Everyday Life

Simplify Christmas

• Family, Holiday Planning
• December 1, 2010

Looking for ways to simplify your Christmas? Try these ideas from the P31 staff and start making more of the Christmas season--with less.


One way our family simplifies holiday gatherings is to take the potluck approach to dinner. The host family prepares a turkey and/or ham and other family ...

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It Came Upon a Twilight Clear

• Family, Holiday Planning
• December 1, 2010

By Patsy O’Shea

I have always admired and coveted those beautifully decorated Christmas trees that are in department stores and magazines. The decorations on them are so in sync with their individualized colors and themes. If there are classes on tree decorating or a how-to manual, I haven’t ... Read the Article →

Creative Ideas for Christmas Cards

• Holiday Planning
• December 1, 2010

History of Christmas Cards

Though wood engravers produced prints with religious themes in the European Middle Ages, the first commercial Christmas and New Year’s card was designed in London, England, in 1843. The picture on the front—a family with a small child drinking wine together—turned out to ... Read the Article →