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 […]

In our family, we always have opened our Christmas presents on Christmas morning. As a child, I never liked waiting until my parents were up (or my lazy brother!), but we always survived. Before we opened our gifts, my dad would read the Christmas story from the Bible (I didn’t always appreciate that either!). We typically had some kind of […]

I used to make cards on the computer and before that, I made them by hand or I bought them at the store (my preferred method). I remember those giant cards were always so special. I never received one, but would you believe I gave one? Yep! And my favorites were always the musical cards. Give me a card that […]

To be honest, I rarely struggle that much with buying gifts. I tend to think outside the box, and somehow I seem to figure out what will be a good gift for someone. For the most part. That being said, my biggest struggle is my two nieces. I know their preference would be to receive gift cards, but I absolutely […]

This is a rather difficult one for me. I pride myself on giving gifts with much thought that will hopefully mean something to the other person. I only give gift cards as a last resort. I like to believe every one of my gifts is precious to the other person. I have made homemade gifts that I think are pretty […]

A prompt like this can be a complicated question because, as much as I enjoy real Christmas trees, they are also very messy and can even be fire hazards. That being said, I have only had a real tree, maybe two or three times in my life. And I must admit that I wouldn’t trade the ease of an artificial […]

This one was super easy, and it makes me think of a current Hallmark Christmas movie that premiered last weekend. Time For Us To Come Home For Christmas, starring Lacey Chabert and Stephen Huszar, has an innovative line where Stephen’s character asks Lacey’s character if she has read A Christmas Carol. She claims she has, and he says that most people […]

As my devoted readers will know, certain actors capture my attention from the outset, and somehow, I find myself growing more enamored with them as the years progress. In the case of Antonio Cupo, that is a more than apt description. Even when I didn’t know his name, he positively impacted me by his overtly good looks, winsome charm, and […]

Full disclosure–back when I was young, I used to think it was imperative to wrap packages beautifully and expertly if possible. I can remember checking books out of the library that showed you how to wrap packages to make them appear to be a different item or even look like decorations under the tree. I wasn’t the best Christmas present […]

Traditions…oh, so many I could name. I am a bit of a traditionalist, but I also appreciate variety. I love everything about Christmas, but there is one thing that brings the old and new together like nothing else. I love the tradition of watching Christmas movies! Of course, I used to watch Christmas movies all year long. Watching Christmas specials, […]