Peppermints. They're available year-round, but they steal the show at Christmas! From candy canes and ribbons to candles and gift wrap, the cheerful striped candies manage to stay front-and-center all season long – super easy to find! If you need a last-minute theme that will kick up the festivity level without breaking the bank, try this one: Peppermint Parade Add a few touches of red and white (or red, white, and green) to your usual decor... and put your party invites in the mail! Just be sure they have peppermint on them. :-) More peppermint touches you can add: Peppermint bark candy Packages wrapped in peppermint-patterned papers (or red and white) Candy cane crafts for the ... Keep Reading...
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The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Theme
Before our Themes of Christmas series goes too far down the road of Christmas trees and partridges, I want to share with you my favorite theme of Christmas... because it's not Christmas without it. The Greatest Gift is the foundation of my Christmas. It reminds me that when God gave Jesus, He already knew His son was going to die for the sins of the world. Yet He gave the gift anyway... unselfishly, with immeasurable love for you and me. What wondrous love God lavished upon us! Lord, may we be faithful. The last time I used The Greatest Gift theme, my inspiration was a print-it-yourself invitation. I said the same thing with yesterday's theme, so we might be seeing a pattern here... When I saw ... Keep Reading...
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A Partridge in A Pear Tree: A Christmas Theme
Did you start humming when you saw the title? In case you missed yesterday's post, I've just started a Themes of Christmas series that will give you theme ideas plus suggestions for carrying them out. If you missed Oh Christmas Tree, you can see it HERE. While you could certainly use the entire 12 Days of Christmas as a theme (and it's a great one!), I'm going to stick with Day One of the long-favored song because I've used the theme several times... and because I have pics and an easy, fun tutorial to share with you! A decade ago, I found these wonderful print-it-yourself invitations at Tuesday Morning. Back then, Renaissance Man was a college administrator, and we always hosted a Christmas party for ... Keep Reading...
