Merry Christmas From Love My Little Cottage! Linked to Inspire Me Monday: Inspire Me Monday We had a wonderful Christmas season in 2018 here at the Little Cottage. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas with your beautiful families. Kristie Continue Reading
A Few Great Reasons To Shop Black Friday
A Few Great Reasons To Shop Black Friday My reasons for shopping on Black Friday, or more recently, Black Thanksgiving, are different than most people’s. Believe it or not, they don’t have anything to do with shopping. First of all, my 5 children are getting older, and I want to soak up Continue Reading
Becoming a Holiday Meal Matriarch
For the past eight years or so, we have been cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house, as opposed to going to other people's houses to eat their food. Once I turned forty I figured I needed to at least know how to cook turkey and all of the trimmings for the traditional holiday meal. When I was Continue Reading
The Merging of Thanksgiving and Christmas
Thanksgiving 2012 In the past, the day after Thanksgiving was the official starting point of the Christmas season. Christmas has been arriving earlier of late. November 1st is now the "First Day of Christmas." The Countdown to Christmas at Walmart is posted right after Halloween, at any rate. I Continue Reading