We thought it would be fun to countdown to Christmas each night with a fun Christmas craft, recipe, family tradition and all things holly jolly. If you would like to share a craft, recipe or tradition that your family enjoys – please email us at time2saveblogger@gmail.com! We’ll possibly feature you one night this month……..

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Tomorrow is Christmas Eve – and many of us finally sit down and call it quits with shopping, planning, decorating and the general craziness that surrounds such an essentially sacred, peaceful day.  Christmas Eve is a good time to transition (if you haven’t already) to focusing your family on the birth of the Christ child!

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We thought it would be fun to countdown to Christmas each night with a fun Christmas craft, recipe, family tradition and all things holly jolly. If you would like to share a craft, recipe or tradition that your family enjoys – please email us at time2saveblogger@gmail.com! We’ll possibly feature you one night this month……..

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Thanks to Melissa from CafeMom for this photo!

Thanks to Jamie for sharing tonight’s post!

Growing up – we were pretty close to plain old poor.   I don’t mean to say “aww, poor me” – but to get you to believe it when I say, my mom was S-E-R-I-O-U-S about not spending any money on people’s Christmas presents.  So we crafted every year – starting around July – to have enough presents to hand out come Christmas.  Mom picked a big project each year, like sewing fabric angels or those long heavy rolls that keep the draft out near the bottoms of doors and windows.  One year she went on a woven basket kick – and another it was aprons for the women in the family.  She even learned how to make doilies one year!  My dad joined in too – he woodburned pretty pictures for my grandparents, and painted scenery on old saws for my uncles.

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I love Christmas traditions, especially those full of Christmas wonder and magic.  My kids still believe in Santa, and all things related that are holly and jolly including the importance of feeding Santa’s rambunctious elves.  The past couple of years, we’ve made reindeer food that we sprinkle in the front yard on Christmas Eve before they head to bed.  I’ve included the recipe below in case you’d like to try it!

Ingredients:
Raw Oatmeal (Cause reindeer LOOOVE them some oats….)
Glitter or sprinkles (To sparkle in the moonlight and guide them to your home)

Toss some out on the lawn on Christmas Eve, to give those poor over-worked reindeer something to munch on while Santa’s doing his chimney business.

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We thought it would be fun to countdown to Christmas each night with a fun Christmas craft, recipe, family tradition and all things holly jolly. If you would like to share a craft, recipe or tradition that your family enjoys – please email us at time2saveblogger@gmail.com! We’ll possibly feature you one night this month….

Today was a fun filled Christmas cooking kind of day at the Trenum home.  We made Chex Party Mix, Snowman Crunch, Chocolate Pretzel M & M Wreath’s and Hot Ham and Cheese Sliders!!  I was feeling really behind, until today.  Still lots of baking to do but at least we got started.  Here’s a simple fun party mix I made up for the kids today while they were waiting on the Chex Party Mix to bake.  I dubbed it Snowman Crunch!

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