Holiday Shopping vs. Holiday Spirit

by | Dec 11, 2016 | inspiration, love, Uncategorized

You’ve heard it all before, right? Complaints about retailers who put up Christmas decorations by Halloween, the commercialization of a religious holiday, and the stress and exhaustion (and emptied checkbook) caused by hunting down “the perfect”...

Party Time

by | Dec 24, 2015 | Uncategorized

My favorite childhood memories of Christmas have nothing to do with presents and Santa, and everything to do with the parties. I grew up on the same street with three sets of cousins and one set of grandparents (all on my Italian father’s side of the family). My...

Holiday Baking…and Other Disasters

by | Dec 21, 2014 | Uncategorized

I knew before we started that my daughter’s and my plan to bake Christmas cookies would not become a blissful Betty Crocker memory. First, I’m not a baker. And when I do bake, I prefer to make brownies or cakes. You know–things that are less time intensive,...