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New Christmas Tree Design Will Not be Mistaken for a "Holiday" Tree

What do you think of the Christ-mas tree??? (Nashville, TN) – Boss Creations, a new holiday décor company, has introduced the new “CHRIST-mas” Treeâ„¢, featuring the unique trait of a trunk in the shape of a wooden cross.  Company owner Marsha Boggs says the tree was specifically designed to counter the “war on Christmas.” “When…

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All I Want for Christmas is…

A Netbook A KitchenAide Which I got for my birthday!! A contract… What do you want?

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Saturday Christmas Tips: Remembering St. Nick

Posts from the Past Who couldn’t use a little less stress during the holidays. Hopefully these Saturday posts will ease your holiday chaos and please feel free to share your own ideas! Come back next Saturday for another great idea! In my efforts to steer materialism away from December the 25th, and create new family…

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Thoughts on Thanksgiving and Community

I used to dread the holidays. Sometimes I still do. I grew up in a NY Italian family that celebrated every holiday together. Then I got married and moved away and holidays weren’t something I looked forward to anymore. At first it was me and hubby. I tried doing the festive thing for Thanksgiving and…

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A Seven Year Olds Christmas List

My daughter’s been listening to Christmas music for weeks now. She wrote her Christmas list even before that and she can’t wait for snow because that means it will be Christmas. Do you thinks she’s a little excited? Here’s her Christmas list as she wrote it. Think you can decipher it? Barbie and the three…

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Our Long Awaited PBS Raggs Trip Revealed

So here’s the post I promised on our trip to North Carolina where my daughter taped for the Raggs PBS show. I kind of wished I would have blogged about it right on the spot no matter HOW exhausted I was, but here it goes. Grace was excited for her first plane ride, even more…

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Raggs and Dumpster, Here We Come! Paaaws Up!

As you’re reading this my seven year old daughter and I are on a plane (her FIRST plane ride,) heading for North Carolina to tape the Raggs PBS show and get interviewed by Dumpster the Cat. Life has been so crazy I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about this yet, but here it goes… Mid…

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Party All the Time…

Remember that song “my girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time…” Okay, I know I’m dating myself a bit, but it’s the time of year when my kids are having birthdays and I have parties on the brain. In the past, I would put together some elaborate…

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Celebrate Easter with a Christian Seder and More

and other meaningful celebrations. Even though Easter was late this year, my busy spring has me behind schedule. Still it’s not too late to dive into these family traditions. How do you celebrate the true meaning of Easter? Easter Resources Easter Seder Part 1 Easter Seder Part 2 Easter Seder Part 3 Jelly Bean Poem…

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