Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 2

In today’s episode, I am sharing 4 holiday stories of home from guests featured this year on the podcast. You will hear from Emily Baxter, Charity Gibson, Cara Semler and Bess Hawthorne as they share their Christmas memories, traditions, recipes, favorites and more. 

You will also hear a special piece from former guest, Kristen Howard, called Skipping Christmas. And I am sharing more about Traditions & Time Together with a segment on setting up 12 Dates of Christmas with your husband. It is a very full episode, so I’m sure you will gather lots of ideas to inspire your own holiday homemaking. 

EPISODE NOTES

All of the resources from this episode including recipes, photos and printable downloads are on the companion blog post. Go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Holiday Homemaking 2025".

CONNECT WITH OUR FEATURED GUESTS

Emily Baxter Substack 

Charity Gibson | website

Kristen Howard | homesweethome.blog

Bess Hawthorne | Come Over for Dinner Podcast | Instagram

Hear more from each guest on their homemaker portraits. Go to www.theartofhomepodcast.com/podcast and search their name.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome & Mail Bag: Would you enjoy an Art of Home Seasonal Magazine?
• 5:57 Emily Baxter's Holiday Story of Home
• 14:17 Charity Gibson's Holiday Story of Home
• 23:59 "Skipping Christmas" by Kristen Howard
• 33:43 Cara Semler's Holiday Story of Home
• 43:47 Traditions & Time Together; 12 Dates of Christmas
• 53:06 Bess Hawthorne's Holiday Story of Home
• 1:12:02 Outro; Where to Find Resources, Episode Emoji Code, Podcast Reminders