Monday Mentions is an easy way to share any and all of the fun things you’ve discovered recently, online or otherwise. For more information read this post by the mastermind behind this whole thing, Jen @ Daily Mish Mash. Here’s what I’ve discovered this week…

Christmas is just 11 days away! This season has flown by fast, but it’s not too late to enjoy these holiday ideas:

• Blissfully Domestic has got you covered if you don’t have a chimney or have an extra set of stockings that you’d like to display. check out this post for ideas on where to hang your stockings this Christmas.
• Simple Mom says it’s time to start baking for Christmas! Check out her post for recipe ideas.
• I’m also drooling over this recipe for buckeyes (chocolate covered peanut butter balls) at 2nd Cup Of Coffee.
• To balance out all those cookies why not make these Vanilla Roasted Pears from Smitten Kitchen, too?
• I’m giving away a copy of the Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas CD on my blog – if your kids could use some fun new Christmas music, definitely enter to win! The giveaway will close Friday the 18th at noon.
• I’ve been on the lookout for a kid friendly nativity set for awhile now so I thought this idea for making your own paper nativity scene was genius. We’re working on this right now at our house.
• I also printed out this coloring page and this one for MM to work on this week – both from Family Fun.

They finally released Google Chrome (in beta) for Mac and Linux users and I could not wait to install it and give it a whirl. It’s been about a week now and I have to say I am pretty smitten. If you haven’t tried Chrome yet, I’d recommend it.

Attention JOHN MAYER FANS: John is going to be on The Ellen Show on Tuesday – make sure you set your DVRs if you haven’t already – he’ll be performing his new song ‘Heartbreak Warfare.’

Do you read XKCD? Sometimes their comic strips are WAY over my head but they are always funny and sometimes, like last week – they are just awesome. I know all you parents reading will get a kick out of this one:

Finally, I’ve been a fan of The Bloggess since pretty much forever. If you haven’t visited her site before, you really aught to. Want a teaser of her awesomeness? Check out this video she made in response to last week’s episode of Glee: