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Savvy Picks for December, 2008

Our top ten posts about the wonders of rituals and routines:

1. A Season of Rituals
2. Savvy Welcomes Betsy Brown Braun on Helping Keep the Fa-La-La in the Holidays with Your Children
3. Savvy Picks: Best Children's Books of 2008
4. Savvy Welcomes Lyn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson on Greening the Holidays
5. Teaching Your Child About Giving Instead of Getting at the Holidays
6. Homemade Gifts to Make with Preschoolers
7. How to Keep Rituals a Bit Flexible, a Little Lively, and a Lot Unexpected
8. Savvy Welcomes Ginger Carlson on How to Give Experiences Not More Things
9. Inspired Indoor Activities for the Shortest Day of the Year
10. Holidays Are Delicious

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