Our Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year - 2021

Well, it's been a year. We can't believe that 2021 is about over and the new year is knocking on the front door.  Looking back over our blog, we found the top 10 is most popular posts and we'd like to share them with you today.

Click on the link next to the corresponding number if you’d like to refresh your memory.

#10  SassySilver Sisters: Dollar Store Organizing Ideas For Your Bathroom 

#9 SassySilver Sisters: Top Ten Products We Love

#8  SassySilver Sisters: Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes  

#7 SassySilver Sisters: No-Bake Cookie Recipes -- So Easy and Addicting ! 

#6 SassySilver Sisters: 20 Southern Sayings 

#5 SassySilver Sisters: TerraShield for those Pesky Summertime Bugs ***Update 

#4 Sassy Silver Sisters: 10 Household Ingredients to Help Your Garden & Natural Pest Repellants 

#3 SassySilver Sisters: Transition Your Dyed Hair to Gray 

#2 SassySilver Sisters: Rodan + Fields Product Review 

and the #1 post of 2021 is ... DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!

SassySilver Sisters: doTERRA Oils Product Review Root to Tip Serum 

We truly appreciate all of YOU that follow us on our blog and other social media platforms. We sisters try to give you posts that interest us, thinking it might just interest you too.

Do you have a favorite blog post from the above top 10? If so, please comment below 👇 

Until next year, 

Kelly

Sassy Silver Sisters 

Cathy, Rhonda & Kelly

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Christmas Quotes from Famous Folks, Movies and Top 10 Christmas Songs

 

We hope you are enjoying the Christmas season with friends and family. We’ve gathered some Christmas quotes from famous folks, movies quotes, along with 10 of the best Christmas songs of all time to help you get into the Christmas spirit, if you aren’t already.

Quotes from famous folks:

• One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
  – Zooey Deschanel

• When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things – not the great occasions – give off the greatest glow of happiness.
  – Bob Hope

• Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
  – Winston Churchill

• Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
  – Charles M. Schulz

• I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
  – Charles Dickens

• May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!

• Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
  – Peg Bracken

• Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year.
  – Author Unknown

• Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
  – Norman Vincent Peale
• I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." – Shirley Temple

Quotes from Christmas movies:

• The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – 'Elf'.
• “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” - 'A Christmas Carol'
• “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” - 'The Polar Express'
• “Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?” -'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'.
• “It's Christmas Eve. It's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more.” - 'Scrooged'.
• “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.” - 'The Polar Express'.
• “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. -  'Miracle on 34th Street'.
•  “You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law? - 'Christmas with the Kranks'.
•  “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” - 'It’s a Wonderful Life'.
•  “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps... means a little bit more!” - 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.
• “There’s a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to happen.” - 'Frosty the Snowman'.
• “I believe, I believe. It’s silly but I believe.” - 'Miracle on 34th Street'. 
• “I don't know what to say, but it's Christmas, and we're all in misery.” - 'Christmas Vacation'

Top 10 Christmas songs with link to YouTube:

White Christmas - Bing Crosby's classic hit about a picturesque Christmas scene is one of the most popular holiday songs ever — Guinness World Records even named it the best-selling single of all time. 

I'll Be Home For Christmas (1943)

We couldn't stop at one Crosby tune; his heartfelt holiday song is a moving tribute to the soldiers fighting in World War II.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1944)

The Christmas Song (1946)

Everyone knows this holiday song, so it barely needs a name — it's the one where Nat King Cole sings, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." It's so popular that it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974.

Frosty the Snowman (1947)

Gene Autry is the performer behind this song and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," so it's a voice you've been attached to since you were a little kid.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1948)

This jazzy holiday song by Frank Sinatra is about that cold winter weather we all have a love-hate relationship with. Although it wasn't on his original Christmas album, it was featured on the updated compilation album.

Mele Kelikimaka (Merry Christmas) (1950)

Bing is back, this time with the Andrews Sisters for a fun and bouncy song that tells listeners that "Mele Kelikimaka" is Hawaii's way to say "Merry Christmas to you." 

Santa Baby (1953)

This cheeky song by Eartha Kitt is about wanting some pretty extravagant Christmas gifts. Even though this is a holiday tune, it's one of her most well-known songs ever.

Blue Christmas (1957)

Elvis Presley's recording of this song is the most well-known version, but rumor has it that he didn't even want to sing it in the first place, according to an interview with late singer Millie Kirkham

Run, Rudolph, Run (1958)

When you need a Christmas song with some rock and roll to it, Chuck Berry is the first one to call. This one will get people to get up and dance!

Do you have a famous Christmas quote, favorite song, or movie? We’d love to hear from you. Please comment below 👇 

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Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Kelly

Sassy Silver Sisters 

Cathy, Rhonda & Kelly

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DIY Easy Cinnamon Ornaments

I hope the holiday season is going wonderfully for you. I'm sure you've done all your decorating and have started on the cookies and treats. What a fun time of year, do you agree?

Today I'm going to share with you the most delicious-smelling homemade ornaments ever.   I've made these in the past and let me tell you, it will be a staple on your tree for years to come.

These Easy Cinnamon Ornaments are a simple & fun craft for kids (and kids at heart) that smell amazing hanging on your Christmas tree.

This particular recipe comes from McCormick.

INGREDIENTS 15 Servings 

• 3/4 cup applesauce
• 2 bottles (2.37 oz. each) McCormick® Ground Cinnamon
• Cookie cutters
• Drinking straw
• Colorful ribbon

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 200°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in a small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need to use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off the top sheet of plastic wrap. Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of the ornament with a drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on a baking sheet. 
2. Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on a wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.)
3. Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Decorate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.

TIPS AND TRICKS

Test Kitchen Tip: Or use 1 bottle (4.12 ounces) McCormick® Ground Cinnamon. If a larger size bottle of cinnamon is used, measure 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cinnamon.

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Have you ever made these cinnamon ornaments? If you haven't I hope this DIY gives you some incentive to make these incredible smelling ornaments.  Please comment below.

Stay safe & sassy!

Kelly

Sassy Silver Sisters 

Cathy, Rhonda & Kelly

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Christmas Cookie Recipes 2021

It's that time of year when we get out the flour and sugar and get to making Christmas cookies. I find myself getting bored of making the same cookies year after year. I'm always looking for new recipes and I found a boatload of them. So I'm going to share with you some links to hundreds of cookie recipes. It's going to be COOKIE OVERLOAD! 🤣

Let's get started!

The Food Network has a list of 100 Best Christmas Cookies 2021. From Holiday Monster cookies to Coconut Macaroons and everything in between. They look so yummy.

Taste of Home has 150 of Their Best Christmas Cookie Recipes.  Buttery Spritz Cookies, Ugly Sweater Cookies, Candy Cane Snowballs, and more. I think the ugly sweater cookies are adorable, not so much ugly.

Food.com has 80 of the Best Christmas Cookies. 4-Ingredient Fudge Crinkles, Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies, Snowball Cookies, and more. The 4-ingredient cookies is right up my alley.

Betty Crocker has some Festive & Fun Christmas Character Cookies, great for the kiddos. Polar Bear Cookies, Easy Reindeer Cookie Bars, Santa Heart-Shaped Cookies, and more. I will have to make at least one of these this year with my grandson.

Good Housekeeping has 90 Best Cookies to make this season that are irresistible. Sugar Cookie Trees, Red Velvet Cookies, Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies, and more.

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I hope these recipes give you some inspiration to try a new cookie this year. I'm surely going to try at least one of these. Which one will you be trying?

Do you have a favorite cookie you make year after year? Please comment and let us know.

Happy Holidays!

Kelly

Sassy Silver Sisters 

Cathy, Rhonda & Kelly

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