By Shannon Whitmore I Just Want One More Christmas
I might have missed my son’s last Christmas with Santa. I was there, and I watched it happen, but it…
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By Hannah Dearth Making Holiday Magic Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing Your Own
In my first years of parenting, I felt a mix of excitement and overwhelm surrounding the holidays. Are these the…
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By Jilliana Dickerson Christmas Was the Way My Mother Made it Magical
Being an overly enthusiastic child, I relished the holiday season. I grew up in sunny California, so our winters were…
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By Cynthia Murray These are the Magic Moments
The other day I had a suggestion from a friend: sometimes you have to pay for the memories. Her comment…
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Money Is Tight This Year, but Christmas Magic Is Still Plentiful
When you can’t buy the holiday magic, you build it Somehow, it seems like we blinked and the holidays are…
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By Alicia K. Albertson I Am the Momma Behind the Magic of Their Childhood
My hotel room isn’t quiet. Beside me, my husband is snoring softly between bouts of rolling over. My daughter, in…
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I Make the Magic in the Invisible Moments
I’ve picked up the same Paw Patrol toy three times today. I’ve told my 3-year-old to pick up that toy…
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By Ellie Hunja To the Mom Worrying She’s Not Creating Enough Christmas Magic
I walked past these “tabletop trees” for sale the other day, and my heart was flooded with memories. Visions of…
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Moms Make the Magic Happen
I will always look back on my childhood as a magical time. I remember feeling happy, safe, taken care of,…
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Is This Our Last Magical Christmas?
Dear child, Here we are, just a few weeks out from Christmas. You just made your list and you’re already…
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Little Girls Are Pure Magic
My little girls are funny and fierce and smart and loving. They’re fire and snuggles and sugar and fireworks. They…
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By Meghan Riney I’ve Forgotten the Wonder of Being a Child
The other night I read something that stopped me in my tracks. I had begun reading aloud the Puffin Classics version…
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