Christmas packing list

Easy 5-Point Christmas Packing List for Your Holiday Travel

Is your Christmas packing list ready for the upcoming holiday season?

Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to start planning for a memorable celebration. One essential aspect of a successful Christmas trip is packing efficiently.

To help you have a stress-free and stunning Christmas, look to this concise Christmas packing list with five key points that cover everything you need.

Read more below and get your Christmas travels off to a good start.

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7 Best Things to Do in Houston for Christmas and Holiday Fun

Discover the best things to do in Houston for Christmas and the holidays in the pages below.

You’ll find Houston is a great place to make your holiday season more memorable!

In fact, these attractions are a great take at any time of year.

Continue reading to learn of these fantastic places to visit this year in Houston, Texas.

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Best Wine Gift for Christmas? Try This Affordable Wine Club!

If you’re looking for the best wine gift for Christmas, this small-batch, affordable wine club membership can simplify your holiday gift giving. 

You know that feeling, when you’re someplace special or celebrating an occasion, sipping a delicious glass of artisan wine. Savoring a good wine adds so much to the experience. You feel at ease and appreciating the body, flavors, and nuances of the heady liquid swirling in your wine glass.

Well, there’s no reason you can’t enjoy outstanding wine at home. And, it’s all the easier for you to do so with The California Wine Club.

But as the holidays approach, it’s a good time to think about spreading a little cheer-in-a-bottle with your loved ones. The California Wine Club is a great option to simplify your gift-giving while sending along a thoughtful, quality gift friends and family will appreciate.

In fact, you might be surprised at how affordable the gold-standard of wine clubs can be!

Here’s what you need to know.

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Gift Guide: Best Gifts for College Girls

If you’re looking for some amazing gifts for college girls then this is the post for you. Because as the mother of two college grads (including a daughter), I know exactly what college kids do and do not want when it comes from gifts. 

Trust me on this.

My daughter lets me know when I’ve dropped the ball and given them something that wasn’t on their gift list!

So, stop guessing when it comes to either back-to-school or holiday shopping. Instead, use this list of 18 fantastic gifts for college girls to give your daughter exactly what she wants this year and every year thereafter. 

Bonus: These gifts will meet your needs as a parent and theirs!

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5 Festive Holiday Events at the Newport Mansions

Each year, the Newport Mansions put on a festive celebration to usher in the holiday season. Christmas trees and lavish decorations festoon the mansions, once homes to prominent families of Newport, Rhode Island. You’ll find Nutcracker performances, dinner parties, and music events that lead right up to New Year’s Eve.

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The Newport Mansions at Christmas

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Scenes from the Gilded Age

A visit to Newport, Rhode Island is incomplete without seeing the Newport Mansions at Christmas.  There are ten incredible estates that The Preservation Society of Newport County maintains year-round. Guests may explore independently or follow guided tours by a headset.

Of course, the mansions are a “must-see” at any time of year, and especially nice as part of a romantic getaway to Rhode Island.

Through the holiday season, though, four mansions are open daily to visitors: The Breakers, Rosecliff, The Elms, and Marble House. Each was once a private residence for the well-to-do, including famous families like the Vanderbilts, who retreated to the mansions’ grandeur along the cool shores of Rhode Island for summer months.

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