Merry and Bright

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays – let [...]

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Handmade Gift Giving

Gifts do not need to cost a lot. They don’t need to be mass produced from some foreign land. Most often the very best gifts are those made with love and full of sweet memories! This has more meaning than any fancy piece of artwork I could purchase. It was made for people I love… [...]

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Cranberry Apple Relish

Here at Chiot’s Run we LOVE cranberry relish when it comes to Thanksgiving Day meals. I make a big batch each year and we take some to all of our holiday gatherings. It’s a quick and easy side dish and it really adds a great flavor to your turkey meal. Here’s my favorite recipe. CRANBERRY [...]

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Sunday Photos Holiday Traditions

It is fun to explore how each of us has our own unique holiday traditions.   Today we have tried to capture some of the magic of our personal traditions with our photos…enjoy! Each year we make homemade ornaments…these are Christmas balls we made for Sweet Girl’s pink tree. There is the annual gingerbread house… We [...]

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Handmade Holidays our Sunday Photo Post

Well we are in the full swing of the holiday gift giving season.  It is so easy to get caught up in the feeding frenzy that is this shopping season!  We thought we would share photos of some of the homemade gifts that we are giving or have been given to us.  Nothing says I [...]

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Handmade Holidays

I have been noticing that with the economy the way it is that there is a push for frugal gifts focusing on homemade.  There are ‘buy handmade’ pledges all over the blogs.  I think this is a worthy goal to be sure. But I have decided that I do not want to buy homemade this [...]

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