From a wonderful world where things sparkle and shine,
Here’s a fabulous book for Christmas time.
Glitterville is the place you know,
Where you can create anything from wreaths to snow.
Stephen Brown guides you through the whimsical crafts,
With photos, tricks, and quite a few laughs.
Glitterville’s Handmade Christmas is stuffed with 20 fabulous winter crafts that will spice up any home for the holidays.
I posted a review of the book Glitterville’s Handmade Christmas last week and today I’m giving away a copy! YAY! You can read my review of the book here.
To enter to win, leave a comment telling me your favorite Christmas tradition. Winner will be chosen October 27th, 2014
Learn more about Glitterville’s Handmade Christmas here- The Books of Glitterville | Glitterville.
My favorite Christmas tradition is sitting around the tree before all of the family parties on Christmas eve and letting my children open one of their gifts. The gift was always a new pair of pajamas for Christmas morning. At the age of 26 and 22 now, they still expect to open a gift, but have include my husband and I now. 🙂 I’m a fortunate parent to have both children at home.
I love watching kids hang stockings on Christmas Eve!
Christmas eve lasagna in my grandparent’s baking dish
I love the Moravian Love Feast on Christmas Eve. I haven’t attended one in years but every time I smell beeswax candles I think of it. <3
Playing Christmas movies while wrapping presents with our son.
Making cookies and stocking stuffer gifts.
My favorite tradition is making Jesus’ birthday cake with my granddaughters. We decorate the top with a little nativity set that I have had for years. We eat the cake at breakfast Christmas morning.
We are starting a new tradition this year. My 13 yo twins have spent over half of their lives loving LEGOS. After their sister’s December birthday on the 17th, we will put together the new Lego Christmas Village to display and do that every year as a family.
Cutting down a fresh Christmas tree. Taking along turkey sandwiches and los of hot spiced cider. And taking lots if photos. Rain, snow or shine. ?
Fav Christmas tradition is putting the decorations on the tree. 2nd fave is the waterfight 🙂
It was decorating the tree after Thanksgiving dinner and baking homemade cookies with my mom. She died 27 years ago and I miss those times.
Great family time, games and food and a lot of love.
My favorite Christmas tradition is putting up the Manger Scene that I have since a little girl in the 1950s.
having my family together to open presents on Christmas morning
My favorite Christmas tradition was the advent calendar.
I love baking treats for my friends and family
Displaying all the nutcrackers I’ve collected through the years.
My favourite Christmas tradition is sending and receiving cards. Thank you for giveaway.
My favorite tradition is building the gingerbread house with my children.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without driving around in the evening looking at the lights.
Thanks for the chance to win such a fun book.
Happy days.
Bev.
I love making Christmas ornaments and baking desserts.
We always have new Christmas pyjamas on Christmas Eve so that the whole family gets into the festive spirit early.
Making goodies to give to neighbors!
That my daughter thinks Santa has a cookie problem and so she leaves him carrots and a oats for the reindeer.
Making cookies with my mom and sister.
this book looks fabulous! i love going to church on Christmas Eve with my family…such a special time!
Never put the presents under the Christmas tree before Christmas they are hidden in the house
Our favorite family tradition is an all day open house of food and games for friends and family on Christmas eve day.
My favorite tradition is making cutout sugar cookies and filling the table with different colored icing bowls, shakers of colored sugars, and jimmies etc. of all sorts to let the children design their own versions of Christmas cutouts.
making sugar cookies with my mom
I love watching White Christmas, usually several times during the season w/ my 2 daughters. I always make fudge & peanut brittle, but only at Christmas. Saved the best for last here: I LOVE to put up my vintage silver aluminum Christmas tree, a gift to me from my sister-in-law several yrs ago. Blessings to all as we head into holiday season!! 🙂
Decorating the tree while watching It’s a Wonderful Life.
decorating the christmas tree withmy kids and making hot choclatte
I love going to 10:30 Christmas Eve service @ church. We are able to have real candlelight & each guest gets a real candle that is lit during the singing of Silent Night @ the end of the service. It is beautiful with all the Christmas music.
My favorite Christmas tradition is the advent calender that my son gets to check every morning!
When I was a little girl, Mom and I would set aside the first Saturday in November for making fruitcake. My job was to take all of the candied fruit and coat it in flour so that it would not sink to the bottom of the pan. It was a fun and messy task that I loved. Now every time I see candied fruit, I am taken back to the warm kitchen, smelling of spices and full of my mother’s voice laughing as the flour flew.
Keeping Santa alive ..
Mom is Santa real? Having always been honest with my kids, I could not say no. I said, “Isn’t it nice to think someone out there does something nice just because? Is there one person who flies with reindeer gifting all in one night? Probably not..but have you ever done something for someone and told no one? Isn’t that being a secret Santa? Are you real? There’s your answer yes and no.”
My family and I enjoy Christmas Eve church services to honor the LORD for whom the holiday is all about.
My favourite Christmas tradition is carol singing around the streets.
Every Christmas eve, my boy’s decorate their tree,( we planted one when each were born) They string popcorn and cranberries, make peanut butter coated pinecones.These are treats for the birds,rabbits, deer and squirrels.They love looking out Christmas morning and seeing the animals enjoying their feast.They are now 22&18, but still love this tradition best.
My favorite tradition is packing my children into the car, getting hot chocolate at Starbucks, and driving around town looking at Christmas lights.
Making my grandkids a chrustmas ornament every year and useing recycle items and turning them into an ornament
Favorite holiday tradition is getting together with family to share honored potluck dishes and listen to elders tell stories about their “small kid days”.
Such cute Christmas ideas!
My favorite tradition is making cookies with my daughter, her almost mother in law, my sister in law and hopefully my nieces will start joining us also! A fun time had by all as well as lots of cookies to share!
Hanging our stockings is our favorite tradition. To see each one with a family members name on it warms my heart to see how our family has grown. We are blessed!
Decorating the Christmas tree and rememberin the significance of each and every ornament
Reading Christmas stories every night in December. They’re the same ones year after year, but they never, ever get old! Love it.
My favorite Christmas tradition is putting all the handmade decorations on the Christmas tree. They were made by my family and friends, and each one is precious to us, especially the ones my kids made in school growing up. cdahlgren at live dot com
When I was younger, my mother got us new pair of pajamas at Christmas. And we were allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve night. Now, I get my cats new catnip toys and visit the nursing homes with my clogging group.