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    Holiday Traditions and Crafts: Celebrating the magic of the holidays
    Holiday Traditions and Crafts: Celebrating the magic of the holidays
    Holiday Traditions and Crafts: Celebrating the magic of the holidays
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    Holiday Traditions and Crafts: Celebrating the magic of the holidays

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    Ready to get into the holiday spirit? The Everything® Family Christmas Series is the perfect Christmas gift to share with your family and friends!

    Inside you’ll find great ways to celebrate Christmas, making it meaningful and stress-free for your family, from decorating parties to easy holiday crafts for children. Warm your heart and bring your family closer together this Christmas with The Everything® Family Christmas - and capture the spirit of this memorable season.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateDec 1, 2012
    ISBN9781440564352
    Holiday Traditions and Crafts: Celebrating the magic of the holidays
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    Adams Media

    At Adams Media, we don’t just publish books—we craft experiences that matter to you. Whether you’re diving deep into spirituality, whipping up delights in the kitchen, or planning your personal finances, our diverse range of lifestyle books, decks, journals, and more is designed to feed your curiosity. The Adams team strives to publish content that celebrates readers where they are—and where they’re going.

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      Holiday Traditions and Crafts - Adams Media

      The Everything® Family Christmas Series

      Holiday Traditions and Crafts

      Celebrating the magic of the holidays

      Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      Avon, Massachusetts

      Contents

      Introduction

      Christmas Your Way: With Family and Friends

      Create Your Own Christmas Traditions

      Welcoming Christmas Company

      Holiday Entertaining Made Easy

      Take the Stress Out of Christmas

      Keep Christmas Safe

      Decking the Halls

      Light Up Christmas

      The Christmas Tree

      All Around the House

      Natural Trimmings

      Home Decorating Ideas — Step by Step

      Christmas Crafts for Children

      Also Available

      Copyright Page

      Introduction

      When you distill the true meaning of Christmas — whether you celebrate on December 6, December 25, January 6, or a little bit on each of those days — it all comes down to a single word: wonder.

      It was wonder that led the Magi to follow the Star to Bethlehem. It was wonder that filled the stable in Bethlehem the night that Jesus was born. It’s wonder that you feel in church and carol services over Christmas, imagining the more than 2,000 years of tradition and history that have made Christmas what it is today. And it’s wonder that fills the eyes of a five year old who starts down the stairs on Christmas morning to see the tree aglow and then shares the long tradition of exchanging gifts.

      Christmas begins in the mists of long-distant history and extends along the future of the human family. It’s informed by countless Christmases past and the knowledge that, as long as there are children and a sense of tradition, there are likely to be Christmases in the future. But the true event, the true day of days, is neither an account of old customs nor a prediction of the ways in which this holiday will continue to change and to grow. The true experience of Christmas is wonder.

      After all, the wonder of Christmas is tied inextricably to memory. For many, Christmases past are the standards by which they measure Christmases present and future. Like the Charles Dickens creation, Ebenezer Scrooge, in A Christmas Carol, you can use your memories as a springboard to make each holiday better and more meaningful than the last.

      Luckily, Christmas isn’t about perfection. It’s not about having the best-decorated house on the block, and it doesn’t matter that the turkey took two extra hours to cook and the peas were left behind in the microwave (although hopefully not all on the same day). What matters is the creation of new memories, centered on a sense of family and being loved, whether you come with a ready-made family or one that you create yourself. Memory is, ultimately, the basis of tradition — and what is Christmas if not one of the fundamental traditions of our time? Warm and wonderful memories are certainly what this book wishes for you, just as it hopes to provide inspiration for the Christmases that are in your future.

      Once a year, on December 25, Christmas reintroduces you to wonder on

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