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Holiday Greetings, friends!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The year is winding down so fast. Where did it go? We’ve been swept up in holiday traditions here in our house. With 4 boys home from school for the break, I won’t pretend its a bed full of roses. There have been many peaceful moments though, and I know I am very fortunate. Here in the Wimmer house, probably much like yours, we like to keep traditions strong. A friend asked to see a few pictures, so if you’ll oblige me, I’d like to share a few holiday photos.
Well, there are still a few “ornaments” left on this tree since taking this picture!
This year we took the kids to see “The Christmas Carol” and it was phenomenal. Sitting right there in the Ford Theater was an incredible experience….. just knowing that Abraham Lincoln saw performances there himself really filled me with awe. This is the site where he was unfortunately assassinated in 1865, during the performance of Our American Cousin.
Reindeer brownies are always a hit for class parties; we’ve made many batches of these through the years!
Randy likes to read The Nutcracker at Christmastime. The kids have been painting their own nutcrackers since 2007.
Remembering my Grandmother…..and making a fruitcake for my Dad. Been making them since before we got married.
Sugar cookies are a must. I’ve been seeing on FB that many of you are keeping this tradition alive too!
Naughty or Nice?
Randy likes to paint shops and houses for the Christmas village every year with the boys. There’s even a craft store in this town!
I enjoy looking through December magazine issues from years past (does anyone else keep their holiday issues too?). I found this excerpt from last year’s Whole Living and thought I’d type it up and share it with you. I’ve got some of these covered, but others are more difficult for me (say, #10).
Thank you for friendship and support, and simply stopping by and allowing me to share a little glimpse of my life beyond sweet bead studio. May peace, hope, happiness and good health be yours in 2013. I look forward to more creative adventures and crossing paths again in 2013!
– Cindy xoxo
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Cindy Wimmer is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining vintage elements with modern wire design. She is the co-founder of artBLISS, hosting jewelry and mixed media workshops in the DC area. Her best-selling jewelry design book, The Missing Link, was released in Fall 2013. Read more.
Wishing you and yours and wonderful holiday season.
All the best to you and your family, Cindy! Your family could be in a Norman Rockwell painting!
Thank you Cindy for such a heart warming, cheering post for this Christmas Day. I enjoyed all the photos and your reminders on how to live well. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Look forward to seeing your new book and your posts in the New Year.
Beautiful story, Cindy. I think we’re looking at some future chefs!
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all good things 2013.
Just think, next year as this time we will have celebrated your dream ….
Happy Holidays. Great family moments. thanks for sharing.
I have not been to Ford’s Theatre in years – I bet you were in awe! I love your holiday traditions – the nutcrackers ( my collection is HUGE – and I don’t make a single one!), sugar cookies (my least favorite cookie to bake, yet my favorite to eat!), Christmas Villages (I must post a pic of the village my mother made for each of her four children – ceramic and beautiful!), but my favorite of yours is the Christmas Reindeer! Ingenius and OH.SO.CUTE!!! I do love the list above – #9 is my favorite. Have a blessed Christmas and prosperous New Year!
I agree with Barbara. Your family photos depict what I would imagine the modern Norman Rockwell family to be like! I love your traditions. It looks like everyone has had a great holiday season in your house. I’m going to pin your reindeer brownies so I remember them for next year -cute and clever. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Cindy!
As always, your wonderful family-first Holiday activities are heartwarming and beautifully photographed, Cindy. I wish your family every blessing for the coming year!
Well, you know how much I love seeing photos of your family, and these are wonderful! How fun it would be to see a play in the Ford Theater. I’ve been there as a tourist several times but never to see a play. There’s one to add to my bucket list.
Like you, I save all the holiday issues, including Halloween and Thanksgiving, plus any issue that really sings to me, of all the many (maybe too many) magazines I receive. I even had my husband build shelves to hold them.
I hope this day is all you hoped. Wishing you and your family a Happy New Year!
Yippee!! I love seeing your family traditions in photos!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS WIMMERS!!
And what a wonderful excerpt from Whole Living. You’re right, some of those might be hard to get done these days, but all wonderful sentiments to try to embrace. Good things. All good things.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Thanks for sharing your Christmas traditions. It’s always interesting to see what other families do.
Love the list of 10 things to strive towards. I need to work on at least a couple of those.
Happy New Year Cindy!
Hi Cindy, Thanx for sharing your Christmas traditions with us. I love seeing other peoples traditions. The brownie reindeer are really clever. I wish the best to you & your family this holiday season.
Merry Christmas! I love the idea of the Christmas Village. I think I may start tht tradition….looks like fun and something the would keep little hands busy for a bit.
Okay, those reindeer brownies are adorable! I’ll definitely be sending that idea to my sister to do next year with my niece and nephew.
Hoping you had a great holiday, Cindy!
Cindy, you know how I love tradition, it is so much fun to share all of yours, thank you! I am wishing all those same wonderful sentiments to you and your family as well. I look forward to 2013, your new book and seeing you as well! Hugs!
Oh my…the kids on Santa’s lap ‘sleighed’ me…love that one!! Have a wonderful New Year, Cindy…wow…we all have so much to be thankful for, don’t we? I just got back from my vacay with my Pops…loved coming over here to see how your holiday is going…Hugs to you!!!