A Collection of the Best Christmas Holiday Resources
This festive shortbread recipe uses diced cherries in the recipe. The addition of cherries brightens up these buttery cookies and makes them look perfect for holiday giving. Reviews mention using 3/4 of a cup of butter instead of a cup of butter. If you don’t have fresh cherries try dried cherries or dried cranberries, always [...]
So I need a gift for my man. We’ve been together a few years now but he’s really special to me and I need him to know it – it’s too easy to take each other for granted. I don’t know about you but with household bills and kids’ clothes and stuff it sucks having [...]
Christmas is a magical time, conjuring up images of roaring fires, picturesque snow scenes and celebrations with loved ones. As children, the excitement over the pile of shiny gift wrapped boxes under the Christmas tree prevented us from getting to sleep on Christmas Eve. As adults, we often lose sleep over creating the perfect day [...]
Take the stress out of shopping for gifts this Christmas! Here are some great ideas to help you surprise your friends and family with perfect, unique gifts they will love – and you won’t even have to fight through the Christmas rush or crowds to get them. 1. Gift Baskets Not only are these a [...]
This article has 34 ideas for unique, homemade Christmas gifts, enough for you to find the perfect homemade gift for your loved ones. The article includes homemade gifts of truffles, themed gift baskets, made-from-scratch cookie kits, secret hollow book, build a gingerbread house, personalized calendars, felt-backed tile trivets, teacup candles, and many more gift ideas. [...]
Shopping for Christmas gifts can be a daunting task. You may have gift ideas for family and close friends, but what about everyone else on your Christmas shopping list? Gift baskets are great for so many occasions, but Christmas is the most popular holiday for giving gift baskets. Whether you choose to buy gift baskets [...]
This fun candy bar fudge recipe will make everyone happy during the holidays! The recipe calls for cocoa powder, confectioner’s sugar, milk, peanuts, and semisweet and milk chocolate chips. The fudge can be made in the microwave, adding layer after layer of flavor until the fudge is ready to chill and eat. Christmas Resources – [...]
This easy to make dip is colorful for Christmas parties and you can make it ahead as well. The dip uses sour cream cream cheese, pre-fab guacamole, pre-fab bean dip, pre-fab salsa, and olives to make a red and green dip that goes perfectly with tortilla chips. Christmas Resources – Holiday Layered Dip
This chocolate mint cookie recipe is easy and delicious. The yummy cookie recipe calls for dark brown sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, and green mint wafers. If you’d like, use the added recipe to make your own peppermint chocolate for these cookies. Try melting the chocolate on low in short spurts in the microwave to speed [...]
Cranberries are the fruit of the holiday season. This cranberry based cookie is an easy drop cookie using fresh, frozen or dried cranberries, brown sugar, along with your favorite walnuts or pecans, and orange juice or orange liqueur. The flavor in these cookies scream Christmas season, perfect as a homemade Christmas gift or saved as [...]
Looking for an easy to run Christmas party that is good on your budget and fun too? This cookie swap idea allows you to make some sweets to share and a batch of cookies for your guests. Everyone shares specially made Christmas cookies from each other, giving you and your guests some sweet treats to [...]
The Joy Of Baking site has some fantasic looking desserts ideal for your Christmas meal. This cranberry cheesecake is beautiful to look at and a great choice to highlight the delicious and seasonal cranberry. The recipe calls for an entire bag of fresh or frozen cranberries (yum!) and the typical cheesecake ingredients of cream cheese, [...]
