Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Holidays! Welcome to the Hearth and Soul Link Party!
At Hearth and Soul, blog posts about anything that feeds your soul are welcome. Share your blog posts about family, home, recipes, decorating, crafts, DIY, travel, organisation, book reviews, the arts, self improvement and more!
It’s definitely beginning to feel like Christmas at our house! We had our annual Christmas drinks and nibbles party on Friday, which always feels like the start of the Christmas season to me. I love entertaining! If you do too – or especially if you don’t – I have some tips for Holiday Entertaining Without Stress that you may find helpful.
Last week I also shared a family favourite recipe, perfect for holiday entertaining.
My Shrimp and Crab Appetizer Salad Recipe is also delicious served on crackers or bruschetta as canapés.
You can also make a virtual visit to St George’s Chapel, where the Royal Wedding is to be held in May 2018, in my post A Visit To Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel.
And if you have yet to make a fruit cake, you still don’t have to buy one! Try this easy to make alternative.
My Brandy and Mincemeat Cake is easy to make and it doesn’t need to ‘age’ like fruit cake does. It’s also great for those who aren’t that keen on fruit cake as it has lots of holiday flavours but it’s a lot lighter.
Happy Holidays from The Hearth and Soul Link Party Features
Thank you so much to everyone who visited and shared with the party last week. I really do appreciate your support! From top left, clockwise, this week’s features include:-
DIY Ice Luminaries from Lina at Sew Historically
Earl Grey Eggnog from Jean at Delightful Repast
Gluten-Free Candy Cane and Peppermint Dessert Recipes from Shirley at Gluten-Free Easily
Easy DIY Gift Ideas for Your Family and Friends from MJ’s Kitchen
The Hearth and Soul Link Party
There are no rules, but I’d love it if you would include a link back to AprilJHarris.com in your post and/or share the party on social media.
Please visit a few other posts to be inspired, connect with other bloggers, and make new blogging connections and friends.
Sharing your posts here gives permission for me to feature your posts and photos here and on social media. I may also send you emails pertaining to The Hearth and Soul Link Party.
The Hearth and Soul Link Party will be taking a break over the Christmas/New Year period and will be back on Monday, January 8th. I’ll still be blogging and sharing your links over this time so please bring as many links as you would like to the party this week.
And please do keep an eye out for my newly redesigned site, which will be launching here soon!
Uwe says
December 18, 2017 at 6:31 pmApril,
thank you so much for all the great parties over the year!
Best wishes, Merry Christmas and hugs
Uwe with family
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:21 pmThank you so much for your support of Hearth and Soul, Uwe! Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you and your family 🙂
Carol says
December 18, 2017 at 6:38 pmDear April – I’m wishing you all the joy Christmas can bring. Many thanks for all you for other bloggers thru out the year. Carol
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:22 pmThank you so much, Carol. I’m so grateful for your support of Hearth and Soul throughout the year. I hope you and your family have a wonderful, blessed Christmas!
Marilyn Lesniak says
December 18, 2017 at 7:05 pmThank you for hosting. I love sharing with your readers and always find inspiration here. Have a blessed week! #OverTheMoon #WWBlogHop #ThursdayFavoriteThings
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:22 pmThank you so much, Marilyn! Wishing you a blessed week, and a blessed Christmas too!
Miz Helen says
December 18, 2017 at 7:46 pmWishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for all the awesome Hearth and Soul Link Parties!
Miz Helen
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:23 pmThank you so much for your support of Hearth and Soul, Miz Helen, and also for your wonderful link party Full Plate Thursday too! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks says
December 18, 2017 at 8:50 pmThanks for hosting a terrific party. The Shrimp and Appetizer Salad is a perfect Holiday appetizer. Enjoy the Holidays, and a very Happy New Year!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:23 pmThank you so much, Joanne! Happy Holidays to your family too! Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Roseann Hampton says
December 18, 2017 at 9:53 pmThanks for the party! Merry Christmas!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:24 pmThank you for your support of Hearth and Soul, Roseann. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Nina Lewis says
December 18, 2017 at 11:10 pmI haven’t participated in your link party for a LONG time. I’ve had some health issues . . .
Your picture is beautiful! I believe it is new . . . at least to me it is. I can’t wait to see your new blog design. That will be exciting!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:25 pmI’m sorry you’ve had health issues, Nina. I do hope you are feeling better! It is a new picture – thank you so much for the compliment! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Linda says
December 18, 2017 at 11:17 pmHi April,
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
Hugs,
Linda
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:25 pmThank you so much, Linda. Wishing you and yours the same! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas 🙂
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says
December 18, 2017 at 11:41 pmApril, thank you for featuring my Earl Grey Eggnog. I’ll come back on Thursday and add the latest link. Happy December to you and yours! Will look forward to your return January 8. Going to look at your Windsor post now. It’s been a very long time since I was there, but I still remember it well.
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:26 pmIt’s a pleasure, Jean! I look forward to ‘seeing’ you on Thursday. I hope the Windsor post brings back fond memories. Happy December to you and yours too!
Hadia says
December 19, 2017 at 12:52 amThank you for hosting, April! Happy holidays!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:27 pmThank you so much for your support of Hearth and Soul throughout the year, Hadia! Happy Holidays to you too!
Helen says
December 19, 2017 at 4:26 amMerry Christmas April! Thank you for all of your support through your link ups through this year! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. I love seafood and I would inhale your crab and shrimp fish. It looks delicious!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:29 pmMerry Christmas to you too, Helen! I am so glad you have enjoyed the link ups – Thank you for your support of Hearth and Soul. I hope your holiday season is wonderful too! And thank you for the compliment on the crab and shrimp salad 🙂
Claire says
December 19, 2017 at 9:08 amThanks for hosting April, have lovely Christmas 🙂
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:30 pmIt’s a pleasure, Claire! Thank you for your support of Hearth and Soul. I hope you have a lovely Christmas too 🙂
Michele Morin says
December 19, 2017 at 12:57 pmMy family would love the idea of a party that featured “drinks and nibbles.”
It’s been fun planning menus this year, and all four sons and their families will be together this Christmas, so I’ve got lots of nibbling to prepare for!
April Harris says
December 19, 2017 at 1:30 pmI’m so glad your family will be all together this Christmas, Michele. That is wonderful! You definitely will need to prepare for lots of nibbling! Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas.
Grammy Dee | Grammy's Grid says
December 19, 2017 at 2:49 pmThank you April for hosting. I shared your party on G+, Pn, and Tw.
Jennifer says
December 19, 2017 at 7:47 pmApril my husband loves your shrimp and crab appetizer salad recipe! Thanks so much for the great link-up, and thank you very much for commenting on the post I shared last week, on my business page and for liking my business page, praying you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
April Harris says
December 20, 2017 at 12:21 pmThank you, Jennifer – and it’s my pleasure! I’m so glad your husband likes the recipe. Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas!
mjskitchen says
December 21, 2017 at 4:32 amThanks so much for the feature April and for another year of support! Hope you and your family has a wonderful holiday!
April Harris says
December 21, 2017 at 9:13 amThank you so much, MJ! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season too! Merry Christmas!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
December 22, 2017 at 1:32 amApril, I cannot thank you enough for the effort put into host these amazing parties week after week! And I so appreciate your generous support of Meal Planning Maven’s recipes and blog posts. I wish you and your beautiful family a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest and Healthiest New Year Ever!
April Harris says
December 22, 2017 at 5:28 pmThank you so much, Linda, for all your support of The Hearth and Soul Link Party and my blog as well. Thank you for the lovely Christmas wishes. I am glad that you had a lovely Chanukah with family, and I wish you the Happiest and Healthiest of New Years too!
Lina says
December 22, 2017 at 8:14 pmThank you so much for featuring my DIY ice luminaries! 🙂 Merry Christmas!
April Harris says
December 23, 2017 at 12:06 pmIt’s a pleasure, Lina! They are so pretty! Merry Christmas!
Sadhna Grover says
December 23, 2017 at 5:57 pmHi April, Merry Christmas and Happy holidays dear, thanks for the party.
April Harris says
December 26, 2017 at 11:09 amHappy Holidays to you too, Sadhna! Thank you so much for visiting and sharing 🙂
Shirley @ gluten free easily (gfe) says
December 24, 2017 at 2:24 amMerry Christmas, April! So sorry I didn’t make it over earlier. It’s been a busy week. Thank you so much for featuring my candy cane/peppermint roundup. 🙂 I love seeing all the Christmasy posts this week. See you in the New Year!
Shirley
April Harris says
December 26, 2017 at 11:10 amI hope you had a lovely Christmas too, Shirley! Thank you for popping over. It’s such a busy time of year, I do appreciate your visit 🙂 Look forward to seeing you in the New Year!