Store Holiday Decorations

How to keep your holiday décor in prime condition for next year.

Christmas Biscotti Recipe

Delightful to look at and lovely to eat - these easy biscotti are a real holiday treat!

How to Make a Chocolate Santa Claus With a Candy Mold

Celebrate the holiday season with your very own edible Santa Claus! Learn from seasoned chocolate pro Jacques Torres how to make a chocolate Santa from a candy mold.

Christmas Magic Glue Ornaments

Homemade Christmas ornaments add a personal touch to your tree that you will appreciate every year. See how to make this fun and simple magic glue ornament craft with your kids.

String a Christmas Popcorn Garland

Popcorn garland is a classic holiday decoration for your Christmas tree. Try these tips to make stringing your popcorn garland easier, and see alternative decorations to add sparkle to your garland.

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Here are a few last minute gift ideas that won't break the bank.

Nothing Like the Holidays

Debra Messing spends Christmas with the in-laws in the new comedy called Nothing Like the Holidays.

How to Make Christmas Ornaments From Cinnamon Sticks

To make a Christmas ornament from cinnamon sticks, wrap a bundle of them with sparkly star wire, thread ribbon through the wire and tie a bow at the top. Create ornaments from simple materials with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

Sneaky Chef's Holiday Treats

Try these kid-friendly treats, sweet and healthy, from the Sneaky Chef.

How to Make a Candy Cane Reindeer

Making a candy cane reindeer requires wrapping a pipe cleaner around the candy cane as antlers, gluing a red pom to the end for its nose and adding two googly eyes to the front. Create a candy cane reindeer using a few simple materials with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Make a Giant Holiday Wreath

Making a giant holiday wreath involves gluing a large ribbon bow to the top of a wreath, gluing down small presents, holly sprigs and trinkets and wrapping the excess ribbon around the greenery. Create a large Christmas wreath, adding any items that go with the holiday spirit, with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

Grocery Store Holiday Decor

Crunched for time? Check out these last minute holiday decorations you can find at your local grocery store.

How to Make a Santa Face

Making a Santa face involves gluing different colored poms together for the head, beard and hat, gluing googly eyes to the face and decorating the hat with smaller white poms. Create a crafty Santa Claus face with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Make Christmas Ornaments From Pine Cones

Make a Christmas ornament from a pine cone by wrapping the top with wire, applying hot glue to the edges and sprinkling glitter over the entire thing for a winter effect. Add holly to the top of a pine cone ornament with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Make Christmas Candy Wreaths

Making a Christmas candy wreath requires arranging red and green peppermints in a circle, gluing them together and then attaching a ribbon bow to the top. Create a wreath out of candy, attaching them to a paper plate for extra support, with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Select a Gift for Your Best Female Friend

Select a gift for your best female friend by finding a fun, vintage or funky accessory, such as a hat, purse, bracelet or scarf. Consider giving a good girlfriend a day at the spa with advice from an event planner in this free video on gifts.

Yule Log Cake

Try this modern twist on the annual Yule Log Cake.

How To Hang Garlands and Tinsel on a Christmas Tree

Master the art--and it is an art--of hanging garlands and tinsel on your Christmas tree.

How To Hang Ornaments on a Christmas Tree

Showcase your holiday ornaments to their best advantage with these arrangement tips.

How To Choose an Artificial Christmas Tree

A quality artificial Christmas tree can be almost as beautiful as a natural tree--and can save you a lot of time, money, and effort.

How to Make a Tiny Christmas Tree From Cuttings

To make a tiny Christmas tree from cuttings, stick different sized tree clippings into a Styrofoam cone, beginning with small sizes near the top and layering larger cuttings near the bottom. Wrap star wire around a homemade Christmas tree with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How To Wrap An Awkward Shape

How to wrap an awkward shape, how to wrap a basket, cellophane wrapping, tissue paper wrapping.


Gift Wrapping:How To Wrap An Awkward Shape

Car Lover's Holiday Gift Guide by Edmunds.com

It's the time of year to think about those on your holiday gift list, and if you have a car fanatic or two among the family and friends you're shopping for, we've got you covered. Given the state of the economy, you're probably pulling back a bit on holiday spending like most people, so we kept gift prices under $30. Whether it's an off-the-wall stocking stuffer or something more practical to put under the tree, one of these 14 items will likely put a smile on the face of any car aficionado.

Gifts for Nieces and Nephews

Looking for the perfect gift for a niece or a nephew? Here are a few ideas for under $20.

How to Make Candy Cane Christmas Tree Ornaments

To make a candy cane Christmas tree ornament, wrap red and green pipe cleaners around criss-crossed candy canes, curl the ends of the pipe cleaners and glue small bells to the front. Hang up a handmade candy cane ornament by one of the candy hooks with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Make an Angel Christmas Ornament

To make an angel Christmas ornament, use pre-made wings or simply white feathers as a base, glue a looped pipe cleaner down as the halo and then attach a body and head out of colored poms. Create an angel ornament, using another ornament as the body, with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.

How to Make a Christmas Centerpiece

Make a Christmas centerpiece by using urns filled with pine cones, poinsettias and berries. Create an easy, but beautiful Christmas urn with tips from an event planner in this free video on Christmas party planning.

How To String Christmas Tree Lights

Putting lights on the Christmas tree may not be the most glamorous part of tree decorating, but the glittering results are worth the effort.

How To Wrap A Candle

How to wrap a candle using wrapping paper. Awkward shaped items wrapped.


Gift Wrapping:How To Wrap A Candle

How To Make a Popcorn-Cranberry Garland

Add an old-fashioned touch to this year's Christmas tree by decorating it with popcorn-and-cranberry garlands.

Tony Bennett's New Album

He said he would never do another Christmas album. Better talks to Tony Bennett about why he changed his mind.

Coconut Snowballs Recipe

Here is a recipe for tasty holiday cookies that are easy to make, pretty to look at and good to eat.

Christmas Crafts

Spend some quality time with the kids making these adorable holiday crafts.

How To Safely Put Up a Real, Live Christmas Tree

Make sure this year's live holiday tree is not only pretty, but safe, too.

How To Choose a Real Christmas Tree

Real Christmas trees are beautiful, but they also can be expensive. Make sure you get your money’s worth.

How To Make An Origami Chistmas Tree

Today we will explore the fasinating ancient art of Origami. We take you through some simple steps to get you strarted on your first piece, a Christmas Tree.


Origami:How To Make An Origami Chistmas Tree

Money Related Gifts For Kids

Teach your kids a lesson in frugality with these educational, money related gifts.

Great Gift Ideas

Looking for the perfect gift? Check out these gift options for under $50.

How To Fold An Origami Dove-Like Bird

This origami video shows how to make a simple dove-like bird. I then go on to show you how to turn it into a hanging decoration. This would be great as a Christmas tree ornament or some other holiday decoration to represent peace.


Origami:How To Fold An Origami Dove-Like Bird

Budget-Friendly Gifts For Family

Check out these budget-friendly gift ideas for the whole family.

How To Make a Fruitcake

Forget the candied lemon peel and glace cherries. Make a fruitcake even fruitcake haters will love.

How To Decorate Christmas Sugar Cookies

You've got the basic recipe. Now learn all the different ways you can decorate those holiday sugar cookies like a pro.

Cool Christmas Lights Display

This person raises the bar with this amazing Christmas lights display.


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How To Make Solar Powered Christmas Lights

In this video, learn how to make solar powered Christmas lights!


Christmas Decorations:How To Make Solar Powered Christmas Lights

Gifts Under $50

Looking for the perfect gift? Here are some great ideas for under $50.

Holiday Trends Online

What have been the hottest searches this year on the internet when it comes to gifts? Better TV's Audra Lowe got at look at those making the top of the list.

Leg Lamp Tree Ornament from A Christmas Story

This replica of the 40 inch leg lamp Darren McGavin won in The Christmas Story is now a a tree ornament. Approximately 5 inches tall. Hand painted. Fringe made of fabric.

Leg Lamp Tree Ornament from A Christmas Story is available at Amazon.com.

Priceless Gifts For Mom

Don't know what to get mom this holiday season? Well this year we have some ideas, and they won't cost you much. Here's Better TV's Audra Lowe with more.

A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film

The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.

This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”?

The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.

A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film is available at Amazon.com.

Gifts Under $30

Still have a few more gifts to buy this season, but money is getting tight? Here's Juli Auclair with some great gift ideas that are $30 and under.

How To Make A Poly Bow

In this video,learn how to make a poly bow.


Gift Wrapping:How To Make A Poly Bow

How To Make a Decorative Bakery Box

Homemade cookies are a terrific gift. With a simple bakery box and some ribbon, the package will be as pretty as the contents.

Christmas Story Turns 25

The new classic Christmas Story turns 25 this year. To celebrate the anniversary, Warner Home Video has released A Christmas Story (Ultimate Collector's Edition) on DVD or Blu-ray.

If you don't get enough of it during the 24 Hours of A Christmas Story marathon on TNT, make sure to pick your DVD or Blu-ray up.

Green Gifts

Everyone's going organic! Why not keep that in mind when giving gifts. Better TV's Audra Lowe gets some great ideas from alcohol to pets to baby items.

How To Wrap A Box

In this video, learn how to wrap a box.


Gift Wrapping:How To Wrap A Box

Brown-Bag Wrapping Paper

Better shows you how to live a greener lifestyle and save some money by brown-bagging your holiday presents.

Treetopia Makes the Holidays More Vibrant with New Colorful Artificial Christmas Trees

Treetopia has been known for developing unique artificial Christmas trees in a broad range of colors for people who want to add some flair to their holiday celebrations. This holiday season is no different. Once again, Treetopia is offering colorful artificial Christmas trees in must-haves colors for home decorating trendsetters. For the 2008 Christmas season, Treetopia is introducing some new artificial Christmas trees in this seasons top colors:

Gold Christmas trees and Silver Christmas trees: Gold and silver continue to be popular decorating colors for Christmas that have traditionally been used as accent colors. Rather than simply adding silver or gold tinsel to a tree, Treetopia takes the look one step further by offering entire Christmas trees in those colors. The new Toasted Champagne Gold Christmas tree is its hottest color of the season. The elegant look for the light gold branches is a beautiful complement for any elegant style. The Treetopia Stardust Silver Christmas tree is a silver tinsel tree that can provide a retro 70's type look if paired with bright flourescent decorations or a modern look when part of a monochromatic theme. Treetopia's decorators love the look of the silver tinsel tree with all black or red ornaments.

Blue Christmas trees: Blue continues to be a popular home decorating color for its ability to create a tranquil, peaceful mood. The new Smurftastic Blue Christmas tree in Treetopia's line-up has shown early signs of being one of the more popular new colors for the 2008 season. For those who don't want a tree that suggests allegiance to UNC or UCLA, Treetopia also offers the Hanukkah Bush which is a white Christmas tree with royal blue LED Christmas lights.

Red Christmas trees: The red for this season is a deep, spicy rich red which is exemplified in the brand new Cranberry Crush red Christmas tree. This deep red artificial Christmas tree has almost a purplish tinge to it when the tree is lit. The Cranberry Crush Christmas tree works well as an accent in rooms with a neutral pallette. For those interested in a brighter red with more pop, Treetopia also offers the Candy Apple Red artificial Christmas tree. This tree is a bright red tinsel Christmas tree that would match well with Santa's suit or Rudolph's nose.

About Treetopia: Treetopia.com is an online store featuring a diverse selection of artificial Christmas trees. Featuring traditional artificial Christmas trees, white artificial Christmas trees, black artificial Christmas trees, pink artificial Christmas trees, silver artificial Christmas trees, blue artificial Christmas trees, red artificial Christmas trees, upside-down artificial Christmas trees, lighted palm trees, trimmings, tree skirts and decorations, Treetopia has something for everyone. Treetopia products are sold online exclusively through www.treetopia.com.

Source: PRWeb

Gifts For Pets

Looking for the latest and greatest gift for your pet? Let Better TV's Kim Singer take you shopping.