November 10, 2011

Give Thanks!

45 daysToday is just two weeks away from Thanksgiving. Do you know why you are thankful? For what will you give thanks this holiday season? Thanksgiving is more than a chance to commemorate a period of history; it is an opportunity to take stock of our lives and be grateful!

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is to take a moment of gratitude. Don’t wait until Thanksgiving is upon you. The meaning of the holiday will be completely lost in dinner preparations and houseguests. Tonight at dinner, go around the table with your immediate family and ask them what they are thankful for in their lives. Use their answers as a way of building upon the holiday. Put it in your Christmas cards. Do whatever it takes to recognize all of the blessings and good fortune you truly have!

What are you thankful for? Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us.

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November 4, 2011

Fortify your Food Bank

51 daysThis Thanksgiving will see a lot more families struggling to provide the ingredients for a traditional meal. Men, women, and children will rely on donations of food from their local food bank throughout this holiday season.

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is simply to remember those in your community who may be partaking of the generosity of friends and neighbors through the use of the local food bank. Take out the grocery list you started for your Thanksgiving meal planning and add a note or list some non-perishable items that can easily be purchased along with your own Thanksgiving ingredients.

Today, head over to SimpleMom.net for the start of her series on preparing for a peaceful Christmas.

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November 3, 2011

Your Thanksgiving Grocery List

52 daysNow that you have your Thanksgiving menu planned, you can begin to inventory your pantry to discover exactly what you already have and what ingredients still need to be purchased.

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is to sit down with your menu planner and begin to create a thorough Thanksgiving Grocery List*, ingredient by ingredient, to figure out exactly what you have and what needs to be bought from the store. You don’t want to find yourself on Thanksgiving morning with no sage when your recipe clearly calls for sage! Collect this week’s grocery ad circulars to scout out the best deals.

* Available as a download in the 100 Days to Christmas 2011 eBook.  Members to ListPlanIt.com can print or download a blank Holiday Party Planner in Holidays & Occasions as a worksheet for your Thanksgiving grocery list.

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November 2, 2011

Thanksgiving Menu Planning

53 daysNow that you have rounded up your recipes for your family’s Thanksgiving meal, it is time to start putting together your Thanksgiving menu. It is necessary to consider what you will be making or what you will be asking others to make.

Countdown to ChristmasThe Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to create a Thanksgiving Menu Planner* by listing the types of foods that you would like to include in your Thanksgiving meal: appetizers, main course, side dishes, bread, salads, and most importantly, desserts! Maybe you already have a favorite sweet potato recipe or maybe you want to find one that would work for your family. Start planning now for a meaningful family dinner they won’t forget!

List of Dishes to Consider for Your Thanksgiving Menu

What’s on your Thanksgiving menu? Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and let us hear it.

grocery list notepadPlanning a menu and grocery list can save you lots of money and time, not only through the holidays but also throughout the year.  This week, ListPlanIt.com is away 5 Magnetic Grocery List Notepads.  Simply hang it on your refrigerator and be ready with a completed meal planner and grocery list within minutes.

You have several ways to enter to win:

1) leave a comment here and tell us why you would like a magnetic grocery list notepad,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate in this week’s giveaway by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “I’m entering to win a magnetic grocery list notepad from ListPlanIt.com at 100 Days to Christmas!”

One of each of these per day please. You have until Friday, November 4 at 6 pm EST to enter.

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November 1, 2011

Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup

54 daysThanksgiving is just over three weeks away! It is a good idea to start thinking now about what recipes have worked for your Thanksgiving dinners in the past and what recipes are such parts of your tradition that you wouldn’t even think of having Thanksgiving without them.

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is to start looking through your recipes to locate favorites and keep them together in a convenient spot. If you have a copier at home, copy several of your favorite holiday recipes onto a few pages, then add these to your holiday planner under a new tabbed divider called Thanksgiving. Then, replace your recipes back to their original location for safe-keeping.

What are your sources for Thanksgiving recipes: family, cookbooks, the internet? Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and join the conversation.

grocery list notepadPlanning a menu and grocery list can save you lots of money and time, not only through the holidays but also throughout the year.  This week, ListPlanIt.com is away 5 Magnetic Grocery List Notepads.  Simply hang it on your refrigerator and be ready with a completed meal planner and grocery list within minutes.

You have several ways to enter to win:

1) leave a comment here and tell us why you would like a magnetic grocery list notepad,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate in this week’s giveaway by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “I’m entering to win a magnetic grocery list notepad from ListPlanIt.com at 100 Days to Christmas!”

One of each of these per day please. You have until Friday, November 4 at 6 pm EST to enter.

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October 26, 2011

Home for the Holidays

60 daysMany, many people will be traveling either for Thanksgiving or Christmas. This is no small undertaking, especially if you have children in tow.

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is to take a look at your calendars, take note of the days that would be best to travel based on your schedules, and get serious about making the final preparations: purchase tickets, map out routes, make a packing list, and reserve a car and a hotel.

Members to ListPlanIt.com have access to pages such as packing lists, itineraries, and travel planners in Travel Planning and in Travel ePlanner.

Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us where you will be traveling for the holidays.

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October 6, 2011

Crafty November

80 daysNovember holidays, namely Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving, are prime reasons for some heavy-duty crafting.

Countdown to ChristmasThe Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to look around online or in some old magazines for some new craft ideas for the November holidays. Making seasonal crafts are a fun activity during federal holidays and school breaks. They can be projects to liven up your Thanksgiving table or adorn your door, or they can be used as gifts for family, friends, teachers, neighbors, and more.

Visit ListPlanIt’s Fall/Thanksgiving Craft Board on Pinterest.

Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us about your favorite November crafts!

Holiday plannerHow would you like your own personalized binder for storing your Holiday planning pages?  This week, enter to win a binder from ListPlanIt‘s Store.

You have several ways to enter to win:

1) leave a comment here and tell us how you would use your personalized binder,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate in this week’s giveaway by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “If I win a personalized binder from 100DaystoChristmas.com, I’m going to use it to _____________.”

One of each of these per day please. You have until Thursday, October 6 at 6 pm EST to enter.

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