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Welcome to our cozy corner of festive inspiration, helpful tools, favorite recipes, and a sprinkle of holiday magic. Whether you're wrapping gifts or wrapping up Q4, this page is here to help you slow down, stay organized, and savor the season — all while keeping your business running smoothly.
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FESTIVE INSPIRATION
The holidays bring sparkle, warmth, and… let’s be honest… a bit of chaos. Here are a few gentle reminders to keep your spirit bright while you navigate both business and life this month.
Slow mornings are allowed. Breaks aren’t a luxury — they’re a necessity. You can’t pour from an empty cup (refill often!). Celebrate your wins, big or small. It’s okay to pause and breathe — your task list will still be there.
Sprinkle these affirmations throughout your workspace, planner, or calendar for a little emotional boost when you need it most.
HOLIDAY TOOLS & RESOURCES
Tools to Keep You Centered and Organized This Season
December moves fast — and between client work, year-end deadlines, school events, and holiday prep, it’s easy for overwhelm to sneak in. These resources were created to help you stay grounded, focused, and ready for anything the month brings.
Holiday Peace of Mind Starts Here 
Our "Gift of Time" for you - a printable all-in-one guide for organizing client tasks, managing year-end responsibilities, planning holiday gifts, and making room for joy.
Perfect for:
❄️ Business owners
❄️ Realtors
❄️ Accountants
❄️ Anyone trying to juggle “life” and “work” in one hand
Whether you’re supporting clients, managing your own business, or juggling holiday chaos at home, this planner helps you stay organized, focused, and festive without losing your sanity.
CLIENT GIFT SUGGESTIONS
Client Gift Ideas That Make a Big Impact (Without the Stress)
Here’s a simple truth: thoughtful client gifts don’t need to be expensive or complicated. Whether you're thanking long-term clients, celebrating milestone wins, or wrapping up the year with gratitude, these gift ideas are easy, meaningful, and sure to leave a smile.
Sugarwish
Let clients choose their own treat — sweets, snacks, popcorn, coffee, even wine. You send the Sugarwish, they choose the treat - easy, fun, and always a hit!
Cratejoy
Thoughtfully curated gifts that'll make everyone's nice list.
Saje Wellness
Give your client the gift of wellness.
Desk-Friendly Plants
A little green joy to brighten their workspace. Two of my favorites:
The SillHonorable Mentions
Digital Gift Cards
The simplest, most universal option — Amazon, Starbucks, Visa Gift Cards.
Perfect for clients with unpredictable tastes.
Experiences & Subscriptions
Virtual cooking classes, MasterClass memberships, book or coffee subscription boxes. Memorable and clutter-free.
Artisan or Personalized Gifts
Paper goods, monogrammed items, custom holiday ornaments, and handmade gifts. - Etsy, Uncommon Goods, Minted
Pro tip: Pick one or two gift types and send them consistently. It saves time, helps with budgeting, and keeps holiday gifting effortless.
HOLIDAY SHIPPING DATES
What Your Clients (and You!) Need to Know
Because nothing says “holiday stress” like tracking numbers on December 23rd. Use the dates below to make sure your gifts arrive on time.
US Post Office:
The dates below are for US-to-US shipping. For information about Alaska, Hawaii, International, and Military posts, go to USPS Holiday Shipping Dates. Wednesday, December 17 – USPS Ground Advantage and First-class Mail. Thursday, December 18 - Priority Mail Saturday, December 20 - Priority Mail Express
Canada Post:
The dates below are for Canada Domestic shipping. Go to Canada Holiday Shipping Dates for more information.
Within Canada:
Friday, December 19 – Local Regular Parcel / Local Cards Saturday, December 20 – Expedited Parcel™ / Flat Rate Box Tuesday, December 23– Priority / Xpresspost™
To the U.S.**: Thursday, December 12 – Tracked Packet™ / Small Packet™ / Cards Friday, December 13 – Expedited Parcel™ Tuesday, December 17 – Xpresspost™
**As of Wednesday, 12/3/2025, Canada Post has not published its Holiday 2025 shipping deadlines. The US deadlines are based on 2024.
UPS:
Visit UPS Holiday Shipping to get dates for shipping to Other Destinations.
Use the easy UPS Ship Now link to get started.
Within the U.S.: Go to ups.com/ctc for UPS® Ground shipping details Friday, December 19 UPS 3 Day Select® Monday, December 22 UPS 2nd Day Air® Tuesday, December 23 UPS Next Day Air®
To Canada and Mexico: Monday, December 22 UPS Worldwide Expedited® Tuesday, December 23 UPS Worldwide Express® December 25 UPS Closed on Christmas Day (UPS Express Critical® is available)
Federal Express:
The below dates are for US to US shipping. Visit FedEx Holiday Shipping to get dates for shipping to Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Other Destinations. Wednesday, December 17 – FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx Ground Saturday, December 20 – FedEx Express Saver Monday, December 22 – FedEx 2Day AM/PM Tuesday, December 23 – FedEx Standard Overnight, FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx First Overnight Wednesday, December 24 – FedEx SameDay
Fan Favs
Snowball Cookies by Gina:
These cookies are a staple in my house every year.
--Gina
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Butter
- 1\2 cup sugar
- 4 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (Gina uses pecans)
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- Cream butter and sugar in a bowl.
- Add vanilla.
- Stir in flour, blending well.
- Stir in nuts, mix well.
- Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into balls.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Cool.
- Roll in confectioners' sugar.
Tawnya's Toffee Bars
Tawnya Sutherland
Dubbed "Crack Bars", this recipe is so incredibly easy to make. Warning: addiction can occur
- 1 box Graham wafers
- 1 1/4 cups butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 4-oz package slivered almonds
- Cover 15x10 jelly roll pan or shallow-sided pan with foil.
- Arrange wafers so that sides are touching. If they don't fill pan completely from side to side, draw up the foil to make a new "side".
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Stir in brown sugar until completely melted.
- Remove from heat and add slivered almonds until coated.
- Immediately spread over wafers in the pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 9 minutes or until very bubbly throughout. Tawnya's Tip: Put the oven light on and watch them closely as they burn easily.
- Cut or separate into fingers while still warm.
Tawyna's note: Cut or separate into fingers while still warm. You can easily freeze them too. Just put in the fridge (separate first) for a bit and when cold, pop into freezer bags. These are awesome frozen too for a treat, or thaw for 5 minutes and serve.
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (toasted until lightly browned [5-8 minutes], then ground until very finely chopped but not powdery or oily)
- 1/2 pound softened unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup powdered icing sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Icing sugar for coating after baking (in a bowl)
- Position rack in upper third of the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets.
- In a medium bowl, beat on medium speed until very fluffy and well-blended: butter, salt, powdered sugar, and vanilla.
- Gradually beat the finely chopped toasted pecans into butter & sugar mixture.
- Sift the flour over the top and stir in until well-blended.
- Pull off pieces of dough and roll between your palms into generous 1-inch balls
- Space about 1 1/4 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake, one sheet at a time, until cookies are faintly tinted with brown (12-15 minutes); rotate sheet halfway through baking for even browning.
- Remove sheet to a rack and let stand until the cookies firm slightly, then transfer cookies to racks for a couple more minutes.
- Before cookies cool completely, roll them in icing sugar until coated all over.
- After cookies have cooled, roll in icing sugar a couple more times until thoroughly coated.
Anastasia's note: My mother usually formed these into crescent moon shapes (about 1/4-inch thick) instead of balls; baking time would probably slightly reduced if made this way. *Recipe can be found in the Joy of Cooking cookbook
Virgin Islands Festive Coquito
Submitted by Gail W.
Tammy's Picks
Tammy’s Tasty Turkey
I’ve learned a few tricks over the years, and one brings the best tasting, moist turkey to your table. You start with my 12-18 hour brine, then slow cook old Tom Turkey – unstuffed - all day. Guarantee a mouth-watering, moist turkey every time!
Brine:
- 3 cups Apple Cider
- Fresh Rosemary and Thyme sprigs. I use 4 or 5 of each
- Garlic cloves, minced. I use a whole “flower”, which usually has 5-6 cloves on it
- 3 Tbsp whole peppercorns
- 1 ½ cups salt (I use coarse sea salt) – be careful here. Too much salt, and ewww. Too little salt and you lose the moistness. This is a recommended amount for a 20lb turkey. Adjust as needed.
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 3 large orange peels (be careful not to get the white membrane, it can leave a bitter taste)
- 5 bay leaves
- 1 brine bag
- Combine all ingredients (except brine bag) into a large cook pot over Med-High heat. Stir until sugar and salt dissolve. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Turn off heat, cover the pot, and let cool completely.
- Once the solution is cooled, please (uncooked) turkey into brine bag and pour the solution over the turkey. Add cold water until the turkey is covered. Close bag and refrigerate 12-18 hours. NOTE: you will want to turn the turkey about half-way to three-quarters way through. This will ensure the entire turkey gets well brined.
Bake:
- 3 Tbsp melted butter
- Remove the turkey from the brine solution and rinse thoroughly. An easy way is to submerge the turkey in fresh, cold water for about 15-20 minutes. The goal here is to remove any excess salt. Discard the brine.
- Pat the turkey dry.
- Massage the melted butter under the skin. Lift the skin around the breast and tail area.
- Place the turkey, breast side up, in a roasting pan.
- SLOW COOK – if you want the most tender, moist turkey that will be all the envy! Bake, uncovered, at 250 degrees until a thermometer reads 180. Check temps at the breast and thigh. A 20 lb turkey will take approximately 10 hours to cook.
Mom’s Ambrosia:
Whenever I think of Christmases past (even Thanksgiving!) my first thought turns to dinner 😀 and my mom’s ambrosia. I’m sure the ingredients are just like all the others, but I can honestly say, I’ve never liked any as much as the one my mom makes!
To increase the recipe, just add more fruit!! Make sure all canned fruit is water-based, with no syrup.
- Diced peaches
- Mandarin Oranges
- Diced pineapple
- 1 jar Maraschino Cherries (reserve a few for topping)
- Green Grapes, sliced
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1 tub cool whip
- 1 small bag mini-marshmallows
- Shredded coconut
- Drain and rinse all canned fruit and place in a large bowl.
- Rinse and slice green grapes and add to bowl.
- Add sour cream and coat fruit.
- Add cool whip until you reach your desired consistency.
- Mix in mini marshmallows. Start with half the bag, add more if desired.
- Mix in a few handfuls of shredded coconut
- Top with reserved cherries
Jay's Favs
Beau’s Cholesterol Pills
This cookie recipe is very near and dear to my heart. It was given to me by the man that chose to be my dad for the most trying time in any human’s life: teenaged girl years. These cookies represent all of that love. No worries about the ingredients because we all know Holiday calories don’t count!
- 1 lb softened REAL butter
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 tbsp Vanilla
- 4 small/3 med/or 2/large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 bags REAL (not semi-sweet) chocolate chips
- 4-6 cups flour
- Cream together butter and both sugars. Then beat in vanilla and eggs. Add salt, baking soda, and chocolate chips. Add flour gradually until slightly grainy. Spoon onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper.
- Bake at 425 for approximately 5-10 minutes. Lay cookies flat on newspaper to cool.
Sausage Balls
- 3 cups of Bisquick baking mix (I use gluten-free)
- 1 lb pork sausage at room temperature
- 4 cups of cheddar cheese
- 1/4 c chopped fresh chives
- Seasoning to taste (I use Slap ya Mama seasoning)
- Combine all ingredients by hand. I wear gloves but I find that it mixes best this way.
- Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on a baking sheet 1 inch apart.
- Bake at 350 for 10-25 minutes until lightly browned on the bottom
Sung's Chub-Chub Dishes
Green Bean Casserole
No table is complete without this classic dish! You get all the flavs - nutty, crunchy, sweet, salty, savory, all in one dish!
- 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 dash black pepper
- 4 cups cooked cut green beans
- 1 1/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions
- Stir soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, green beans, and 2/3 cup french fried onions in a 1 1/2 quart casserole.
- Bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until the green bean mixture is hot a bubbling.
- Stir the green bean mixture and top with remaining onions.
- Bake for an additional 5 minutes until onions are golden brown.
Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodle Cookies
Like pumpkin pie in a cookie! Well, almost 🙂 These fabulous little cookies taste divine and will become your favorite too!
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (6 1/2 ounces by weight)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (1/4 teaspoon fine salt)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon clove
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- Mix together dry ingredients, except sugars
- Cream butter and sugars together in a separate bowl until smooth.
- Add vanilla and eggs to the sugar mixture and combine thoroughly.
- Pour flour mixture into the butter mixture and stir just until the flour disappears.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Scoop dough into little balls (size should be about 2 tablespoons)
- Roll balls in the cinnamon-sugar mix to coat - see below (reserve remaining mix)
- Place on a cookie sheet, and flatten with the back of a spoon.
- Bake at 350 until browned, about 10-12 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with reserved cinnamon-sugar mix.
- Optional: brush with icing - see below
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- A few extra pinches of the pumpkin spices (cinnamon, ginger, allspice, clove, nutmeg)
- Mix ingredients together on a small plate or shallow bowl
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- milk, lemon juice, or other liquid (just enough to achieve brushing consistency)
- Mix together in a small bowl (prep bowls work great!)