Karen Schaler is a true Christmas cupid of the literary world, crafting tales that not only capture the magic of the holiday season but also warm the hearts of her readers with tales of love and romance. Like a skilled matchmaker, she weaves together the perfect blend of holiday cheer, humor, and heart to create literary love stories that leave […]

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Back in the day, I would have said after-Christmas shopping! We used to hit the stores early and scour the shelves for all the deals. We would buy Christmas decor, gifts, clothes, and so much more! My mom did go to Walmart today, but in the end, it is just not what it used to be. My favorite thing to […]

Today I am featuring my very own Christmas acrostic! And it’s all based on gratitude. Here we go. C is for cats. I love our cats in this house. We only have six, but at one point, we had nineteen! Yes, we rescued feral cats and got them all “fixed” eventually. But it was not an easy process, but so […]

This one is not easy for me because our Christmas Eves change from year to year. I don’t think we really have traditions that remain from year-to-year. Except putting out milk and cookies for Santa! Yes, we do it every year! When my daughter was younger, it was something that she enjoyed doing. She still likes doing it for fun, […]

I have learned not to make plans for too far in the future, and when one speaks of hopes, I can only hope the person does not mean some kind of ethereal hope that is nothing but apple-pie-in-the-sky.  I have visions, dreams, and more for the future, and I have declared various things that I am convinced will happen. But […]

This is another challenging one for me because I am not the same person I have been for the past forty years or so of my life. In the past, I would have said hot chocolate, eggnog, Christmas punch, apple cider, and a whole host of other sugary Christmas drinks. But those don’t appeal to me the way they used […]

I am pleased to say that I no longer need to travel for the holidays and haven’t for many years. It is one of the perks of living with my parents. However, back in the day, I traveled almost every year for the holidays! Whether I was in school in Florida, teaching in Florida or Texas, it made no difference. […]

This is a super difficult one for me to answer! I don’t think I have a really great answer because I have become a totally different person this year than I have ever been in all my years of Christmas past. But I will do my best to answer here. For me, my favorite Christmas foods have always been bread. […]

In our household, stockings have ALWAYS been a big deal. When my mom had her own knitting machine business, she knitted stockings for the entire family(our pets, too!). Over the years, we replaced our stockings at different times. We used to have a beautiful, old fireplace in our Victorian home in Tacoma, Washington, and hanging the stockings on that mantle […]