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Grocery Store Made Santa Decision for JDaniel

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We had talked (JDaniel and me) about how Santa was based on a wonderful man that live long ago named St. Nick. I had mentioned that presents come on Christmas Day in remembrance of this wonderful man. We had also read books that had Santa in them. I tried not to make a big deal about him.All seemed to be going well until we need to stop at our Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Christmas Breakfast

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> I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! This is probably the first Christmas JDaniel will remember and was totally aware of. It was so much fun. The night before Christmas we did some prep work for the arrival of Jesus’ birthday and Santa’s arrival. Baby Jesus arrived in the crèche after having his manger bed empty for most of the month of Continue Reading

Snow for Christmas!

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> Yesterday was a Christmas Day for the record books. The newspaper this morning stated that Greenville, South Carolina hadn't had snow on Christmas for forty-seven years. My husband had never had a white Christmas in his life until it started to snow yesterday afternoon. Watching the snowfall outside our windows as we sat down for our Continue Reading

Musicians Making Merry Music

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There is just something wonderful about Christmas music. If songs are familiar, the words just dance about in your head like sugar plums. You may start to hum the words or eventually, they may just slip across the tongue and through your lips. Last Saturday I drove JDaniel and my mom to Atlanta to attend my nephew Jason’s orchestra concert. He Continue Reading

Christmas Time Game of Tag

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I have been tagged by Noelle from Jumpin Bean. She is a great blogging buddy and friend. I have answered the questions below and have tagged a few bloggers at the end of this post who will hopefully continue the game.When do you usually know and feel that it's finally the holidays? We wait a long time to put up our Christmas decorations. When Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday-Treats for Santa and the Reindeer

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  > We made a Muffin Tin Meal of treats for Santa and his reindeer. JDaniel painted a lovely reindeer ornament to accompany this yummy thin. Apparently the deer is feeling a little blue and kind of gray. The reindeer had a bale of hay made of tater totes and some carrots. Santa got to dine on cookies of two different kinds. He was also Continue Reading

Manger Prayer Challenge

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While sitting in a pew at church last Sunday, I was thinking about the blog posts I needed to write for Christmas. I know I should have been focusing on church, but I wasn’t. What came to mind was the Manger Prayer Challenge I am writing about in this post. I don't write about my faith often, but I thought it would be perfect as Christmas draws Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Christmas Ornaments

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Welcome to Read. Explore. Learn! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing the ways you have learned with and explored books. Steps: Link your activity below. Continue Reading

Learning to Love the Gift Because You Love The Giver

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You don’t always know until you open the box as to whether you are going to love the gift it contains or plan to pass it on to one of your friends at the next white elephant swap. Once you open that beautifully decorated box with the red velvet ribbon and the gift it contains is revealed the suspense is over. What is left is how you respond to Continue Reading

Christmas Ornament Memories

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Over time you start to collect Christmas ornaments. Some may be from places you visited you want to remember. Some maybe gifts from friends or family. Some may represent a hobby or interest you have. Whatever the reason you have to obtain your ornaments within a short time span you may have enough to cover a Christmas tree. For many years I Continue Reading

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