The Mom Hour

As Christmas fast approaches, we're here to remind you that YOU too deserve great, thoughtful gifts under the tree this year! Join us as we talk about our own wish lists and favorite gifts from holidays past, and get some ideas you can drop as not-so-subtle hints this week!

LINKS MENTIONED

• 20 Can’t-Miss Holiday Gifts For Moms (our 2012 guide at The Happiest Home – all the ideas stand the test of time!)
• 10 Great Gifts For Moms (our 2014 guide at The Happiest Home)
• All the great tech tips and products from Cool Mom Tech
• The gorgeous products from FASHIONABLE, the fantastic social good company whose tagline is “Beautiful products by women who have overcome.”
• Long “wear around the house” cardigans like this one from PattyBoutik
• Hoodies from American Giant
• Warm feet – Muk Luks like these, the UGG boots Sarah wants this year, inexpensive slide-on slippers, and over-the-knee boots like the ones Meagan and Shana talked about in this episode of The Style Hour
• High quality paper products, stationary and cards – we like Minted, Staples, and mom-owned kristinshop
• KitchenAid stand mixer
• Gift certificate to Art.com
• Home and personal electronics like Meagan’s LG Electronics Tone Pro Bluetooth Headset and Sarah’s Belkin Charge and Sync Dock, or a wireless/bluetooth speaker like this one from Bose
• Subscription services like Spotify, Amazon Prime, Audible

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Have you been meaning to watch old holiday film classics but never get around to it? Or are you just as disturbed as we are by some of the mid-century Christmas TV programming (looking at you, Rudolph)? In Episode 31 Meagan and Sarah talk about our favorite – and not-so-much – holiday movies, TV, books, and music. Join us!

LINKS MENTIONED:

MOVIES & TV

• It’s a Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, and White Christmas
• Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 version and the 1994 remake)
• The Snowman
• Annie (the 2014 version)
• Love Actually
• A Christmas Carol (the 1984 version)
• The Polar Express
• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (the 1966 animated version)
• Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas and Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas
• Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, and A Christmas Story
• One Magic Christmas (favorite listener award goes to anyone who also watched this movie as a kid!)
• The Nutcracker (the 1993 Macaulay Culkin version and the 1977 version with Baryshnikov)

BOOKS

• A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) – FREE on Kindle!
• The Christmas Magic (Lauren Thompson)
• The Little House series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
• Books by author Jan Brett
• The Nativity (Julie Vivas)
• Oh, What a Christmas! (Michael Garland)

MUSIC

• Meagan’s Christmas Hour (Spotify playlist)
• Come Let Us Adore Him and Sing Noel (The Lower Lights)
• Sarah likes this version of The Nutcracker (The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

OTHER STUFF

• ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas 2015 Schedule
• 25 Christmas Movies You Can Stream (Digital Trends)
• Best Holiday Movies for Kids (Commonsense Media)

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