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Christmas is a magical time to gather and celebrate simple joys like baking, crafting and gifting! These easy ideas and recipes will make your holidays effortless, yet beautiful and fun-filled.

Most Popular Christmas Recipes

A jar of cinnamon sugar, cinnamon sticks scattered around.

Classic Cinnamon Sugar Recipe

A loaf of cinnamon roll bread, covered in icing and sliced on a marble surface

Cinnamon Roll Bread

A stack of oatmeal lace cookies on a white surface, with a touch of greenery in the corner

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Small loaves of cinnamon bread, tied with ivory ribbon on a marble countertop for a Christmas gift.

Cinnamon Bread

Blue and white wrapped christmas gifts wrapped under the tree.

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE

The best gifts for him, her, kids, friends, family and co-workers!

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Hot Chocolate Bombs

Make an explosion this Christmas with the ultimate gift – hot chocolate bombs! Get all the details to make the best bombs!

A red mug full of dark hot chocolate with marshmallows, with a dark chocolate gingerbread man to the side.

Dark Hot Chocolate Bombs

A marble surface with a variety of hot chocolate bombs.

Hot Chocolate Bombs

A marble surface with green grinch hot chocolate bombs.

Grinch Hot Chocolate Bombs

A snowman hot chocolate bomb on a white plate.

Snowman Hot Chocolate Bombs

merry meringues

Christmas Cookies

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An elf on the shelf sitting on a kitchen counter, with tiny shortbread elf on the shelf cookies surrounding her.

Shortbread Elf on the Shelf Cookies

easy sugar cookies in a cutout heart shape on a marble surface, one has a bite taken out!

Easy Sugar Cookies

gooey butter cookies on a white surface

Gooey Butter Cookies

Hors D’oeuvres

Mini cheese tarts on a white platter.

Incredible Cheddar Cheese Tart

An oval white platter filled with bacon stuffed mushrooms

Stuffed Mushrooms

A white oval platter full of mini mac and cheese cups for an appetizer.

Mac and Cheese Cups

Mini cheese ball bites covered in dried cranberries, with a pretzel stick in the center, resting on a white platter.

Mini Cheese Ball Bites

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salad in shape of wreath with toppings to look like berries next to wood salad tongs

Creative Christmas Ideas

The best Creative Christmas recipes, gifts and decor!

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Cheese Balls

Cheese balls are the ultimate make ahead Christmas appetizer! These tried and true recipes are the cutest crowd pleasers!

White surface, snowman cheeseball on a platter, chocolate chip smile.

Funfetti Dessert Snowman Cheese Ball

A pomegranate Christmas cheese ball shaped into an ornament, surrounded by crackers on a round white plate.

Pomegranate Christmas Cheese Ball

White marble surface with a white platter, featuring a pesto cheese appetizer in the shape of a wreath covered in basil, cheery tomatoes on top for ornaments.

Pesto Cheeseball Wreath | Festive Pesto Cheese Appetizer

A cranberry cheeseball in the shape of a Santa's hat, on a plate surrounded by crackers.

Santa’s Hat Cranberry Cheese Ball

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A white front porch with a natural christmas decor wreath on the dutch door.

Christmas Decorating Ideas

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a little girl decorating a sparse christmas tree for a minimalist christmas

Sparse Christmas Tree Guide

hutch decorated for christmas

Minimalist Christmas

Holiday Home Tours

A white living room dressed for a Scandinavian Christmas with a simple Scandinavian tree.

Scandinavian Christmas

garland and candles on stairs

Christmas House Decor

Christmas cedar garland in traditional kitchen

Tour our Holiday Home | Subtle Blue Christmas Decorations

An entry table with a vase of magnolia and christmas lights in the background.

All is Calm, All is Bright | Christmas Home Tour at Night

olive wreath
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Wreath

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printable christmas gift tags

Homemade Christmas Gifts

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Two jars of homemade sugar scrub on a marble surface, stem of fresh rosemary in foreground.

Sugar Scrub

A clear glass jar of mint milk bath recipe under a tree with blue and wrapped gifts.

Mint Milk Bath

Espresso cookies stacked on a marble countertop.

Espresso Cookies

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