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The most comforting thing about the holidays are the traditions each of our families have.  Many memories are created around these traditions.  Do you have any holiday traditions?  You already know that we do an advent calendar and have a tradition giving gifts in a unique way to our children.  Another one we have is picking out an ornament each year that represents what the year means to us.  For instance, in 2007 when we were about to have Caden, we purchased "It's a Boy!" Ornament.  When we bought our first house, we purchased an ornament of a home with a key.  It's always fun to see what the Christmas tree is filled with and there are tons of stories and memories as we dress the tree.



My most favorite holiday tradition is being cozy in the house and baking. We crank up the Christmas music and the oven and bake, bake, bake.  Caden and I were busy this weekend making mint M&M dipped pretzels.  He chose Chipmunks as the Christmas tunes and helped me make these goodies look good!  Every time I bake goodies around the holidays, it makes me think back to when I was young.  It's been a family tradition to bake a lot of goodies for neighbors. One year, I think we maxed out at 24 varieties of treats.  It was insane!  I think we spent two solid weekends in the kitchen.



There are so many memories I have from being in the kitchen, but mostly, I just remember enjoying time with family in a wonderfully smelling kitchen.  My mom always had a little potpourri dish out that smelled so wonderful.  I have no idea what it's called, but the potpourri sat in water above a lit candle and it smelled so, so good.



Now I look forward to the memories with my own children in passing down and creating our own traditions. Caden loves helping me in the kitchen and we had lots of laughs this weekend.



I think I just noticed why most of the M&Ms in the pretzels are green.  Someone was eating all the red ones.  I wonder who??

What holiday traditions are your favorite?

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Customized Gifts

Still trying to decide on gifts for this holiday season?  I love gifts that are customized!  Way better than a gift card.  (Though on occasion I have given gift cards!)  Here are a few gifts that would be great!

Customized gift tags from Print Our Party.

Monogrammed Coasters from Whimsy Creations by Ann.

Custom Address Stamp from Sweet Paperie.

Packing up the Holidays

Once the New Year hits, I am ready to clean up the holidays, get everything put away and then start organizing the rest of the house.  I always feel so much better when the holidays come back around and I have put everything away so nicely the previous year.  This year, Rubbermaid helped me make sure I put everything away in its place by giving me a wreath storage and an ornament cube and here is my honest review of each product. 

Wreath Storage- Each wreath storage unit is large-- it holds up to a 27" wreath which is really nice.  They are really wide too so if you have smaller wreaths that could be stored together, you could probably fit two of them.  They are made of a plastic material that is easy to keep clean and makes the storage area very flexible.  The only request I would make is that there would be an area to stick a label so I can tell from the outside which wreath is stored inside.  I hung them in my basement using a storage hook.  It took me about 5 minutes to put everything away and install the hook.

Ornament Storage- I was also given the 10" Collapsible Cube to try out and I love it!  It give every ornament it's specific spot -- which I really enjoy for my treasured ornaments.  When I was little, my mother would by each of us kids a Hallmark ornament.  I have a lot of cherish memories in that box and it's fun to look at each year and what my mother purchased.  They are glass ornaments that seem to break easily with little ones around, so I feel a lot better having these stored in a safe place.

Have you already cleaned up your holiday decorations?  If so, what type of storage do you like to use?


Full Disclosure: I was given free product in exchange for a review. These are my honest opinions and have not been influenced by the Rubbermaid.