Journal Your Christmas Giveaway

i am going to try and focus more on the spirit of christmas with my kids than the actual gift part of it! i think that it is important for them to learn this!!! my father passed away right after christmas 5 years ago...so every december i shut down...i have vowed not to let that happen this year...i will enjoy time with family and friends!!!!

already signed up as I have heard so much about jyc...and it will be special (I hope) this year as Christmas Day is at My house....first time EVer :)

I was unemployed last year so had to really scale back at Christmas. This year I am hoping to still have my job and be able to give my family a very special Christmas...hope my energy level keeps up with my ideas! I really enjoy the season!

We have quite a few favourite things we like to do as a family during the holiday season. What we have done over the last few years is not to make plans too spesific, and be happy just to have family time. Last year we did not get to decorate the gingerbread houses for the kids until 27 Dec, and it still was just as much fun!! I'll plan the week ends and leave the week days more flexible.
And I find that hot cocoa with wipped cream and cookies always makes for a magic time with three kids :)

Wow, this would be a great way for me to really improve on my journaling. To be able to journal the things that matter most.

We are looking forward to a quiet and simple Christmas. Just doing the things we really want to do. A few small lists may be involved! Thanks for this opportunity to win a place on the workshop.

One thing that I like to do to help is to get all my Christmas cards finished by December 1.
Thanks for the chance!

et bien what a good idea !!
i love this, i would like an album entitled "decembre in 31 days"..
i would like to make my album in first and every day take a photo i would like to give a memory of this month very desired in my family ...
thank you ali

i am not going to stress out this holiday!! i am not going to go overboard on spending either!

Focus on FAMILY and FRIENDS
As a stay at home mom whose youngest started first grade in September, I have been struck hard by the fact that time only seems to speed up as my kids get older. I have recommitted myself to the idea that it is the PEOPLE who matter. I have been working on my December Daily Album (It is almost done) where I hope to document, not so much my tree and house decorations, but the sweet things my kids say, Christmas stories from my childhood, and photos of my friends and family gathering from all over the U.S. So, I don't know if this focus promotes saneness or craziness, but for me it promotes an inner peace and joy that I know will be good for me this holiday season.

I've decided that what my mom's to-do-list for xmas that I grew up with don't match me or my family so I'm making a new one. Less pressure, less perfection and less stress. More time to do the little things together that creates good memories and new traditions for my family.

I think I need to make a priority list with dates of when I need to have each thing done by. Eeeek!

Many, many years ago I cut the Christmas chaos to only a few important things - the ones that mattered to us the most and it has made our lives so much better during the holiday season. I think this class would be awesome - so much fun!

How to create a more sane holiday season?? Shop early! I live overseas and do most of my holiday shopping on line. I'm already knocking out a good portion of my kids' wish lists.

Maybe I'm already late for the giveaway but just wanted to share that I'm planning some small albums to be decorated easily and simply focus onto the photos.
Family and travel images, thoughts and journaling.

I definably think I have start create traditions for us. So I'm going to read all these comments and see if I can start new one's for our little family of two.

I will be trying to focus on family fun instead of "things" and "stuff". I am tired (already) of hearing I WANT ___ FOR CHRISTMAS. I want to create memories, not clutter.

Almost anything would be more sane than last year's Christmas, with much of December spent in the hospital with my son with appendicitis & complications! Hope to make it a great holiday season for my teens without going crazy.

This will be my second year of making a conscious effort for a more sane and stress free holiday. I'm keeping it simple. Dinner, decorations, commitments...all kept at a minimum.

More Kris Kringles and less pressure to create food masterpieces from scratch, Costco here I come!!!!