Praise a child Practice grace Count your blessings Slow your pace --75 Simple Ways to Celebrate the Holidays 75 Simple Ways to Celebrate the Holidays is a refreshingly original illustrated poem that reminds us to keep the holidays cheerful, calm, joyous, and focused on what truly matters most. This little book is the antidote to the do-it-all, do-it-fast fever that grips so many people around Christmastime. It was created with one goal in mind--to help the reader find more true joy during the most joyous time of the year. Giftable features include cover flocking and a ribbon bookmark, along with just the right blend of rhyming verse and cheerful art: Keep traditions Stoke the fire Find your voice Join the choir Gaze at stars on a clear winter night Keep your perspective Keep your heart light This book is the perfect keepsake stocking stuffer, a gentle reminder of what's most important on Christmas day and every day.

Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays. Jack Santino's guide to such frivolity is a wonderfully readable exploration of holidays, periods of festivity, and life-cycle rituals and celebrations. Santino draws on history, anthropology, popular culture, and folklore to show the intricate relationships between holidays and the roles that celebrations and rituals play in people's lives.

Have you ever wished for the simpler holidays of your childhood? To just forget about the shopping, wrapping, and overspending, and instead focus on the true meaning of the holiday? In this easy-to-use guide, author Nancy Twigg teaches people of all ages how to celebrate joyfully on a budget. From Christmas to Valentine's Day, birthday parties to wedding celebrations, and everything in between, Celebrate Simply seeks to bring the fun back into holidays and special occasions.

The author of Simple Pleasures has put together easy-to-do ideas for a year of pleasurable holiday celebrations from Halloween to Guy Fawkes Day, Thanksgiving to the Chinese New Year, and many in between. Includes homemade gifts, foods, and decorations plus suggestions for making the holidays special for family and friends.

Gives real-life advice to address the real-life problems of holiday stress and over spending.

Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

Make the holidays extra sweet this season with the best sweet treats edible gifts recipes ever! Think mouth-watering fudge, toffees, brittles, caramels, nougats, candies, candied nuts, truffles, barks, sweet gifts in jars, and more! ***Black and White Edition*** Making homemade Christmas sweet to give or share with your loved one is one of the most memorable moments of the holidays, especially if you bake with family members. Preparing edible gifts by hand is way to a wonderful way to show people that you care. Everybody loves a sweet treat, and what better way to acknowledge your friends, family or colleagues during the holidays than with something special you made yourself? In this cookbook, we'll share recipes for Christmas candy and sweet treats that are unique and impressive and sure to please. They are both easy to make with a few steps to follow and they're inexpensive, too! Inside this illustrated cookbook, you'll find: cooking tips on preparing sweet treats for the holidays including making fudge, brittle, toffee, and caramel, dipping truffles, and tempering chocolates. Original gift packaging ideas for your sweet treats to make it extra special 75 kid-approved sweet treat recipes including: Fudge recipes Classic Chocolate Fudge Maple Walnut Fudge Eggnog Fudge Squares Toffee, brittle, and caramel recipes Peanut Brittle Italian Almond Brittle Chocolate Butter Toffee Sponge Toffee Soft Salted Caramels Chocolate Caramels Nougat recipes Christmas Nougat Pecan Logs Nougat Pops Candy recipes Homemade Candy Cane Christmas Hard Candy Spiced Fruit Jelly Drops Truffle recipes Easy Chocolate Truffles Coconut Cream Truffles Mint ChipTruffles Spiced and Candied Nuts Old South Pralines Chocolate Peanut Clusters Smoky-Sweet Almonds Bark recipes Almond Joy Bark Peanut Butter Swirl Bark Cookie'n Cream White Bark Sweet sauces Hot Fudge Sauce Rum and Butter Sauce Vanilla Cream Sauce Hot chocolate and dipped spoons Dipped Spoons White Hot Chocolate in a Jar Peppermint Hot Chocolate in a Jar 18 Bonus Recipes! Our Favorite Cookies for the Holidays Snow Ball Cookies Glazed Italian Christmas Cookies Kiss Sugar Cookies Recipes come with a beautiful image, a detailed list of ingredients, cooking and preparation times, number of servings, and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. Let's get started! Scroll back up and click the BUY NOW button at the top right side of this page to order your copy now!