Our family tradition is to attend an early evening church service on Christmas Eve and then drive through town looking at holiday light displays while listening to Christmas carols.
My husband and I get up early on Christmas morning and begin our day by visiting our grandson's grave and placing Christmas flowers. Then we drive about an hour and have breakfast with our older daughter and her family. After all the gifts have been opened, we drive another half hour and have Christmas with our other daughter and her husband and four of their children. When we get home, it's time to relax and spend the rest of the day together.
When we first married we combined our family traditions a bit and added a few of our own. Since we moved to Pennsylvania Dutch country we've hidden a pickle ornament on our tree. (A German tradition.) Every year the kids scramble to find it. Whoever does first, gets to open a present on Christmas Eve.
If I won the $1000 grand prize, or any prize. I would save it and use it towards my 2 year old daughter's major chest surgery coming up in January. My fiance will have to take a week or 2 off work so we will be very short on money in January. Any money we have now we will have to save, and use to buy food every day at the hospital which can be so pricey sometimes for the both of us! So anything would definitely help! Especially when we have so many other things to worry about. Money is the last thing we want on our minds! Thank you! :)
We like to use recyclable boxes i.e. cereal, oatmeal, etc instead of buying gift boxes. It's cheaper & more fun because you really don't know what you're getting.
Every year, we go to an historic theater that plays It's a Wonderful Life, and the audience brings bells to jingle when Clarence makes an appearance, and hisses when Potter appears, and general goofiness ensues. My girls are now 10 and 12 and have been every year since I was pregnant with the oldest. It's one of my favorite traditions.
Reinvesting dividends is one of the best ways for a beginning investor to get started.
To reduce fees and get better return on my investments, I started investing via DRIPs with automatic investments and reinvestment of dividends. The best part is being able to use my investments to gift shares to my nieces and nephews to get them started in automatic investing.
There's nothing like watching those investments grow and grow.
We open presents one at a time so everybody can see what everyone else gets. We started this when we were first married and continued with our 5 children and 11 grandchildren. It makes the gift-giving last longer, parents can keep track of what their kids got from whom, and teaches the kids a lesson in patience. The only preperation is to have everyone involved in the room before we start.
this is not the 70's anymore..it is 2014 car sales man are not trained to do the wrong things by manipulating there customers they are trained to do the right things. in the auto business you wont make it if you do not establish a customer base and simply make people like you and not be an ass hole... I am 20 years old and have been selling cars since I was 17 started young and I am the youngest sales man in NY but I have learned a lot and if things were this way the article describes car sales man than consumers have nothing to worry about because this car sales man there talking about did not make it in the business....
If only it was this easy. Donation companies usually only take the timeshares that aren't absolutely terrible. Also, you must be up to date on your maintenance fees, AND have your timeshare mortgage completely paid off if you want to donate. If you can donate, it's a great way to get rid of an unwanted timeshare, but don't count on it.
Eons ago, my friends and I started baking together for the holidays. Some years it was pie, other years, cookies. Even though we don't get to see each other much now, we still coordinate and bake "together".
Cookies! Making them, eating them, giving them as gifts. For the past few years I've been doing candy as well: two criminally easy recipes for sea-salt caramels and peanut brittle. People think you've labored for hours. Let 'em think that. ;-)
My boyfriend and I decorate a gingerbread house each year. The first year we did it because we found one on sale after Christmas (we celebrate together ourselves after Christmas due to being with our own families on the actual day) and I thought it would be fun. We have continued that every year.
Making my great-grandmother's Finnish Tarts and Finnish Cinnamon Bread. I remember doing this with my mother and grandmother as a child and the smells, textures and tastes always bring me straight back to childhood.
Our family tradition is to attend an early evening church service on Christmas Eve and then drive through town looking at holiday light displays while listening to Christmas carols.
On Christmas Eve we drive around looking at Christmas lights and then come home and drink eggnog and open one present.
My husband and I get up early on Christmas morning and begin our day by visiting our grandson's grave and placing Christmas flowers. Then we drive about an hour and have breakfast with our older daughter and her family. After all the gifts have been opened, we drive another half hour and have Christmas with our other daughter and her husband and four of their children. When we get home, it's time to relax and spend the rest of the day together.
When we first married we combined our family traditions a bit and added a few of our own. Since we moved to Pennsylvania Dutch country we've hidden a pickle ornament on our tree. (A German tradition.) Every year the kids scramble to find it. Whoever does first, gets to open a present on Christmas Eve.
My favorite tradition is decorating the tree.
If I won the $1000 grand prize, or any prize. I would save it and use it towards my 2 year old daughter's major chest surgery coming up in January. My fiance will have to take a week or 2 off work so we will be very short on money in January. Any money we have now we will have to save, and use to buy food every day at the hospital which can be so pricey sometimes for the both of us! So anything would definitely help! Especially when we have so many other things to worry about. Money is the last thing we want on our minds! Thank you! :)
Whooping Cough! The 'W' is silent. It is pronounced as 'Hooping Cough'.
If I win the Hedgeable’s Wise Bread giveaway I would like to buy a refrigerator. Mine is in pretty rough shape. Thanks.
I love to drive around at night and look at the beautiful holiday lights and decorations with my family.
We like to use recyclable boxes i.e. cereal, oatmeal, etc instead of buying gift boxes. It's cheaper & more fun because you really don't know what you're getting.
Every year, we go to an historic theater that plays It's a Wonderful Life, and the audience brings bells to jingle when Clarence makes an appearance, and hisses when Potter appears, and general goofiness ensues. My girls are now 10 and 12 and have been every year since I was pregnant with the oldest. It's one of my favorite traditions.
We enjoy baking Christmas treats and sharing them with family and friends.
Our Church's Giving Tree :)
Baking cookies with my mom.
We like to decorate the Christmas tree with Christmas music and hot chocolate.
Reinvesting dividends is one of the best ways for a beginning investor to get started.
To reduce fees and get better return on my investments, I started investing via DRIPs with automatic investments and reinvestment of dividends. The best part is being able to use my investments to gift shares to my nieces and nephews to get them started in automatic investing.
There's nothing like watching those investments grow and grow.
We open presents one at a time so everybody can see what everyone else gets. We started this when we were first married and continued with our 5 children and 11 grandchildren. It makes the gift-giving last longer, parents can keep track of what their kids got from whom, and teaches the kids a lesson in patience. The only preperation is to have everyone involved in the room before we start.
this is not the 70's anymore..it is 2014 car sales man are not trained to do the wrong things by manipulating there customers they are trained to do the right things. in the auto business you wont make it if you do not establish a customer base and simply make people like you and not be an ass hole... I am 20 years old and have been selling cars since I was 17 started young and I am the youngest sales man in NY but I have learned a lot and if things were this way the article describes car sales man than consumers have nothing to worry about because this car sales man there talking about did not make it in the business....
If only it was this easy. Donation companies usually only take the timeshares that aren't absolutely terrible. Also, you must be up to date on your maintenance fees, AND have your timeshare mortgage completely paid off if you want to donate. If you can donate, it's a great way to get rid of an unwanted timeshare, but don't count on it.
Eons ago, my friends and I started baking together for the holidays. Some years it was pie, other years, cookies. Even though we don't get to see each other much now, we still coordinate and bake "together".
Cookies! Making them, eating them, giving them as gifts. For the past few years I've been doing candy as well: two criminally easy recipes for sea-salt caramels and peanut brittle. People think you've labored for hours. Let 'em think that. ;-)
My boyfriend and I decorate a gingerbread house each year. The first year we did it because we found one on sale after Christmas (we celebrate together ourselves after Christmas due to being with our own families on the actual day) and I thought it would be fun. We have continued that every year.
Making my great-grandmother's Finnish Tarts and Finnish Cinnamon Bread. I remember doing this with my mother and grandmother as a child and the smells, textures and tastes always bring me straight back to childhood.
Making ugly Christmas sweaters every year with the family. So much fun.
Making Christmas cookies with my mom and sister!