Real Trees

• Provide family tradition
• Create family fun
• Add a natural scent
• Easily recycled
• Support local vendors
• Reduce initial expenses

Fake Trees

• Reusable holiday decor
• Offer no-mess and no-maintenance
• Reduce fire risks
• Allow customization

Consider this the ultimate Elf on the Shelf guide with something for every elf day in December-- and some of them even contain some fun for you!

1. Start off on a good foot
2. Give your elf a buddy
3. Make a coupld of snowflakes
4. Have your elf bring out a box of Christmas decorations
5. Set up a scrabble game for your elf and his friends
6. Let your elf "have" hot chocolate
7. Give your elf a workout
8. Put the elf on the shelf
9. Use an elf printable 
10. Put your elf to work
11. Sit your elf in a stocking
12. Rate your kids' behavior
13. Marshmallow Fight!
14. Tangle your elf into the tree
15. Chill your elf out
16. Don't let your elf tag along
17. Make a sprikle snow angel
18. Have your elf netflix and chill
19. Build a gingerbread hut
20. Give your kids an elf warming
21. Give your elf a good book to read
22. Don't make cookies- leave the ingrediets out instead
23. Arrange it so your elf's friends "wrap" her in gift wrap
24. Give a parting gift

WHITE SANGRIA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

6 cups Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc
1/4 cup superfine sugar
1 cup white grape juice
1 ripe nectarine, pitted and cut into thin wedges
1 tangerine, thinly sliced
1 cup seedless white grapes, halved
1 cup soda

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large pitcher or other container, combine the wine and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining ingredients excluding the club soda and mix well
2. Pleace the pitcher in the refrigerator and let the sangria sit for at least 1 hour (and up to 4 hours).
3. Just before serving, stir in the club soda and ice cubes.

Ingredients:

• 1 2-pound piece boneless pork loin
• 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
• black pepper
• 1/2 cup dried cherries, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 TBSP whole-grain mustard
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 TBSP currant jelly
• 1 tsp red wine vinegar

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Season the pork with all spice and 1/2 tsp pepper and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
2. In a small bowl, combine the cherries, parsley and mustard. Spread evenly over the pork. Lay the bacon slices crosswise over the pork, overlapping them slightly and tucking the ends underneath. Roast for 45 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, combine the jelly and vinegar. Brush over the bacon and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer registers 150 degrees, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let rest at least 10 minutes before slicing.
4. ENJOY!

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