• 1 hour 10 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2026 | Week 1

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    Welcome to Holiday Homemaking 2026!!! We are here to help you prepare your heart and your home for the season with 3 holiday stories of home! Pam Stockdale, Colleen Rockwell, and Amanda Webb share the recipes, traditions, and simple practices that make Christmas meaningful for their families. You’ll also hear a festive poem and the first installment of a Christmas story by L. M. Montgomery.

    In this episode:

    • Pam’s tips for gift-giving throughout the year and keeping Christ at the center of the season
    • Colleen’s cinnamon star bread tradition and cookie-decorating party for kids
    • Amanda’s “Christmas Adam” sleepover and a tree skirt filled with yearly remembrances
    • Listener tips for accommodating dietary needs and organizing gifts
    • “Christmas Morn” by Edwin Waugh and part one of Christmas at Red Butte

    SHOW NOTES:

    All resources and recipes will be on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "holiday2026".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/holiday-homemaking-2026-week-1

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    4 November 2026, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 4 (2026 Re-release)

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    In this episode, I am bringing you holiday stories of home from 4 guests you heard from this past year; Mindy Heiner, Amber Reesor, Jayme Cherry and Jenny Nanninga. 

    I share some tips for hosting an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party and I have a holiday poem for you. 

    Be sure to listen till the end for the episode emoji if you want that gold star. ⭐️

    NOTES & LINKS

    All resources, links and recipes will be on the companion blog post. theartofhomepodcast.com/blog > search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 4" 

    Take Peace! A Corgi Cottage Christmas (Tasha Tudor) available on YouTube for $2

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    3 November 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 5 (2026 Re-release)

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    It's our last episode of 2025! I've got FIVE more holiday stories of home for you from Heather Price, Jessica Fisher, Mallori Tinkler, Rosemary Young, and Abigail Dodds. I also have a warning for you about holding traditions loosely in my last Traditions and Time Together segment.


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    3 November 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 1 (2026 Re-release)

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    Merry Christmas, 2025! It's finally here!! I'm so excited to kick off our 5th annual Holiday Homemaking series with this very special episode featuring some of my dear friends.

    I am joined by Sarah Hackleman, Lauren Rice, Kathlena Rule and Kelsey Myers to talk about all things Christmas. I am asking these ladies all of the usual Christmas interview questions, we do a real time taste test of our favorite sweet treats and we all share 3 favorite things we think would make great gifts to give or to receive. I am also sharing the first of my tip segments on Traditions & Time Together.

    Grab some hot cocoa and settle in for a nice long holiday chat!

    SHOW NOTES:

    Full episode notes and links, including treat recipes, photos, links for all the favorites, and my family weekend templates are on the companion blog post. 

    www.theartofhomepodcast.com/blog, search "favorites with friends 2025"

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    3 November 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 2 (2026 Re-release)

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    In today’s episode, I am sharing 4 holiday stories of home from guests featured this year on the podcast. You will hear from Emily Baxter, Charity Gibson, Cara Semler and Bess Hawthorne as they share their Christmas memories, traditions, recipes, favorites and more. 

    You will also hear a special piece from former guest, Kristen Howard, called Skipping Christmas. And I am sharing more about Traditions & Time Together with a segment on setting up 12 Dates of Christmas with your husband. It is a very full episode, so I’m sure you will gather lots of ideas to inspire your own holiday homemaking. 

    EPISODE NOTES

    All of the resources from this episode including recipes, photos and printable downloads are on the companion blog post. Go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Holiday Homemaking 2025".

    CONNECT WITH OUR FEATURED GUESTS

    Emily Baxter Substack 

    Charity Gibson | website

    Kristen Howard | homesweethome.blog

    Bess Hawthorne | Come Over for Dinner Podcast | Instagram

    Hear more from each guest on their homemaker portraits. Go to www.theartofhomepodcast.com/podcast and search their name.

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    3 November 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 3 (2026 Re-release)

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    🎄Welcome to Week 3 of Holiday Homemaking 2025! 🎉

    You will be hearing holiday stories of home from past guests Laura Ruoff, Rachael Bomsta, Georgetta Christinsen, Caitlin McCormick and Mystie Winckler. 

    I will continue my series on Traditions and Togetherness with some tips for hosting a Ladies Christmas Tea. 

    NOTES & RESOURCES

    Recipes, notes, links and resources are on the Blog! 

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/holiday-homemaking-2025-week-3

    Poems:

    • The Oxen by Thomas Hardy, originally published in the London Times, 1915, public domain
    • The Christmas Silence by Margaret Deland, originally published in The Chicago Ledger, 1914, public domain

    Music:

    All music is royalty free and licensing purchased through Envato.

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    3 November 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2024 | Week 2 (2026 Re-release)

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    In this Holiday Homemaking episode, I am featuring the Christmas memories, tips and recipes from Carrie Parker, Kerita Fuller, LeAnne Stadler, Darah Rogers and Alecia Doty. 

    In Holiday Homemaking Hints, I’m sticking with the 2024 gifting theme and will be sharing lots of stocking stuffer inspiration. After I give a little history on the legendary origin of Christmas stockings, I'll give you stocking stuffer ideas for foodies, kids, babies, teens and adults. 

    EPISODE NOTES & LINKS

    Recipes & Resources Companion Blog Post (coming soon!)

    Poem:
    Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Christmas Carol," from The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922.) Public Domain.

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    3 November 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2024 | Week 1 (2026 Re-release)

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    Merry Christmas, 2024, Homemakers! 

    This first installment of Holiday Homemaking 2024 is a little different than past episodes. The first half of the episode is a mini deep dive on Advent with wife, mom, homemaker and author, Donna Amidon. She shares how her family practice of decorating a Jesse Tree throughout Advent transformed their celebration of Christmas and led to her new book, Tracing His Promise.

    Then we jump into familiar Holiday Homemaking territory with Amanda Faucett's and Holly Tompkins' holiday stories of home, some holiday poetry and some tips from me on coordinating family or group gift giving. 

    EPISODE NOTES & LINKS

    Connect with Donna Amidon
    Website | Instagram
    Advent Book:
    Tracing His Promise: Understanding the Bigger Story of Jesus and What That Means for Us

    E. E. Cummings, "[little tree]" from Tulips & Chimneys. Copyright © 1923 by E. E. Cummings. Public Domain.

    Gift Apps

    Santa Surveys on Etsy

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    3 November 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2024 | Week 3 (2026 Re-release)

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    In today's episode you will hear Christmas memories, tips and recipes from Lydia Goode, Anna Murphy, Amanda Turk, Brittany Duncan and Cathy Bauer. I'm sharing my life-changing Christmas prep for this year as well as lots of ideas for gifts you can make in your kitchen and in your sewing room. 

    There's a lot of holiday goodness coming your way in the next 80 minutes. Enjoy!

    EPISODE NOTES & LINKS

    Recipes & Resources Companion Blog Post (coming soon!)

    Allison's Update Notes

    Allison' s Spice Mix Recipes

    Poem:
    Weems, Ann.“This Year Will Be Different.” Kneeling in Bethlehem, The Westminster Press, 1980, pp. 65-66. 

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    3 November 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2024 | Week 4 (2026 Re-release)

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    In today's episode you will hear Christmas memories, tips and recipes from Bethany Kimsey, Jen Thayer, Maryela Soto-Portillo, Jenny Crozier, and Christa Sterken. In Holiday Homemaking Hints I'm sharing gift ideas for book lovers, sports lovers, bird lovers, music lovers, and sewing enthusiasts on your list. 

    I also check the mailbag and answer a text sent by a listener who lost her love of cooking and baking after being diagnosed with celiac disease. I share my favorite resources and a few tips for gluten free baking. 

    We've got a full 90 minutes of holiday cheer coming your way! Enjoy!!

    EPISODE NOTES & LINKS:

    Recipes & Resources Companion Blog Post (coming soon!) 

    Mail Bag

    Holiday Stories of Home

    Poem:
    Weems, Ann.“Lord, You Were Born.” Kneeling in Bethlehem, The Westminster Press, 1980, pp. 28-29.

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    3 November 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Holiday Homemaking 2024 | Week 5 (2026 Re-release)

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    Merry Christmas, Homemakers! In this episode newbie homemaker, Jillian Johnson, tells us what it’s like celebrating not just with a new husband, but in a new country. This year, she’ll be having her 3rd Christmas in Scotland after growing up in Canada. Elizabeth Ours, mom of 10, has some great ideas to share for a large family Christmas. We also touch on what can be a sensitive or even contentious subject, Santa Claus. Elizabeth shares how and why she and her husband recently chose to take Santa out of their celebrations, while I give my thoughts on the place St. Nick holds in our family traditions.

    In Holiday Homemaker Hints, I’m talking about gifting subscriptions and experiences as well as my top gift wrap tips, then Jan Roueche and Jenna Punke-Bendt round out the episode with their Christmas memories. It’s going to be another great hour full of Christmas ideas, inspiration, recipes, memories and encouragement. 


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    Recipes & Resources Companion Blog Post (coming soon)

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    3 November 2026, 3:00 pm
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