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How To Not Hate Your Family During The Holidays

You have a plan. A perfect plan. Then, someone forgets the family dish to pass. Becky spills the milk all over her brand new, paid-way-too-much-for Christmas outfit. Your kids are kicking, screaming at each other, at you, and at Lenord the fish who sees it all. There are a dozen presents still in Amazon boxes […]

Hole or Whole This Holiday? | The Pursuit of Something More

Have you been in pursuit of the busyness this season, and feel like there is a weight you just can’t shake? Like you just may scream if you hear, “have a holly, jolly Christmas” one more time? Ever wondered if maybe there’s something more? You hear it on the radio, in stores, Hallmark movies, and […]

Snarky Minimalist Christmas Gift Tags (with free printable download!)

Christmas is officially LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY!! Can you believe it?!? Do you have your presents bought yet? What about wrapped? Yea, me neither…BUT, check out these awesome Christmas gift tags we have for you! I don’t know about you, but we’re pretty excited over here at the Mager household! And at the risk […]

Establishing Family Traditions (Or Eliminating Them)

If you’re not establishing your family traditions, who is? Family traditions go beyond the magic of the holidays and are present in our everyday lives, even if we don’t always give them a name. Traditions strengthen the bond of a family, establish connection, provide a source of identity, teach values, and offer comfort and security […]

A Child’s Reminder: What Your Child Wants You To Remember MOST This Christmas

What your child wants you to remember this Christmas isn’t the top item on their wish list, or the cookies left out for Santa. It’s not remembering to move their elf on the shelf, or even reading them the perfect bedtime story. It’s not rushing from activity to activity or party to party, or cultivating […]