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ahhhhh…

December 27, 2011

It isn’t that I don’t LOVE Christmas. I do. I just get stressed out over all the stuff that needs to be arranged. It doesn’t seem to matter if I started in July, there will still be outgoing Christmas cards in my mailbox today. Oh yes there are. Part of me loves the over-the-top way [...]

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the christmas quilt picture story of 2007

December 21, 2011

Welcome to the Fifth Annual Posting of the Christmas Quilt Picture Story. This quilt was given to me at my first baby shower. Each year my children are subjected to posing with it for holiday photographs. In 2007, I again dragged the kids down to a large department store portrait studio. It was the same studio chain [...]

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christmas tree evolution

December 19, 2011

20 years ago I was a newlywed. Our tree was put up with more LOVE than ornamentation. Thankfully, it could be scooted into the corner of our tiny townhouse so that the back of the tree sans decoration wasn’t obvious. It might have been sparse, but it was OURS. It was the prettiest tree in [...]

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the priceless collection

November 30, 2010

It all started when I declared early November that I was pulling all things Christmas from the attic and going through each and everything with the goal to decrease my Christmas crap by 75%. I have 20+ years of Christmas collecting, 7 moves including a 3 year storage unit, and the uncanny ability to block [...]

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counting the days

November 27, 2010

Last year we discovered the Lego Advent Calendar. It was a huge hit. Each day the boys open a door and pull out a hermetically sealed tiny building set – something like a mini-figure or a tree or a sled. They put the Legos together with glee and set them on the display area. 24 [...]

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i love holiday gift tags

November 19, 2010

handmade holiday gift tags from Hallmark

One of the reasons I like Christmas is that I actually like to wrap presents.* *I like wrapping the first 10 presents and then pull out the gift bags. I love a smartly wrapped box. Crisp corners. Coordinating ribbon. Unique gift tag. I also like how all the boxes look under the tree if they [...]

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how to take the perfect christmas card picture

November 18, 2010

How to take a Christmas Card photo of your family

It is the most wonderful time of the year… Christmas Card takin’ time! Don’t despair! This is something that you can do at home with your own camera. Don’t be fooled into so-called professional photography. NO expertise needed! Just follow my simple steps to the perfect take-it-yourself Christmas picture. Holly’s Handy Dandy Steps to the [...]

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O Christmas Tree

December 24, 2009

Shortly after Thanksgiving it occurred to Holly that she should be decorating her house for Christmas. Usually she really likes decorating for Christmas, but this year she was lacking her normal holiday perkiness and suffering from post-Turkey malaise. She couldn’t even bear to think of the tree assemblage task ahead of her. Her beautiful faux-tree [...]

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Nirvana Family Christmas Card 2009

December 17, 2009

I am participating in Meg‘s Second Annual Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange… …several days late. Hopefully, better late than never. Happy Holidays!

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2009: A New Chance to Drop the Ball

January 2, 2009

Last year I made a list of resolutions. Last year I broke all those resolutions. I am thinking that maybe resolutions aren’t really for me… I don’t have anything against improvement. I don’t have anything against goals. I am anti-list. I am just not a list person. Is she really going to blame her lack [...]

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Merry Christmas to you…I think.

December 24, 2008

I love Christmas cards. The getting more than the giving. Years ago, prior to children I was a Christmas card snob. You know the ones. The people that expect that the cards should be signed, NOT PRINTED. The people that expect a personal note, NOT A GENERAL GREETING. The people that have WAY too much [...]

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