very many flat surfaces that aren’t occupied by my piles of crap very important papers. When I … Continue reading

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I Haven’t Outgrown Advent Calendars

I’ve always loved advent calendars. When I was a child, I never had the kind with chocolates, just the traditional ones with a holiday scene and 24 windows to open–one each day from December 1 through Christmas Eve. Look at … Continue reading

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Holiday Traditions: Our Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon

These pictures are  from our our Twelfth Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon in 2010. Today I am participating in the fourteenth year of this tradition. Same friends (with welcome new additions), some of the same cookies and some new ones, and definitely … Continue reading

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