December 31st – Confessions With the year coming to a close, is there anything you would like to confess? Anything you are hoping to do differently next year? Anything that you wished you had done, but didn’t get to do in 2014? Photo ideas: 2015 calendar Merry Memories 2014 Every day from December 1 until December 31, we’ll have… Read More »

December 30th – Me As a scrapper, I know how hard it can be to dedicate a page to yourself, but I think it is important that we each take a little time to reflect about ourselves before moving on to the new year. This can help you show the person you are at the… Read More »

December 29th – Packing Up By now, my husband has enough of the mess that comes with the holidays. While the decorations will remain until after the first of the year, the children have taken all of their new toys up to their bedrooms and the floor under the tree is bare. When do you… Read More »

December 28th – Write a Letter Now is the perfect to write another holiday letter. This time, let’s focus on the family. You can write a letter to your children, your spouse or even yourself. Let someone special know exactly how much they mean to you and why you are thankful that they are in your… Read More »

December 27th – Favorites Hopefully you’ve all had a chance to come down from the Christmas high by now! Take a look back over the past few weeks, what has been your favorite moment of the holiday season? Did you have a favorite gift that someone gave you? That you gave someone else? Photo ideas: your favorite gift/memory/photo… Read More »

December 26th – Boxing Day Happy Boxing Day to our friends in the north! For those of you (like me!) who have no idea what Boxing Day is, let me explain. Boxing Day is celebrated in the UK and Canada on December 26th. Traditionally, it is a time when employers give their employees gifts in small boxes.… Read More »

December 25th – Celebrate Merry Christmas from the Trixie Scraps family to yours! Today, my children, husband and I will sit around the tree and open our presents. My parents will visit for brunch and presents before heading to my sister’s house. My in-laws will come over for an early dinner and more presents. How… Read More »

December 24th – Wrappings One of my favorite memories of Christmas as a child is when my sister would sleep in my room so that my grandparents could spend the night. We would wait until the middle of the night and pretend to have to use the bathroom. We would turn on the light in the… Read More »

December 23rd – Traditions Our holiday traditions are some of the most special and cherished things that we do all year long. My mother comes from a large Italian family, so every year we gather for the Seven Fishes meal on Christmas Eve. While the location has changed over the years (my husband and I have been… Read More »

December 22nd – And the Stockings Were Hung Just yesterday, one of my older students asked me about how Santa Claus came into my house to deliver my children’s presents. It lead us to a class-wide discussion about chimneys, magic keys and windows. We also talked about what people do with their stockings when they don’t have fireplaces… Read More »