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BELIEVE

Dedicated to Santa Claus.

• Have you sent your kids a free and cool PNP video message from Santa?

• This year my kids and I loved watching and reading "Yes, Virginia". The original editorial letter is perfect to read each year, especially if you think you're getting too old to believe.

• LDS Church Apostle James E. Faust gave a talk at the annual First Presidency Christmas Devotional in 1998 titled The Man Who Would Be Santa. (via Simply Fresh Designs)

"Perhaps you and I could attain greater happiness if we emulated Santa Claus a little more, for his way is the way of the Infant Jesus also."

Download the full transcript on byub.org.

• My 8-yr.-old daughter inquired last year if Santa was real. She was hearing stuff at school. I honestly can't remember what I told her but she still believes. The Truth About Santa from Martha Brockenbrough on Cozi is a must-read.

• Next year the Christmas lists we send to Santa will be simpler just like the Kid's Christmas Wish Lists from Somewhat Simple (via Pinterest).

Joseph's Lullaby

MercyMe's "Joseph's Lullaby" is a beautiful song.

It's one of my favorite spiritual Christmas songs.

Buy it on Amazon.

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Free Christmas Music: Lonestar and Tim McGraw

▬ Lonestar: "O Come All Ye Faithful"

▬ Tim McGraw: "Christmas All Over the World"

Thanks Jeff!

Cookies and Milk for Santa

Santa Claus likes chocolate chip cookies with milk when he's dropping off presents at my house! I love to bake but homemade cookies are devoured quickly and there's usually nothing left to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. This year I already have the perfect store-bought cookie:

Kroger's The Truly Awesome™ Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Tasty facts: made with real butter, chocolate chips are the #1 ingredient, no added preservatives or artificial colors! That definitely tastes like something mom makes! I'm a BzzAgent and two boxes of these cookies were sent to me to try out and spread the word about! I'm a long-time fan of regular Chips Ahoy dunked in milk. As soon as I took a crunchy (yet moistened with milk) bite of Kroger's The Truly Awesome™ Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies I was converted! Delicious!! You, and Santa, need to try them this holiday season! You can purchase them at Kroger, Fred Meyer and Ralphs stores. Happy Holidays!

Turkey Fun Time!

Happy Thanksgiving!

• Have a digital turkey art contest on Tux Paint or art.com! •

• Play Don't Eat Tom! •

printable from Prepared NOT Scared! PDF in folder 4 -- top of right sidebar

• Play Roll-a-Turkey! •

printable from A Lemon Squeezy Home

• Dress up a turkey potato head! •

printable from kiki creates

• Make a TP Roll Turkey! •

Busy Bee Kids Crafts

Turkey Tracks

Learn about the famous Thanksgiving bird -- see great pics of turkeys and their tracks plus hear a turkey gobble on Beartrackers Wild Turkeys page!

* flickr photo *

Free Holiday Music from Jim Brickman

Sign up for Jim Brickman's email newsletter and receive 4 beautiful holiday downloads: Carol of the Bells, A Winter's Night, Winter Wonderland, Midnight Lullaby.

PBS KIDS: Curious George Holiday Spectacular

Watch PBS KIDS Curious George Holiday Spectacular this Wednesday, Nov. 23rd!

See all the holiday season programming on PBS!

Free Holiday Card Templates

Time's ticking too fast to the December craziness!! Want to check something off the holiday to-do list before Thanksgiving? Of course ~~you~~ I do! I'm thankful for Becky Higgins' kindness -- she's sharing 11 FREE Holiday Photo Card Templates! Fa la la la la, la la la la!!!!!!!

Do you need help with the how and the what? Easy to follow instructions are below the card download options. I create cards with the free version of Microsoft Digital Image.

*This isn't my holiday card, just an example of one of the free templates in action!