a real-life approach to Homeschool Christmas Expectations

We have high homeschool Christmas expectations, a perfect Christmas. But real family stories happen in the thick of Christmas too. Five minutes before we left for Christmas Eve service, all spiffed up in our best, we pulled the sofa table away from our new custom sofa to grab a family pic before heading out the…

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a warm Christmas Collection: recipes, traditions & music from our homeschool family

We homeschool families get to choose all our family’s routines and traditions, especially Chrismtas. Our personal stamp on Christmas for the last twenty years, our unique version of Christmas family traditions, was a unique combination of my husband’s family’s traditions, my family’s traditions, and random things we thought would be fun. Falling back on the…

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tis the season: ten steps to simplify Christmas

I am a former Martha Stewart soiree enthusiast and am going to write a post on ten steps to simplifying Christmas. Insert laugh here. So how to simplify homeschool Christmas Top five things you don’t want to hear your kiddos say that’ll surely not simplify Christmas… 5. Mom I need a reindeer outfit for the…

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How to Build Your Own Christmas Traditions

Create your own homeschool Christmas traditions. Choose a little from your family, from your partner’s family, then leave what you don’t prefer and make your own family traditions. One Christmas I asked, Who wants turkey for Christmas? Nobody. Huh, I kinda like a turkey with stuffing. But since we do turkey at Thanksgiving, we can…

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