If you have installed it on your site, please comment here with your url. If you need help, you can also leave a comment as well. It is not mandatory to join “our” team for the contest, just as long as you put a kettle up to help Salvation Army. In order to be counted for points in the contest, the kettle must stay on your site through the holidays.

This Christmas contest is causing a lot of excitement here at the North Pole and we can’t wait to start hearing from all the nice bloggers out there. If you are planning on joining in, here’s where you make your first comment. You can also ask any questions here as well, or even share a recipe if you want. Between you and me, sometimes I get a bit tired of the holiday fare served in the Toy Workshop cafeteria. Roast Turkey with all the trimmings is great, but sometimes, I would just love some good lasagna.

At Just My Rambling Blog, BlurMommy shows us her holiday spirit by sharing pictures of red Christmas items including a poinsettia and other Christmas decorations. Thanks for the festive photos!

On the Family Friend Food & Fun Blog, Blogger wHOisBaBy talks about making a trip to San Diego during Christmas and is taking care to include the needs of her toddler while making her plans. Everyone traveling during Christmas should follow her example and if you are traveling with a young child, make frequent stops so the child won’t get stiff inside the car.

Blogger Kelly Anne of The World Through My Eyes Blog shares beautiful pictures with everyone, including a great one featuring a small, yet terrific snowman made by the adorable boys in the picture. Good work boys and good work one the pictures, Kelly Anne!

The Lithuanian Wife blogger says that she prefers cards that say “Merry Christmas”, instead of “Happy Holidays”. What a great thing to say!

Of course, here at ChristmasMaps.com,we appreciate all holidays, but don’t like seeing them all lumped together. We can only celebrate diversity when all diversity is recognized and respected, not lumped together in a generic package.

The blog of Cherry Hill Cottage shows some of the most charming and distinctive Christmas decor around. You can see the Rag Santa, Gingham Garland and all sorts of homemade items. They even hang red teacups from their chandelier as part of the decoration!

Blogger Antique Mommy offers a heartwarming yet humorous narrative about her unique experience while setting up her Nativity set. She shows that sometimes its the unexpected that creates the events that will be remembered for years to come.

Blogger Ashley Sumner of Little Rock, AR takes great pictures and shares her most recent ones of her Christmas decor. In the process, she managed to snag a candid shot of Jack, her Rat Terrier, making off with a pair of socks. She also explains why Jack makes it necessary to put the tree up high and out of his way.

When I am doing my gift shopping, one of my major worries is whether or not the item is in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations. If that is one of the concerns facing you this Christmas, rest assured that this Uranium Ore from Amazon meets and exceeds federal regulations ” for activity limits of low level radioactive materials.”

Don’t you feel better already?