Food + Holidays

Over the past few snow-filled Duluth winter seasons my husband and I have worked on instilling a love for outdoor time in our five year old. She saved up all of her birthday money last year and bought herself...

Let's face it, the holiday season is one of the most loved, joyous times of the entire year. It's also one of the most stressful. On top of everything else moms have to do, add on Christmas shopping, cooking,...

’Tis the season for giving! Or in the overly-confident words of my toddler, ’tis the season of “What else did you bring me?” Yes he’s said that out loud and yes I actually cringed writing that. While my kids...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Playing in the snow. Meals by candlelight. Holiday parties complete with swanky, sparkly dresses. The Nutcracker. Finding that perfect gift - on sale! The classic, adorable photoshoot with Santa - and bonus...

After living in Duluth for almost 10 years, I had assumed we had done it all at Christmas time - Bentleyville, Christmas City Express, the Christmas City of the North Parade, all of the countless markets - I could go on and on. We’ve driven around to the best-lit neighborhoods and we have all of our traditions mapped out by the time October hits. We know this Christmas city like the back of our hand. But imagine my surprise when we happened upon a new tradition to add to the list: Candlelight Christmas Tour at Glensheen Mansion.

Love them or leave them, we’re getting close to Elf on the Shelf season, and I, for one am firmly in the love camp. When my son was 2, I was clued in to Elf on the Shelf and I...

For more than sixteen years, the week after Thanksgiving has traditionally seen my family and I piling down into the basement to search for the box that houses our fake Christmas tree for 90 percent of the year. I...

Recently, we sent Duluth Moms Blog writer Gina to our local Maurices to shop for holiday goodies for some of her favorite women on her gift giving list. We know you've got a few of them on your list,...

What an incredible year this has been! Duluth Moms Blog is bursting with pride today on the first anniversary of our launch. We started out small and full of passion about what we wanted to do: bring a sense...

I can't help myself. I LOVE Christmas. I love the decorating, the lights, the color, the giving, everything. I think about it the entire month of October and as soon as Halloween is over, BOOM, the tress start to...