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There seems to be a lot of different approaches to giving gifts for Christmas. There's the four gift rule: something to wear, something to read, something they want, something they need. There's the free-for-all. There's the "Santa gifts" and...
Christmas is such a wonderful time to make memories. When I was growing up, my mom had a lot of traditions that we always did during the holidays. Once I had my kids I wanted to carry on those...
Our Jesse Tree is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. If you celebrate Christmas and are looking to put meaning back into the season for your children, this is a way to focus your family daily through an interactive...
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Local Librarians Recommend Books for Holiday Gift-Giving
The Gift of Reading
This year parents, grandparents, and others can give the gift of reading and learning. St. Martin’s Episcopal School librarians Celeste...
Preteens are a tough age when it comes to gift-buying. They aren't little girls anymore but not quite teens. If you're like me, you don't want to just dole out money, so finding special gifts that preteen girls will...
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What is Santa?
"Does she still believe in Santa?"
I've been hearing that question frequently lately as my sweet eleven year old approaches another Christmas still having that "sparkle" in her eye. "Yes, she still believes in Santa," I reply each...
Is Santa Claus really real? My oldest daughter started doubting the validity of a real Santa Claus when she was about nine years old. Then she found some of our wrapping paper from the previous year that was designated...
One of my love languages is gift giving. I have always been that person that will see something for a friend and buy it and give it them for no other reason than to make them smile. I take...
This is my oldest daughter's second Christmas not believing in Santa Claus. She is 11 and stopped believing in all the magic of holidays around Easter in her 10th year. She was upset at the revelation there was no...
'Tis the season to be jolly, am I right? One of my favorite things about the holidays is pajamas. As a child, I remember on Christmas Eve when my mom and her sisters would give all the kiddos matching...
If there's one thing I love, it's taking pictures of my kids. Even more than that, I love taking series of pictures. There are the monthly photos (84 and counting) and I've done three and a half 365 projects....
When I think of memories of Christmases growing up, my mind always seems to settle on the image of nearly every surface in our kitchen covered with cookies, tiny pound cakes, and peanut butter fudge cooling and waiting to...