Showing posts with label christmas decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas decorating. Show all posts

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Welcome to Our Home, Holiday Tour 2016

Holiday decorating is a serious business in our house! We love to decorate just about every single room. Welcome to our house, join us for a tour.


We spend as much time as possible on our front porch so we love to make it festive. Lots of reds like an Adirondack Christmas cottage.







Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Holiday Entertaining



Christmas Cookie Bark




Ingredients:
  • 14 whole Oreos, broken up (get the Christmas ones if you can)

  • 1 1/2 cups pretzels, broken. (long skinny ones work great)

  • 1 cup Christmas colored M&M's.

  • 1 lb white chocolate or almond bark.

  • Christmas colored sprinkles.


Printable Holiday Tags.
Adorable and Unique tags we found, we just couldn't resist
Downloadable PDFs

































































CLICK HERE FOR THE PRINTABLE FILES




Christmas Trivia Game
Keep your guest interested. 
You can give out little prizes like $1 scratch offs or stocking stuffer type prizes. 
Everyone will get a laugh and loosen up a bit.

Q1. Who created Rudolph, the most popular reindeer of Santa Claus?
Robert L. May, created Rudolph in 1939, when he wrote a Christmas-themed story-poem to attract customers in his department store.


Q2. Who was the star of the Christmas movie 'Jingle All the Way'?
Arnold Schwarzenegger


Q3. What is the first name of Scrooge, the principal character of the novel, A Christmas Carol?
Ebenezer


Q4. How many reindeer drive Santa Claus' sleigh (counting Rudolph)?
Nine


Q5. Who once stole Christmas?
The Grinch


Q6. Who was the author of 'A Christmas Carol'?
Charles Dickens

Q7. Who was the star of the movie titled 'White Christmas'?
Bing Crosby


Q8. Which Christmas carol did Jimmy Boyd make famous when he was just 13 years old?
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus


Q9. Which country was the first to use the tradition of Christmas trees?
Germany


Q10. Who invented electric Christmas lights?
Thomas Edison in 1880


Q11. The legend of Santa Claus is associated with which saint or monk?
Saint Nicholas


Q12. Which was the last US state to declare an official holiday for Christmas?
Oklahoma


Q13. Which was the first country to issue a Christmas postage stamp?
Canada


Q14. When was the world's first Christmas card sent?
In 1843, the same year Charles Dickens wrote, A Christmas Carol.


Q15. When was Christmas declared as a federal holiday?
1870


Q16. Which country has a tradition of a witch dropping gifts for children through the chimney at Christmas?
Italy


Q17. Which of the following is not the name of one of Santa's reindeer - Dasher, Donner, Doppler, and Dancer?
Doppler


Q18. What is Santa Claus called in France?
Père Noël


Q19. Which country is the largest exporter of Christmas trees?
Denmark


Q20. Which American President banned Christmas trees in the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt


Q21. How many days do we have between Christmas and the Epiphany?
Twelve


Q22. Which country follows the tradition to light candles on the graves of relatives, on Christmas eve?
Finland


Q23. Where did the Nativity take place?
Bethlehem


Q24. Which of these was not a gift given by the 'Wise Men' to Baby Jesus - gold, silver, myrrh, or frankincense?
Silver


Q25. Which company made the concept of Santa Claus popular worldwide?
Coca-Cola





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Friday, December 13, 2013

Tour Our Home for the Holidays

We are so excited this year because a top magazine came to shoot our house! It was such an honor and as soon as we can reveal we will. For now enjoy a tour of some of our decorations. Ava Rose and I enjoyed decorating each room. Our wonderful friend Dawn from Hydrangea Home helped put on all the finishing touches as well as create our favorite Welcome to Rose Cottage sign. Nancy, for those that know her from the store and from living locally helped us dress up the outside with lots of greenery and wonderful ideas. It was so great to work with such talented women. I feel honored and blessed.  Not every year has been easy with the ups and downs of life but this year we are making it special and enjoying every single day. Beyond the decorations and shopping we are enjoying friends and family. Ava Rose and I are watching old movies, baking and just keeping to old traditions. I like to savor each day. It is so easy being in retail to make this season flash right by but not this year. This year I am slowing down and enjoying every moment. Ava Rose's 1st school play was so great as well as her first big school trip to see Frosty the Snowman, her fun crazy Christmas sweater day was today. This weekend we are going to try ice skating. Life truly does go by so fast. The only way I learned to slow it down is live for the day and make each day a little fun. I hope this holiday season no matter where you are, and no matter how you decorate and celebrate you are blessed as well. You can tour our home and projects on our website.