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 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 Continue Reading
Christmas Visits to Assisted Living Homes
For the past three years, my children have performed in a Christmas program presented to the assisted living and nursing home residents in our community. Several friends of mine began the practice a few years before we joined. By the time we came along, their program 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 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 Continue Reading