Journal Your Christmas Giveaway

I wil try to bake the cookies in the beginning of December and not leave it till the end. And this year spend christmas at relatives, not them at my house, 3 years in a row is a lot, I need a break!

My plan this year includes having shopping done by October 31. Missed that deadline but I only have a couple more things to buy. I wrapped what I have bought. November will be my month to bake and food shop and decorate for the holidays. Once December arrives I plan on relaxing and enjoying the holiday.

I've been contemplating both of these projects thinking pre-made book + daily prompts/ideas might be just the perfect combo for me. Thanks for the chance to win part of this duo. As for the holidays, my biggest challenge is going to be finding a new spot for the tree. We now have a piano where the tree has gone for 14 years! The rest is all good!

Sanity is not an option in my holiday household. That being said , I vow to do at least one fun thing everyday. For me that is usually baking or scrapbooking. I will remind myself that all the school activities, shopping, concerts and visiting with friends and relatives are making the memories we will continue to remember and cherish for years to come.
Carol from southen MD

This past year we set aside the money we wanted to budget for Christmas and put it into a separate account. That keeps any holiday money from being used for other things AND when that money is gone, it's gone. We decided on the budget during the more sane months and hope that it creates a less stressful December.
Thanks for the give-away opportunity!
Lori

my plan for a smooth sane holiday season: buy less! make more homemade, mindful presents. get everything done in november! so the only thing left in december is to wrap, bake cookies, and snuggle with my family under the christmas tree!

I just want to stay ahead by doing stuff in advance, otherwise defnitely more crazyyyyyyyyyier than ever. I love Christmas and all our little family traditions, and do not want to loose any of that because of the craziness. Thats why I also love to do your album well in advance. Thanx for starting so early this year.
Mariette

We are celebrating (for the first time in a long while) without extended family visiting. I hope to create a very simple, laid back Christmas. All the shopping is done and I hope to have everything wrapped in the next two weeks. Then it is done!! Lots of baking, cooking, crafting, photographing, field trips, service projects, etc. are all rumminating in my mind as ways to celebrate the seasion.

my plan is to try and just enjoy the holidays and everything that comes with it. Creating family projects and activities will make it much more enjoyable!

I plan to just slow down and enjoy the season! Simplify things and enjoy the little things!
Crystal

We're hoping to "tone things down" a bit; concentrate more on giving of ourselves and experiencing the meaning of Christmas rather than what gifts / gift cards someone might want because they already have too much "stuff". I want to feel peace this holiday season.

My Christmas wish is to enjoy the little every day things, and to avoid getting caught up in the 'should do's' - spend more time on the 'want-to-do's'.

I'm not sure that my Christmas' will ever be sane - six kids does that, but I absolutely love Christmas and the amazing gift that we got over 2000 years ago. Thanks again for sharing!

First of all I also want to create a December Daily which helps a lot reflecting upon yourself and your life. Due to a lot of bad news this year I really hope to be able to spend more quality time with my family - usually it's always work & worries, so I really hope this year it will be a little quieter.
All the best to you Ali
Sandy
from Austria

I've already purchased most of my stocking stuffers which helps tremendously. I also try to have all of my shopping done before Thanksgiving which leaves most of December open to just "enjoy"

I plan to have all my Christmas cards made and addressed before Thanksgiving! At least that's the plan. I would love to have a friend join my in the online class!

hi!
once again I'm here to try to win you wonderful giveaways!!!
Every year I plan to do a Xmas book journaling feelings and facts of the advent period...and every year I do not!!! This year I WANT to do it.....it seems to me that life is short and I need to leave something to my kids......
...blue period, sorry!
Deborah

I don't know if my holidays will ever really be sane, but I have already started christmas shopping! Having some of that done will be a relief.

I'm hoping to "tone things down" a bit this year; concentrating more on giving of ourselves rather than giving unwanted/unneeded "stuff", and experiencing the peace of the season. We want to participate in delivering holiday food boxes at church, Operation christmas child boxes, etc. Just enjoying time with each other and appreciating all we are blessed with already.

I'm going to have a more sane and peaceful holiday season this year by preparing a bit at a time this fall (buying baking supplies and small gifts now, working on making some gifts too), taking Thanksgiving week off work and going with the flow that week, plus taking time off work at end of year to be with children over Christmas. Your Y&T class has also helped to get me in a more peaceful place!