I’ve experienced 40 something Christmas celebrations in my lifetime. When I think back over those years, one of my favorite celebrations was one when I was a child and my mom made my sister and I matching floor-length skirts and blouses. I put my...
I loved hearing about everyone’s family food traditions! Thank you for sharing! The winner of our Day 14 giveaway is Susan! I’ll be sending her the Hearts at Home book I’m Glad I’m A Mom!And guess what? I completely...
At our house we don’t do Santa Clause. Never have. Our reasons for doing so are simply because we didn’t want to take away from the reason for the season.What about you? Santa Clause or no Santa Clause?Those who participate in...
I loved our Day 13 discussion about gift-giving between you and your spouse! Two comments stood out to me: Nancy shared that she and her hubby write each other love letters for Christmas. What a powerful gift that must be! And Devin shared that she...
Yesterday I hosted a Christmas luncheon at my house for our senior leadership of Hearts at Home. We chatted about all things holiday and one idea was shared that has really stuck with me. This was an idea about gift wrapping in a simple,...
Congratulations to Elizabeth! She’s the winner of the Day 12 drawing for the Hearts at Home book Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This by Jenn Doucette.Keep these discussions going! I’m learning so much!
One of the things I look forward to every Christmas our a family tradition of having persimmon pudding for dessert. Anyone else ever had persimmon pudding? (Some of you are thinking, “what is a persimmon?”) Even though my mammaw has been...
Our Day 11 Winner is Sunny! She wins the Go Fish CD! Congratulations Sunny!Since our Day 11 discussion about favorite movies, I’ve been enjoying several Hallmark Holiday movies! Did anybody watch “Christmas in Canaan”? It was...
The Christmas spirit is fresh here on this blog! Our Day 7 winner already has the resource she won but instead of choosing another, she’d like to give it to a specific participant in our discussions. This person, however, did not include her email in her...
Mark and I have always been on a pretty tight budget for Christmas so we’ve had a “no gift” agreement between the two of us. We’ve never missed something we’ve never experienced. There’s been an occasional...
The winner of our Day 10 drawing is Allyson! Our Day 10 conversation was about our gift giving traditions for our kids. If you haven’t read everyone’s comments yet, you can do so here.I am finding that I’m affirmed, encouraged, and...
I love to both send and receive Christmas cards. I enjoy making the once a year effort to stay in touch with friends and family we think of throughout the year, but just don’t get to touch base with very often. And I love hearing from the same family...
One of our favorite things to do as a family is watch holiday movies. We love some of the older movies like White Christmas and animated shows like Frosty the Snowman. And then there are newer favorites like Elf and The Santa Clause.What about you? ...
Our Day 8 discussion reminded me of some great Christmas songs I haven’t thought about in a long time. Thank you to all who shared, twittered, Facebooked, and blogged about your favorite Christmas songs! Our Day 8 winner is Chrissi. I’ll...
With five children, Christmas gift giving for our immediate family has always been on a pretty tight budget. We usually have a set amount that we determine to spend on each person.My friend, Karen Ehman and her husband have always done the “three gifts for...
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