5 Cute Things You Can Do With Your Dogs for Christmas

Christmas is such a magical time of the year! The entire family should get together and spend this time together, INCLUDING your dogs. Our dogs are family too, right? Ornaments for Keeps is here to let you know there are many cute and fun things you can do with your pets around Christmas time. It's their Christmas too. Here are a few things you can do with your dogs around Christmas time.

5 Cute Things You Can Do With Your Dogs for Christmas

1. Wear your BEST Christmas pajamas and dress your dog in Christmas pajamas too. 

There is such a cute selection of Christmas themed pajamas out there, not only for you, but for your fur babies too. This could be you and your fur baby's new Christmas tradition. What a great memory to make!

2. Make homemade Christmas themed dog treats.

What dog wouldn't love some homemade dog treats around Christmas time? There are an abundance of recipes online you can try. Make your dog some homemade candy cane shaped dog treats this year. This smells like a new, fantastic Christmas tradition to us!

"The best of all Christmas gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." - Burton Hills

3. Show your dog some Christmas love and hang an ornament to represent them.

Ornaments for Keeps has a GREAT selection of personalized dog themed Christmas ornaments to choose from. Honor your dog this Christmas and commemorate the memory of getting to share Christmas with them.

4. Include your dog in your family Christmas card.

There are so many adorable Christmas cards out there where families included their fur babies in the photo. Try including your dog in the Christmas card. Dress them up in a cute dog Christmas sweater or drape some pretty garland around your dog. This can make for a Christmas card you will never forget!

5. Get your dog a present to "unwrap" at Christmas too.

Last but not least, your fur baby deserves a present to open to right? Whether it be a NEW dog toy or some new dog treats, include your dog in the excitement of opening presents at Christmas.

In Need of the Perfect Ornament to Represent Your Fur Baby on the Christmas Tree?

Ornaments for Keeps specializes in creating unique, personalized Christmas ornaments. No matter if your ornament is for a new baby, sporting event, special friend, or wedding, Christmas ornaments can become a very special keepsake. Each year as our family decorates our Christmas tree, the personalized family ornaments we hang bring smiles and reflection. When our children grew up and left home, we gave them their personalized ornaments to start their own family Christmas tree tradition! We invite you to begin or continue your tradition and collection of personalized Christmas ornaments. Grab a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, sit and browse our wonderful selection of personalized Christmas ornaments!

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Baby's 1st Christmas, Make the Memory!

There's nothing more special than your baby's first Christmas! This is something you'll want to remember for the rest of your life. Your baby's first Christmas is a great opportunity to start new family Christmas traditions. Your baby deserves his or her very own 1st Christmas ornament! In the true spirit of Christmas, Ornaments for Keeps would like to share a few tips to make your baby's first Christmas special and memorable.

Tips to Try for Your Baby's First Christmas

1. Have Fun With Your Holiday Cards

Take some cute pictures or consider hiring a photographer to take pictures of your baby and create your very own Christmas cards. Who doesn't love receiving a personalized Christmas card containing a photo of a cute newborn baby? This can be a great way to commemorate the memory of your baby's first Christmas.

2. Purchase Cute Christmas PJs

How cute would it be to have matching Christmas pajamas with your baby? This sounds like another great family Christmas tradition.

3. Choose Your Baby's First Christmas Stocking

It's your baby's first Christmas so every little detail can be part of a long time tradition starting for the first time. If you don't see a stocking you like for purchase, try making your own. That can be more fun anyway!

4. Visit Santa

Your baby's first trip to see Santa can be magical! This will be a moment you won't want to forget. You can even commemorate it by getting a personalized baby's first Christmas ornament in the shape of Santa.

5. Make Travel Easier On Yourself

When Christmas arrives, it can mean a lot of traveling for some people visiting loved ones for this marvelous holiday. Make traveling with a baby easy on yourself. Pack enough diapers, try packing one for every hour of travel. However, don't over pack on diapers and formula. This can make for heavy luggage and you don't want to weigh yourself down. Diapers and formula can be bought wherever you are traveling to.

6. Last But Not Least, Get Your Baby's 1st Christmas Tree Ornament

Ornaments for Keeps loves creating baby ornaments. We have a large variety of personalized baby ornaments. We also enjoy finding different types of personalized ornaments to offer you.

A Wide Variety of Baby's 1st Christmas Ornaments

Here at our family owned ornament shop, we have a very wide variety of hand made, customized baby's first Christmas tree ornaments. Personalized Christmas ornaments create special memories for your family. Make your own Christmas traditions! Christmas is a magical time and especially when you add a new baby to the mix. Ornaments for Keeps invites you to begin or continue your tradition and collection of personalized Christmas ornaments. Grab a cup of hot cocoa, sit, relax, and browse through our wonderful selection!

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Christmas Card Traditions

Christmas cards have become a wonderful tradition in many families across the United States. These annual cards are a great way to reach out to distant family and friends over the holiday season. Many people like to add a personal touch to their annual greeting cards by including pictures of their immediate family, so distant friends and relatives can see how everyone has grown and changed over the last year - and the Ornaments for Keeps family is no exception!

Linda Henderson, the driving force behind our custom Christmas ornaments business, began designing yearly Christmas cards in 1980 after her first daughter was born in 1979 (on Christmas Day, no less!). She has kept copies of her Christmas cards every year, and looking back on them always brings a smile to everyone's faces. 

Some of Linda's favorite Christmas cards from past years!

The Christmas card tradition began decades and decades ago. Linda's mom actually sent her very first Christmas card in 1954! It's amazing to see how the cards have grown and evolved since then. 

It's definitely not too soon to start planning your 2014 Christmas cards; choosing the perfect photograph(s) to include in the greeting can take more time than you might think! What are are you planning on doing for your 2014 Christmas cards? Send us your pictures... We'd love to see what you have in mind!

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