Home Spun Christmas

With Holiday shopping officially started I do not envy those who have a lot of people or children to buy for.

Personally, I am going the home spun route, that is, as much as I can!

I'm looking at making cookies, cakes, chocolates, Irish creme, barbecue sauce & coasters.  I've also been thinking of making copies of pictures I've been taking, getting frames from the Dollar Tree (one of my FAVORITE stores) and giving them as gifts.

I LOVE gift giving, I am a person that goes overboard.  An example of my overboard disorder is when my daughter was younger her Christmas stocking overflowed onto the floor!  If I wanted a stocking for it all to fit into I would have to borrow one from Paul Bunyan!  The way I see it is everyone is special and should be made to know it through LOTS of gifts!  Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I can't do as much as I would like, so I try to make what I can do special.


Christmas time can be very stressful for some.  Try to keep it simple, sure you want to make the season and gifts memorable but it doesn't take a lot of money or effort.

Think of the person you giving a gift to, for example a nine year old grand child.  Sure they would love the latest and greatest electronic device but think back when your children were that age or heck when you were that age!  What was their/your favorite book, game, musical group?  Get one of those items, include it with an ornament and write a short explanation about the gift.  With this type of a gift you are tying the past in with the present.  Is it the latest, greatest techno toy with all the bells and whistles?  No, but it's a gift that has a great deal of meaning tied to it.

Rushing from store to store is not required for this kind of a gift giving but it does require some quiet reflective time, which is reflected in the gift.

Breathe, keep it simple, set a budget and ENJOY this magical time of the year.

Keep smiling and know that God loves you and so do I.

L