Category Archive: Christmas

Dec 26

TIME TO HIT THE CLEARANCE SALES & PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR!

Today is ONE of the best days to buy for next Christmas. As awesome as it sounds, the “Clearance” items you see on sale today will most likely still be there for a week or so and their prices will continue to plunge. So, my advice to you is this… If the items you want …

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Dec 24

CHRISTMAS EVE TRADITIONS

Our family has some tried and true traditions. We love to open a few Christmas presents on Christmas Eve, go driving around the city and look at Christmas lights in our pj’s, and talk about the manger scene with our children. On Christmas morning, we always have cinnamon rolls, hot chocolate and Christmas music during …

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Dec 23

SETTING BOUNDARIES DURING FAMILY VISITS

THIS is sure a touchy topic at our house! We have grandparents, siblings, uncles, cousins, and more on both my husband’s side and mine. There are always people who want to visit or be visited during the holiday season. It’s nearly impossible to see everyone and if we do we’ll be run ragged and miss …

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Dec 22

GETTING ON THE WELL-DIGGING BANDWAGON?

This Christmas is shaping up to be different for my family in several ways. First of all, our Friday night home-group has been discussing the purpose of gift giving at Christmas. It’s very important to all of us that we make sure our children understand what Christmas is and is not about. For us, it’s …

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Dec 21

NEEDS VS. WANTS – KEEPING IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE

My life is saturated with deals, sales, buy one/get one specials, discounts, coupons, and on and on it goes. I am connected with 1,300 people on Twitter, almost 2,000 with Facebook, and I have several email addresses I use to aggregate all the inflow of information I receive daily. Basically, I feel like I’m a …

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