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Josefina’s Southwest Christmas- Hands-On History
What was Christmas like in America’s Southwest Frontier? It’s 1824… the warm dusty streets are filled with all the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas! Biscochos, piñon smoke, farolitos, las posadas, and mariachi! Maybe this sounds like Christmas in another country to you! Nope! These are all some of the things Josefina Montoya loved about Christmas in her beloved Santa Fe! While Christmas in the early 1800’s wasn’t being celebrated in a big way in most places in America just yet, Christmas was a very special and important part of the culture of New Mexico! If you want to add to this Christmas study, you can learn all about Josefina…
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An American Girl Christmas – Holiday Homeschooling
Are you stressing over how to homeschool through the holidays? You can relax! I have the perfect answer- Christmas School! The holidays are coming ! The holidays are coming ! Cooking, cleaning, preparing for company, shopping, parties, children’s plays, church events, cooking some more, oh, yeah….and homeschooling ! Phew! I’m tired just from typing all of that ! How DO you homeschool through the holidays ? Do you dream every year about decorating cookies with your kids, curling up by a fire and reading Christmas stories, making handmade gifts and cards, and spending time as a family focusing on the real heart of the holiday ? Do you find it impossible…