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How Soon Is Too Soon for Holiday Decor?
Asked by C.T. from Kansas City
on November 1, 2006
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just curious....with Halloween over now how soon is too soon to take it all down and put up Christmas decor? I am eager this year to get it all out and overwith to adm...
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- It's never too soon to enjoy the wonderful blessings of the Christmas season. I used to think so, but not anymore. I would't put your tree up though until closer to...
- So, I am soooo glad there is another christmas perosn in the world. I loveeeee christmas. It will be my baby's first so I am super excited. Anyways, This is just my op...
- I would take the Halloween down and If you have some Thanksgiving stuff put it up. If not then I would wait till the day of or the day after. Now the stores have chris...
Christmas Decorations
Asked by J.H. from Denver
on September 23, 2009
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Hi Moms -
This may be a little early to ask, but I am a planner and with a much tighter budget this year I am looking to get started on some good ideas for home decor...
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- Make little "mice" ornaments for your tree. Use a walnut for the body, and an acorn for the head (top of acorn looks like stocking cap, really cute). Red felt Ch...
- We've had those years. I ended up doing a lot of my shopping at thrift stores-if you look hard, you can find some great stuff at an even better price. My boys got FUBU...
- One of my favorite memories as a kid was making "play dough" ornaments (salt four and water) using cookie cutters (and our hands) mom would bake them then we would pai...
What's There to Do for the Holiday?
Asked by S.T. from Dallas
on October 9, 2008
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This is our first holiday season spent in the Haltom City/Fort Worth area. In Austin, there were lots of fall festivals and pumpkin patches to visit this time of year...
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- S., I think ft.Worth has the lighting of the Christmas tree. There are lots of pumpkin patch places to go every where. We have one in Arlington that is run by a famil...
- Here are just a few thing that I know of that you can do. Have a great time and welcome to the area. http://www.flowermoundpumpkinpatch.com/home.html http://fl...
- There is a pumpkin patch on Green Oaks (just west of Cooper Street) at St John the Apostle United Methodist Church in South Arlington. This year will be our 5th year ...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on August 30, 2009
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I'm starting to think more about what traditions we want to do at holiday gatherings. I'm realizing that it's my turn to start creating some of these memories for my f...
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- We just started this one. One of the uncles dresses up as Santa and walks around the outside of the house with his back to the windows like he's looking in the sky. ...
- My earliest childhood memories of Christmas always included the annual train ride to the city. We would meet at the train station (it started as my parents, the 6 of u...
- The only tradition I've established is doing what works on any given year! I mean, we celebrate Halloween by dressing up and going Trick-or-Treating, Fourth of July wi...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by M.T. from Philadelphia
on November 14, 2007
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My husband and I are in the process of getting divorced. This will be the first year of holidays not spent as a family unit. I would like to start creating some trad...
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- Hello, my name is N. I am a mother of three beautiful children. One thing that my children and I do together is the christmas tree. I put the garland and the high or...
- My kids and I usually watch A Christmas Story on Christmas eve, and I let them open one small gift.That's my special time with them because they leave with thier dad o...
- Hi! I think it 's so nice and important that you want to create new traditions with your daughter. Here are some of the things that I do with my kids. We always bak...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by B.H. from Albuquerque
on November 26, 2007
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hi, mommies! just wondering what you do as a holiday family tradition? i'd really like to do something special this year that we can do every year as a family! any ...
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- We get each of our kids a special tree ornament (either made or bought) and that way, when they are adults, they'll have 18 ornaments of their own - for keepsakes or f...
- One of the years we had the children make up a rap song and dance to a holiday song...We(Moms)wrote a little something special about each of our nieces and nephews...T...
- I love everyone's ideas! I would also suggest the APS Festival of Lights parade and the Santa's World at Firebird Raceway both are awesome, we have gone for the last t...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by N.C. from Melbourne
on November 9, 2006
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My daughter is 16 mos and I am pregnant with my 2nd. I would like to start some interesting holiday traditions with her. I did a few last year and have some from my ...
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- Yay for these kinds of topics and so far I see some wonderful suggestions! We do the giant Christmas Eve dinner at my aunt's house and the adults exchange presents ...
- My daughter is 12 and my son is 10. Up until they were 6 and 4 we lived down the street from my sister and her 3 kids. Every holiday season I would have all of the k...
- I purchased a tree skirt and every year i take fabric paint, put it on my kids feet and let them pace one set of prints around the trim so we can watch them grow throu...
New Interior Decorating Business
Asked by R. from Houston
on May 15, 2006
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I have recently started an Interior Decorating Business. My services include painting, flooring, new furniture and decor items, furniture placement, holiday and theme...
Want My House to Have the "Holiday Smell"
Asked by P.B. from Dallas
on December 4, 2008
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had any tips for giving my house that holiday smell, you know, the smell of pine or freshly baked pies. We have a fake tree and Chris...
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- I'm a big fan of simmering some potpourri on the stove while I'm at home. Or burning different scented candles at the same time (IE: Cinnamon-scented, Pine-scented, p...
- My mom use to simmer cloves, cinnamon sticks, and I think vanilla in a pot on the stove. She would put water with it and it filled the air.
- Janey has the right idea. I have a small crock pot that's for potpourri - I just put in water and add cinnamon sticks and whole cloves, but a pot on the stove works ju...
Elegant Holiday Centerpiece Ideas
Asked by C.A. from Dallas
on November 22, 2008
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Hello everyone, I am looking for elegant holiday centerpiece ideas utilizing a round crystal vase. I would like to make something creative yet cost effective.
Th...
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- I'm assuming the vase is clear. For Christmas, fill it with round ornaments in whatever color you like or a mixture of colors. For Thanksgiving, fill it with small pu...
- I fill a large cut crystal vase with ornaments and surround the vase with greenery with twinkle lights.
- Get some small green apples, whole fresh cranberries and clementines (or small oranges) Do a 1" layer of cranberries, then a layer of (2 or 3) green apples, fill in...
