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How to Make a Snow Day Happen – Be Careful What You Wish For

by Candace Sampson

So you want to make a snow day happen. Well to hear the weatherman tell it, we’re looking down the barrel of the mother of all storms. Or not. It may just be a dusting. One never can tell really, and if you’re the weatherman it’s best to always err on the side of mass …

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Brutti ma Buoni (Ugly But Good Cookies)

by Candace Sampson

My very best friend in the world is Italian. I’m not saying I chose an Italian best friend on purpose, but I think if you’re going to have a best friend then someone of Italian descent is always a good bet. Why? Well because of the food silly. Italian best friends have parents and grandparents …

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Send Creative Christmas Cards Online

by Katja Wulfers

So…here we are again. Despite last year’s vows to make a holiday to-do list, check it twice, and have your presents wrapped and the cards mailed seconds after Thanksgiving, it’s December and the Christmas cards haven’t been mailed or written or even bought. Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ve seen you …

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Cheesy Beef Skillet Dinner

Cheesy Beef Skillet Dinner

by Candace Sampson

Ah, the holidays. A time to pause and reflect on the wonder of the season. It’s the time of year we slow down to enjoy it all. Riiiight. I don’t know about you but as slow as it seems for December to get here, it feels like somebody throws the calendar on warp speed December …

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How to Make Eggnog Like a Boss

by Anne Radcliffe

Once upon a time last Christmas season, I was enamored with the idea of making eggnog all the things. Eggnog cookies, eggnog bread, eggnog treats and drinks and toddies and etc. etc. etc.  And then I made a terrible mistake. While I was at the store, I looked at the ingredients on a box of …

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Wine 101

Wine 101 – How to Look Like You Know What You’re Doing

by Dee Brun

By no means would I ever call myself a Wine’E’ …I am more of a Wine’O’ … I am not classically trained, everything I know about wine I have learned ‘in the field’. What I do know is what I like and what I like to give as hostess/host gifts at the holidays or serve …

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The Little Black Dress

by Natasha Bernardi

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.” — Karl Lagerfeld The holidays are just around the corner which means an onslaught of holiday parties and dinners. The next three months, can be heavy on the wallet – between gifts for teachers, kids, family and friends. So, when it comes to your wardrobe, the …

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Five Best Holiday Hostess Gifts

by Katja Wulfers

‘Tis the season for entertaining and going to parties and racking your brain for a gift that shows genuine appreciation for your hostess. Riffling the back of the drinks cupboard for the bottle of Jägermeister won at a stag party, and that’s lasted longer than the marriage it was meant to herald, is not showing …

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