Shay Hill

Candy Canes are a staple of Christmas. You see them as candles, hanging on trees, passed out during parades and used as decoration. They are big, small and now come in a huge variety of flavors not just peppermint. But did you know the Candy Cane actually has a Christian legend behind it?

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Paul Walker's recent death shocked everyone. He was young and enjoying the success of one of the best movie series ever. I hadn't kept up with the latest in the Fast & Furious series of movies, I've missed the last couple, but I was looking forward to 7. Due to Walker's death production on the latest movie has been halted for the time being. However, the Fast & Furious production staff did put out a tribute video for his fans. 

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Dude Perfect has been doing their 'stereotypes' series but this time they ventured into a Dick's Sporting Goods store for some creative trick shots.

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Sugar cookie are a holiday staple, yet I had never made them. You see commercials of kids, moms and grandparents all in the kitchen decorating cookies for Santa. I just always put out Chips Ahoy or Oreos (that's what I heard he liked) but this year I decided to give homemade sugar cookies a whirl. They turned out pretty good, If I do say so myself. It was the icing that made them though, so here is the recipe I used. I found it in my moms recipe box.

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You may remember me talking about the Acapella group Pentatonix a few weeks ago. Well they have released a new Christmas song, Little Drummer Boy and it is fabulous.

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Thanksgiving is just a few days away but there is still plenty of time to do some last minute crafts. There are some great ideas out there, from table settings, mantle pieces, center pieces and just fun stuff for the kids to do. I found a couple of great ideas that I thought were really cute to share.

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GoldieBlox is a toy company that wants to give girls a bigger dream. They want them to know they can be engineers and more. Girls don't have to just play with dolls or be princesses.

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I ran across this video starring Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson and Uncle Si. It's actually a State Farm Insurance commercial with Jase giving you a few safety tips when deep frying your turkey this Thanksgiving.

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I know there are lots of ways to fix turkeys and everyone has their own favorite recipe, but if you're new to cooking Thanksgiving dinners you may need a little help. One thing you want to do is brine your turkey.

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As most of you know I love to make cupcakes, mainly because they are easy and fun to eat, however, you can also get creative when decorating them. I recently make some Ninja Turtle cupcakes, which took about 3 hours, but it's the swirled icing that gets the most "how did you do that' questions. So I decided to make a little instructional video to show how it's done.

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I love doing arts and crafts, something I got from my mom, it's fun and relaxing and you have something special to show for it when you're done. However, I always hear from my friends "I could never do that, I just don't have the talent

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The holiday's always bring out some great recipes but many are traditional or old family recipes that you just don't mess with. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas I always fix my grandma's mac & cheese and I've never changed anything from the way she used to make it. However, I found some different recipes on line that looked really good so I decided to make one and see if it's as good as my grandma's.

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