Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Cuddles, Cookies, and a Christmas Movie

What was last night's family activity in our advent calendar?


We normally don't have a lot of baking in our house because, well, I eat it.  Being that Christmas is coming, I tend to be a bit more fun (right, Gary?) and there's more sugar than normal in our home.  We decided to make "The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies" (oh my goodness, two cups of sugar!)  Nya and I made the dough the day before because four kids in the kitchen is too crazy for me and then we chilled it overnight.  We used the cookie cutters to make some fun shapes and after being in the oven for just eight minutes--ta da!


Next up was some decorating, because as I've mentioned, I'm fun. If you're going to have two cups of sugar, why not three?! This is the Sugar Cookie Icing recipe we used.



{Note: You may not want your three-year-old to have control over the sprinkles}

That last part of the activity was to choose a Netflix Christmas movie.  Here are some of the options that Netflix has for the Christmas season...


In order to cater to the two younger kids, we chose Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas Thomas. Nya gave it five thumbs up.


In the spirit of Christmas, I am giving away a six-month subscription to Netflix (Canadians only!)  Just comment below with the family holiday show or movie that you are planning to watch on Netflix this month (or WOULD watch if you had it!)  That's it – just leave a comment with your email address please!  Winner will be picked on December 16th, 2015. 
Love,
Louise

{This post is sponsored by Netflix as I am part of the awesome  #StreamTeam.  Opinions are my own.}

65 comments:

  1. Margriet Radke9:00 AM

    We would have to watch the curious George movie as Cassidy LOVES George :)

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  2. We JUST got Netflix. First time we've had any type of TV. Ever :)

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  3. Lindsay Moffat9:50 AM

    Just finished watching Christmas with the Kranks....yeah it was as bad as I remembered it.

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  4. ELF! Best Christmas movie ever.

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  5. Noah and I just watched "The Grinch". Although I might try to convince him to watch Santa Paws if we had Netflix :)

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  6. We would watch elf. Kids love that movie.

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  7. I'd watch the old time movie "A Christmas Carol." Would love to win Netflix!!

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  8. ELF is pretty much tradition and I laugh and cry every year when we watch it.

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  9. We'd like to watch The Christmas Story or Christmas with the Kranks.

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  10. We most definitely would choose Thomas!

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  11. Tamara B3:10 PM

    Didn't know there was a Thomas Christmas movie. Well that would be a contender for the kidlets!

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  12. Laura Mayer3:47 PM

    I love watching "The Grinch!"

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  13. thomas christmas movie

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  14. Anonymous8:50 PM

    I am sure we would watch the Cat in the Hat Christmas! M is a fan of Cat in the Hat! - Julie-ann C.

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  15. Super random, but I noticed that your 'a's in 'Make' and 'Christmas' of your advent calendar note were different :)

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    1. It's true! I use them both :) Wow, you're detail orientated!

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  16. The Grinch for sure! Classic!

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  17. Frosty the Snowman - thanks!

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  18. Anonymous9:58 AM

    My favorite movie is The Grinch! Love the blog! -Bre

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  19. Christmas with the Kranks!

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  20. It would have to be Home Alone! Love it. Thanks :)

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  21. Anonymous7:51 PM

    A Christmas Carol or Its a Wonderful Life.
    - Lynn

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  22. We would watch the Christmas episode of Paw Patrol!

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  23. I would watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas....it isn't Christmas without it.

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  24. The Grinch. Jingle all the Way. Elf.
    So many movies :)

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  25. We will be watching a few holiday movies, like Elf and How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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  26. We would watch Elf. It's our favourite Christmas movie!

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  27. i would watch Christmas with the Kranks (if we had Netflix) thank you

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  28. Would watch Elf and most likely Home Alone.

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  29. We would watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It's such a must-see for us come the holidays!

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  30. Santa Paws. :) Thanks!
    Email--> amyjaneheffernan@gmail.com

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  31. Elf is my favourite holiday movie.

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  32. I'd like to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas

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  33. We will watch a few - Elf & Santa Paws to pick a couple. (jlcmrc@gmail.com)

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  34. I would love to watch The Grinch.

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  35. We are planning to watch the Grinch and I'd love to watch Arthur's Christmas as well.

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  36. Yikes! Forgot my email: brandeelh7 @ hotmail . Com

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  37. Love the idea of the advent calendar with fun family things to do together! Too funny about the sprinkles - yum! Thanks for the chance to win :) MissElles80 AT gmail DOT com

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  38. Oh and DUH - we would watch Elf or How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Thank you.

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  39. We want to watch Elf! Our fave!

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  40. We will be watching Santa Paws to celebrate our first Christmas with our puppy

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  41. We watched Christmas with the Kranks last night. jfitze@hotmail.com

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    1. Congratulations on being the random winner for 6 months of free Netflix! I will email you :)

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  42. We would watch Elf, still a great movie after all these years!

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  43. both of the "How the grinch stole christmas", a christmas story, Muppets christmas carol

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  44. We would love to watch the polar express, such a great Christmas movie, one of my kids favorites :)

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  45. We would watch A Christmas Story!

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  46. Elf as everyone in the family loves him.

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  47. We watched The Cat in the Hat christmas just this morning and want to see the Madagascar one too. saravartanian@gmail.com

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  48. Arthur Christmas! And I plan on watching Christmas with the Kranks tonight :)
    preferred email: andrea_hockeygirl at hotmail dot com

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  49. Christmas with the Kranks and also How the Grinch Stole Christmas :)

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  50. I am planning on watching Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas with my niece.

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  51. If I could I would watch "A Christmas Carol"

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  52. We would watch Elf and Christmas with the Kranks! Thanks for the chance!

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  53. We watch The Nightmare Before Christmas every year. It's such a great movie!

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  54. My kids watched Frosty the Snowman about a hundred times last year, so I am sure that we will be enjoying it again (and again and again :)) this year!

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  55. We like to watch Frosty, Rudolph, and A Year Without Santa. I think I might try Elf with my D this year as I enjoy it so much.

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  56. The grinch...it's tradition!

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  57. I want to see The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

    billiondollarprincesss @hotmail.com

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  58. Maybe The Nightmare Before Christmas, Elf or The Grinch:)
    v_theberge@hotmail.com

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  59. We will be watching Home Alone.

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  60. Oh we watch almost ALL of the Christmas movies out there. Elf is my favorite which I think you know already hahaha! (ps. we are on my sister's account which means if she is watching we can't watch at times so it would be so awesome to have our own subscription!) Thanks for the chance!

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  61. We always watch about 10 of them leading up to christmas. My dad and I always watch A Christmas Story(I always used to ask questions like 'is that what christmas was like then?'" when I was younger and always get the response that there were 13 other brothers and sisters so it was chaos! haha. With my boyfriend and I will probably wath the grinch who stole christmas and Elf! We love all Will Ferrell movies! Here's my email! lizcomp@live.ca

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