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Christmas Corner: Recipes, Great Holiday Lights, Gift Ideas and Tracking Santa
We've gathered some Patch holiday stories into one handy page for your various needs.
Christmas is just a couple of days away, and we’ve gathered together our Patch holiday-related stories for your easy perusal.
From recipes to gift ideas to finding the best local holiday displays, we've got you covered. Take a look:
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Recipes
- Holiday Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
- 5 Party-Perfect Christmas Cookie Recipes
- Holiday Recipe: Fall-Inspired Banana Bread
- Easy Ways to Dress Up Your Christmas Cookie Recipes
- Easy Mini-Meals You Can Make in a Muffin Tin
Finding (or Making) a Great Gift
- 9 DIY Foodie Gifts That Practically Make Themselves
- 10 DIY Teacher Gifts You Can Make in Mason Jars
- [VIDEO] How to Shop Your House for Last-Minute Gifts
- Last-Minute Gift Idea: Homemade Granola
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Enjoying Holiday Decorations
- Guiding Lights: A Map to the Best Decorations in the 'Burbs
- 8 DIY Christmas Decorations You Can Make on the Fly
Where's Santa?
Don't forget that you can monitor Santa's flight with the kids. Check out NORAD's Santa Tracker.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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