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POPSA Playmobil Christmas I love Playmobil. You can have your Fisher Price and Lego people, for me, the Playmobil sets are the best. They have an adorable nativity set, that contains my one deal-breaker feature: baby Jesus comes out of the manger. In our house, Jesus doesn't go into the manger until Christmas Eve (Santa puts him there, because Santa "gets" the meaning of the season). Therefore, Jesus must come out of the manger. They also have wonderfully charming Christmas scenes, and three different types of advent calendars (my favorite is the Christmas in the Park ) Link
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POPSMitten Advent calendar Hand-knit mittens on a string are tied to a braided length of yarn each day in advent (or untied, your preference). Available for purchase at Garnet Hill or for knitters, it's probably a pretty easy DIY.
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POPSSnowball home decorations from Cottage Living These pretty windowbox and wreath decorations are easy to make. You'll find the instructions here , but they're basically just styrofoam balls coated in fake snow and glued together with white lights or strung on a wire for the wreath. They're good for indoor or outdoor decorating. Link via Apartment Therapy
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POPSMacys Thanksgiving Parade Water Globe for 2007 I love these annual snowglobes. I have the one from 2000, which may be the last one to contain the World Trade Center. This one is particularly nice. The ones that incorporate a snowglobe into statuary can be particularly charming. Of course, it wouldn't be complete without the miniature Tom Turkey float. $65.00 at Macys
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POPSMacys Collectible holiday ornaments My favorites of their three pages of collectible ornaments. The crystal companies Waterford and Swarovski are really at their best when showcasing their snowflakes. Lenox needs to give some serious thought to gingerbread themes.
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POPSAll your gift-giving problems solved Give 'em nothing. That's right: nothing. Not any nothing, though. You want to give them this designer nothing, carefully blister-packed. £3.49 from I Want One of Those. via Mental Floss.
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POPS50 Frugal holiday ideas Lynnae at beingfrugal.net has posted her 50 frugal Christmas ideas. Some of these are ones my family already does together. Others are ones I want to try. A few favorites: 5. Have a family slumber party in the living room. Pull out the sleeping bags and turn on the Christmas lights. Just enjoy being together as a family. 7. See the Christmas lights. Drive around your town and look at the decked out houses. Vote on which neighborhood has the best display. 23. Attend your community tree-lighting ceremony. Many communities have them, and they are festive occasions. If you don’t mind the crowds, tree-lighting ceremonies can be a lot of fun. 26. Track Santa on NORAD. 33. Watch the Christmas specials on TV. 43. Make an Advent Calendar. You could make a simple paper calendar. Or if you’re more crafty, you could make something more complicated. There are many options. Of course, there are plenty more. Or you may come up with ideas of your own.
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POPSGerman advent calendar includes image of serial killer Reuters reports that an advent calendar being sold by the city of Hanover, Germany contain an image of Fritz Haarman. Haarman was executed in 1925 for murdering 24 young men and boys. The cartoon advent calendar features other Hanover celebrities, including The Scorpions. Haarman is pictured near Santa Claus, holding a meat cleaver while watching the townspeople enjoy the winter day. Interestingly, now that the calendar has gained media attention, people are lining up to buy the calendar, which is expected to sell out of all 2,000 copies. via Super Punch
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POPSDecorative Moose A fun winter decoration, the white moose masures 17" x 13". The fur is white sisal. $50 at Vivre
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POPSHandmade R2-D2 ornament Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-beep! artoo1121's boyfriend painted a silver ornament to resemble R2. Did a fine job of it, too. via Wists
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POPSHand made pop-up cards Creative Park is a "use your printer to make crafts" site by Cannon with some truly awesome ideas. I love these pop-up cards and the papercraft Santa's Workshop. I'm going to have to try one to see how tricky they are.
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POPSJones holiday sodas 2007 Keeping tradition, Jones has released its new limited-edition holiday soda packs for 2007. My family first experienced this phenomenon in 2005. Their "stuffing" flavored soda literally made me cry, it was so awful. Like salty dishwater. On the other hand, the pumpkin pie was quite good. This year Jones is releasing two packs: Christmas, with sugarplum, evergreen, eggnog and Christmas ham, and Hanukkah, containing latke, applesauce, chocolate coins and jelly doughnut flavors. All flavors are kosher, even the ham. Each pack costs $12.99, or you can buy both online for $21.98 and save $4.00. Jones donates a percentage of each Christmas pack to Toys for Tots, and a percentage of each Hanukkah pack to Vitamin Angels.
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POPSFelt gingerbread house Decorate and re-decorate with a felt gingerbread house and felt decorations. I'm not very impressed by the decorations for this, but it makes a neat DIY project idea, even a neat gift idea. Link
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POPSSlacker Thanksgiving The Slacker Thanksgiving from CHOW gives a simple menu for the Big Day: Drinks * Puritan’s Pride (nonalcoholic) * 1621 * And see our suggestions for wine pairings. Hors d’Oeuvres * Watercress-Walnut Dip * Black Pepper Lavash Mains * Apple-Chestnut Soup with Parsley Croutons * Bacon-Wrapped Turkey with Pear Cider Gravy * Mushroom and Fennel Bread Pudding * Celery Root and Squash Gratin with Walnut-Thyme Streusel * Chicory, Tangerine, and Pomegranate Salad * Cranberry and Citrus Sauce Sweets * Custardy Pumpkin Pie with Spiced Crust * Vanilla Bean Ice Cream * Spiked Apple Galette Don't feeling like doing it all (any of it) yourself? Slackerize it with their easy breakdowns of responsibility and assignment emails. Link via [url=http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/ful
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POPSA brief story of the first Thanksgiving
Mental Floss has a nice, brief history of the first Thanksgiving, including a few of the foods that were served at that first festival (which was three days long). There were no pumpkin pies or cranberry sauce, no sweet or white potatoes. Yes, there was turkey, but there was also venison, swans, ducks, partridges and seafood including lobsters, clams and eel. The vegetables were usually stewed: squash (including pumpkins - a new treat for the Pilgrims) onions, beans, peas and carrots. There was no sugar available, so they satisfied their sweet tooth with corn pudding and dried berries. All this was cooked primarily by the nine surviving females: four married women and five adolescent girls. Fire roasting (such as venison) was handled by the men. Water at the time could easily be contaminated, so the Pilgrims and their Native American guests drank beer and occasionally goat's milk. No cows at that time, either. There are some good links to authentic recipes and more history,
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POPSCountdown to Thanksgiving Family Fun has a four-week list to help get ready for the holidays. One important tip: "Remember that you have to allow 24 hours for every 5 pounds if you're going to defrost a turkey in the refrigerator. That means a 15-pound turkey will take three full days, so get started on Monday." Ready...set....go!
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