tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post2720384195555789114..comments2008-02-11T08:37:13.228-08:00Comments on Timelessly Chic: I Just Love The HolidaysMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639605317016053551noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-55225454749633903602007-12-18T03:52:00.000-08:002007-12-18T03:52:00.000-08:00Hi Michele,We spend the holiday season brianstormi...Hi Michele,<BR/><BR/>We spend the holiday season brianstorming what to make for each other, keeping it a secret, making it, hiding it, and trying to keep it a secret! We have so much fun! We also make cookies the entire season- because we keep eating them!stellarstamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759069771530148276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-2940635310810956062007-12-17T22:12:00.001-08:002007-12-17T22:12:00.001-08:00Hello Michele,I enjoyed reading your blog, I came ...Hello Michele,<BR/>I enjoyed reading your blog, I came over from your friend I would love to enter your drawing and I am going to check out your shop, how fun thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays to you Pinkie DenisePinkie Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756230421148078411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-71729858032613166552007-12-17T22:12:00.000-08:002007-12-17T22:12:00.000-08:00Hello Michelle,I enjoyed visiting your blog, every...Hello Michelle,<BR/>I enjoyed visiting your blog, everything is so lovely, thanks for sharing and I would love to enter your contest, count me in Happy Holidays to you and your Pinkie DenisePinkie Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756230421148078411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-31272602761217319302007-12-17T16:45:00.000-08:002007-12-17T16:45:00.000-08:00Hi Michele,My fondest memories of Christmas as a y...Hi Michele,<BR/>My fondest memories of Christmas as a young girl with six siblings was to gather around the piano while my mother played Christmas carols as we sang along. I have always regreted not practicing my piano lessons so I could carry on this tradition. My mom has been gone 30 years but I will always remember how she always try to make Christmas a special time for us. Happy Holidays to you Michele & may the new year bring wonderful things your way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-78270478460773077722007-12-17T08:50:00.000-08:002007-12-17T08:50:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, Good luck with your new blog. I will...Hi Michele, Good luck with your new blog. I will post your site at mine which is fairly new as well. <BR/>We have many traditions in our family. The one I like most is that we get a small present for everyone in our house to be opened on the day we take the tree down. It encourages everyone to help tidy up and takes away some of the "Christmas is over" blues. <BR/> Another nice thing is that these gifts can be bought after Christmas so you can take advantage of the sales.Ainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337559730229764309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-14199143881344718232007-12-17T07:21:00.000-08:002007-12-17T07:21:00.000-08:00Hi Michele,I love your blog. Well Christmas Eve is...Hi Michele,<BR/>I love your blog. Well Christmas Eve is my birthday so we celebrate that and we always let the kids open a small gift. On Christmas we usually have cousins and there family over. Happy Holidays!<BR/>StephanieShabby in Pink Boutiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699339884256610329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-49314212447076712212007-12-17T07:11:00.000-08:002007-12-17T07:11:00.000-08:00Looking forward to seeing lovely things on your bl...Looking forward to seeing lovely things on your blog.<BR/>On Christmas Eve we always go to a neighboring church (our friend is the pastor) for their Christmas Cantata. It is nice to sit back and relax (since my husband is a pastor) & enjoy a service somewhere else for a change. Then we head over to the pastor's house for a feast of shrimp and lots of great food, head home, open one gift and relax together as a family.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137228756793743869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-19336529771061584932007-12-16T20:04:00.000-08:002007-12-16T20:04:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, I love your blog! Christmas Eve at my ...Hi Michele, I love your blog! Christmas Eve at my house starts with going to church than we all come home to eat some goodies. Later on we all get to open one little present! Usually it is than followed by watching some Christmas movies!<BR/>SusanSentimental Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229075122609961204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-82429269486835529972007-12-16T10:01:00.000-08:002007-12-16T10:01:00.000-08:00"Happy Holidays!" Congratulations on your beautifu..."Happy Holidays!" Congratulations on your beautiful website. There was a cul de sac about 45 minutes from where I lived as a child. The neighborhood all decorated their homes in a special way! Most of the large front windows had several types of moving Christmas Santas,elves,<BR/>animal,whatever you could think of.<BR/>As you drove through, your felt like you were in a Magical Land! Thanks,Cindi<BR/>jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]comwindycindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094662150428102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-55430143817299841772007-12-16T09:51:00.000-08:002007-12-16T09:51:00.000-08:00hey sis~ Oh my those candles are just beautiful! C...hey sis~ Oh my those candles are just beautiful! Christmas eve is always busier for us then christmas day! I love christmas very much!I hope you have a special christmas sis! love ya! ,lil sisWhimsy Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575229618415081943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-24316362357033757472007-12-16T08:58:00.000-08:002007-12-16T08:58:00.000-08:00Michele ~ I can remember when we were younger we w...Michele ~ I can remember when we were younger we would gather around the foil tree, you know the silver one with the multicolored wheel! It was Christmas Eve and my parents would let us each open one gift. It was so exciting. I can remember acting silly and jumping around with the anticipation of what would come on Christmas Day. Now I watch my own children do the same things. Happy Holidays to you and your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-78752796352123535782007-12-16T08:37:00.000-08:002007-12-16T08:37:00.000-08:00Hi Michele! Congratulations on your website! I c...Hi Michele! Congratulations on your website! I cant wait to go visit you :) I am having a contest on my blog too, please come and sign up!<BR/>My husband and I have five little boys. On Christmas Eve, Chad and the boys always watch A Christmas Carol together. While they do that, I make the breakfast casserole to eat on Christmas morning.<BR/>One of my favorite traditions is that for the whole month of December, every weekend, we snuggle up together and watch a different Christmas movie with hot chocolate and one of those big tins of popcorn!<BR/>This is just a couple of our favorite traditions!<BR/>Merry Christmas :)<BR/>Amy<BR/>Bunny Rose CottageAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729179669767436353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-44830635095568487622007-12-16T07:37:00.000-08:002007-12-16T07:37:00.000-08:00HI Michele,What at lovely blog you have. I'm so h...HI Michele,<BR/>What at lovely blog you have. I'm so happy to stop by a visit for a moment. I remember the wonderful Christmases of my youth. I loved that we always opened our new jammies on Christmas Eve. It always felt so special to wear them overnight and into Christmas morning. Thank you for Cathy for sending me over to join your blog contest. Lovely!Carol at Clutter Bug Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05446422629208757249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-33900328325404772832007-12-16T06:50:00.000-08:002007-12-16T06:50:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, love your blog!Christmas eve we spend ...Hi Michele, love your blog!<BR/><BR/>Christmas eve we spend with hubbys family, doing dinner and opening gifts, then to midnight mass!<BR/>Its crazy hectic but I would'nt change a thing!<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas,<BR/>Hugz, DollyMrs. Cherry Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941746630756766629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-375969279839129992007-12-16T03:01:00.000-08:002007-12-16T03:01:00.000-08:00Christmas Eve we go to our traditional church serv...Christmas Eve we go to our traditional church service and then come home and eat! We also unwrap a few gifts and everyone goes to bed with expectations for a fun-filled Christmas day!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043426076082597747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-47616635625255217052007-12-15T23:25:00.000-08:002007-12-15T23:25:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, your friend Cathy pointed in me in you...Hi Michele, your friend Cathy pointed in me in your direction and I am so pleased to find you. Lovely!!<BR/>Alicia ~ time worn styleAlicia ~ Time Worn Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589819472403731806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-42265498805439122212007-12-15T22:10:00.000-08:002007-12-15T22:10:00.000-08:00Hi Michele,Love your blog! I have so many wonderfu...Hi Michele,<BR/><BR/>Love your blog! I have so many wonderful memories of my childhood and Christmas. We used to get all dressed up and as soon as midnight came...one of the grown ups pretended to be Santa and handed out the gifts. My kids still believe in Santa so I treasure it because before I know it they will be all grown up.<BR/>This really is the most wonderful time of the year.<BR/><BR/>Janet<BR/>Janet's Creative PillowsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799791082384157346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-11657714809526298242007-12-15T21:38:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:38:00.000-08:00Hi Michele!Loved my visit to your blog! When I was...Hi Michele!<BR/>Loved my visit to your blog! <BR/>When I was about 7 yrs old, my Dad/Santa went out on Christmas Eve to put air in the tires of my new bike and was hit on the road by a drunk driver. Dad was hurt pretty bad and ended up in the hospital for over 2 months...but thanks to God's plan, we didn't lose him! When Mom rushed out to the hospital, she had a neighbor come stay with me and my 2 brothers and told her to let us open all our gifts....that started our family tradition of opening everything on Christmas Eve and only the Santa gifts were left for Christmas Day! I have spent my adult life with my family coming to my home for gifts on Christmas Eve, church and food, food, food!! Worked well since my DH's family celebrated on Christmas Day!! The family is much smaller now but we continue the way we always have!!<BR/>PS....I didn't ride the bike for 2 years!!!<BR/>I hope you and your family have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!!<BR/>Hugs!<BR/>GeorgiaGeorgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169610107289815993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-55830440371891711492007-12-15T21:24:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:24:00.000-08:00You got me here Cathy! I think I love Christmas ev...You got me here Cathy! <BR/>I think I love Christmas eve even better than Christmas day. When my girls were little they opened one gift on Christmas eve just like Lynn's boys. Just like when I was a child. <BR/>Now that the girls are grown, we get together with my sister and her family (quite a bunch!) and go to church, have dinner, our Yankee swap, a few other games and then gift exchange. Christmas eve festivities often run into the early morning. Christmas Day is quieter but still festive. We either have dinner at my house or my sister's house. <BR/>Huggs<BR/>JoyceCottage Collectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806537570871532941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-12209989207489798492007-12-15T20:54:00.000-08:002007-12-15T20:54:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, I am more than happy to stop by your b...Hi Michele, I am more than happy to stop by your blog. I would love to win the give-away. Can I pick ANYTHING I want from your website? That would be really cool. I think I am going to have to get some ladies to come to your blog contest.<BR/><BR/>xoxo<BR/>CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568676340564795335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406154117303159413.post-20262019269623790612007-12-13T16:46:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:46:00.000-08:00Hi Michele, When the children were young we always...Hi Michele, When the children were young we always saved Christmas Eve for the luminary tour in the surrounding neighborhoods. It was so beautiful to drive thru the lit up neighborhoods with the car lights off. Then we would come home and let the boys open up one present and it was always the red Christmas pajamas. The boys get it kick out of telling that story now. xo LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com