If your family is like most, thoughts of the approaching Christmas season are coupled with mixed emotions.

You might have feelings of anticipation when you picture piles of colorful presents under a brightly decorated tree. When you imagine the delicious aroma of an elaborate feast roasting in the oven. Eagerly await your home to be filled with children’s laughter, family members, and delightful memories.

You might also feel some apprehension. For example, there’s that secret stash of credit card bills - and you’re still not sure how you’ll pay them off in the new year. The exhausting hours you spend shopping, cooking, and cleaning for the big day. Family fights, overtired children, and the hope this will all be over soon.

Budget-friendly Christmas? Stress-free holiday? It seems impossible… unless you cancel Christmas altogether, and tell everyone to stay home this year!

But celebrating a magical Christmas is still possible. In fact, with some planning, your simple, Read the rest of this entry »

A women’s article directory site, WAHM articles, recently announced plans to develop and sell a Spirit of Christmas e-book using compiled stories generated from their site’s contributing authors.

The website’s owner, Denise Willms, announced “[We are] publishing a Christmas e-book, and you’re invited to be a part of it!”

As a way of encouraging submissions, WHAM articles is offering the first 15 authors free advertising on their website for two weeks during the Christmas season. The ads will be viewed on nearly 1,500 pages throughout the site.

With thousands of articles and hundreds of article subscribers, this is a lucrative offer that could generate an impressive amount of traffic for your site this holiday season.

But Willms points out that even if you miss out on the free advertising opportunity there is still plenty of Read the rest of this entry »