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How to Make Gift Tags Out of Christmas Cards

December 7, 2024 By Katy Leave a Comment

Today I’m showing you a quick, fun DIY project that will spruce up your holiday season. Plus, I’ve got an announcment about my story in the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas book. Lets’ start with how easy it is to make cute, festive gift tags out of Christmas cards. (If I can [Read More]

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Ho Ho Ho! I am published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas

November 9, 2024 By Katy 2 Comments

A Santa dances on a chimney in the snow next to the title of the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas book.

I’ve got some exciting news. I’m in a book! Yes, dear readers, I’m happy to announce that my story, “How A Combine Havester Saved Our Christmas Tree” was selected as one of the 101 stories included in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas. I’m here to tell you that these 101 [Read More]

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I Love the Sounds of My Teens at Home for Winter Break

December 3, 2023 By Katy Leave a Comment

Some sounds are synonymous with the winter holidays. There’s the ripping of paper as gifts are opened. The clank of silverware as family members celebrate over a special meal. There are the jingle and tinkle of sleigh bells and jingle bells and the anticipatory countdown to the new year. Likewise, some sounds are synonymous with [Read More]

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Telling My Teens about Christmas in the 80s

December 4, 2022 By Katy Leave a Comment

“Feeeeed the woooooorld. Let them know it’s Christmas time!” I sing a song from Christmas in the 80s in the car. Out of the corner of my eye, I see my teenage daughter look at me. She is unimpressed. “Why is that even a Christmas song?” she asks. She has a good point. Amidst all [Read More]

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Forget Christmas, I Want A Hallmark Movie Winter

December 6, 2021 By Katy 4 Comments

It’s that time of year again. Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas. Wait. Isn’t it ALWAYS that time of year on the Hallmark channel? I mean, aren’t they always showing Christmas movies and counting down to Christmas starting in, oh, January? No matter. I actually enjoy the sugary sweetness of their holiday movies.  But they fill me [Read More]

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How to Savor the Holiday Season at Home

December 7, 2020 By Katy 6 Comments

This year the holiday season may look different. Masks and social distancing have put a damper on the usual gatherings at schools and in our communities. My own kids are sad that holiday concerts and our town’s parade have been canceled.  But there’s no need to be filled with despair. After all, it is still [Read More]

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The Christmas Breaking Point

December 17, 2019 By Katy 6 Comments

“Do you think he’ll like it? I’m really worried he won’t’ like it,” my twelve-year-old daughter asked me from the doorway. I jumped from where I was sitting in front of our family computer. I closed down a window where I had been tracking a gift for her. It was shipped late, and wouldn’t make [Read More]

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