30 Blogs with the Best Holiday Tips

2012 November 13

by Michelle

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While the winter holidays are a time for celebrating family, friends and spiritual beliefs, they’re also a time for entertaining and hosting house guests and cooking and baking extravagant meals and treats. There’s so much to accomplish in what seems like so little time that any hints and tips for making sure that things go as smoothly as possible and that everything pressing is attended to are well received by most hosts and hostesses. These 30 bloggers tackle everything from holiday shopping to meal planning, offering valuable advice and helping you to make the most of the season.

Shopping

One of the most pressing and stressful aspects of managing your holiday to-do list is making sure that all of your gift shopping is completed on time. These five bloggers offer plenty of useful hints, tips and creative methods for streamlining the process and getting what many consider to be an unpleasant task out of the way.

Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas

Before those gifts reach their intended recipients, they can serve as great holiday decorating accessories. Showcasing a pile of beautifully and uniquely wrapped gifts before they’re passed out accentuates your décor, while presenting them to their new owners in artful, creative wrapping enhances the experience.

Managing a Full House

If you’re among the many that will be hosting a number of out-of-town friends and family members for several nights over the winter holidays, you may be feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of adding so many people to your household, even on a temporary basis. These five blog entries are filled with advice for handling the sudden increase in numbers, making the best use of space, and keeping tight quarters from leading to disagreements and disputes.

Party Planning Tips

Whether you’re planning your first holiday gathering or your 50^th, it’s perfectly normal to feel a bit of apprehension when it comes to managing the planning process. These five bloggers offer their hints and tips for planning the perfect holiday soirée and making sure that everything goes off without a hitch.

Recipes and Meal Plans

Whether you’re looking for the perfect holiday recipes for a traditional meal or are in search of an entire meal plan that takes food allergies and dietary restrictions under consideration, you’ll find a plethora of recipes, plans and advice within these five blogs.

Decorating and Design

For many, the holiday season simply doesn’t begin until their house is adequately decorated to reflect the festive nature of the occasion. These five bloggers showcase the best in holiday style, offering plenty of advice and inspiring ideas to ensure that your home looks just like those glossy magazine spreads.

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