Get Organised for Christmas... NOW!
 Hasn't time flown? Only six weeks to Christmas!  Now you may think that you're too busy to even contemplate that far ahead, however if you don't get your act together and prepare well in advance, instead of enjoying that time you could...

Low on Cash for Christmas? Try Gifts in a Jar
 Time is money, and right now you don't have either the time or the money to answer the call of the shopping mall at Christmas. The only way you can show your friends love, peace on earth, goodwill towards men is by shopping at Macy's, so you...

15 Ways to Create Some Extra Holiday Money
 Originally this was going to be a list for my two teenagers but some of these ideas are better suited to adults with a valid driver's license and a bit of know-how. Some of these take a bit of planning and organizing, but most of them could be...

Tips For Less Holiday Stress
 Holiday Stress? Some Tips For Having Less  We all dream of having wonderful holidays. We start each day full of the spirit of the season. We look at the lovely fresh fallen snow, and marvel at the beauty of the world. But lets face it -...

How To Save Money On Christmas Gifts
 How many times have you spent more that you could afford on Christmas gifts or Christmas Hampers for your family and friends?  How many times have you bought gifts that weren't what you were looking for and on top of that, paid top...

Christmas shopping online might or might not be for everyone. This art..
 Christmas shopping online is not for you? If you are one of those that share this thought, you probably like to enjoy the atmosphere of physical shopping. Doing your Christmas shopping online despite all its convenience, lack the festive mood....

The Magic Of Gift Giving At Christmas
 Regardless of age, almost everyone can remember at least a few magic moments of their past at Christmas time. Even in our fifties and sixties, we can still very precisely recall how our parents celebrated Christmas. Those moments will never be...

Successful Holiday Gift Giving Starts with a Plan
 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the clock is ticking down as we grow closer to the holiday festivities. By now, many have either started thinking about what they are going to purchase for those on their gift list – others are...

25 Festive Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas
 Christmas is coming - soon it will be time to wrap holiday gifts! Do you want to do something different with your gift wrap this year? Here are twenty five festive holiday gift wrap ideas guaranteed to make your gifts look just as special as...

A Diamond Christmas 2004!
 When Archduke Maximillian of Austria bestowed a diamond ring on Mary of Burgundy in 1477, giving a diamond as a symbol of love and commitment was birthed. Prior to this only royalty wore diamonds, believing they symbolized strength and...

Learn To Save Hard Cash This Festive Season
 Time was when shopping was a painful experience, a chore to be lived with. Cash Back schemes have now brought the fun back into shopping. One can now shop online and purchase all that you need without even leaving home. What’s more, these...

That's the Christmas Spirit
 Last Christmas, Uncle Albert promised his neighbor, Wilson, to find a way to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year. You know, just like Wilson and everybody else wishes people each year.  Yesterday I was checking my calendar. 'Holy...

Dear Santa: Christmas Sucks!
 Christmas time is finally here, and most people during this holiday are happier than a fat kid eating a Krispy Kreme donut. Christmas brings so many great things to the table; the caroling, the NO SCHOOL, the snowmen and hour long snowball...

The Christmas Dress
 (From the book: Christmas in Dairyland — True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm; August 2003; trade paperback; http://ruralroute2.com)  From the time I was a very little girl, I had always loved to watch my big sister, Loretta, when she was...

Where Have All The Wise Men Gone? Jesus Is Not Acceptable For Christma..
 It's CHRISTmas!  Where are the wise men?  WOW - The wise men are MISSING! What kind of Christmas is this anyway?  Are you caught up in the 'season' with this Christmas thing? Do YOU know where the wise men are?  For...

Simplify the Season
 Let's take a look at a typical Christmas To-Do list: bake cookies, buy and make gifts, attend office party, church commitments, address and mail cards, clean the house for guests, decorate...it goes on and on....  The holidays are meant...

New Ways to Use Old Christmas Cards
 Forty years ago when I was growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin, my mother always saved the Christmas cards she had received in the mail. In those days, people sent many more Christmas cards than they do now.  Today, I still find...

Whatever Happened to Christmas?
 Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving?  Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well.  'When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the stores didn't put up Christmas...

Christmas Matters
 Every year I vow to make Christmas easier, simpler - less stressful.  Have I ever? One year I tried forgetting Christmas here in the UK and spent it in the Canary Islands. It was quite extraordinary really. Christmas day was spent...

Adam Smith the Real-life Grinch Who Stole Christmas and Won
 At about this time each year, without fail, the lament will go out about how the real meaning of Christmas has been lost. This pre-Christmas tut-tutting is as much of a tradition as the obligatory Christmas cards, and treated in the same...

Inexpensive Christmas Stocking Stuffer Ideas For Kids
 After all the gifts have been purchased and placed under the tree, that is the time that many remember in a panic that the stockings over the fireplace still need to be stuffed. Holiday budgets have most likely been spent and there isn't a...

Decorate for Christmas
 It’s your home/your apartment and you want to make it a special sanctuary this Christmas. How can you create a special place for your family and you? Well, we already have our centerpiece…see November’s issue...

Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas
 Now that the biggest shopping season of the year is in full swing it might be a good time to create a holiday budget. I'm sure there are lots of names on your list, but hopefully you can find gifts that won't put a big dent in your pocketbook....

Virtual Assistants... Even Santa Needs One!
 Trying to fit all the planning and preparing and celebrating of the holiday season into an already busy schedule can bring a lot of stress to a time of year that's supposed to be full of peace. These days, even Santa needs help making his list...