Bring the Holidays To Life with Hallmark | Review

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Christmas is one of my favorite holidays with the family. The decorating, cookie baking, gathering of family, and creating memories that will last a lifetime are what makes this season so special.

Hallmark has put together some products this holiday season to help you Bring the Holidays to Life.

Keepsake ornaments are more than just decorations, they capture memories of your life and create stories that can be shared year after year. The North Pole Countdown Keepsake Ornament is the perfect addition to your tree and to your “story”. My oldest child has been asking day after day “How many more wakeups until Christmas?”. Now with this classic ornament, he can turn the dial to the day of the month and hear a fun radio snip clip that counts down to the Christmas holiday.

Watch this cute commercial to hear how cute this ornament is

 

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My kids are very much into Santa this year so we read to them “A Visit to the North Pole”. This fun book is an interactive storybook from Hallmark that works by interacting with your child in a fun way, when you read the lines that are colored in red Santa will then respond.

What’s really neat about this book are the responses that your child receives. Santa will ask your child a number of questions throughout the book and the response that is given from Santa will correspond with the answer that your child has given. This gives your child a new experience each and every time they read the book. I love this opportunity to create new memories with my children and seeing their face light up when they hear Santa talk to them.

Watch this cute video of the “A Visit to the North Pole”

 

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Memories can be created not only within the home, but with a Hallmark Signature Collection greeting card. The exquisite textures, and designs of these cards would make them perfect to hang on your mantle this holiday season. I particularly enjoyed the snow globe card, when a button is pushed on the card there is snow within the snow globe that begins to blow around just like a real snow globe! The Hallmark Signature Collection is the perfect way to share the spirit of Christmas with your friends and family.

Hallmark is always creating the perfect addition to the holidays to help bring them to life. I hope to bring a little spirit to your holiday with this fun giveaway!

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– “A Visit to the North Pole” Be a Part of the Story Storybook

– One of Hallmark’s “Everyday” Recordable Storybooks or an Interactive Storybuddy

– A selection of the newest Signature and Interactive Greetings from Hallmark

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52 thoughts on “Bring the Holidays To Life with Hallmark | Review

  • December 27, 2012 at 9:19 pm
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    We love baking different cookies every year.

  • December 27, 2012 at 8:31 pm
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    We usually make a new dish and share it.

  • December 27, 2012 at 7:28 pm
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    We take lots of pictures and try to do something new every year. Makes each year special.

  • December 27, 2012 at 7:01 pm
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    We make keepsake crafts

  • December 27, 2012 at 6:53 pm
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    I think we build memories with lots of photos and with the gifts that are given also. For instance, we all get a new ornament from my mom each Christmas.

  • December 27, 2012 at 6:08 pm
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    We take lots of photos & videos together

  • December 27, 2012 at 12:21 pm
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    we create new memories with family fun nights and movie nights, the more time we spend together the more memories and traditions we create and enjoy as a family!

  • December 27, 2012 at 11:50 am
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    We make up silly songs and make alot of videos together!

  • December 27, 2012 at 10:49 am
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    We have traditions like decorating together and baking.
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  • December 27, 2012 at 9:11 am
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    We try to do something new each Christmas as well as the usual traditions. We look at Christmas lights, drink cocoa, and watch Christmas movies.

  • December 27, 2012 at 12:34 am
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    We create new memories by spending time together — baking cookies, decorating the tree, watching Christmas movies, playing games, and reading stories.

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  • December 26, 2012 at 9:37 pm
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    We have an Elf on the shelf, visit Santa, write Santa a letter, and decorate Xmas Cookies for Santa

  • December 26, 2012 at 7:34 pm
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    We get the photo albums out of season’s past and share our memories.

  • December 26, 2012 at 7:17 pm
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    We spend time talking about past holidays..family that has pasted on…..funny or interesting stores about them..ect..so my grandkids..learn about the grandmother that pasted when they were small…..ect…

  • December 26, 2012 at 5:22 pm
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    We like to share stories about past Christmas holidays.

  • December 26, 2012 at 10:44 am
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    Every year I get each child a new ornament for their collection

  • December 26, 2012 at 12:24 am
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    we always buy a new ornament for each person each year

  • December 25, 2012 at 4:22 pm
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    We spend time together and share stories from the past and present.
    cjnedrow at gmail dot com

  • December 24, 2012 at 8:05 pm
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    Every year, we look for a new activity to do. This year, we took our dogs to visit nursing home residents.

  • December 24, 2012 at 7:10 pm
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    We play games after dinner.

  • December 24, 2012 at 11:50 am
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    We make new crafts every year.

  • December 24, 2012 at 9:57 am
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    We started Elf on Shelf last year… it’s a tradition that the whole family has had so much fun with!

  • December 23, 2012 at 9:30 pm
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    Time spent around the dinner table telling family stories.

  • December 23, 2012 at 9:10 pm
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    We find a local Christmas play or pageant to attend.

  • December 23, 2012 at 1:08 am
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    We watch A Christ,as Story together every year
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  • December 22, 2012 at 11:55 pm
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    We spend time together talking and watching Christmas classics on TV.

  • December 22, 2012 at 6:58 pm
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    by taking pictures and doing last years traditions, again the following year

  • December 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm
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    We get a new ornament for the tree each year, then decorate the tree together.

  • December 22, 2012 at 1:49 pm
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    We create memories by having family traditions and by keeping photos in a scrapbook!

  • December 22, 2012 at 7:35 am
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    We create memories by keeping the ones from the past alive!

  • December 22, 2012 at 6:49 am
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    we always create new memories whenever we bake cookies and play board games on christmas eve

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  • December 21, 2012 at 10:44 pm
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    We take a lot of pictures and always follow the tradition that we have that is opening presents at midnight and celebrating christmas on christmas eve and on the day of :)

  • December 21, 2012 at 10:33 pm
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    by takingn pictures

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:33 pm
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    By spending time together and capturing moments through pictures :)

  • December 21, 2012 at 8:03 pm
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    we do it with lots of fun in the snow debbie jackson
    djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

  • December 21, 2012 at 5:41 pm
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    We take plenty of pictures! And plan activities that include everyone.

  • December 21, 2012 at 2:29 pm
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    We always take lots of pictures during the holidays and try adding new traditions.

  • December 21, 2012 at 1:37 pm
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    we read how the grinch stole christmas stole christmas.

  • December 21, 2012 at 1:23 pm
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    by spending time together

  • December 21, 2012 at 10:21 am
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    We create new memories simply by enjoying time together minus TV and including fun things like board games.

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:53 am
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    We visit the zoo lights, make ornaments, make gifts, wrap together, make Christmas cookies and candy, etc.

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:49 am
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    We decorate the tree together, bake cookies together and read and watch Christmas movies together.

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:19 am
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    Right now we just do decorating my daughter is too young to really remember any of it. Next year we plan on doing much more.

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:18 am
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    We have made our own family traditions and we do these with our children every year

  • December 21, 2012 at 9:15 am
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    We listen to what other people do to get ideas that we can incorporate into our lives

  • December 20, 2012 at 9:01 pm
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    Spending time together doing all of our holiday traditions!

  • December 20, 2012 at 8:18 pm
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    We decorate the tree together and talk about when the ornaments were made

  • December 20, 2012 at 5:18 pm
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    We create memories by attending free holiday events and also by creating crafts together.

  • December 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm
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    One way we create memories is by getting the entire family together every year and baking and decorating Christmas cookies. It is so fun

  • December 20, 2012 at 3:45 pm
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    Just spending quality time together

  • December 20, 2012 at 2:52 pm
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    we are trying to remember it is TIME together not THINGS we give each other- so we are making a point to spend more time with each other this holiday.

  • December 20, 2012 at 1:56 pm
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    Just being together! Every Christmas is something fun and new for us to always remember! I’m thinking of starting a Christmas story before bed on Christmas Eve or something this year!

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