A Secret to a Relaxed Holiday Dinner
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http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/781/
Can you imagine a relaxed Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner without needing to actually cook a turkey on the big day? You’d be able to enjoy the festivities as much as your friends and family! Believe it or not, it’s possible to roast your turkey ahead of time and store the cooked meat in the freezer [...]Your Favorite Simple Christmas Ideas
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http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/contest-simple-christmas-ideas/
In December of 2009, I conducted a contest for readers of my blogs and ezine. The prize was a copy of Ruth Bell Graham’s book, Our Christmas Story (that’s Mrs. Billy Graham). .Here’s the question readers needed to answer in order to be entered into the contest/drawing: What’s your favorite tip, activity, or idea for simplifying your [...]
Simple Family Holiday Traditions
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http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/simple-family-holiday-traditions/
Since we’re currently in the midst of the December holidays, I chatted at length with Catherine Levison (author of A Charlotte Mason Education and A Literary Education). We put our heads together to come up with simple ways to add joy and meaning to our holiday celebrations, family times, and Christmas reading materials. Family Reading [...]
Advent Resources
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I’ve noticed that the main search terms that are getting people to my personal blog this week have to do with Advent. In case that’s why you’re here, I found a couple of resources online just now that might be helpful to your family’s upcoming Advent reading and activities. [...]
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I’ve noticed that the main search terms that are getting people to my personal blog this week have to do with Advent. In case that’s why you’re here, I found a couple of resources online just now that might be helpful to your family’s upcoming Advent reading and activities. [...]
The Advent Book Box
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http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/the-advent-book-box/
A great idea for the holidays is to set aside a special box or basket containing your family’s special Christmas or other holiday books. The Holiday Book Box only comes out during the Advent season, and is put away again with the decorations after the first of the year. [...]
Autumn traditions, treats and fun!
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The weather’s changing, summer’s finally over, and there’s a definite chill in the air many days. Now we can look forward to some of those fun activities that only happen in the autumn: Collecting leaves and pine cones for wreaths and other decorations; heading out to the local pumpkin patch; baking fresh apple and pumpkin [...]
http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/autumn-traditions-treats-and-fun/
The weather’s changing, summer’s finally over, and there’s a definite chill in the air many days. Now we can look forward to some of those fun activities that only happen in the autumn: Collecting leaves and pine cones for wreaths and other decorations; heading out to the local pumpkin patch; baking fresh apple and pumpkin [...]
Frightfully Frugal Costume Ideas
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‘Tis the season … to dress in costumes, that is. Whether your family celebrates Halloween or not, it seems like costume parties are all the rage this time of year. From harvest parties to office parties, it always seems I have to come up with some sort of costuming option for at least one person [...]
http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/frightfully-frugal-costume-ideas/
‘Tis the season … to dress in costumes, that is. Whether your family celebrates Halloween or not, it seems like costume parties are all the rage this time of year. From harvest parties to office parties, it always seems I have to come up with some sort of costuming option for at least one person [...]
Thanksgiving Ideas
http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/thanksgiving-ideas/
http://thesimplemom.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/thanksgiving-ideas/
Later this month, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving Day. One of our family traditions for this particular holiday is making a Thanksgiving Tree. We either make a tree trunk with bare branches out of black craft paper or we draw a tree onto a large sheet of paper. Then we tape the “tree” to our [...]
