4 hours ago by Onalistus Reveler

Continuing our series on “Gifts & Giving” honky-tonk singer-songwriter sensation, Zara Bode, offers a suggestion on how to make even a store-bought gift personal. Get out your blinders, put in your earplugs, and (if you haven’t already) throw your TV out the window. These are the precautions we must ...

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8 hours ago by Cassi

I love all the marshmallow creations at The Decorated Cookie and these jolly marshmallow snowmen are no exception! They would make adorable cupcake toppers too.

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8 hours ago by Cassi

The Long Thread shares a recipe for peppermint bark - it makes a great gift and all the kids, no matter what their age, can take part in making it.

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8 hours ago by Cassi

Maya*Made shows you how to make these adorable cookie house containers from milk cartons :)

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8 hours ago by Cassi

I have already made several batches of these cookies and they are as simple as they are delicious! The recipe is at Imagine Childhood.

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12 hours ago by Rita Robison

Consumer retail sales during the holiday season are expected to decline 1 percent this year to $437.6 billion. This number falls below the 10-year average of 3.39 percent holiday season growth, reports the National Retail Federation. The decline isn’t expected to be as dramatic as last year’s 3.4 pe ...

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12 hours ago by linknjoe

As we are quickly approaching to the end of another year, and the beginning of a new one, I began wondering what this Mars Retrograde in Leo again happening around the Winter Solstice, which normally extends to about six weeks to an unusual length of almost eight months in Leo, means in our daily li ...

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12 hours ago by Corey

This year, Monday, 21 December, is the winter solstice, often known as the shortest day of the year, at least for those in the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice in 2009 will feature nine hours and sixteen minutes of daylight in New York City, with the sun rising at 7:16 AM and setting at 4:32 ...

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13 hours ago by The Armchair Antichrist

As an atheist I don’t celebrate holidays like Christmas or Hannukah. But, even without being atheist, I am not much of a celebratory person. Heck, I don’t even do much for my own birthday. Despite those circumstances, I am able experience spirituality during winter in my own way. I find the crisp, c ...

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16 hours ago by jacqueann

Day five: Nothing to speak of. I really should stop these daily updates. They are getting lame. Hopefully I will get ahold of some pretty fantastic pictures of the Star Wars party tomorrow night. Oh! The night after that is the Winter Solstice party at Panagioti’s house. I will never forget the firs ...

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