Tag: christmas

However you celebrate the holidays–and even if you don't celebrate them at all–the "holiday season" is a demanding time of year. Being a mom...

It’s here–the biggest shopping season of the year is now upon us. Though Christmas is not for more than 50 days, by early November...

You probably didn’t know this, but today is an important day in this country. It’s National Bake Cookies Day! How could I have made...

Dear Self, You spent months planning the perfect Christmas full of gifts that were handmade, local, or encouraged creativity. Your daughters went to bed Christmas Eve...

This might be my last “magical” Christmas. What I mean is, my daughter is 8. She believes in the magic. The glorious, maddening, exhausting magic...

It’s that time of year again...the time when the weather begins to depress you, but the multiple holidays in a row boost your morale...

A few weeks ago while getting ready for work and daycare on a Tuesday morning I realized that my nearly-four-year-old "big boy" was extra...

With the excitement of the holiday buzz, comes the commercialism. It’s the buy, buy, buy mentality of the season. I think Charlie Brown said...

I didn’t grow up with a large number of holiday traditions, but the ones we had as a family were solid and still hold...

As I sit down to write this I am distracted by my giddy excitement for the holidays. I am listening to Christmas music (I recommend...