Holidays Archives : All About Romance

All We Want for Christmas… part two

By Dabney Grinnan|2017-12-22T08:33:36-05:00December 21st, 2017|Categories: Christmas, gifts|Tags: Holidays|

We know. It’s tough to beat Michael Buble’s holiday list. But, beyond true love, happy families, and happy ever afters for all, there are a few other things AAR staffers would love to give or get. (And, again, we thank you for using our links to Amazon. We are able to stay online by the money we make on our affiliate links and we are beyond grateful when you use them!) Happy holidays!

Chiachi:

Nixplay makes the best digital picture frames. Over the years I’ve found digital picture frames to be the perfect gift for a loved one. You can personalize it by pre-loading it with your favorite pictures (grandparents love getting pictures of their grandkids!) and the built-in wi-fi […]

How to celebrate Labor Day

By Rike Horstmann|2017-06-23T08:30:47-04:00May 2nd, 2013|Categories: AAR afterhours blog, Real Life, Rike Horstmann|Tags: Holidays, Rike|

Tag der Arbeit May 1st is Labor Day in Germany. It’s one of the two non-religious public holidays we have here (the other being Reunification Day, October 3rd), and everyone loves having that day off.

There are marches in some cities, but not in small towns like mine, so everybody in my neighborhood feels free to enjoy the day just as they like.

This is what I had been planning for yesterday: […]

Decorating

By Leigh Davis|2017-06-23T08:31:18-04:00December 16th, 2011|Categories: AAR afterhours blog, Leigh AAR, Real Life|Tags: decorating, Holidays, Procrastination|

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In my family I am considered an aberration in regards to holiday decorating. My grandmother, mother and her two sisters all loved putting some type of knick-knack on every available space. They had always been decorating fanatics, but after they discovered Department 56’s Villages lighted porcelain houses, there was no stopping them. It wasn’t enough to buy the houses, they then had to have trees, and people, and props for the people. And of course the houses couldn’t set on just plain surfaces – they had to create a snowy effect by using white felt cloth or Styrofoam. […]