Tudy Tidings to YOU!

YOU Dress Up MY Holidays!

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It's the best dressed season of the year!

Magical Tales

Just in time for the most magical time of the year comes the magical Tales of Beedle the Bard! Actually written by J.K. Rowling, the collection of stories for young witches and wizards is credited to a 15th century wizard, Beedle the Bard, and is newly translated from the ancient runes by Hermione Granger, with commentary by Albus Dumbledore. The Tales were first mentioned in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows so it's brilliant that we get to read all the stories in the collection now! Don't forget to read the Introduction and all the little notes that follow the stories! But if you're a little squeamish, skip The Warlock's Hairy Heart (Yikes!)! My personal favorite is The Fountain of Fair Fortune...

So curl up, stay tuned, and enjoy all the "Potter" magic of the season. Treat yourself or a friend to The Tales of Beedle the Bard!

Green Kawaii

Here's Kawaii's eco-friendly flapper for the season: An e-flipbook available on-line, right now!

Santa Goes Green is a tale about one boy, in one small house, in one small town, who makes all the difference! He asks for no gifts, no toys, just ways Santa can help save his polar bear's home. But it's no walk in the glacier either. Even for Santa!!! With three days 'till Christmas, it's a race against time as Swift, the head elf, tries to get his boss, Mr. Jolly Ol' Elf himself, more focused on (OMG!!!) Christmas!

Written by Anne Lewis and inspired by her then 6-year-old son, Cameron, Santa Goes Green is a gift from one mom to all the children of the world. And what's sooo inspiring is the book is available on-line, yours to read for free.

So read the gift! Click on the book title! Warm up to this holiday, Arctic tale.

Kawaii's take: it's a "topical" shade of green... certainly the new classic night-before-Christmas-read!

Holiday Travel

"Snow pants, hats, mittens, and coats,
little pink candies for soothing sore throats!"

With Seuss-like prose and girl-wit precision, Priscilla and The Great Santa Search, will warm your hearts this holiday season. The fourth in the Priscilla series and just in time for the holidays, it's Tudy's pick for all your gift-giving reasons!

Mall Santas getting you down? Then do what Priscilla and her BFF, Bettina, do. Travel! Pack up. Embark on a quest (go ahead, Tudygirls, find your real Santa!). And take pictures! Lots of pictures!!! That way, yule end up with picture-perfect treasures... sights and sounds that'll make a believer of anyone.

But never underestimate the weather. Ol' man winter always exacts a heavy toll. Delays are common. So pack right and sit tight.

Tudy's travel advisory: Santa and his reindeers ahead!!!