Category Archives: Holiday

Favorite Songs of the Season

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This article appeared last year on ARHtistic License.

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How to Make It Through Christmas When You’re Depressed by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Shortly after Carly, my first child, turned a year old, we discovered I was pregnant again. After the initial shock, Greg and I were delighted, looking forward to a new baby in January, and joking that we hoped he or … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving in the Woods

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Happy Thanksgiving to you from all of us at Doing Life Together.

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Santa and the True Spirit of Christmas…by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Note: This article was originally written in 1994, published in The Annals of Saint Anne and later in Active Christian News. A portly man with a white beard, wearing a flannel shirt and suspender-supported blue jeans, pumped gas into … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Interview by Betty Mason Arthurs

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Betty Mason Arthurs

Thanksgiving Interview by Betty Mason Arthurs One of America’s greatest celebrations is in a few days, Thanksgiving. It’s a time we remember the Pilgrims who came to the new world to escape persecution for their religion. On that special day, … Continue reading →

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Starting a Christmas Conversation…by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Many years ago, I bought the book, The Christmas Conversation Piece: Creative Questions to Illuminate the Holidays by Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie. Their stated reason for writing the book was “to enhance all your Christmas conversations and draw you … Continue reading →

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What Does your Christmas Wreath Say about You? by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I love looking at Christmas decorations. I think they reflect the people who put them up. Sometimes I wonder what those people are really like. Many years ago, I bought a couple of horns at the craft store and dolled … Continue reading →

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Always Reason to Celebrate

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Carol Boley

December first–one of my favorite days of the year! The beginning of the most celebrated month. School programs, cookie exchanges, church festivities, baking, shopping, decorating…busy, busy, busy. It’s become such a big deal that whole books have been written on … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for Christmas . . . by Andrea R. Huelsenbeck

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

My mother-in-law had a Thanksgiving Day tradition of stacking all her Christmas records on the record player spindle and playing them non-stop until New Years. That’s how we knew it was time to get ready for Christmas. Even though retail … Continue reading →

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A Memorial of Thanks

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Linda Carlblom

Last year at Thanksgiving time I blogged about Our Linen Thanksgiving Journal, a tradition that my family has kept for over a decade. There’s another thing we’ve done, not quite as regularly as writing on the tablecloth, but some family … Continue reading →