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This issue of The Woman Today features a variety of wonderful articles. They include four women ranging from strong entrepreneurs to working mothers who do it all, and community go-getters. They are an inspiration and I thank them for sharing their stories with you. Also, do you know what Year of the Womxn is all about? Or how to make a super fancy 3D gingerbread tree that will wow your guests? You will after you have read this issue.

Additionally, we learned a lot about a hidden gem in our own backyard on watercolor classes. She was also honored in the Duluth News Tribune's Best of the Best contest for Best Gift Store. There are so many amazing DIY classes in our city and The Woman Today team plans to find as many as we can.

Now, with Christmas around the corner, we were delighted to hit the streets once again and learn some of your most memorable holiday moments in years past. My favorite memory is every year we would get home late on Christmas night from Mora, MN. Back then our only heat source was a small fire stove in our basement. My brother, Matthew, and

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One of my favorite childhood holiday memories is piling into my family’s station wagon with my parents and eight siblings and driving to downtown Chicago to view the holiday lights and decorated department

The holidays are my favorite time of the year. I really enjoy visiting all of our wonderful advertisers during the holiday season and watch them transform their stores for the holidays. They are filled with laughter, wonder, magic and sparkles! One of my favorite holiday memories is when I was a kid, my parents recruited

I were always so darn excited when we got home we never noticed how freezing the house was. This one year, my parents made a scavenger hunt for us. This led us all over the place in waist-deep snow, -40 temperatures. It was hilarious! After running all over the property and finding clues from tree houses to sheds, we get back to the house, pull off our boots and Wonder Bread bags (which kept our feet dry), fly upstairs to find my brother got a TV for his room (now we could watch The “Simpsons”!) and I got my very own Schwinn bike. Every year, my parents had something up their sleeve to surprise us and we made amazing memories, all captured on the world's largest home camcorder.

As I reflect on holiday memories, they didn’t include smart phones or social media. They were all of us sitting in the living room with fuzzy jammies, holiday music and my dad recording the evening with his giant shoulder camera. This year, reflect on your favorite holiday memories and traditions. As you enter this holiday season, remember the importance of your family, traditions and values.

Enjoy this issue of The Woman Today, and thank you for being a part of our readership.

Megan Keller Advertising Director

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As 2019 comes to an end, we at The Women Today magazine wish all of you a happy and healthy holiday season and look forward to an exciting 2020.

Kathleen Pennington Advertising Sales Manager

my uncles to come over to our house Christmas Eve when we were not home. They brought in all of our "Santa" gifts. My parents wanted us to come home from our grandma's house Christmas Eve night and surprise us with an early visit from Santa because we were SO good that year so Santa delivered to our house early.

Ali Comnick Advertising Account Executive