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Here is our collection of beach-based wry wit and wisdom in easy to read text.

How to Celebrate Christmas

Prints and Cards
String lights in dark places - hang stockings that stretch - ho-ho-ho to strangers - simplicity is not for sale - let your heart glow - have ridiculous family rituals that mean nothing but are infinitely precious - sing carols and pretend to know the words…lalahymninyhymn… - cook up something sweet - have magical wrapped up secrets - dream of snow covering the world and giving us all another chance - spread angelicness - send kindness to everyone who helped you grow - make a list of what you already have and… be thankful

It's Christmas
In a world filled with rush -- press pause - Fa -la la for family - celebrate home-made - it's ok to be naughty and nice - follow the old recipes - make room for the nuts at the table - magic is what's right before your very eyes - shake up the snow globe (let it snow, let it snow...) - baking is for licking the bowl - trees are for being sappy - kids are for beleiving in - decorate with everything your family is made of (big hopes,a little crooked,imperfectly lovely) - get under some mistletoe - the stores don't have what you're looking for--Simplicity is not for sale -Love doesn't require assembly - light up your heart and shine - because the world is dasrk in places - present is more about being than buying - cozy up - make a list of all the gifts you already have and Be Thankful.

The ABC of Christmas Card
A - the train going choo-chooing Around the tree
B - Believing
C - a Charlie Brown tree
D - Dressing up in your velvet shirt and your long swirly skirt
     and your grandmother's rhinestone pin
E - the sweet, longing, not-wanting-it-to-end feeling ont the
     Eve of ....
F - an uneven row of Flickering candles on the mantle
G - every Gingerbread man slightly different
H - How a carol sounds sung by your child's kindergarten
     class in the echoey gym at the Christmas pageant
 I - I made it myself
J - Jammies on Christmas morning
K - the time you Kissed me under the mistletoe
L - the Littlest gift tucked into the toe of the stocking
M - licking the Mixing bowl
N - the Noodle wreath you made in first grade, spray painted gold(saved by your mom)
O - Old recipes
P - the Party when your neighbors girls play their violin duet
     of silent night and everyone feels stirry and goosebumpy
     and somehow holy
Q - how quietly snow falls
R - Red mittens
S - a crooked Snowman in the yard
T - Twinkle lights
U - Unwrapping
V - Visiting Aunt Squirt and Uncle Frank and getting served
     gingerale from tiny glasses on a tray and hard ribbon
     candies from a cut glass bowl
W - that winter Wonderland feeling
X - eXtra marshmallows in your cocoa
Y - Yes, there is a Santa
Z - all Zipped up in your snowsuit

List Notepad
Celebrate with heart…sing carols and pretend you know the words - hope big - no assembly required - ho,ho,ho - home made jolly - make magic - believe - add spices - Celebrate thankfulness

Square Notepad
Celebrate - make room for the nuts at the table - simplicity is not for sale - make a list of what you already have - have heart - be thankful

 

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