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How to Deal with Difficult Family Members During the Holidays - Blessed Is She

How to Deal with Difficult Family Members During the Holidays

The holiday season is my favorite time of year. I remember childhood memories of our favorite family traditions—everything from camping out watching holiday movies in the living room to baking...
Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Loneliness and Loss During the Holidays - Blessed Is She

Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Loneliness and Loss During the Holidays

Let’s be honest here. The holidays can be hard. Sometimes Christmas is really not "the most wonderful time of the year.” In fact, this season can be a very painful...
Entertaining Angels: Christian Hospitality at Christmas - Blessed Is She

Entertaining Angels: Christian Hospitality at Christmas

Let me tell you a little story. Maybe you’ve heard it before, but stick with me. There once was a lovely couple expecting a baby. For reasons beyond their control,...
Fa La La La Films: 10 Merry Movies - Blessed Is She

Fa La La La Films: 10 Merry Movies

Fuzzy blankets, hot chocolate, falling snow, and merry movies. To me, this is an ideal way to spend a December evening while snuggling with my cuddle bugs that disguise themselves...
Home for Christmas: Reaching Out to College Students During Holiday Break - Blessed Is She

Home for Christmas: Reaching Out to College Students During Holiday Break

Having a break is absolutely wonderful and completely necessary. We tend to be very busy people, constantly filling our schedule with things to do, ways to make money, people to...
Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds - Blessed Is She

Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds

My first married Christmas was the first one I had ever spent outside of my parents’ house. It was always my own bed that I woke up in far too...
Holiday Survival Tips for the Introvert - Blessed Is She

Holiday Survival Tips for the Introvert

For most of us, the words to the popular Christmas carol "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" sum up pretty accurately how we feel about the the holiday...
Holiday Home Decor on a Budget - Blessed Is She

Holiday Home Decor on a Budget

Every year my husband, Stephen, and I put our Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. It is a tradition from his family we carried into our married life, because...
Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source - Blessed Is She

Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source

Every time we participate in Mass, our priests offer us the peace of Christ, we offer that heavenly peace back to those around us, and then we pray for peace...