Carnival of Family Life: The Merry Christmas 2009 — and Final — Edition

Welcome to the Merry Christ­mas 2009 Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life. It is also the final edi­tion of the Carnival.

In 2006, Kailani at An Island Life con­cep­tu­al­ized and launched the Car­ni­val at her pre­de­ces­sor site, The Pink Diary. In late 2007, when she was look­ing for some­one to take over its admin­is­tra­tion, Kailani entrusted the Car­ni­val to me. It con­tin­ued as a weekly event, hosted at var­i­ous sites, until August 2009, when I reduced the pub­li­ca­tion fre­quency to once per month.

The Car­ni­val has remained pop­u­lar, with many qual­ity arti­cles sub­mit­ted for each edi­tion. How­ever, after more than two years of devot­ing my time and energy to it, the time is right to dis­con­tinue pub­li­ca­tion so that I can steer Col­lo­quium in new direc­tions in 2010. The Car­ni­val Archive, fea­tur­ing links to thou­sands of inter­est­ing and infor­ma­tive arti­cles posted on hun­dreds of excel­lent blogs will remain online so that you can peruse prior editions.

I extend my appre­ci­a­tion to Kailani, as well as each and every one of you who have par­tic­i­pated by sub­mit­ting arti­cles, host­ing, or both. Your con­tri­bu­tions have been very much appreciated!

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Wren Caulfield presents Home­made Gourmet Tea Blends posted at True Adven­tures in Money Hack­ing.

Cyndi presents Matzo brei for Hanukkah or for Christ­mas Eve! posted at Real Food Fast!.

Annette Berlin presents Fast And Yummy Veg­e­tar­ian Chili posted at Craft Stew. The author sug­gests serv­ing it in wraps with salsa on top or over brown rice.

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Darcy presents Hand Print Christ­mas Tree posted at Smart-Bottom Enter­prises.

Stephanie presents Mak­ing Orna­ments with the Kids posted at Make It From Scratch.

Pamela Jor­rick presents Christ­mas Crafti­ness– Part 1– Advent Cal­en­dars posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

Larry Far­low presents The Lit­tle Book of Whit­tling posted at A Sim­ple Man.

Education

e-Mom presents Fam­ily Life: The Geneal­ogy of Christ posted at Chrysalis, a dis­cus­sion of Jesus Christ’s fam­ily tree and why the genealo­gies recited in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke differ.

e-Mom presents Book Review: The Real Twelve Days of Christ­mas posted at Chrysalis, an expla­na­tion of the story behind the clas­sic “Twelve Days of Christ­mas.” Do you know what the par­tridge in the pear tree rep­re­sents? You’ll find the answer in this article.

Keira presents Why Should Kids Read News­pa­pers? posted at Lit­er­a­ture Young Adult Fic­tion.

Mrs. Green presents Teach­ing Maths with Home Edu­ca­tion — 8 Tips posted at Lit­tle Green Blog.

Fam­ily Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Mad Gift Giv­ing Guide posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Sarah Clark presents The Mother Load: I know where all the time has gone… posted at The Mother Load.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents We Don’t Think We Can Dance, But We Do It Any­way posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

T. Lynn Lloyd presents But Daddy, I?m a GROWN-UP! posted at My Polar Oppo­site.

Wal­ter J. Shu­mate presents DeBloW­rimo Day 10 — Yo Gabba Gabba! posted at WalterShumate.net.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents It Is Hereby Resolved (New Year?s Res­o­lu­tion Humor) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Grandpa Odd­ball presents Beware the Look posted at GetOddNews.

Paul Reyes-Fournier presents Santa is in ICU because you didn?t behave. posted at coupledumb.com.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ms. Legal Per­son Answers Your Hol­i­day Ques­tions posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Fam­ily Finance

Man­shu presents Ama­zon Gift Card Review posted at One­Mint.

Guffly presents Seven Eco Gifts Under $50 posted at Guffly.

Deana presents Coupon­ing 101 posted at The Fru­gal Home­school­ing Mom.

Mark Aucamp presents How to save money on your Gas and Elec­tric­ity bills posted at Money Sav­ing Tips.

e-Mom presents Free Gift Ideas for Christ­mas posted at Chrysalis.

The Dough Roller presents The Great Debate: 30-Year Mort­gage vs. 15-Year Mort­gage posted at The Dough Roller.

David presents List of the Best Credit Card Offers for the Hol­i­days posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

Annette Berlin presents FreeCy­cle posted at Stuff With A Pur­pose.

The Dough Roller presents Inter­est Free Credit Cards posted at The Dough Roller.

David presents List of Credit Cards that Pay Cash Back for Gas posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Bal­ance Trans­fer Credit Card Tips, Facts and Traps posted at The Digerati Life.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Best Online Stock Bro­kers For Cheap Stock Trades posted at The Digerati Life.

JT presents Best High Yield Sav­ings Accounts posted at The Smarter Wal­let.

JT presents How To Get A Free FICO Credit Score posted at The Smarter Wal­let.

TaraG presents Thrifty Green Christ­mas Shop­ping Made Easy posted at Go Green Street.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Super Saver presents Not Aging Grace­fully posted at My Wealth Builder.

Wren Caulfield presents Quick Hack and Hol­i­day Gift: Home­made body scrubs, lotions, oils, bath salts, or bath bombs posted at True Adven­tures in Money Hack­ing.

Deb Bixler presents How To Eat Healthy At A Party | Wow! You Are Really Lucky.… posted at Increase Metab­o­lism & Live Healthy.

Aparna presents Home reme­dies for sore throat posted at Beauty and Per­sonal Groom­ing.

mar­jorie presents Ease Aller­gies with Folate posted at Lau­rel on Health Food.

pbme­dia presents Get­ting a Swine Flu (H1N1) Shot posted at Fit36.com.

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Keira presents 9 Ways to Get Kids to Read posted at Lit­er­a­ture Young Adult Fic­tion.

Henry presents Should you only praise and love your chil­dren? posted at Why Home­school.

San­dra Gard­ner presents The Bad Mother Thing posted at Pinky, I Love You.

Tom DeRosa presents Book Review: “Don’t Swear With Your Mouth Full!” by Dr. Cary Chugh posted at I Want to Teach For­ever.

Emma presents Potty train­ing, day 1. posted at Baby-Log.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Con­so­lata Ugboko presents Are You Stuck in the Rut? posted at Woman-Incorporated.

Rick Schi­ano presents Let Go, Mak­ing Love Last posted at Ricks Vic­tory Blog.

Don­ald Latumahina presents How to Feel Bet­ter When You’re Depressed posted at Life Opti­mizer.

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