3 Things You Can Do To Prepare for Christmas 2025

By Cyndi – Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

here are 3 Things You Can Do To Prepare for Christmas 2025

Hello Christmas Beauties,

Can you believe that May 2025 is just down the road and about to make its presence known to the world. When May does arrive that means we have only 7 months before Christmas adorns the walls and living rooms of our homes.

Will you be ready you think? I will be as my Christmas plans are already being written, etched in stone and cemented evermore.

My plans first became a thought and then a vision. They started in my mind and I penned them to paper immediately. Excited? That would be me. I honestly get excited about anything that pertains to this miraculous holiday.

And you know something, because Christmas comes so quickly I like to prepare early for the holiday season.

Now I know that it’s close to the end of April which for me means it’s time to make my plans for Christmas once again. As Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz says, people come and go so quickly here! Well, let me tell you, I feel the same way about Christmas.

I start my decorating in October now because I want to enjoy the decorations and Christmas tree as long as I can because time does indeed fly right on by.

May comes and I often find myself Christmas shopping.

Some of you Christmas Luminaries are familiar with QVC’s Christmas in July event and you cannot wait to shop. Include me on that list! I look forward to seeing what new products will be presented 2025.

We all need to have our holiday plans in place so that we can relax and enjoy the holidays. A stress-free Merry Christmas season is the goal here.

Here are the 3 things you can do to prepare for christmas 2025

Grab your lap tap, pad or journal and let’s get into the 3 things you can do to prepare for Christmas 2025. This list is centered mostly around cooking and baking.

Check your Christmas decor inventory.
Check your dinner/serve ware.
Create and plan your dinner and dessert menus. Get out your cookbooks and let’s make your dessert list for Christmas Eve.

Using this list to help make your planning a little easier have fun with it. Take your time when you check your Christmas decorations.

If you need to purchase any new items check with stores like Hobby Lobby, Michael’s and Pottery Barn. They have some great sales like almost every week.

You maybe saying to yourself Pottery Barn is super expensive. That maybe true, but they do have great sales from time-to-time and worth checking out. As a matter of fact they are having a 50% off sale right now.

There you have it, 3 things you can do to prepare for Christmas 2025.

I hope you enjoy this short, but fun filled list. My promise to you is that it is going to get you in the best Christmas mood ever!

Merry Christmas Luminaries,

Cyn

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Let’s Create Some Christmas Whimsy

By Cyndi – Posted on April 13, 2025April 13, 2025

Planning for Christmas 2025 Is Going To Be A Whimsical and Wonderful

Creating elegant tablescapes for Christmas should be fun and festive

Creating Elegant Tablescapes for Christmas

Hello Christmas Lovers,

It’s time to create a little whimsy for the upcoming holiday season.

In my opinion it’s never too early to prepare for Christmas. I’m already over the moon just thinking about all the things I plan on doing this year for the most wonderful time of the year

Let’s get started with all things elegant and beautiful for Christmas dinner from tablecloths, serve ware, plates and silverware.

First, I’m going to design a stunning tablescape. I’m lookin for dinnerware. I want something a little more elegant than my Santa Claus plates that I have. I’ll also be searching for silverware. If I can find some really nice gold forks that would be great. I’ll check Macy’s to see if they have the silverware I imagine seeing on my table.

Secondly, I’ll be on the hunt for a new Christmas tablecloth. The one that I used last year is kind of worn out so I’ll definitely buy a new one for 2025.

I already have beautiful napkins so I’ll pull those out.

The 3rd thing I’ll need will be glasses with gold trim around the rim. I have no idea as to who may have them, but I’ll be looking online this week.

Last on my list is name cards. I’ll create and design those myself and hope I get it right! LOL.

So my Christmas theme this year will be elegance for the Eve of Christmas as well as on Christmas day.

Creating elegant tablescapes for Christmas will put you in the greatest mood for the holiday season. Enjoy it!

Well, that’s it for now Christmas buddies.

I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Love, Cyndi

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Feeling the Christmas Vibes All Year Long

By Cyndi – Posted on February 22, 2025

When Feeling the Vibes of Christmas You Plan for the Holiday Season

Happy Saturday Christmas Friends,

I am in my happy space, my bedroom office, feeling all warm, comfy, cozy and Christmasy.

Feeling the cold that February invited when she arrived I am loving this vibrant cold season. It reminds me of Christmas and its great wonder and splendor.

The winter season is my favorite time of year. My plan is to enjoy every second of the season because it is going to hot enough, soon enough and long enough.

Embracing the winter months never fail to deliver tremendous joy to me every year. Ever since I was a child I have loved and adored the Ber months.

Starting in September when I decorate my home with Autumn, I patiently await winter’s arrival and the moment I feel its amazing presence I start decorating for Christmas.

Although it’s a new year and I know that warmer days are ahead, as slong as it is still freezing and snowing out, I am going to bask in this wondrous time.

Christmas Vibes Are In the Air

Deeply moved with Christmas vibes today, February is the month that I start planning for Christmas. I shop for Christmas gifts and I stock up on the essentials that I need for Christmastime.

One of the many things that make Christmas super special to me is baking. Stumbling upon this amazing website, Divas Can Cook, I have tried several of her recipes and I have not been disappointed. I am not the best baker in the world, but I still love to bake for my family and they appreciate my desserts. It’s a part of our Christmas tradition.

The reason I shop so early for Christmas gifts and stock up on staples for my home is because I don’t want to run around trying to find the things I need for the joyous holiday season at the last moment.

Here’s what I’ll be buying in a few weeks for the holidays: Feeling the Christmas vibes is real and alive.

Pam Baking Spray
Olive Oil
Seasonings for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Mayo
Carnation Milk
Cranberry Sauce
Elbow Macaroni

Planning and preparing for the Christmas season early brings me immense joy. It’s all part of celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

This year I’ll be incorporating a few new from scratch recipes that include a few pasta dishes. I think the Italian in me is longing for something with a twist for Christmas 2025.

I need my creativity to flourish this year and I am going to see to it that it does in more ways than one.

Well, I hope everyone has a fantastic Saturday. It’s time for to create some new designs right now because Christmas will be coming up and over the hills soon and I have got to be ready.

Here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Cyn

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Christmas Is Still Lingering In My Home and I Love It

By Cyndi – Posted on February 17, 2025

Christmastime is a Feeling That Never Leaves My Heart

Christmas Is Still Lingering In My Home and I Love It

Christmas is still lingering in my home and I love it!

I know it’s February and Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but forever Christmas remains with me.

Whenever I think about Christmas and all the joy that comes along with this special time of the year I smile. I smile because I love how the holiday season hugs me.

Furthermore, I love the shopping, baking, caroling and singing.

For me, Christmastime brings hope to my heart and home. There is a special sensation that enfolds every inch of my being during the holidays and I embrace this feeling every year with gratitude.

Unwrapping gifts of hope, peace, joy and good cheer keep me uplifted and amazed.

Christmas 2025 will be celebrated with more family traditions, thankfulness and a whole lot of wonder accompanied by beauty and splendor.

Whatever your plans are for the Christmas holidays plan accordingly and get ready early. This way you can sit back, rest and relax and enjoy the celebration!

The Christmas season will be upon us before long and we want to make sure that we enjoy every second of the most wonderful time of the year.

Christmas is still lingering in my home and I love it. I always have and will.

Here’s to planning for a very amazing Merry Christmas.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, holly and happy.

With peace and love,

Cyn

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The Merriest Little Christmas Gift from St. Nick

By Cyndi – Posted on February 4, 2025February 6, 2025

A Personal Delivery from Santa’s Hands to My Heart On Christmas Eve – A Precious Christmas Story

Curled up with one of my favorite books of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and my body robed with a soft warm cozy blanket I felt myself slowly drifting in a beautiful dream.

I gave myself permission to nap for a little while because I knew that my Christmas list was on my dining room table waiting for me. I had so much to do, but I also needed some me time.

As I lay sleeping I heard a sound downstairs. My family had been sleeping for a few hours now which is why I decided to relax, rest and read. The three R’s help to restore my mind, spirit and body.

All of a sudden I heard the sound of footsteps. It startled me at first, but for a good reason I welcomed those footsteps into my home because I knew who they belonged to.

I slowly got up from my bed, folded my blanket and made my way downstairs. When I walked into my living room, there he was. It was Santa. He looked at me and smiled. I walked over to him and gave him a good old fashioned hug.

Santa Came Bearing Gifts As He Delivered A Sac Full of Smiles and One of Those Gifts Was for Me

His belly was soft as a pillow and round as a soccer ball. His stomach was filled to the brim. I tickled his tummy and I heard a HO HO HO Merry Christmas quietly echoing from the depths of his soul. Talk about adorable, Santa was so very sweet.

Santa was busy. He had so much to do. I talked with him as he stuffed the kids stockings. I went into his big red velvet sack and helped him to put the Christmas gifts under our flocked tree.

After his work was done I made Santa a hot cup of cocoa. I also gave him a slice of the most moist red velvet cake I had ever baked. He enjoyed it all to the very last red sweet crumb.

Good Old St. Nick Is the Giver of the Best Christmas Gifts Ever

Santa then asked me if he could take a quick little nap before he departed. I offered him a fluffy pillow and large fleece blanket. I covered him up all the way to his shoulders to make sure he was nice, comfy, cozy and warm. I placed his black leather boots by the fireplace because I wanted to make sure that his feet would be warm when he put his boots back on.

While Santa slept I went back into the kitchen and cleaned the dishes.

It wasn’t long thereafter that I heard Santa awake. I walked into the room and Santa was refreshed and ready to go. I was a little sad to see him leave, but I knew he had work to do.

Together we fed his reindeer before taking flight into the night. The evening was cold, but Santa was warm and his belly full.

Before departing, Santa Claus gave me another tight hug and wished me well before he entered his sleigh.

He said Merry Christmas have a good night.

I watched him fly high in the sky until I could see him no more.

I closed my door and went into my living room to sit for a while.

Looking at my beautifully decorated Christmas tree I noticed a big red box with a white glittering bow with my name on it. I opened it up. Inside was the prettiest of the prettiest……………………

Create in your own mind whatever you see in that red box that Santa gifted you and all your days will transformed a little every day.

Merry Christmas

Cyn

Christmas in my Home

By Cyndi – Posted on January 29, 2025January 30, 2025

How I Welcomed the Holiday Season into my Home

Welcoming New Christmas Holiday Traditions for 2025 and beyond.

Christmas 2024 was very special to me. All of my Christmases are dear to my heart.

Last year I started a new Christmas tradition and I am happy that I did. You see, Christmas comes around quickly and I want to enjoy every second leading up to the most wonderful time of the year.

So when the Spirit of Christmas spoke to my heart I leaped for joy and began decorating my home in October.

Instead of waiting until November 1st to decorate my home for the holiday season, I got started super early. I was so excited to get the Christmas festivities underway I began decorating October 1st. Yes, I sure did. Talk about elated I couldn’t wait to fill every inch of my beautiful home with wonder and splendor.

New Christmas Traditions for My Heart, Home and My Family

I put up my Christmas tree and placed three ornaments on it; one purple and two red baubles. I didn’t feel the need to cover my tree with an array of ornaments because the lights on the tree were more than enough to make me and my family smile. It was beautiful just as it was. Those bright-enough white lights gave my living room a soft warm glow that said welcome to all who enter.

After I was finished with the tree I decorated my coffee and sofa tables with my usual stunning red and gold decor. I never tire of using these same decorations year after year. They glitter and sparkle which makes them so very beautiful.

I Love Celebrating the Christmas Season While Creating Special Memories with Family

Every night around 5 pm I’d sit in the midst of inspiration enjoying whimsy and wonder as they blanketed every area of my first floor.

With the lamps turned off and my deep red Christmas hurricanes all lit up, a warm sensation would clothe me in love and I embraced each and every moment of the beauty.

Even though Christmas has come it never leaves. I still see Christmas miracles all around me and I’m grateful for them all. The holiday season has always been and always will be filled with unspeakable joy that warms my heart and home forever.

Welcoming new Christmas holiday traditions is a great to keep the holiday season special.

I hope you had a phenomenal Christmas celebrating the love, joy and good cheer.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Cyn

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How To Have A Holly Jolly Christmas Eve

By Cyndi – Posted on January 20, 2025February 17, 2025

Creating Christmas Eve Memories That Will Last a Lifetime

How to have a holly jolly Christmas Eve now and forever!

Do you ever dream about Christmas Eve and ask yourself, How can I make Christmas Eve a more memorable time for my family. Is there something that I can do differently to help my family to enjoy this very special evening.

How would you like to have the best Christmas Eve you’ve ever had? Keep reading to find out how to create a Christmas Eve that you and your family will never forget.

It’s Christmas Eve – Let’s Cook, Bake and Open One Gift

It’s Christmas eve. Your homes are lit up with white bright Christmas lights and carolers are caroling.

You welcome carolers into your home for hot cocoa and fresh homemade chocolate chip cookies. Christmas music is softly playing in the background. Baby, Please Come Home is one of your favorite Christmas songs.

The kids are joyfully playing in the family room. They are so excited about Christmas that they can’t sit still because they know that Santa Claus will be coming down the chimney soon to deliver smiles.

Here’s How to Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Eve

Let the festivities begin!

First, you’re going to need:

Matching pajamas and bedroom slippers
A Christmas coloring book
Crayons
Cardstock
Pen and paper
Christmas music
Plates and cupcakes, napkins and don’t forget the forks!
Christmas movie
Gingerbread house kit

Let’s get started with all these amazing ideas to help you to have a wonderful Christmas Eve!!!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone.

Cyndi

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Best Time of the Year

By Cyndi – Posted on January 15, 2025January 27, 2025

Christmas is the Best Time of the Year and Here’s Why

Not only is Christmas the best time of the year it is also the most wonderful time of the year. Here’s why.

During the Christmas season we get to experience the presence of more love. This special kind of sincere love seems to appear more than any other time of this e year because it does. The love is real.

In the midst of this joyful season hearts are warmer. People are more loving. Hearts more giving. Spirits are sweeter and good cheer spreads from one heart and home to another. We are merrier and brighter.

Every year at Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year, we look forward to the joys, sounds and songs of this sensational season.

Hearing the jingle of the b-e-double-l-s we smile. Shopping for family, baking cookies, making candy and cooking the most delicious mouth-watering dishes to scape our tables are those activities that we look forward to every year during the most loving time of the year.

Do you hear what I hear. Love is coming around again. Christmas 2025 is coming to a home near you.

Tis the season to be jolly, happy and thankful.

Cyndi

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The Missing Christmas Gift

By Cyndi – Posted on January 14, 2025February 1, 2025

A Christmas Evening I Will Always Remember and Cherish Forever

It was Christmas Eve and it was time to wrap gifts. I had 7 pretty gifts that needed wrapping and I wanted to get them all finished by 3 pm because I also had to make butter cookies and a sour cream pound cake in addition to making my annual Christmas Eve dinner.

I headed to my bedroom and when I got there I went straight to my closet where my gift were stored. I took all 7 gifts out from the closet, laid them on my bed and spread them out to make sure that they were all there.

As I browsed over each gift I noticed that there were only six Christmas presents and I had bought 7. I immediately headed back to my closet to find the other gift, but to my dismay I did not see it nor could i find it. The most important gift of all was missing.

Carefully and slowly thinking back I went back to my bedroom closet and searched frantically to find the 7th gift, but it was nowhere to be found. I sat on my bed for a moment thinking back on the day that I put my presents away. Had I hidden the gift from myself and simply can’t remember where I placed it. My oh my. I was upset that I couldn’t think with a clear mind.

i keep asking myself – Where could the other Christmas gift be?

Since I was unable to find the missing gift I decided to wrap the other six Christmas presents hoping that I would remember where the other gift may have been. After I was finished wrapping all of my gifts I spent a few more quiet seconds in my mind and in my closet trying to understand what could have happened to the missing Christmas gift. I was still baffled at this point because there was still no thought or trace of that seventh gift.

Time was quickly moving on and I still had to cook Christmas Eve dinner for my family and a few dear friends. Preparing for the Eve of Christmas and all its warmth and wonder I hurried along with my dinner plans for my family.

It’s time to celebrate the love of Christmas while the missing gift is still in my thoughts

We were all super excited and could not wait for the Christmas festivities to begin in our home. I made a delicious dinner, baked a batch of moist butter cookies and a sour cream pound cake. I also made a basket of homemade dinner rolls to compliment all the flavors that helped make my dinner a Christmas feast my family would never forget..

It was six o’clock and the festivities were under way! We happily started the festivities adorning our bright and beautiful red and green attire. We were surprised to see that it was snowing too!

The tree in our living room was brightly lit. Gifts were tucked underneath the tree, dinner was hot and ready to be served. Songs of the season were the perfect backdrop for a joyous holiday celebration. Dessert was lovingly spread out on the elegantly decorated serving table and of course we were elated for the sparkle of the night which has always been that special moment of our yearly tradition that the kids look forward to on Christmas Eve which is the one-gift opening moment!

After celebrating such a wonderful evening our home became a silent night

I must say that it was a miraculous evening as it always is. Even though I still hadn’t figured out what happened to my other I had a joyous time with my family.

By the time the night was done, my kids were in bed dreaming of Santa coming down the chimney, eating a warm plate of homemade butter cookies and a chilled tall glass of milk.

Feeling blessed, warm and renewed my husband joined me as I sat in silence with peace in my spirit. We had a conversation with thanksgiving in our hearts for each other, our children, our warm and loving home and most importantly Jesus. He has always been and always will be the Reason for the Joy in the Season.

Talking to my husband I mentioned the missing gift to him. I asked him had he seen it and of course I knew the answer before he spoke. He had not seen nor did he know anything about any of the gifts and honestly I didn’t expect him to.

Close to midnight, it was now time for hubby and me to go to bed and let Santa come in and do what he does best, delivering smiles to homes on this cold winter night.

We snuggled into bed and quickly fell sound asleep

Before I knew it our precious pearls, our sweet little kids came running into our room at the break of dawn. I somehow managed to get up and embrace Christmas morning while my kids opened their presents. My husband and I also exchanged gifts.

After we all had opened all of our Christmas gifts I noticed that there was one gift under the tree that no one had opened. My husband went under the tree and grabbed the gift. He said, honey, this gift is for you. He handed it to me and said, open it. I surprisingly opened the colorful radiant red Christmas wrapping paper and was in awe of what I found in the small little gold box.

You see every year I treat myself to a special trinket at Christmastime. This year I decided to treat my husband to a special trinket which was the missing gift that I could not find in my closet. My husband took the special trinket that I bought for him and replaced it with a diamond necklace for me. Was I surprised? I was shocked to say the least. What a beautiful Christmas gift he had given me and he softly spoke and said, because you deserve it. Merry Christmas my darling were the loving words that he spoke to me. I’m still smiling.

Merry Christmas Luminaries

Cynthia

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The Best Sweet Potato Pie Ever

By Cyndi – Posted on January 2, 2025

A Recipe of Sweet, Sweeter, Sweetness Called Sweet Potato Pie

The best sweet potato pie recipe is here!

My mother, God bless her, made a sweet potato pie that was too good to be true. She was the greatest cook and baker.

I watched her every move in the kitchen and remember every ingredient that lovingly went into that thick strong glass bowl each and every time she created deliciousness all throughout the year.

At Thanksgiving I could smell those tasty pies permeating throughout our home. When they touched my tongue my tummy smiled.

Now I bake these same pies at Thanksgiving and Christmas. My husband and children love them.

Here’s the recipe.

Five large sweet potatoes
Butter
Carnation Milk
White sugar
Brown sugar
Nutmeg
Ginger
Cinnamon
3 frozen pie shells

Christmas Friends I do not measure any of my ingredients. All I can suggest is that you use them to your liking, your own taste.

One thing I can tell you is that I do bake my pies for about an hour. They turn out perfectly amazing every time. Brown and tan in color with rich velvety goodness define this heavenly warm slice of love.

Have yourself a very amazing Merry Christmas,

Cyndi