# Holiday Homemaking 2025 | Week 2

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 12 Nov 2025, 1 h 14 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/18173737-holiday-homemaking-2025-week-2.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! In today’s episode, I am sharing 4 holiday stories of home from guests featured this year on the podcast. You will hear from Emily Baxter, Charity Gibson, Cara Semler and Bess Hawthorne as they share their Christmas memories, traditions, recipes, favorites and more. You will also hear a special piece from former guest, Kristen Howard, called Skipping Christmas. And I am sharing more about Traditions & Time Together with a segment on setting up 12 Dates of Christmas with your husband. It is a very full episode, so I’m sure you will gather lots of ideas to inspire your own holiday homemaking. EPISODE NOTES All of the resources from this episode including recipes, photos and printable downloads are on the companion blog post. Go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Holiday Homemaking 2025". CONNECT WITH OUR FEATURED GUESTS Emily Baxter Substack Charity Gibson | website Kristen Howard | homesweethome.blog Bess Hawthorne | Come Over for Dinner Podcast | Instagram Hear more from each guest on their homemaker portraits. Go to www.theartofhomepodcast.com/podcast and search their name. Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Welcome & Mail Bag: Would you enjoy an Art of Home Seasonal Magazine?
- 5:57 Emily Baxter's Holiday Story of Home
- 14:17 Charity Gibson's Holiday Story of Home
- 23:59 "Skipping Christmas" by Kristen Howard
- 33:43 Cara Semler's Holiday Story of Home
- 43:47 Traditions & Time Together; 12 Dates of Christmas
- 53:06 Bess Hawthorne's Holiday Story of Home
- 1:12:02 Outro; Where to Find Resources, Episode Emoji Code, Podcast Reminders

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