How To Have An Amazing Christmas

By Cyndi – Posted on December 27, 2024January 31, 2025

Tips to Have the Have the Merriest Christmas Every Year

If you love Christmas like I do, then you’re going to love these wonderful ideas that I have put together to help you to have the most awesome Christmas year after year.

Let’s get started and glow your home for the holiday season! I want you all to have a housewarming Christmas!

Clothe your heart with love and embrace all the miracles of Christmas and be grateful.

First, let’s create a warm ambiance in your home and fill the space with comfort and joy! Choose any room in your home although your entire household will feel the joy and inspiration. I suggest a room that you and your family frequent the most. Maybe the living room or family room because they offer the most comfort.

Surround your home with merry and bright everyday at Christmastime

You do this by adding warm white lights that will make any room glow. These lights illumine and beautify your home brightening up the space you have chosen.

Take three lovely scented candles that will give off a soft glow when all the other lights are low which is usually when evening falls.

After slowly designing this space with warm white lights, sit in inspiration for a bit enjoying beautiful thoughts of Christmas.

And now…

Sparkle your space for the season with the lovely decorations you use in your home every year.

Now it’s time to add some real dazzling Christmas decorations to every inch of your designated room. Whether your decorations are old or new, they can always add wonder to any Christmas decor.

Place your decorations throughout your room. Every time you look at your decorations they should make you smile. If you have a room spilling over with decor or just one or two pieces your decorations should remind you of all the laughter and joy that you enjoyed years past and to help you to create new memories present and days to come.

Wow Your home looks and feels a lot like Christmas

You have truly created and produced some of the most stunning elements of Christmas throughout your beautiful and peaceful home it’s time to invite your closest friends over to your house for a delicious heartwarming lunch to celebrate this most magnificent time of the year. Christmas is wonder in a story and love in a place where love warms walls, lives, spirits and souls. The mind needs love too!

How to Have An Amazing Christmas with Family and Friends every year

The tender-loving space where Christmas dwells your friends enter into love. Dinner is hot and you know it’s delicious and your dessert will be delectable. Conversations will be Christmas as songs play in the background. Silent Night and O Holy Night will fill your hearts with more love and then age or time could destroy. Jingle Bell Rock will have your dancing on. your feet after dinner has been eaten and loved!

Throughout the holiday season you will enjoy everyday doing something new and different. Whether it’s treating yourself to quiet time or buying yourself a special Christmas gift, you are going to have yourself a very amazing Christmas. You’ll dance and you’ll sing. You and your family will create and share wonderful moments by baking together, crafting together and just doing more things together.

Because Christmas is a feeling it blankets us with all the joy that this amazing feeling delivers to every inch and being of our lives. That special kind of joy comes from gathering with family and sweet friends. It also comes from sharing our love and spreading good cheer to those in need. It is a kindness that usually comes from knowing the deep meaning of Christmas.

And this, my Christmas Friends, is how to have an amazing Christmas!

Please come back for more ways on how to have an amazing Christmas.

Merry Christmas,

Cyndi

www.beautyandtheface.com

www.achampagnechristmas.com

That’s What Christmas Means To Me

By Cyndi – Posted on December 6, 2024January 17, 2025

this song says it all

Oh how I love this song. That’s what Christmas means to me is that one song that I could listen to all year long. It’s a very special song. It is filled with love and emotion.

Christmas lights up my home and warms my heart.

This Christmas song reminds me of why the holiday season is very dear to me.

I never tire of hearing this song time and time again because it is filled with every thing Christmas.

Here are the lyrics to this beautiful song. Sing along and enjoy it!

Oh, yeahCandles burnin’ lowLots of mistletoeLots of snow and iceEverywhere we goChoirs singin’ carolsRight outside my door

All these things and more (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me, my love) whoa, yeahYeah

And ya know what I meanI see your smilin’ faceLike I never seen beforeEven though I love ya madlyIt seems I love you moreThe little cards you’ll give meWill touch my heart for sure

All these things and more, darling (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, yeah, I

I feel like runnin’ wild (runnin’ wild)As anxious as a little childGreet you ‘neath the mistletoeKiss you once and then some moreAnd wish you a Merry Christmas baby (wish you a Merry Christmas baby)Whoa, and such happiness in the comin’ yearOh, baby (happiness in the comin’ year)

Let’s deck the halls with hollySing sweet silent nightFill the tree with angel hairAnd pretty, pretty lightsGo to sleep and wake upJust before daylight

And all these things and more, baby (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, baby, baby

Candles burnin’ lowLots and lots of snow (alright)Christmas bells are ringin’Christmas choirs singin’Christmas mistletoe

Merry Christmas Everybody

Cyn

www.beautyandtheface.com

Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

By Cyndi – Posted on November 29, 2024

Christmas Blessings Are On The Way

Have a holly jolly Christmas and embrace the season.

O Holy night the stars are brightly shining and we are in a real Christmas mood.

The first noel is playing in the back round and soon chestnuts will be roasting on an open fire in the backyard.

My family and I will be enjoying some homemade eggnog while we listen to Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Guess what, we plan to do just that.

Gingerbread cookies will also be baking in the oven as we wrap our Christmas presents. Christmas gifts will be under the tree at midnight on Christmas Eve.

Santa and his elves with meet the grinch at the North Pole and Mrs. Claus will make some hot cocoa for all as they get ready to leave the North Pole. Santa’s big red sleigh is loaded down with toys and all kinds of Christmas surprises.

Christmas is coming soon and we will be ready to celebrate and enjoy all of the festivities.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas and love one another.

Here’s wishing you a peaceful and joyful holiday season and have a holly jolly Christmas, it is the best time of the year.

Sincerely,

Cynthia

achampagnechristmas.com

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The Christmas Eve Surprise

By Cyndi – Posted on November 21, 2024February 1, 2025

A Christmas Story About Santa and His Sleigh and Two Precious Little Boys

The Christmas Eve Surprise is a tale about Santa, Randolph and two precious little boys. It’s a special story packed with a ton of fun and a whole lot of adventure.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas is all around us. It’s an exciting time of the year.

I want to share this Christmas story that I wrote last year especially for kids. It is the perfect Christmas story to share with your children or grandchildren.

It is such a precious little story. Packed with adventure your children or grandchildren can use their imaginations and see themselves in this awesome Christmas tale.

Turn off the television and all gaming devices and get ready to take a ride with Santa on his sleigh. You’re going to love everything about this story.

When Christmas Eve arrives gather around and cuddle into cozy with your loved ones and read this special Christmas story that they will never forget.

You can click on the link below or read it from this page.

I hope you enjoy all of the magical moments found in this sweet Christmas story called, The Christmas Eve Surprise.

I hope you and your loved ones enjoyed reading this cute little Christmas story.

Merry Christmas to you all,

Cyn

A Champagne Christmas

www.everywomanslifelovingjourney.com

Wonderful Songs for the Christmas Season

By Cyndi – Posted on November 3, 2024February 1, 2025

Christmas Music and Sounds of the Season Make Us Sing I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Christmas music for the soul

Hello Christmas Luminaries,

Can you believe it’s November 2, 2024, already?

Talk about ready, I cannot wait to get the Christmas celebration started.

Someone in my Facebook Christmas group informed me that Sirius has already started playing Christmas songs early yesterday morning.

I am excited because listening to the many wonderful Christmas songs is a great way to get into the holiday spirit.

My favorite Christmas songs and recording artists are, Mariah Carey and Baby Please Come Home. I also love Josh Groban’s rendition of Celebrate Me Home. How about Dean Martin, the Crooner, who sings amazingly when he belts out, A Marsh Mallow World.

And then there are the tall and talented group called the Temptations who come from the Motown Family, my family. We cannot forget their special rendition of Silent Night. They sing so beautifully with Eddie Kendricks on lead vocals.

I also love Celine when she so beautifully sings O Holy Night. She and Josh have my heart whenever I hear them sing so sensationally.

Wonderful Songs and Sounds of the Season Make Us Smile Every Year at Christmas

There are many top holiday Christmas songs that I love so much. Here are some of my other favorite Christmas songs that warm my home and melt my heart. To say that they deeply resonate with my spirit are would be an understatement.

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Silver Bells

Santa Baby

The First Noel

Carol of the Bells

Do You Hear What I Hear?

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Sleigh Ride

The list above is some of my favorite Christmas songs ever. What about you; do you have a few songs that you look forward to hearing throughout the Christmas Holiday season?

To be honest with you, I could listen to these songs all year round!

Sounds of the most wonderful time of the year begins the moment you hear Andy Williams’ version of It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Enjoy Christmas music for the soul and jingle all the way to Christmas day!

Have a Merry Christmas!

Cyndi

www.wreathonmydoor.com

Let’s Decorate for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

By Cyndi – Posted on October 13, 2024October 13, 2024

Let’s Get Ready To Welcome Christmas Into Our Homes

Decorating Our Homes for the Christmas Season

Decorating Our Homes for the Christmas Season starts right now.

If you’re ready, read along and decorate your hearts and homes with me for the holiday season and smile with glee.

Christmas is almost here and it’s time to roll out the red carpet and get ready to celebrate after we have decorated.

Who is ready to decor their home for the holidays? Let’s delve into merry and bright and illumine our homes with beautiful Christmas decorations.

As I have said time and time again, I love Christmas. Christmas is the most amazing time of year for me and my family.

Here it is October and I am ready to decorate my home for Christmas For the last two years I have been decorating my house for Christmas in October.

Although I shelf shop for Christmas decor every year in October I still prefer to use my own traditional pieces to decorate my home with, but you’ll still find me racing to Home Goods, Hobby Lobby, Michael’s for fun. Going to At Home to get a look at their breathtaking Christmas decor. I was not disappointed!

Shopping for Our Holiday Decor

First, Home Goods is my favorite store for buying Christmas decorations. HG inspires me and gets me deeper into the Christmas mood that warms my spirit.

Shopping for the holiday season get me super excited and seeing the stores stocked up for Christmas. This time of year motivates me to decorate early because when October rolls around in my mind it’s Christmas and I want to enjoy Christmastime as long as possible.

Also, Hobby Lobby and Michael’s are both great to buy decorations for Christmas they both are similar in what they sell for Christmas.

I visited At Home in Maryland and was in awe at their enormous selection of all things Christmas. They had every ornament imaginable and in a variety of colors.

From red to light pink, blue and mauve everything in their Christmas section was lovely and I enjoyed browsing through their decorations.

After shelf shopping I decided that I would leave all of the 2024 Christmas decor behind and use all of the decorations that I already have instead of buying new.

I’m ready to decorate and I’ll start with my coffee table.

A few years ago I purchased a gold tray that I absolutely love. It will be my coffee table’s centerpiece to be a showcase of stunning Christmas decor.

This gold tray is beautiful, bright and perfect for the Christmas holidays. Something about it sparkles and it says Christmas morning, noon and night.

Now, right in the middle of my gold tray I have placed a glass gold Christmas tree which serves also as a candle. It smells remarkable.

Right next to my gold Christmas tree I placed a tall gold reindeer. He has antlers that make him more than beautiful. Everything about him is gorgeous.

Next, I have added red and gold ornaments to this lovely tray with a few purple pieces to make this masterpiece pop.

To add more color and whimsy I have placed a set of three Starry Night Ribbon Ornament Hurricanes in red that illumine with white lights to brighten my table. I purchased these lovelies from Valerie Parr Hill when she introduced them on QVC in July. These stunning hurricanes help to set the tone for Christmas and they are truly amazing.

And then there is Santa Claus. He is on the opposite end of my red hurricanes. He is clothed in a red soft winter coat and has some wonderful gifts in his sack. He is ready to make his deliveries.

Well, Christmas Luminaries, I think that’s it for now. My Christmas tree will be going up this week. I’ll be back to share the photos with you.

Decorating our homes for the Christmas season should be joy and love

Happy Decorating and Merry Christmas!

Cyn

www.achampagnechristmas.com

www.wreathonmydoor.com

Christmas is Love Peace and Joy

By Cyndi – Posted on October 10, 2024

Christmas Miracles Happen When Love Enters Into Our Hearts

Christmas Miracles and Love

Christmas miracles and love.

Christmas is love and when we invite this special time of year into our hearts and homes we get to experience overflowing joy that majestically flows in clothing and warming us with Christmas presence.

Wonder becomes splendor and the two become expressions of love that await Christmas miracles making wishes come true. This happens when we close our eyes to dream.

We open our eyes to see the beauty of the holiday season and we smile.

Gifted to us we receive an abundance of peace and joy and maybe even those things which our hearts desire or that which we need.

Love continuously wraps and warms us and we are given ornaments of grace.

Enjoy Christmas and take time to sit relax and think of the beauty of this sensational holiday season.

There is no time like Christmastime. It is truly a time to love and a time to give and to welcome family friends to gather around and love each other sincerely.

Lasting love endures and Christmas lives in our hearts forever and always. This season why not let joy, all the love and peace become our way of living and speaking. When we do this Christmas happens everyday because Christmas is love.

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone

Cyn

beautyandtheface.com

The Christmas Holiday Gift Guide

By Cyndi – Posted on October 2, 2024January 27, 2025

A Special Holiday Gift Guide for 2025

Christmas 2025 will be all about games, architecture, the beach and the magic of ballet. With the first theme, I hope to teach the little ones about the joy of sharing, taking turns and the comradeship to be had in collectively taking part in structured games.

With the second theme, I want to help the kids to explore how architecture can teach us about beauty in the world and how it challenges us to think without limitations. The sky is the limit for their little minds!

With theme number three, it’s really simple. The beach is the most wonderful and perfect place for kids to be kids!

Lastly, we will take them to experience the magic of ballet first hand with a performance of the quintessential Christmas ballet, the Nutcracker. An afternoon tea with sweet treats and an overnight stay in London the night of the ballet will be the icing on the cake.

If you would like to help with this special occasion in their little lives, just let me know and we can discuss further.

Mom’s List

1. Beach bucket sets x 2
https://scrunchkids.com/product/bucket-spade-moulds-bundle/
I would love for you to choose the colours but kindly ask if you could choose between the various shades of blue and green.

2. Waterstones gift cards x 2
https://www.waterstonesgiftcards.com/product-category/gift-cards/
This year they will choose a few of their own books rather than me buy a ton like I usually do. Of course I will buy some because I can’t help myself lol, but I want them to start choosing what they want to read and give them that magical bookstore experience. You are welcome to choose a book or two each for them as well.

3. Gingerbread cottage x2 (this most likely won’t be available to order until later this year..maybe around September, but we will do these on Christmas Day next year!)
https://honeywellbakes.com/product/gingerbread-house-kit/

4. A toy each (to be decided closer to the time)

Jude’s Birthday:
Spirograph design set
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/arts-crafts-and-music/arts/drawing-and-sketching/spirograph-design-set/p/213368

There you have it. Our small holiday gift guide for Christmas 2024.

Merry Christmas Everyone,

Aja

www.achampagnechristmas.com

Christmas Is Coming Quickly

By Cyndi – Posted on September 18, 2024

I’m Dreaming of A White Christmas

Christmastime is almost here. Will you be ready?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and I am elated about celebrating the holiday season.
Christmas time brings a multitude and abundance of love into hearts and home across the pond and around the world.

Every year during the holiday season I feel a true sense of deep seated love that gets planted and grows from the moment that I feel a chill in the wind.

As temperatures fall and trees lose their blankets that hug them in spring and summer seasons I embrace new beginnings believing in more hope than any other time of the year.

It is then that I head towards my sofa to snuggle as I sit writing short stories called love.

My pen and pad rest in my hands as I open my mind to receive words that help me to create beautiful Christmas stories. With vivid images in my mind I envision a Christmas collage of vintage ornaments, angels and gold reindeer.

I see log cabins, snow covered roof tops and long winding roads that make me smile.

As I sit writing I smell the aroma of homemade baked goods. Red velvet cupcakes, dark chocolate brownies and of course chocolate chip cookies adorn my kitchen table. They have been lovingly handmade for family and friends.

Scrumptious as ever, each dessert is as good and palette warming as the other. They have been baked to comfort the soul in more ways than one. They also have been baked to share with friends.

Christmastime is almost here

With each new day springing forth there is love, hope, miracles wishes and great expectations. This is the spirit of Christmas.

Every year I look forward to giving love, receiving love and being that one special angel who opens her heart to all those who need to feel loved.

As we get closer to Christmas I give God thanks for this amazingly wonderful season.

Wonderful, whimsical and oh so beautiful is the Christmas season. It is a very special time that brings out the warmth and love from the hearts of those who love this sensational season.

If you love Christmas as much as I do then you understand the importance of basking in its presence.

What will you be doing to celebrate your holiday season this year? Perhaps you’ll invite friends over to create new memories or maybe you’ll enjoy a cookie exchange with neighbors.

Whatever you do I hope that you enjoy every moment of the season and love on those you love deeper than you ever have before.

Christmastime is almost here.

Merry Christmas,

Cyndi

Let’s Decorate for Christmas

By Cyndi – Posted on September 18, 2024

It’s Time To Decorate the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Christmastime!

Let's Decorate The Christmas Season

Good Day Christmas Luminaries.

Christmas is right around the corner and I’ll be ready when it arrives. I’m ready for the decorating to begin. Are you with me?

Let’s decorate the Christmas season together.

Are you ready to decorate for Christmas? I know I am.

If you’re ready or getting ready, please stay and join me and let’s get started brightening our homes with all things Christmas.

First things first.

I have a gold basket that I fill with white lights. To that design and my family’s delight I’ll add red and gold bulbs. I love this creation because it lights up my entire living room when I turn off the lights at night. The lights in the basket are bright to lend just the right ambiance for the space.

Secondly I will decorate my coffee table. I will add a lovely Christmas runner and build on it. I’ll be adding a gold tray with the perfect pop of colors. Purple and red Christmas ornaments will complement this one of a kind Christmas design.

From there I’ll decorate my sofa table with my gold reindeer large and small. I’ll also add lights to this table with green garland.

I’ll also be showcasing my cute little gingerbread couple and all of my Christmas signs.

Beautiful Christmas Decorations Warm the Heart Morning, Noon and Bright

My living room is where I spend most of my time throughout the holiday season. I will be adding a multitude of lights on my window sill of my picture window and I cannot wait.

When the decorating begins I’ll be playing songs of the season and to name a few will be Jingle Bells, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Holy Night.

Now starting in October, the 15th to be exact, the Christmas decorating will begin. I plan to take photos to post so that you can see how it all ties together.

Please visit often so that you can see my lovely Christmas decor.

Thank you for stopping by.

Merry Christmas.

Cyn