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Christmas Desserts, Sweets and Treats

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A Little Christmas Inspiration for the Upcoming Christmas 2025

Merry Christmas and Holiday Wishes

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Little by little I am rolling out my Christmas decorations, dinnerware and everything else that has to do with the holiday season.

I’ll be decorating my inside and outside this year. I also plan to buy a bunch of delicious treats this year. I usually buy Walker Shortbread cookies, but this year I will adding Effie’s Cookies to my dessert table. 

Recently, I received what I like to call a care package from Effie’s and I tried them all. Talk about delicious, they literally melted in my mouth. Because I love anything with oats I decided to try the oat biscuits. Well, let me tell you, they were sweet, savory and melted in my mouth.

My husband loved them and ate the whole box in a matter of a few days. He tried to eat them in one sitting, but I told him to save a few more for me. 

We also thought the Walnut, Hazelnut, Pecan and Corn Biscuits were just as amazing as the oat ones. I thought it was beyond kind of Effie to send me all of they amazing flavors. They will be a lovely surprise in my first Christmas gift giveaway on my Facebook page, The Love and Joy of Christmas.

If you love delicious sweet treats that have just the right amount of sugar and a good crunch, these maybe the perfect biscuit for you. They go well with coffee or tea too. Effie’s Biscuits will deliver sweet and savory without being overly sweet. 

christmas time with Effie’s Homemade biscuits are simply delicious and Tastes Like You Made Them From Scratch

Merry Christmas and Holiday Wishes

Clothe Your Table with Cocoa Dark Chocolate Candy Bars from Lindt Excellent This Christmas

The other treat that I’ll be adding to my sweet table this Christmas is Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Candy Bar. These bars come in packs of 12 at 3.5 ounces. I decided to try these last year because of the potential health benefits that they provide. They are a great source of antioxidants and may improve and even lower blood pressure. I just love any kind of chocolate though. 

Merry Christmas and Holiday WishesThese chocolate candy bars are perfect if you’re looking for a dark chocolate that has just the right amount of sugar. I purchased my Lindt candy bars from Amazon. Order here to get yours before the holidays. .  

Merry Christmas and Holiday Wishes

I hope my Christmas finds have inspired you to create a sweet table for your home this Christmas. 

Merry Christmas everybody.

Cyn

A Champagne Christmas

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Holiday Greetings From My Heart To Yours

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Holiday Greetings and Great Happy Feelings

Holiday Greetings

Hello Christmas Luminaries,

Holiday greetings from my home to yours!

Today is September 2nd and we are moving closer to Christmas time.

Last night as I was driving home from the grocery store, I saw two houses decorated with Christmas lights. One house even had a Christmas tree all lit up in their living room. 

Many people are already decorating their homes for the holiday season. Christmas seems to bring a lot of joy into homes around the country. I think it’s that warm and cozy feeling that we expect and look forward to every year.

The Christmas Spirit speaks to our hearts and tells us to embrace the miracles.

Our holiday wishes also come true as and don’t we look forward to seeing our heart desires come to fruition. It’s a great time of the year.

We even see miracles right before our eyes and we believe. Yes, we believe that miracles really do come true especially when we close our eyes and dream.

When we dream of families coming together to share greater wealth more than any other time of the year, we beam. Next to Easter, Christmas fills our souls with prosperity and riches and overflowing abundance. 

Christmas time also inspires us to go out to give to others. After all, Christmas is a time for caring, sharing and giving.

Caring, sharing and giving is an act of love and don’t you just love to love. It is that one emotion that clothes you with peace, joy and thanksgiving. 

Also, being thankful opens up your heart and mind to receive those things which your heart desires. It is the ultimate fulfillment that brings you that one special Christmas gift that you long for all season long. 

Christmas time is the wonder in your backyard and splendor in the snow. It often tells a story on the Eve of Christmas that says, you are loved. Loved by those you love, you come to expect and always receive those cheek to cheek, arm in arm tight hugs that you expect when the holiday season rests upon the roof top of your home. And don’t forget those soft sweet kisses that love plants on your beautiful face in addition to a whole lot of cozy. 

You lovingly welcome holiday greetings and all its beauty with open arms. A wide open bountiful field, you see Christmas everywhere. This is your time of year. You’re happy, blessed and overjoyed and you should be because when Christmas enters your heart, you can’t help but smile, sing and sing some more. What better time to express your emotions and peace that surrounds and inspires you throughout the holiday season.   

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Your radiance reflect the Christmas lights on the tree and your heart is open to give and to receive. 

Holiday greetings to all. Christmas time is here.

Merry Christmas everyone,

Cyn

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Christmas Lives In My Heart and Home

 

The Special Christmas Dinner Guest

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It’s Christmas Eve, Dinner Is Served, Please Won’t You Join Us

The Special Christmas Dinner Guest

Embracing special moments throughout the joyful holiday season.

My family and I got up early in the morning on Christmas Eve.

We had a ton of things to do today before our guests would arrive for our annual Christmas Eve dinner.

We all piled in the car to go get a last few minute items for the feast.

Every year at 4 p.m. the festivities begin and the kids were super happy. This year they sent out invitations to a few of their classmates and they accepted.

I had already prepared most of my dinner the night before because I want to enjoy as much time as possible with all my guests. Relaxing and conversing with some of my closest friends brings me exceeding joy.

When we got to the supermarket I grabbed the sourdough rolls, my favorite vegan butter and a small lemon cake for me and hubby to enjoy later that night. I had the wine chilling in our little fridge for a special time such as this one.

After picking up everything I needed from the store the kids and I made a beeline home.

The Special Christmas Dinner Guest

I asked the kids to straighten up the living room a bit while I created a gorgeous tablescape for our Christmas dinner party. It turned out more beautiful than last year.

After that the kids bathed and got dressed. I showered and slathered on my Rose Gold luxurious handcrafted body butter. It was time to get dress. I put on my pretty red dress and stepped into my black leather shoes, the ones with the red bottom soles. I looked in the mirror and quickly approved of my attire. I gave myself and wink. Guests would be arriving very soon.

The kids and I made our way downstairs and waited with pure joy for our special guests to get here.

Our ring camera informed us that our first guest had arrived. We quickly went to the front door to see who it was.

The Special Christmas Dinner Guest

I looked out the window and saw my daughter’s two best friends smiling from ear-to-ear. I think it’s safe to say they were elated to join us for Christmas Eve dinner.

They came in and headed straight to my daughter’s room to hangout until it was time to eat.

Not long after our other guests started arriving in bunches. Altogether 15 guests had come for dinner.

Their home is my home which means they can hangout anywhere in my home they want to. Most of us sat in the kitchen while other friends gathered in the living and dining rooms.

I had a large variety of mouthwatering appetizers and plenty of beverages in each room for my friends to enjoy. Of course I baked my moist delicious dark chocolate brownies. The kids gobbled those up!

The house was clothed in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The ambiance was amazing and everyone was in awe of my breathtaking,  unique and beautiful Christmas decorations that blanketed our home from top to bottom and wall to wall.

Everything was exactly how I envisioned and planned it. It was simply sensational.

The Special Christmas Dinner Guest

As we all got ready to eat dinner there was another ring at my front door. It was strange though because I didn’t see anyone on the camera.

I quickly made my way to the front door, but when I opened it no one was there. I checked carefully around the front yard, but all was quiet. I went back into the house because I didn’t want to leave my guests alone for too long.

While we were eating and engaging in Christmas conversation and celebrating each other I heard another ring at my front door. This time my husband checked, but he didn’t see or hear a thing.

So he came back to the table. After dinner was over we all gave a toast to each other for time spent creating gifted memories we will cherish a lifetime.

After our toast I heard another ring at my front door. My camera informs me that someone is at our front door for the third time. This time my guests, hubby and I all head to the front door. As we open the front door we see a big red sleigh loaded with gifts. And then we see 12 reindeer on our lawn.

We could not believe our eyes. While we were standing there in amazement snow began falling.

Talk about overjoyed we were laughing and just having a grand time.

All of a sudden the kids and their friends came running outside and told us to come around to the backyard. We hurriedly walked to the back of the house. Shocked, we saw a man around 5’10” tall. He was super round with the whitest snow like beard laughing as loud as he could. It was Santa Claus.

Santa lovingly gave gifts to all of us. He also warmed his belly with a full course meal and he loved it!

Not long after that, Santa fed his reindeer a few special treats before they took flight.

I hugged the old guy, rubbed his tummy and sent him on his way, but before he jumped into his sleigh, I whispered in his ear, I love you, Santa. Thank you for all of my Christmas gifts you have left me along the way. 

This is a night none of us will forget.

Cyn

 

Christmas Eve Is Your Gift for Christmas Day

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Christmas Eve Flows Into Christmas Day and We Experience More of the Abundance Within

Christmas Eve Brings You Abundance and Joy

Christmas Eve is like an heirloom quilt, it blankets our living rooms and comfy couches making us feel safe, pure and warm.

It captures the heart of believers and like morning dew it refreshes and we are able find new beginnings everyday during the holiday season.

We experience energy we never knew we had and we embrace it with wonder. As we prepare to welcome Christmas Eve into our homes we can’t help but smile because we know the love Christmas brings.

Doors of joy, hope and peace open and we invite them into our homes. They enter in and immediately we encounter calm with tranquility.

Christmas Eve is that one special day that lovingly provides us with wisdom and understanding, two never ending gifts that bring abundance, riches and prosperity into our lives as it clothes our minds with all things beautiful, 

When day ends and night falls there is a magnificent feeling in the air. The atmosphere becomes majestic and miracles often appear out of nowhere.

No wonder Christmas Eve is, just like Christmas Day, the most wonderful time of the year. 

This sensational season helps us to open our mouths and sing Christmas songs that we simply adore.

Welcome Into Our Homes Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Brings You Abundance and Joy

There is an opening song to help start the holiday season will always be, Andy Williams’ rendition of, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. The music is remarkable and Andy’s voice incredible. 

A song so loved and perfectly perfect for the Christmas season it’s like a miracle that we expect to come and it always does.

And on this joyful night our spirits come alive and our hearts bright. Our homes are candle lights and every room we enter glow in the night.

The atmosphere is as warm as a summer day and our souls radiate from the happiness within.

It’s time for dinner. Let us serve family and friends with expectancy and a whole lot of love.

Let us raise us our glasses and give a toast to light and love and all luminous beings.

Prosperity has arrived. Gifts have been delivered and now are under the Christmas tree.

Tomorrow is Christmas. We shall continue this story everyday of the year to always remind us that Christmas lives in our hearts forever and ever.

Have yourself a very amazing and merry Christmas, everyone.

Cyn

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My Home Is Alive On Christmas Eve

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My Heart Beats with Christmas Tradition, Spirit and Peace

The Spirit of Christmas came to visit my home and decided to stay.

Whenever I hear the first sounds of Christmas I smile. I am smiling knowing my heart will be filled with more love than the days before. 

Radiance fills my heart and I illuminate like lights on a tree. 

Ornaments of grace and a crown of glory brighten my home. I am forever gifted with treasures and trinkets. 

In my living room there are two subtly scented candles. Sweet gingerbread and decadent apple cinnamon. They lend light along with a touch of elegance when evening falls and light and lamps have been dimmed. 

And as I feel the embers and see the glow from the fireplace and how it glows in every space in my place, I am still smiling.

I have always believed my home is like nature. It is peaceful and overflowing with calm. It is a place for all who enter to relax and dream. 

The Spirit of Christmas Surrounds my home day and night and This story tells a tale all about the beauty of the christmas season and how it makes me feel loved

As I am entering into more of the same Christmas meets me so that I receive more love. I will welcome it and I shall embrace it. The feeling is like a fleece-lined comforter that comes to bring me comfort and joy just like Santa when he comes to deliver Christmas presents for girls and boys. 

And now as I make my way into my beautifully decorated breathtaking dining room I invite family and friends to gather and glow. Right here we will converse, talk Christmas and of speak of love. 

There will be plenty of champagne. We shall toast the evening. 

Our dinner will be the most delicious fare where recipes will be shared and thoughts of guests will be given. 

When dinner has been served and dessert enjoyed and loved to the fullest we will enter into the living room to exchange handcrafted Christmas cards and LV gifts.  Every card will contain heart written messages of Christmas joy. 

Gifts will be both large and small to suite each guest to the tee. And yes, we will sip on tea. We will share Christmas stories from years past and create new memories that will forever last. 

I Give a Toast To  The Spirit of Christmas that forever shall reign in my heart

And now on this Christmas Eve we will share all of our good nights with kisses and hugs oh so tight. 

The festivities have been blessed and the celebration as amazing as my guests. 

All of my candles have melted down.  My eyes will now close and my body must rest as I give peace to my mind graciously flowing from the north south east and west. 

Good night to all and to all bright lights.

The Spirit of Christmas came to visit my home and I am forever thankful for friends who came to roam.

A champagne Christmas gives a toast to Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas everyone,

Cyndi

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There’s a Feeling of Christmas Everywhere

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Christmas Is The Holiday That Sings To My Spirit

There's a Feeling of Christmas Everywhere

 

There’s a feeling of Christmas everywhere.

This phenomenal feeling is in my heart, blanketing my spirit and warming my soul.

I am over the moon just thinking about the upcoming holiday season. 

Hearts come together and loving warmth takes over.

The other day I began thinking about Christmas. Christmas is always on my mind. There was a slight jolt in my spirit and I jumped into the car and drove to Hobby Lobby. I had a feeling that they were stocking their shelves for Christmas.

When I got there all I could see was shelves were overflowing with autumn decor. I think it’s okay to say or even believe that their shelves will be full of Christmas soon. 

I’m going back there today (Monday, June 16, 2025) to see what they have on display for the most wonderful time of the year. 

I received an email over the weekend from Michael’s craft store that they are putting out their Christmas decorations this week. I’ll head there today as well to see what beauties they will be displaying for the holiday season. To say I am excited is an understatement.

The Christmas Season Is Beautiful, Warm and Wonderful

For me, there are so many things that make Christmas special. Even visiting the craft store, Home Goods and other home stores make me happy. I am not hard to please. Give me Christmas and you’ve given me the world. What can I say. I truly adore Christmas.

The decorations alone make spirits bright. The wonderful Christmas color palettes that illuminate our homes and songs that sing to our heart are amazing as well. 

And then there’s that cozy feeling that we all know so well and welcome with open arms that always shows up during the holidays while lovingly spreading good cheer everywhere we go. 

We can’t forget about the winter weather. Winter and Christmas go hand in hand. It’s the cold here up north that does it for me. 

Christmas Calls and Snowflakes Gently Fall 

I absolutely adore the cold and snowy conditions that always seem to show up when Christmas comes. 

Winter wonderlands make Christmas even more special every time I see a snowflake or two that sometimes turns into a real heavy snowfall. It’s awesome what those delicate beautifully designed snowflakes can do when they all fall to earth together. 

Looking forward to the 2025 holiday season I am preparing my home, once again, to receive love, joy and an abundance of good cheer followed by peace. 

As the Christmas season approaches I will be ready. Every year I look forward to preparing my home for this sensational season filled with love. 

I’ll slowly decorate every inch of my home with all of my beautiful Christmas decorations. My theme this year will be red and gold or perhaps silver and icy blue. Whatever colors I decide to use I will make it all come together like a picture on the front cover of a magazine. 

Christmas is such an amazing time of year. It fills every room and inch of my home and I love it. I look forward to enjoying the splendor and wonder of the season. 

This year I’m going to write a few Christmas songs and sing them to my family. I want to make sure each and every Christmas is special because I love my family and I love Christmas. Creating these These memories that can never be forgotten is extremely important to me.

What Christmas will you be creating this year that your family will cherish and never forget?

Merry Christmas everybody,

Sincerely,

Cyndi 

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Jesus Is The Reason Why I Love The Christmas Season

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The Holiday Season Is Designed To Bring Wealth and Prosperity Into Every Home

Christmas delivers wealth and prosperity into every home with love.

That’s why the feeling is amazing and it’s all because of Jesus.

Good Day Christmas Friends,

Today is Saturday, May 31, 2025 and I want to talk Christmas. Do you mind if I tell you why I never get tired of talking about Christmas. 

For me Christmas is complete comfort and joy because Jesus is the Reason for the Season. 

You see, I love my precious Lord and sweet Savior, Jesus Christ. He is my Light and Life Who dwells deep within my spirit. He warms every inch of my heart all year long. Also, He bestows countless blessings upon me faithfully my life without me asking for it. I am grateful. 

Like His Kingdom, Jesus’ love is an everlasting love. I am thankful that I get to experience His love when He mercifully wakes me up. With a grateful heart and spirit I bask in the glory of the new day. My spirit and mind renewed I start everyday refreshed and rejuvenated.

There is no love grater than the love of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Jesus is the Reason for my deep love for  Christmas

To know the true meaning of Christmas you must know Jesus. I truly believe when the holiday season makes its entrance into my every room inside of my home I can find special gifts in the Hem of His Garment.

One of those gifts is peace. The other two gifts are comfort and love. These special gifts envelope the spirit and gird me with joy. I love the sensational feeling that they bring to me year after year time and time again throughout the joyous season. 

Jesus gifts abundant miracles that surrounds and embraces believers across the pond. Here’s what’s so very special about it all. Jesus gives gifts that only some can see and feel. He is my reason for loving Christmas more than words can say. Jesus is the Reason for the Season. 

Reflecting upon all things Christmas here are some ways that I celebrate the miraculous season.

Comfort and joy are always near and holly jolly has a way of creating more abundance in my life

When I think about the Christmas holiday season I think about Jesus and the comfy and cozy feeling that quickly encompasses me. 

Taking time to relax into deep thoughts about Christmas I close my eyes. Quietly nestled in Jesus’ peace, my brown eyes walk me through a short time zone beginning October 1.

With loving eyes I see my home decked with boughs of holly warming the living room. My seriously comfortable living room brings me true inspiration all throughout this joyful time of the year. It is truly majestic and so is the holiday deocr.

I see all of the precious ornaments, gold bulbs and red runners that melt my heart. They also make me so very happy. In this divine space I write short holiday stories and precious Christmas filled poems. As Christmas music plays in the background I create, design and produce some of my best and most awe-inspiring creations.

From incredible decorations to heavenly pieces of vintage to modern ornaments I write Christmas. 

Now still in the present moment with thanksgiving and all the happiness in my own little world residing deep within every beat of my cotton clothed heart my eyes lead me into my quaint little dated kitchen which I love. Regardless of the fact that I have very little countertop and cabinet space it’s still my kitchen designed 62 years  inside of a loving home and I adore it. 

I am beyond grateful for the beauty, warmth and endless joy in my home.

As I slowly walk through the beauty of it all I am greeted with some of the most delicious desserts to come out of an oven baked by me the one and only.

A most delicious red velvet cake, with a smooth rich texture covered over with cream cheese frosting looks as stunning as my Christmas tree and just waiting to be sliced. And then I have dark chocolate brownies forever the hit in my home along with yummy peanut butter cookies my favorite cookie in the world lovingly grace my 35 year old kitchen table. 

Let’s head into the dining room, another place from whence I gather inspiration whenever I need inspiration for my life in general. It flows, like milk and honey from my living room. These three rooms intertwine like a healthy and loving relationship that naturally flows like rivers of water. 

Christmas brings me an abundance of happiness joy and comfort and it’s all because of Jesus. 

Even though it’s only May 31 it feels like December 25. Everyday for me feels like December 24 and 25 because Christmas resonates with my spirit like oceans of water. I must say that there are not enough words to express how I feel about Christmas. 

Christmas delivers wealth and prosperity into every home with love.

What about you. How does Christmas make you feel? 

Merry Christmas.

Cyn

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Best Time of the Year

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

 

Best time of the year

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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Christmas is Love Peace and Joy

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 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

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