Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 3
- Allison Weeks
- 17 hours ago
- 3 min read
Ladies' Christmas Tea
Below you will find the invitations (front and back), name tags, and placesetting etiquette/trivia cards. Click each image to go to the Canva template where you can customize with your own information.
Links to Craft Supplies
Some Photos from My Ladies' Christmas Tea 2025
Holiday Stories of Home
This episode of Holiday Homemaking features stories of home from Laura Ruoff, Rachael Bomsta, Georgetta Christensen, Caitlin McCormick, and Mystie Winckler. Below you will find links for their recipes, favorites and other resources mentioned in each segment.
Laura's Favorites & Traditions
Several years ago Laura found an Advent guide online that she has loved and used ever since to help her family stay focused on Christ in the Christmas season. It's called Advent Readings for the Very Young, written and published by Alex and Betsy Kirk, on thier blog, partofthemain.wordpress.com.
Favorites
Song: Happy Holiday by Andy Williams
Movie: A Christmas Story
Rachael's Favorites & Traditions
With 5 busy little boys, Rachael is very intentional to make each year meaningful for each boy. She creates for each one a Christmas box containing the following;
An ornament to symbolize that child's year
A copy of the family Christmas Card for the year
A letter from her
Rachael also loves to use Advent Blocks from GoodKind with her boys in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Read her review of the blocks on her blog, here.
Favorites
Song: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Movie: Borrowed Hearts
Recipe: She couldn't pick just one, so here are several of her favorites.
Einkorn Shortbread Cookies - https://healinghomerecipes.co/sourdough-shortbread-cookies/
Sugar-Free Cranberry Wassail -Â https://healinghomerecipes.co/cranberry-wassail/
Einkorn Cinnamon Rolls - https://healinghomerecipes.co/einkorn-cinnamon-rolls/
Candied Pecans -Â https://healinghomerecipes.co/sugar-free-candied-pecans/
Georgetta's Favorites & Traditions
Song: Birthday of a King
Movie: Home Alone 1
Recipe: Sweet Potato Soufflé
Caitlin's Favorites & Traditions
Caitlin keeps a running list on her phone, year round, of gift ideas and she and her husband start a Christmas savings account every January. The money goes in each month and they can't touch it until October.
Song: Santa Clause is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen
Movie: It's a Wonderful Life
Recipe: Last year, Caitlin made Beef Bourginion and it was so easy and such a hit, she thinks it will be a tradition from now on. From Caitlin....
I followed this recipe  I just reduced the wine used and I personally used chunks of stew meat because I’m on budget (ha!) oh and I served over homemade mashed potatoes because I’m alllll about that!!! This was delightful and the dutch did all the heavy lifting for me!
Mystie's Favorites & Traditions
When her kids were little, Mystie would set the Christmas breakfast table the night before, putting everyone's filled stocking on their plate. Whenever the children woke they were allowed to open their stockings before breakfast.
Song: Joy to the World
Cookie: Sugar cookie with plenty of icing and both cookie and icing should have a little bit of almond extract in the recipe.
Recipe: It wouldn't be Christmas morning without her mother-in-law's cream cheese braid. Â https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/cream-cheese-pastries-0
Stocking Stuffer Ideas from Holiday Homemaking 2024, Week 2
