Submitted by: Mark Riggs, Kansas City, MO When I think about Christmas traditions in my family (both the family I grew up with and my family of friends I’ve accumulated over the years), I think of lots of traditions that—for different reasons—aren’t long-standing ones. The up side to this is I have twelve ideas for [...]
A Dunker’s Companion: Biscotti
By Donna Helzer, Guest Author and Friend If you ask around there are dunkers and non-dunkers in life. Non-dunkers just do not understand dunkers and there is no convincing them. I am a dunker. Of course, I dunk cookies into milk, but my coffee with cream is host to various things…toast, muffins, cookies, scones, and [...]
Christmas Traditions: A Birthday Cake
Submitted by: Mary Uhlemeyer Our cherished Christmas tradition is to bake a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to Jesus Christmas morning. Sometimes we decorate the cake, sometimes it’s plain, but we always put candles on it and our son, Steven, enjoys blowing them out. We then enjoy the cake for dessert after lunch.
People Pennies (via Simple Seeds of Light & Joy)
A favorite expression in our house! Understanding “people pennies” has saved feelings from being bruised more than once. Thanks, Donna, for the way you share life and help the rest of us see things just a little more clearly. People Pennies Christmas can be an expensive time of celebration. When Jesus was born, which is [...]
Christmas Traditions: Christmas Eve
Submitted by: Kelly As a young, unmarried adult, I was transported into the mysteries of God come to earth in a church illuminated by candlelight and filled with the worship of those around me. The experience was so moving I often found myself worshiping silently, though passionately from my heart, yet words and song escaped [...]
Christmas Traditions: Fun Christmas Boxers
Submitted by: Rose We have all the regular traditions, gingerbread house, stockings, and such. One we have a good time with is fun Christmas boxers. I watch for them throughout the year to be sure I find just the right one for each person. They say silly things like the year I got some in [...]
Christmas Traditions: Jammies Under The Tree
Submitted by: Monica Bryant One of our favorite Christmas traditions is new jammies for Christmas! Every year since my oldest daughter was a baby, I have made Christmas pajamas for my girls. I choose fabric that is relevant to their year i.e. ballet print when they got their pointe shoes, teddy bears when they loved [...]
Christmas Traditions: Christmas Wreath
Submitted by: Rachel (24) My dad’s mother loved to work in her kitchen. She was known for her recipes around the holidays. She made tons of different Christmas cookies for friends, but saved her Christmas Wreath for her family on Christmas day. She passed away five years ago after battling Alzheimer’s for five years before that. [...]
Christmas Traditions: Advent Log
Submitted by: Donna Lorrig The Advent Log is by far our family’s favorite Christmas tradition. Over 20 years ago the pastors of our church invited us over for their Advent Log time and gave us our log. This is simply a log from wherever you can find one with 1/2 holes drilled along the top [...]
Soul Food
Offered by Pati Micciulla: Guest Author, Friend and Cooking Buddy My neighbor, Judy and I cook together once a month. Sometimes just the two of us. Other times, close friends like Donna joins in. We have had as many as four women cooking meals for our individual families. Four women times fourteen meals times twenty [...]
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