{"id":29232,"date":"2017-11-29T00:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T06:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=29232"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:39:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:39:28","slug":"9-christmas-shopping-kids-without-going-overboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/9-christmas-shopping-kids-without-going-overboard\/","title":{"rendered":"#9 Christmas Shopping Without Going Overboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/toy-train-tracks-grayscale.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|68px|0px&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_audio title=&#8221;#9 Christmas Shopping Without Going Overboard&#8221; artist_name=&#8221;Jolene Philo &#038; Anne Fleck&#8221; album_name=&#8221;Home Again&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(248,210,80,0.45)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|on|||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#86a139&#8243; caption_font=&#8221;|on|||&#8221; caption_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; caption_text_color=&#8221;#f78f23&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][\/et_pb_audio][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(248,210,80,0.45)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221;][powerpress][\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; _i=&#8221;1&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.1&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(134,161,57,0.79)&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Anne and Jolene mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/that-fabulous-franklin-chex-mix\/\">Grandma Dorothy&#8217;s Chex Mix<\/a> early in the podcast. It is also known as <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/that-fabulous-franklin-chex-mix\/\">That Fabulous Franklin Chex Mix<\/a> in honor of the school where\u00a0 Grandma Dorothy taught for decades and where she first sampled the recipe in the teacher&#8217;s lounge. 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