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May 27, 2025

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🎄 We’re Back & Christmas is 7 Months Away!

Santa’s Weekly Favorites took some time off after our busy season.

But what was going on in our lives that took up so much time?

First, we added a new addition to our family, our cute and hilarious bulldog Birdie!

Then we spent time between house renovations, trips to the North East, all while dodging multiple hurricanes!

Enough about us though, let’s move on to the newsletter!

What We Are Looking Forward To:

This edition is all about TRAVEL! Where will you spend Christmas this year? In college our family decided to take a big family trip every few years instead of giving Christmas gifts. It became more difficult to think of Christmas ideas and traveling gave us the opportunity to form long lasting memories together. Those trips were some of our most cherished times before everyone got married and started their own families. We took a break from traveling with that weird time in 2020 we will not speak of, but have had the growing travel bug ever since.

Giving the gift of travel is the gift that keeps on giving- building memories, forming bonds, inspiring the next trip, learning and growing experiencing new cultures.

We will be sharing travel destinations throughout the year, Christmas and other travel ideas that are the perfect gift for any occasion or great to book for yourself!

Now let’s get to the content!

✈️ Trip of the Week:

Alpine Christmas Markets

Of course for the first featured destination we were partial to Christmas : )

Christmas in the Alps! France, Germany and Austria, where better to gear up for the holiday season?! Insight Vacations offers a 9 day guided tour to take the hard work off your plate. Show up and get ready to jump into the festivities. They have everything planned for you, the stops, the stays and the transportation! You have free time to explore in each place, perfect for the people who say sign me up and I am there!

Insight Vacations has several dates still available for travel this December! Now is the perfect time to start planning your Christmas vacation! They also have several dates on currently on sale.

A few highlights of the trip - snow capped peaks in Salsberg, sipping on mulled wine in Munich while strolling Christmas Stalls, A Mozart history tour, the oldest Christmas Market in France and more.

We are partners with The Travel Corporation that features several brands of guided and self- guided travel and will bring you great destinations and deals throughout the year! I am happy to recommend all of their products as I have personally travelled with them on a few trips and had a great time!

If you choose to book with one of the TTC brands we do receive a small commission that helps us continue to provide fun Christmas content!

Gifts of the Week

Check out Our Favorite Deals We Found This Week on Travel Essentials!

Whether you are gearing up for summer travel or want to get ahead for trips later this year, this list of items are must haves for any destination!

✂️ This Week’s Craft You Have to Try

This week we are highlighting year round evergreen wreaths. A beautiful ode to the holidays with the flexibility for year round use!

Depending on what you want, you can make the wreathe with real greenery or fake greenery that will last all year. The greenery makes a perfect neutral background to change depending on the season. The key is to used several kinds of plants to give texture and deapth. Take a look at this fun DIY project.

🤶 Can’t Miss Decor Tip!

Our best decor tip for this time of the year is checking your favorite stores for deeply discounted Christmas Staples! Pottery Barn has an extra 20% off holiday sale items! Williams Sonoma and your other favorites often still have some holiday items for purchase with great prices.

Get your stuff now and you can store and save for this holiday! You may ask, will it be last seasons trends? You can actually find classic staples that will last year after year. Take a look at some of the cute stuff we found! I am still using my winter soap : )