🤫 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

🕹 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

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📚 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

🕯 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

🎄 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

It‘s amazing what just different illustrations can do to a classic text. This was hilarious! 🕯

#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

I drove around to look at Christmas lights last night and have now seen 24 of the items listed in the scavenger hunt. I honestly don‘t know where I‘ll find a lit-up Mrs. Clause!

This pic is of me and my sis walking around at a lights display. My family does it every year — no matter where we live or who with. It‘s one of my favorite traditions!

#ChristmasLightScavengerHunt + #SharedHolidayTradition = 45 points

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🎁 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

❄️ #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

🌲 #WGWouldYouRather #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

Each of these books was honestly excellent. The 1st and 3rd (left to right) are cozy holiday poetry collections, while the 2nd and 4th are lighter, more hilarious fare — but like I said, all keepers! 🌲

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#HolidayReads +81

“We lay by the Christmas tree—
My new book and me.”

#Gifts #FestivePhotoChallenge
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I listened to this book on Audible and loved it so much!!! So I tried to take an awesome #bookface ... not quite my finest hour. 😆

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Look at this amazing Narnia wardrobe!!! It‘s definitely more than $100. 😍

#ChristmasShoppingScavengerHunt
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This book touched my heart. It‘s full of alliteration and abcs, but also beautiful illustrations and incorporates all that I love about Christmas — the feeling, excitement and meaning. 🌟

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My very wonky-looking wreath. The first of my #HolidayCrafts! Below is my Everything Christmas A-Z list:

Apples
Balsam
Cinnamon Sticks
Douglas Fir
Evergreen Wreath
Fire Logs
Gingerbread
Holly
Ivy
Jingle Bells
Kerchief
Laurel
Mistletoe
Nativity
Oranges
Poinsettia
Quince Jelly
Ribbon
Shortbread
Twelfth Cakes
Ugly Sweater
Verder
Wassail
Xylophone
Yule Candle
Zest

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A Winnie the Pooh Christmas! 🍯

#XmasTreeContest #ChristmasShoppingScavengerHunt #AHolidayBookishDisplay #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

I didn‘t know Santa Clause‘s driver was an old lady who swallows everything. This one was a riot! 🔔
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Sooo cute! I love The Grouchy Ladybug. Bah, humbug! 🐞
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I found this adorable tree in Daphne‘s Diary. Does it count for the Christmas tree contest? Look at that trunk!! ✨

Also, here‘s my carb-inspired This or That. It‘s making me hungry!

Lasagna 🍅
Waffles 🥞
Bagel 🥯
Croissants 🥐
Blueberry 🍓
Mozzarella Sticks 🧀
Baked Potato 🥔
White Rice 🍚
Bread 🍞
Tomato Based Pasta 🍝

#XmasTreeContest #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

My Mad Libs for #WinterGames. We are #TheFilthyAnimals!
Going Caroling:

‘Tis the SUPREME season for caroling! Here‘s how to make everyone‘s Christmas a little more merry and MIRTHFUL.

- Gather FOURTEEN of your FINEST friends and family FLOCK together. Pick out a few classic CANTICLES to sing, like “Have Yourself A LARKING Little Christmas, “Silver SIRENS,” and “Frosty the FLURRY-man.” **more below**

Pic is of this season‘s Daphne‘s Diary. 💕

My back pain came back with a vengeance. Thank goodness for a book and a bath! 🛁

#bookandchill #festivephotochallenge
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I‘m having fun with Nell Foster‘s guidebook to making natural ornaments. This is my favorite one. They‘re all so pretty and sparkly! But it doesn‘t look like it‘ll fit in the palm of my hand.

#OrnamentHunt #FestivePhotoChallenge #LetsGetCrafty
#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

**The book isn‘t in the database, so I couldn‘t tag it. Here are the details: Mother Nature Inspired Christmas Ornaments by Nell Foster.**

Reread Sarah Eden‘s novella in this collection for a romantic escape into the Irish countryside this afternoon. 💙

#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals
#SilverBells #FestivePhotoChallenge

This was excellent! 😆

“North of the North Pole and south of the stars,
lies a beautiful village called Stinky Cigars...”

#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

I‘m almost caught up with the read-along! I just finished Ch. 8, Flies and Spiders. I honestly don‘t know why the forest was so hard for me to get through before. I had a much better experience this time and loved learning about the different types of elves!

Also, I love all of the sayings!!

“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”

The language is just perfect. ✨

#ThereAndBackAgain #FellowshipOfTolkien

This short but sweet read takes you through the nativity with ideas on how to focus on the message of Christmas. There are also recipes! I have to try her recipe for French Cocoa:

5 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
1½ cups sugar
⅔ cup water
4 cups whipped cream

Bring chocolate, sugar, and water to a rolling boil. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring continually. **continued below**

#HolidayRead #SharedHolidayRecipe
#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

Somebody knew what gift I wanted to receive! 😍
#ChristmasShoppingScavengerHunt
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Excellent! A Christmas goose and a ridiculous criminal. 💎
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I finally got my first Advent Calendar! 🤶🏻
#FestivePhotoChallenge #GlitterGetsEverywhere
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Each adorable, but Duck and and Goose was my fav! My baby preferred Baby‘s First Christmas, go figure. 🧤

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#HolidayRead +81

Perfect light little mystery to pair with lunch today! ❄️
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Look at these adorable sachets! They smell of cinnamon. 🧣

How well do you know your Christmas cookies?
**answers below** #wintergames #thefilthyanimals

These are the endpapers of the tagged book. Aren‘t they pretty?

Christmas Movie Trivia Quiz **answers below**
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Good enough to eat — or at least hold my spices! 🐦
#ornamenthunt #wintergames #thefilthyanimals

This ornament sparkles! ☃️
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Look at this adorable book drive sleigh! 📚 #wintergames

Excited to join the #ThereAndBackAgain read-along! Besides a few false starts, I‘m a Tolkien new-by, but have always wanted to change that. Thanks for welcoming me into the fold, @Daisey! #FellowshipOfTolkien

Thought I‘d share this adorable gingerbread hobbit hole I saw at Festival of Trees the other day. 😍

My dream ornaments! These were handmade, just not by me.
#OrnamentHunt #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

#PenguinsandPolarBears and Reindeer? I love that there‘s a word for this! We have the Finnish language to thank!! 🛷

#FestivePhotoChallenge #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

Each of these books is wonderful. 💙

The tagged book is a thoughtful look at Santa‘s life via haiku.

Eight Winter Nights takes you through the days of Hanukkah with wonderful poems. Perfect for kids celebrating and anyone who wants to learn more about the holiday.

Silent Night is the song, with gorgeous illustrations.

I‘d definitely recommend them all!!!

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#HolidayRead +61

Another batch of holiday rhyming books! I really enjoyed each of these, as did my two-year-old. ❄️

We are big Pout Pout fans over here and this one didn‘t disappoint. And this BabyLit book was probably one of my favorites. But the stand out from this group, I‘d say, is Never Ask a Christmas Elf! This line of books is just adorable!! 🧤

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#HolidayRead +81

Each of these were sweet and festive. I‘d recommend all!

Our fav — and one my kid requested repeatedly — is Deep and Snowy Wood. You follow animals through the forest on their way to Santa. It‘s simple, sweet and beautiful. ☃️

A close second though would be Christmas Time! My favorite part was Baby Jesus coming to Earth on a comet. 💫

#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals
#HolidayRead +81

All cute rhyming holiday reads, but Little Blue Truck was our favorite! Perfect counting book for little ones. 🎄

#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals
#HolidayRead +81

We can do it!!

#holidaylaughs #wintergames #thefilthyanimals

#holidaylaughs #wintergames #thefilthyanimals

Merry Book Mail! I can‘t wait to get started. 🎁
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I went to The Festival of Trees yesterday — one of my fav holiday traditions — and have to share some of the bookish ones. Look at these trees inspired by A Christmas Carol!! 😍

#SharedHolidayTradition #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

Christmas Riddles +37
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