Budget Bath Salt Gift and Christmas Book Review

1) On a budget but need to give many holiday gifts? Here's an idea, give bath salts in small clear or colored mason jars. Use 1/4 cup of Epson salt, 1/4 cup of sugar, 1/8 cup of almond oil. Mix together. Make sure the person you are giving it to doesn't have extra sensitive skin. Do tell people the simple ingredients in it. For a nice extra touch: Tie a red ribbon around a popsicle stick and place it on top. (Popsicle stick is to scoop up bath salt.)

2) Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s for Dinner? By Tomie dePaola. Santa’s family is coming to dinner. Watch out they’re as crazy as other families with complaining, bickering and unhappy Cousin Ulla. But they also have fun making dinner and putting on their Christmas Pageant. Santa’s friend Lars brings his pet polar bear to dinner. Hmm I wonder how that will turn out. The pictures are in cartoon form so older kids might find that appealing. Nice idea about meeting Santa’s family. I always did wonder what they were like.