Merry Christmas, friends!
More houses and neighborhoods have been added to the for northern Anne Arundel County, so check out some of our area's best home light displays in our home lights guide!
It may be the week of Christmas, but there are still several fun things to take the family to in and around our area! The include Clayville Train Garden in Pasadena, Jeff's Christmas Lights Spectacular in Linthicum, Lights on the Bay in Annapolis, Enchant Christmas in DC, and Symphony of Lights in Columbia. Several are open every night until January 2, including, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Check out the full calendar here!
HO HO Hometown Holiday Contest
Many thanks to EVERYONE who was a part of our first HO HO Hometown Holiday Contest! We had a great response, with many of you qualifying for several entries.
Congratulations to our winners! They were Linda Herzig, Alyssa Pavignano and Karen Mayberry.
We loved seeing many of you on Tuesday night at our MacKID night with Kona Ice when we drew the winners! Check out the video if you missed the live drawing.
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And once again, a tremendous THANK YOU to our generous sponsors, all LOCAL businesses! Please support them when you can. These and other sponsors help keep Macaroni KID a FREE resource for area families.
Liz Parrott, Realtor at Douglas Realty and Kendall Winkleman, Loan Officer at Primary Mortgage Residential, Inc.
British Swim School of Patapsco Valley
Kona Ice NE Anne Arundel County
Neighborhood barre Severna Park
Josh's Treehouse and local children's author Patti Bateman Tracey
Safer for You and Barbara Gill
Guest Contributor
We've got a special treat for you in this week's newsletter! Sheena Cressor, a mom from Glen Burnie and special education teacher in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools, has offered us fabulous ideas on how we can entertain our kiddos during the upcoming break from school and fit in a little relaxation time too. Check out her article here!
Anyone else interested in being a guest contributor for our site? Please email me at mackidpasadenamd@macaronikid.com!
My Christmas Vacation
Last night my (gift giving love language) son asked my (acts of service love language) husband what he wanted for Christmas, and without hesitation my husband said, "a clean house." Yes, I admit, the house has suffered a bit (or Wil might say a LOT 😂) during our busy, but FUN December. So, to give him his one Christmas wish, I am taking off the week before Christmas.
Plus, it's my BIRTHDAY next week, and who wants to work on their birthday? I have a friend who says no one should ever work on their birthday. Who is with me on this? 🎂
(And with my birthday just before Christmas, I TRY to not to do anything Christmassy for just the one day. My fellow close-to-Christmas birthday babies know this, right? 😉)
SO, we won't have a newsletter next week, but you can always check the calendar for the few events that ARE happening right around Christmas Day.
We'll be back with our next newsletter on our usual Wednesdays, on December 29--with ideas on how to celebrate New Year's Eve with your kiddos! Hint: I'm starting to see events happening during the day on December 31, including some ball drops at noon. Watch our site!
🎄 My family and I wish you and your family the happiest and healthiest Christmas!
All my best,
Laura ❤️
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