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Christmas Countdown – 7 Days Left

I love to eat all of the goodies that people make around Christmas time.  We have always had the standard chocolate chip cookies that we leave out for Santa, but there are many other treats that we only make at my house during Christmas.  I just made a really good treat called Scotcharoos.  Imagine a [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 8 days Left

I have not been very good at keeping up with this daily countdown.  I have been so busy on the weekends with Christmas related events and projects that I have not had time to get my daily posts written.  So, my tip for today is for bloggers.  If you are trying to maintain a daily [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 14 Days Left

There are 14 days left until Christmas and I am bringing you another tip for saving money on gifts for Christmas.  So far in our countdown we have saved money by giving away photo gifts and making crafts.  My tip today to save money at Christmas is one of my favorites.  Bake something delicious.  We [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 15 Days Left

Do you have any Christmas traditions that you do every year?  Do you go to any parades, events, or have any major gatherings at Christmas every year?  My traditions have changed over the years as my family has moved around and changed.  The newest tradition that my family has added beginning last Christmas was implemented [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 16 Days Left

I am behind.  With all of the events that we have scheduled during the weekends leading up to Christmas it has been hard to get my posts up.  So I have decided to just pick up where I am at. It is getting harder and harder to keep the true celebration of Christmas in the [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 20 Days Left

Last week, I picked a good Christmas movie that was appropriate for the whole family.  This week, I have selected a Christmas classic that is not appropriate for small children in my opinion.  Bring on Clark Griswald and his great attempt at creating the perfect Christmas holiday.  I absolutely love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, but [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 21 Days Left

It’s another Thrifty Thursday in the Christmas Countdown.  Today I am going to share another idea to save some money on Christmas gifts and have some fun at the same time.  You can make a lot of gifts and save a lot of money by making your own gifts for people.  Ok, so not everybody [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 22 Days Left

Do you get an artificial or a real Christmas tree?  Most of my life we had a good old artificial tree that we never took apart or took the lights off of.  Each year it was a tradition to watch dad fight the tree out of the basement and into the living room where he [...]

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Christmas Countdown – 23 Days Left

There are only 23 days left until the big day.  Do you have all of your shopping in order?  Trying to find that perfect gift?  Today, I am going to try to help you out with finding a good gift for moms.  I don’t claim that these tips will work for everyone because everyone is [...]

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Countdown to Christmas – 25 Days Left

As I was planning to write 30 different Christmas articles as we countdown to Christmas day, I wanted to touch on the true meaning of Christmas.  I have to admit that I have struggled coming up with a few ideas that truely convey how we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  I don’t know if it [...]

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