I had a sweet little tree for free. A bit of curling ribbon, and it'll be one of the prettiest gifts around. It helps if you don't let the kids crumble the bag too much, and I think the idea for the bag was more appreciated by my son's elementary school teacher than the actual gift. Thanks to Erica from NJ for her suggestions for keeping warm in winter. As she says, wearing layers of clothing is better than a single thick covering.
Every mountaineer knows that.
Here are more suggestions for keeping warm in winter. While living in Colorado, we were told by mountaineering friends that if your hands and feet are cold to cover our heads. The reason being that anywhere from a fourth to a half our body heat goes out through our head. We found this same suggestion in mountaineering literature took. We tried it many times and 10 or 15 minutes after donning our sox caps or hats, our hands and feet warmed up.