Show Me Christmas

When people think of snowmen, they almost always think of Christmas or winter decor. But that’s not necessarily the case. The adorable and innocent appeal of snowmen can be used to decorate and accent your home any time of the year. To that end, look into as the perfect addition to your other entire holiday decor. Look around, and you’re sure to find snowmen that are perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, and all other major holidays.

These dolls also make great collectible Christmas ornaments as well as gifts. For example, if your kid wants to give their teacher a gift on the last day of class, have them take a twist on the standard teacher gift of an apple. Rather, have your kid give them a teacher-themed snowman doll. Snowmen make surprisingly versatile decorative tools, and it will certainly be something that the teacher can cherish for years to come.

In a recent post I described a few of my favorite holiday traditions – the ones that have been performed with ritualistic regularity at my home for years. While decorating the house with Christmas lights and driving to a rural tree farm to select the perfect fir tree are fun activities in their own right, my heart has always been in the kitchen. The holidays are a great time to bond with family members while serving up some cherished Christmas delicacies.

While many people like to make gingerbread cookies or flavored rock candy, my tastes tend toward molded German chocolate. I use Longaberger pottery Angel of Hope cookie molds to shape the chocolate, and then I put the delicious morsels in individual plastic wrap and tie the whole thing with a seasonal bow. By now my friends and distant relations have come to expect a chocolaty gift whenever I drop by to see them in December. My friends say that it is my own form of German Christmas ornaments, but with cookies.