Merry and Bright: Happy Hanukkah!

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Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends and readers!  Wishing you and your families a wonderful eight days and nights!

xoxo,

Alex

Merry and Bright: Chill Christmas Playlist.

Hi there!  I just wanted to pop in and share my Chill Christmas playlist with you.  It's definitely a work in progress, but these are some of my favorite relaxing holiday songs.  I'm baking up a storm today and have this mix on repeat!

Enjoy!

Chill Christmas Mix 2012

Merry and Bright Tidbits: 12.7.12

Tidbits - merry and bright style!  Enjoy!

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Bo Obama explores the White House Holiday Decorations.

Mariah.  Jimmy.  The Roots.  All I Want For Christmas Is You.  Perfection.

Taigan Holiday Gift Guide.

DIY - paper stars for garland or gifts.

One family's list of treasured holiday stories.

Winter white wish list.

Impressed as always by the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows.

Beautifully decorated Christmas trees and mantels!

Recipe roundup of hot drinks for cold days.

Still need Christmas cards?

Hotties of Hannukah.  Yessss.

And what you might have missed: the magic of Christmas, Saint Grand is back, Christmas Chai is delicious, this is my holiday attire, and my favorite festive films.

Have a wonderful weekend!  We have a holiday party to attend and I want to get some extra baking done.  What do you have planned?

xoxo,
Alex

Merry and Bright: Favorite Festive Films, part 2.

Yesterday, I shared some of my favorite festive films.  Here are more movies that get me in the holiday spirit:

Christmas in Connecticut | Love Actually | The Holiday

The Preacher's Wife | Little Women | A Charlie Brown Christmas

Do you have a favorite holiday movie you can't wait to watch each year?

xoxo, 
Al