Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 3

🎄Welcome to Week 3 of Holiday Homemaking 2025! 🎉

You will be hearing holiday stories of home from past guests Laura Ruoff, Rachael Bomsta, Georgetta Christinsen, Caitlin McCormick and Mystie Winckler. 

I will continue my series on Traditions and Togetherness with some tips for hosting a Ladies Christmas Tea. 

NOTES & RESOURCES

Recipes, notes, links and resources are on the Blog! 

https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/holiday-homemaking-2025-week-3

Allison's Update

No new episodes next week. Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday Homemaking returns December 1st.

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Poems:

• The Oxen by Thomas Hardy, originally published in the London Times, 1915, public domain
• The Christmas Silence by Margaret Deland, originally published in The Chicago Ledger, 1914, public domain

Music:

All music is royalty free and licensing purchased through Envato.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome & Allison's Update
• 6:40 Laura Ruoff's Holiday Story of Home
• 18:36 Rachael Bomsta's Holiday Story of Home
• 32:23 Poem: "The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy
• 33:20 Georgetta Christensen's Holiday Story of Home
• 43:39 Traditions & Togetherness Tips: Hosting a Ladies' Christmas Tea
• 51:25 Caitlin McCormick's Holiday Story of Home
• 1:10:07 Poem: "The Christmas Silence" by Margaret Deland
• 1:11:34 Mystie Winckler's Holiday Story of Home
• 1:21:33 Closing Thoughts, Reminders, and Episode Emoji