Best Personalized Gifts for Stocking Stuffers

It’s our very favorite time of year…stocking stuffer season! Do you know the history behind Christmas stockings? Legend has it that the charitable Saint Nicholas wanted to help the needy in secret, so he would sneak into homes after dark to leave behind gold. As the story goes, during one…

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11 Powerful Quotes About Making Memories

The power of memories is hard to overstate. We’re capable of remembering events we attended, games we played, people we met, and so much more from years and even decades ago. Even an exchange that may have lasted for a minute or two, all that time ago, can etch itself…

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8 Ways to Show Your Sympathy with a Condolence Gift

In times of mourning, it can be hard to know the best way to express your condolences. But heartwarming gestures, like writing a thoughtful sympathy card, delivering a home-cooked meal, or giving a special present, will help you provide support and encourage healing when it’s needed the most. Surprising them…

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Modern Christmas Stockings to Fall in Love With

In another post, we looked at some of our favorite Christmas stockings that have a more classic style. Now let’s turn to some of our favorite modern Christmas stockings! If you’ve got a boring stocking that you’ve been dutifully hanging up for the last several years, see if you can spot…

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Vintage-Style Christmas Stockings Popular This Holiday Season

Christmas stockings are an absolutely essential component of a home’s indoor Christmas decor, but there are so many types of stockings to choose from. Though stockings aren’t especially expensive, they still tend to be relatively long-term investments. Depending on each family’s decorative style and personal preferences, the stockings they hang…

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Halloween Tips: Favorite Candy by State

Candy and chocolate start to fly off the shelves at a few different times throughout the year. Valentine’s Day and Easter both lead to a collective rush of grocery stores’ candy aisles, but Halloween is also a lucrative time to be in the candy business. With costumed trick-or-treaters roaming the…

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