“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6”
I hope your day is bright and filled with many blessings. Thank you all for being such wonderful readers. Merry Christmas!
Are you still trying to finish your Christmas shopping? Don’t forget about Hickory Farms. It is a gift that will continue to give.
Hickory Farms has a partnership with Share Our Strength (SOS) – a leading national nonprofit organization that works to stamp out childhood hunger. For each Party Planner gift box sold this holiday season, Hickory Farms will donate $5 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign. Great news…To date Hickory Farms and its customers have donated $1.9 million! To me, this is what Christmas is all about. This money is helping to provide funding for summer meal programs, emergency food assistance, nutrition education, holiday charitable giving and long-term solutions for families in need. Love!
The Christmas cheer does not stop there with Hickory Farms!
Hickory Farms has a partnership with Operation Gratitude – a national nonprofit that creates care packages for military men and women and their families. Hickory Farms has eight products that they offer free shipping to military APO and FPO addresses, including the “Home for the Holidays” gift basket featured in the product fact sheet.
Spread the Christmas goodness this season. It will warm hearts near and afar. Merry Christmas!
Disclaimer: Compensation and products for review were provided by Hickory Farms via MomTrends. I received a free sample of the product for the purpose of this review and to facilitate a giveaway. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions of Hickory Farms.
It really has been laying on my heart the last couple of months about the Christmas season. This is my favorite time of the year and I just want to savor every moment. The season is always way too short for me and I wish I could wave a magical wand and extend the season. Christmas makes me happy and brings out so many emotions.
It is my goal to keep Christmas simple and let my girls know what the true meaning of Christmas is about. Yes, we have fun with Santa and the Elf on the Shelf but we cannot forget the true spirit of Christmas. Our Jesus Christ was born. We are celebrating his Birthday. I told my parents that I didn’t want this Christmas to be about gifts. I just want us to be together and have fun fellowship and enjoy the Christmas spirit that is all around us. We will do a $10 Christmas gift exchange game where each family member will bring a $10 gift. It will be fun and I am sure will bring lots of laughs. Then, I would like us to read the Christmas story altogether.
We even kept our tree simple this year. We have a huge 7.5 ft tree my parents gave us that we usually put up but I didn’t want to this year. I wanted to use our small tree and let the girls decorate it themselves. I cannot stop looking at the tree on a daily basis. I am in love with this tree and it is the best decorated tree in my eyes.
Now, this is how Christmas should be!
The Holiday season is definitely upon us. I love to bake and my family loves to eat. Who doesn’t love to eat right?
Food Lion invited me to share my favorite holiday favorite recipe with you in conjunction with their Food Lion Bake-Off contest.
I have cooked this every year since I started my Weight Watchers Journey.
Pumpkin White Morsel Cake
Ingredients:
1 Box Spice Cake Mix
1 Bag of White Chocolate Morsels
1 14.5 oz can of Pumpkin
3 Teaspoons of water
Directions:
Mix Spice Cake Mix, Pumpkin and water together. Then add the morsels. Stir well. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
The recipe is so easy yet so delicious. I receive so many comments on the taste and my two smallest fans, M and L, request this cake be put in their lunch box.
What is your favorite Holiday recipe? Enter it in Food Lion’s Bake-Off Contest before November 28, 2012 for your chance to win BIG!
You can enter the contest by sharing a recipe in any of the four categories: appetizer, entree, side dish, or dessert. 12 grand prize winners will receive a $500 Food Lion gift card!
Happy Holidays!
Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Food Lion. I received a promotional item to facilitate my shopping experience and review.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It is no secret that I absolutely love this time of year. Honestly, I wish we could stretch the next month and half to at least three months. It has been an annual tradition since my husband and I started our family to send out photo Christmas cards. In my opinion, photos make the cards more personable and it gives me the chance to show off my wonderful family. Yes, I know I am blessed.
This will make the third year that we use Tiny Prints to order our Christmas cards. The paper that Tiny Prints use is impeccable. The quality is superb.
Check out their new Premium DoubleThick ™ Matte paper.
Along with the paper is very unique card designs. Tiny Prints have so many choices but I selected 10 styles that I would recommend.
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Make sure before you place your order, you check out their promotional coupon page for an even sweeter deal.
Disclosure: I was compensated for this post from Tiny Prints. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.
