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Christmas Town Magic – Day Three

Thank you so much to Coffee Time for having us here these three days. We hope you’ve enjoyed the visit and that you got some good gift ideas. We have more of them here today! Don’t forget to comment to be included in the drawing for a virtual stocking full of Harlequin Heartwarming titles. Thanks again for coming and we hope you have the happiest holiday season ever!

A Stocking for Jamie

by Anna Adams

In my story, Santa’s Secret Heart, Emma Rycroft has a six-year-old son, Jamie. She finds a stocking for him, but somehow, I neglected to fill it.

So, I’ve been looking for gifts Jamie might like to discover in his magical stocking from the Fingers and Feet shop in Christmas Town.

Jamie and Emma are just about to start traveling a bit, to visit their own personal Santa, so maybe he’ll need mini-markers and scratch pads so he can write and draw his own stories in the car.

I just saw a “blind” bag of Legos. Meaning the bag is a surprise package of characters and pieces. Jamie would love them!

Some snacks, like trail mix, maybe a little holiday bag of his favorite candy cane sugar cookies.

Emma’s not big on giving Jamie her phone or tablet, but she might buy him a couple of stories he could access on her reading app!

Finally, a photo of his brand new family that he can look at on his nightstand before he goes to sleep.

I hope everyone is celebrating this season as happily as Jamie!

Find Anna at http://annaadams.net/

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Gifts for the Teacher

by Melinda Curtis

My mom was a career teacher, mostly of the 2^nd grade. I consulted her on this article. Here is what she recommends for lower grade teachers:

Chapstick (I suggest gluing to a sparkly plastic snowflake ornament)

Play Do (small containers)

Fuzzy or funny socks

Anything related to foot care – foot lotion, scrub, nail polish, etc.)

Gift card to coffee (so they’re awake when they teach your little darling)

Gift card for a pedicure (even men are showing up to get pedis nowadays)

Laugh Out Loud Jokes for Kids (yes, this is a book, but you can always create a joke book of your own)

Big colorful paper clips with fun ribbons tied to the ends (can be used as bookmarks when reading longer books aloud)

We “Whisk” You a Merry Christmas (whisk filled with candy kisses and decorated with ribbon trim, one of Mom’s favorite gifts ever)

This was a great reason to chit-chat with my mom. I hope you spoil your child’s teacher with a special gift this holiday season (and that someone spoils you, too!). Happy Holidays!

Find Melinda at http://www.melindacurtis.net/

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Stocking Stuffers for a Woman of a Certain Age

Liz Flaherty

Things get different when you get older—there’s no getting around that—but they stay the same, too. So, even though you might know a woman in her 60s or more, her heart and her mind are still somewhere in their 20s and she’s hopefully enjoying every minute of whatever decade it is. Dallas’s Grandma Grace, in Miracle on Joyful Street, is this age. She was fun to write, and I think she’d be fun to fill a stocking for, too.

First thing I’m going to put in the stocking is a book of stamps and some greeting cards or note cards with her initial on them. Then a pen or two that writes smoothly and feels good in a hand that might be arthritic. Maybe with something like purple or turquoise ink.

I’ll add a book—or two—by a favorite author—probably a Heartwarming. And a nice bookmark. A pretty cup and some tea or coffee, depending on preference. A magazine subscription and promissory tickets to a dinner theater—even better if it’s a mystery one.

Gift cards are great. For restaurants and for stores that embrace the person’s interests. Generic gift cards are nice, too, be aware the person you’re trying to pamper a bit might very well spend her card on groceries or on someone else. This is fine and her choice, but just saying…

This stocking is near to overflowing, but it wouldn’t be complete without something to eat and drink. Like chocolate. Or expensive cheese. Or wine.

Something else—sorry, I know the stocking’s full—that never fails to please is something you make yourself, because it shows better than anything else that you cared enough to take time. And the final thing, that won’t fit in a stocking but will fill the person’s heart, is the gift of yourself. Take her shopping or to lunch or just sit and drink coffee and laugh hard–it’s the best gift ever.

Merry Christmas!

Find Liz at https://www.facebook.com/authorlizflaherty/

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Santa’s Secret Heart by Anna Adams
Merry Christmas Carol by Melinda Curtis
Miracle on Joyful Street by Liz Flaherty
Finding His Fiancée by Christmas by Cheryl Harper
The Christmas Window by Tara Randel
Mistletoe and Holly by Leigh Riker
Gingerbread Girl by Carol Ross
The Christmas List by Anna J Stewart
A Case for Christmas Magic by Amy Vastine
Jingle Bell Love by Cari Lynn Webb