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101 Fun Things To Do Before You Die (…Add These To Your Bucket List!)

One book that I’ve found to be a fun read is 101 Things To Do Before You’re Old And Boring by Richard Horne and Helen Szirtes. This book is really great inspiration for making your own Bucket List! See all of the things they say you just have to try before you’re old & gray… plus my personal favorites. Also, see all of the fun Bucket List Guides we’ve created to inspire you to make your own Summer bucket list, Life bucket list, Jeeping bucket list, Travel bucket list, Dog bucket list and more!

Dirty Santa Gift Ideas That Are Perfect For Christmas Party Games With Adults (Secret Santa Game, Pollyanna Gift Swap, White Elephant Gift Exchange, Yankee Swap, Etc.)

Attending a Christmas party with friends or co-workers? What gift are you taking? Here’s the ultimate list of cheap gift ideas (most under $30) that are great for gift exchange games. If you need Dirty Santa gifts (or White Elephant gift ideas, Yankee Swap gifts, etc), we’ve got the best gifts for adults — from conservative and practical to risque and hilarious — all right here!

A Unique Gift Idea: Write A Handwritten Letter Instead Of Buying A Gift

If you give someone a handwritten letter as a gift, it will be appreciated more than a store-bought gift would be. In addition, a letter will be read more than once and cherished for years to come. If you would like to write a handwritten letter to someone special but you aren’t sure how to begin, here are a few ideas to help you get started.

7 Fun Ways To Make Unique Gift Registries For Any Occasion

Gift registries aren’t just for weddings anymore. These days, people are using gift registries for all sorts of special occasions, including: birthdays, anniversaries, graduations — high school and college — baby showers, and more. Here’s how to make your own personalized gift registry.

Homemade Food Gifts: How To Make Creative Gifts From Your Own Kitchen

For any occasion throughout the year, giving homemade food gifts shows that you invested some time and effort, and that you gave this gift some extra special attention. People love receiving personalized gifts of food! Here are some great ideas for making homemade food gifts.

A Fun Christmas Giving Idea: Help Somebody If You Can

Why not make this a memorable Christmas for a person or a family in need? Here’s how to find individuals and families to help this Christmas — both locally and nationally. Plus ways to help them in person, or anonymously.

Top 10 College Care Package Ideas

ideas for parents & relatives looking for “the best” things their college kid really wants you to send them in a care package.

10 Fun Things To Do With Leftover Candy Canes

I always end up with leftover candy canes after the holidays. I have lots of kids around during Christmas, and candy canes make a nice sweet treat for them, so I tend to buy more than I actually need. Plus, I like to decorate with candy canes. Here’s what you can do with leftover candy canes.

Unique Wine Gifts For Wine Drinkers

The gift of wine is always be appreciated. Wine is the perfect gift for that person who has everything and other hard to buy for people. You don’t have to be wealthy to purchase wine gifts, because wine gifts and accessories fit many different price points.

Food Gift Baskets That Are Easy To Make

Whenever someone goes to a lot of trouble to put together a big dinner or party, it’s always nice to take along a hostess gift — food baskets are great! You don’t have to buy a fancy gift basket. There are many affordable hostess gifts that you can make yourself. Here are some food gift baskets that you can make and your hostess will love.

Pictures Of Cars Decorated With Christmas Decorations

Have you noticed this?… More and more drivers are decorating their vehicles with things like Christmas lights, garland, and wreaths. I also saw a couple of SUVs decorated with reindeer antlers — you know, one on each of the front door windows. Here are a few pictures…

Fun Christmas e-Cards That Have Turned Into Viral Videos

Turns out, I’m one of the last ones to discover Office Max’s Elf Yourself holiday e-card. On the CBS morning show, they reported on several of these types of viral videos. They said the Elf Yourself one has been viewed by over 65 million people already!

Little-Known Facts About LED Christmas Lights

When you use LED lights for the holidays, not only are you saving energy, you’re also lighting up the night in a whole new way. Here are some things you should know before buying LED Christmas lights… including some of the pro’s & con’s when it comes to using LED lights as holiday decorations.

Tis The Season… For Ugly Sweaters!

Perhaps the following Ugly Sweaters will be helpful when you’re searching for your very own Ugly Sweater to wear this holiday season. These are the best… Or should I say the WORST?!

Make Your Own Gift Tags

The best part about these do-it-yourself gift tags is the fact that you can change anything you want in the template itself… including the personalized messages.In fact, most parts are optional, so you could even make ‘generic’ gift cards if you wanted to.

Uh Oh… Are You Wearing An Ugly Sweater?

If your collection of Christmas sweaters has grown so large you just don’t know what to do with them all, consider this: You could win BIG this holiday season! Here’s how to have some fun with your ugly sweater collection…

12 Fun Ways To Decorate For The Holidays

Having visitors for Christmas this year? Then you’ll enjoy these fun ideas that were featured on an HGTV episode entitled ‘The 12 Projects for the Holidays’. My favorites are the first three.

Christmas Lights: The Good… The Bad… and The Ugly!

It seems that the spectacle associated with displaying holiday lights on houses across the country has taken an unusual — if not ‘ugly’ — twist in recent years. In fact, holiday light admirers like you & me seem to have become overly critical and judgmental of the quality — and quantity — of one’s lights.

How To Wrap Presents: Quick Tips You May Not Have Thought Of

Whether you’re usually in a hurry and simply don’t take the time to do it right, or you just never learned ‘the proper way’ to wrap gifts, here are the best-of-the-best tips for wrapping presents — Christmas presents… Birthday presents… Graduation presents… Wedding presents… whatever.

Bah Humbug!

Can you believe that we have absolutely NO Christmas decorations up this year?! Not one. Bah humbug, right? Yeah, well… it’s more like this: I’m just not about “stuff”….

Why I Love Holiday Letters

Holiday letters… most people either love ’em or hate ’em! I happen to be one who LOVES them. Here are the reasons that I LOVE receiving holiday letters, and my tips for writing a good holiday letter.

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