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Christmas Countdown Day 18: Set Up A Wrap and Mail Center

Christmas Countdown Day 18: Set Up A Wrap and Mail Center

Wrapping holiday gifts can be one of the most-overlooked chore...

Christmas Countdown Day 17: Organize Online Shopping

Christmas Countdown Day 17: Organize Online Shopping Cynthia EwerNovember 9, 2021

Ready to shop for Christmas gifts? Between mall madness, high gas prices and lack of time, it can be the holiday season's greatest source of stress. 

There's got to be an easier way! Organized gift shopp...

Christmas Countdown Day 16: Renegotiate Gift Exchanges

Christmas Countdown Day 16: Renegotiate Gift Exchanges Cynthia EwerNovember 8, 2021

Time, finances, or changing family circumstances sometimes require adjustments to the holiday gift list. Will this be the year you renegotiate gift exchanges? 

Where has your gift-giving overstepped th...

Christmas Countdown: Gifts and Giving Week

Christmas Countdown: Gifts and Giving Week

Welcome to Gifts and Giving Week! It's the time we focus on gift lists, gift...

Christmas Countdown Day 15: Gifts & Giving Week

Christmas Countdown Day 15: Gifts & Giving Week

For many families, gift-giving is among the most stressful aspects of pr...

Christmas Countdown Day 14: Inventory Wrap and Mail Supplies

Christmas Countdown Day 14: Inventory Wrap and Mail Supplies Cynthia EwerNovember 6, 2021

The decoration tide sweeps in with September's falling leaves, breaks against Halloween's ghosts and goblins, and is streaming full-force by the time Thanksgiving's turkeys and pilgrims arrive. C...

Christmas Countdown Day 13: Check Holiday Wardrobes

Christmas Countdown Day 13: Check Holiday Wardrobes Cynthia EwerNovember 5, 2021

What's the state of your family's wardrobe?  Even if you trend to the casual the other months of the year, chances are, you'll get gussied up at some point during the holiday season. 

Posing for holiday p...

Gift Closet Guide: Get Organized for Christmas Giving

Gift Closet Guide: Get Organized for Christmas Giving Cynthia EwerNovember 4, 2021

We should all have a friend like my friend Joyce. No matter what the occasion, she comes up with the perfect gift--even at short notice. 

Her wrapped packages are lavish and lovely, her cards are sweet...

Christmas Countdown Day 12: Inventory The Gift Closet

Christmas Countdown Day 12: Inventory The Gift Closet Cynthia EwerNovember 4, 2021

Good morning, dear readers and friends.  Today in the Christmas Countdown, we're set to inventory the gift closet:  the household's store of bought-ahead gift items.  

Truth to tell, I suspect this year...

Christmas Countdown Day 11: Make A Plan For Housework

Christmas Countdown Day 11: Make A Plan For Housework

November 3, 2021

Where did the holiday season ...