Description
Priceless Christmas combines the joys of Christmas with the joy of saving money. It will more than pay for itself with the first idea you use! It is chock-full of FREE stuff, inspiring ideas for Christmas gifts, holiday happenings, crafts, low-cost or no-cost handmade gift ideas, family-friendly activities, outings, games, contests, and creative Christmas ideas for shopping, dressing-up for special occasions, and throwing great parties your guests will remember forever (like the Whoville Whobilation Celebration based on classic tale How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr.Seuss, )
This is not a hodge-podge of ideas collected from the internet. Each idea that made the cut for this book has been a raving success for the author’s own family and friends. This is the best of the best from a best-selling author who wanted to bring together her Christmas best-of collection to help her readers make the most of the season she loves best.
Special Features & Formatting
The author carefully designed this Kindle version with formatting and features to make your reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable:
• Each idea comes with:
o Cost, Work/Effort Involved
o What It Is Description
o Step-by-Step How-To Instructions
o List of Things You Will Need (many with active links to where you get it)
o Benefits You Can Reap
o Some even link to online How-To Videos that show you how to do it
• Entertaining examples and stories to illustrate or inform
• Lots of illustrative photos
• A complete cross-referenced index that categorizes sections into:
o FREE
o Crafts
o Fun
o Family-Friendly Activities
o Family-Friendly Outings
o Holiday Parties and Get-Togethers
Additional Benefits
The benefits of this book go way beyond saving money to include:
• Giving more meaningful gifts
• Inspiring a spirit of generosity in children
• Religious experiences and resources that will illuminate the reason for the season, like reading the Christmas story by firelight (a script from the Bible story is included translated at a 3rd grade reading level)
• Escaping materialism and helping those less fortunate (which will make you feel rich no matter what’s in your bank account)
So, if you are thrifty, crafty, strapped for cash, budget-minded, discount-driven, trying to escape materialism that can overtake Christmas, bored with the same old traditions, or you’re longing for Christmas celebrations that will be priceless – regardless of how much or little you spend, this book is for you. It also offers sage advice and wisdom gained while raising a family.
Bonus Short Christmas Story
In the spirit of the gift-giving season, the author gives you a free Bonus Christmas Short Story that is great to read-alone or read-aloud.
SHEER DELIGHT This book is sheer delight from beginning to end. I wish I could give it a 10 star. The spirit of Christmas is imbued within this book and is contagious. I will not enumerate everything that you will learn from this book, because then I would have to write a book about it.So I will restrain myself to what this book will ignite in you: Love, Joy, Courage, Hope, Generosity, Fun, Creativity, Motivation – all with capital letters.Dwell on this: Most people have no qualms about putting in the rubbish dump an item they have paid hundreds of dollars for, but they will hang on to a torn, roughly drawn piece of paper from a child, or a card from a friend that evokes sentiments that are the most precious things we can hold on to, the worthwhile memories. This book awakens you to the reality that the memories we create for ourselves and others become the true substance of our lives.
Revitalize your Christmas with this book! Christmas is sneaking up on our family and I am wanting to make some great memories this season. This book gives lots of ideas that can easily be added to our busy lives! I love the first idea of the calendar paper chain starting at Thanksgiving. Some of the ideas in this book are things that remind us of childhood events we had and always wanted to implement but forgot. Others are new ideas of gifts or service that help us to pass on our values to our kids and their friends. Thanks, Connie, for reminding us that making warm memories doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive and thanks for helping us live life on purpose. (Review by my wife, Amy.)