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    Book Review: 12 Days of Christmas, A Little Golden Book Classic

    It is Christmas Eve, which is a perfect time for families with children to read Christmas themed bedtime stories. Although there are plenty of books about Santa Claus, including The Night Before Christmas, and the birth of Jesus, I wanted…

    By essieofwho December 24, 2025
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    Lenox 2024 Snow Majesty Snowflake Ornament Feature

    Last year, I decided to shop for new ornaments that are different to the ones I can normally find at Hallmark’s stores. One of the ornaments I stumbled across is Lenox’s Snow Majesty Snowflake ornament. I don’t normally like anything…

    By essieofwho December 23, 2025
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    Book Review: Christmas at Hogwarts by J.K. Rowling with Illustrations by Ziyi Gao

    Every year, there are new Christmas themed books. Some of them are for adults while others are for children. They tell classic Christmas tales while others tell new and original stories. There are some that are inspired by popular media…

    By essieofwho December 21, 2025
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    Christmas Events in My Town and Missing Out on the Festive Fun for 2025

    Christmas is less than a week away. I am both happy and sad to see this season to come to an end. I am happy to see this busy season end, but I am also sad because I enjoy Christmas…

    By essieofwho December 20, 2025
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2025,  Books,  christmas,  Holidays,  Lifestyle

    Book Review: Skipping Christmas: A Novel by John Grisham

    Growing up, my relatives read a lot. One of their favorite authors was John Grisham. I grew up knowing John Grisham as an author of mystery novels, which is my relative’s favorite genre of books. When the movie Christmas with…

    By essieofwho December 17, 2025
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    Lenox 2024 Snow Fantasies Cross Ornament Feature

    Last year, I decided to focus on buying really nice quality ornaments. The ornaments I decided to purchase are from Lenox’s 2024 Snow Fantasies line of ornaments. I already talked about my snowflake ornament from the collection in a previous…

    By essieofwho December 16, 2025
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    Mid-Holiday Season Update- How the 2025 Christmas Season is Going for Me

    It’s about halfway through the month of December so I decided to write an update about how the holiday season is going this year. So far, nothing exciting has happened. Well, there were exciting things that happened, but it was…

    By essieofwho December 13, 2025
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    Movie Review: My Christmas Inn (2018)

    In order to prepare posts for Blogmas 2025, I’ve been watching a lot of romantic Christmas movies. The Hallmark Channel has many Christmas movies to watch, but this year I wanted to try something different: I wanted to watch the…

    By essieofwho December 12, 2025
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    Reminiscing & Wondering Where the Children’s Chocolate Advent Calendars Are Sold Today

    Ever since I was a girl, I loved advent calendars. I usually had the calendars with chocolate in them. Every day in December, I would open a new window, find the chocolate, and eat it. When I had a major…

    By essieofwho December 11, 2025
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    Lenox 2024 Snow Fantasies Snowflake Ornament Feature

    Last year, I decided to purchase myself new ornaments from Lenox. Lenox’s ornament can be quite expensive, but my favorites are their more affordable line of ornaments. Last year, they would cost around $20 USD with tax per ornament, but…

    By essieofwho December 9, 2025
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