Basic Ingredients for a Merry Christmas

This is a re-post from something I did back in 2008!..... can you believe kidz has been around for more than 2 years!?!? Crazy. Well, since most of my current followers probably didn't see this post anyway, I thought it was good enough to share again. Enjoy!!!

The holidays are filled with parties and get-togethers and so many fun (and not-so-fun) things to do. But sometimes it's best to just stay home with the fam and enjoy being together.

And what better to serve up during the holiday season than

warm gingerbread waffles

....with hot chocolate sauce

Your mouth is watering, right?

Allrecipes.com shows you how to take it from a mouth-watering idea

to a real-live tantalizing treat.

Here are some fun ideas for sweet treats..... because you can never have too many of those during the holidays!

Nutter Butter Snowmen

Delish and fun for the kiddos to decorate!
What's not to love?
Taste of Home gives the 411 on these scrumptious bites.

Christmas Tree with Snow Cake

I shrieked with excitement when I saw this beauty for the first time.

The subtitle was: Very easy and just a few ingredients needed!

That's right up my alley!

Firefly shop gives the details here.

Okay, enough with the eating already! We can do things together as a family other than eat, right? Right. If you're lucky enough to have a white Christmas, then this is the family craft for you....

Snowman Snow Gauge

I know, right? Practical, darling, and easy to make. Perfect.

BHG Crafts tells you how.

If you're unlucky in snow, you can create a similar effect with paper snowflakes. Now, I know what you're thinking:

'Well, that's not a new or creative idea.
We've made paper snowflakes before.'

Well, that might be true, but if you haven't made paper snowflakes with the help of papersnowflakes.com, then you haven't had the full experience.

You can make some of the simple, first step patterns, like this:

OR you can go wild and crazy with some of the more complex stencil patterns, like this 3D jewel:

For all things paper snowflakes (games, patterns, templates and more), just click here.

Now that you're done with all that eating and crafting, it's time to settle down a bit, and read a nice

Christmas story.

Here are two of my favorites:

click here for the story.

What's your family's favorite Christmas story?

And just for a little laugh....