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Kids decorate the bottom half of my tree

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Kids decorate the bottom half of my tree

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And I wouldn't have it any other way! They love being involved in any of our Christmas traditions!

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This is a must see movie for our family every year.

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This year we splurged and bought an advent calendar from Hotel Chocolat. So fun to have a door to open every day and a different flavor to try. Needless to say, we are huge hot chocolate lovers! :)

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My mother had mickey ornaments that are red and white from back in the day and she let me have them, so we do a red and white tree, with mickey hidden throughout.

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I really hope I get to sit down with my family and watch all the Christmas movies on my list. -Shelly

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The first floor at my house is so covered in lighted garland that we don’t even need to turn on overhead lights. As my teens would say it’s so aesthetic.

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Quick and easy houses this year at the Nielsens using graham crackers ;)

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Love these socks and slippers! Every year they do a sale for buy one get two free. You gotta try them! -Shelly

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Although this isn't a gingerbread house I actually made, we did get pretty good at them after about 20 years of practice. My mother-in-law and her sister would make the gingerbread house "parts" every year and we would go all out to make very elaborate houses. I guess I better figure out how to make gingerbread and carry on the tradition!-Stacy

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I am up in Washington visiting my mom and dad. This is my mom's cute little tree in her kitchen. She made her own gingerbread men made out of wool. -Sophie

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My daughter made this from scratch. I wish I could take the credit, but no. It was all here:)-Sophie

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The best one we ever did was a pirate gingerbread house. It was so fun!

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I really like the giant onesie types. I have a Scooby Doo one and a flying squirrel. Maybe someday I'll get another one.

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This popped up on our Alexa the other day and both my husband and I loved it. It sure isn't normal, but it makes me want to dance!

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ANOMALIE - DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY

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I'm excited to just soak in all the family time. Our only venture out will be to drive to Nauvoo, Illinois for a couple days between the holidays to visit my parents who are on a mission there right now (It's only about 6.5 hours from where I live now).

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I'm the Gingerbread house "assistant" (and cleaner-upper, of course) and our house ;) -Jaci

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my kids are cuter than me, so #sorrynotsorry I'll just keep sharing pics of them :) But they ARE getting too grown up and not sure how many more years they will let me take a jammies pic in front of the tree. -Jaci

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Not my creation, by my mini-me made personalized stockings for the whole family at our annual cooking decorating activity! She was so proud. -Jaci

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My favorite band released their very first Christmas album this year and I am sooooooo happy!

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Nations That Long In Darkness Walked (feat. Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn)

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Nations That Long In Darkness Walked (feat. Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn)

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You can catch me wearing sandals all year round because I truly would rather be cold than have to put socks on

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Christmas Vacation is one of our family's favorite movies. Also, we have been watching the National Finals Rodeo for the past 10 days.

Our elf decided he was a cowboy!

He is a " Million Dollar Squirrel Rider"

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One of our holiday traditions in putting any cards we get from family or friends up on our tree!

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I will ALWAYS choose to be cold. Plus, at this time of year I get to pull out all the blankets and cuddle with my husband. :)

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An absolute classic, and so calming during the chaos of Christmas.

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I went to a cookie swap years ago and recieved this recipe. My kids have loved them throughout the years and now they make them. My daughter is featuring them in her bake sale this year:) -Sophie

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This is the movie that I always watch with my family as Christmas gets closer. Lots of happy memories with it. :)

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I love these cookies at this time of year. All you need is a peanut butter cookie mix and some Hershey kisses of your choice!

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I LOVE the sun! This is me with my childhood besties in Cabo. We went on a cruise together in September!! So fun!-Sophie

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I just love Jim Carey!! -Sophie

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Kate and I had so much fun at the Market! We had strawberry and nuetlla crepes. Yum!!!! We bought cute felt purses and ordaments.-Sophie

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These cookies are the best!

https://bakingwithblondie.com/white-chocolate-dipped-ginger-cookies/

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My family has everyone put one ornament with their stocking. Mine is the word "Joy" since my middle name is Joy. It doesn't look like this, but this has the same idea.

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My family almost always heads to the convention center in Sandy and check out the giant Christmas gift show. I like seeing all the different shops and trying all the yummy free samples.

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Every time we visit my husband's family in Guatemala, we bring back lots of chocolate to make hot chocolate!

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I could listen to Michael Buble's Christmas album every day of the season. However, my girls like more fast and fun songs. Glee has awesome Christmas albums that we all enjoy. - Shelly

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Can I be an April 25th Miser? All you need is a light jacket!

- Shelly

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I watch all the family friendly Christmas movies and love them all. But my husband and I have to watch this movie every year! - Shelly

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I loved the idea of creating a signature ornament of characters we met at Disneyland. I got the wood shapes from Amazon and painted them. After our trip I sealed them with Mod Podge. - Shelly

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There aren't a lot of great markets where I live so this old picture is from my favorite one I've visited. Its in Trier, Germany back in 2008. -Shelly

https://www.trierer-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en/

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I don't go to Starbucks often but when I do my go to is the Caramel Apple Spice. Its the only hot apple cider that I like. -Shelly

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Stuffed my fat christmas tree in the corner this year -- it's way too big for our current small rental home but I don't even care. We also put it up way earlier this year than usual (I think it was right after Halloween!) 🫣

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"Elf" is by far my favorite Christmas movie. We never get sick of it. There are so many good classics though -- Christmas Vacation, Home Alone and Daddy's Home 2 are also staples during the holidays at our house.

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Ornaments -- you can never have too many

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Ornaments -- you can never have too many

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I LOVE ornaments -- I try to collect one everywhere I travel. I also have had ornament exchange parties many years and make homemade ornaments to give to friends. These are a few of my more "successful" creations ;)

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My husband's brothers and I like to go to Denny's once in a blue moon and see how much hot chocolate we can drink with their endless mugs. 3 has been our limit so far. XD -McKinsey Howard

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We are so excited to give these personized ornaments to our kids this Christmas. It shows fun and significant events that took place this year. (Sophie)