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Nov 26, 2010 ( 3 comments ) 11/26/2010
1:32pm
Cheryl Leadbeater (together_we_will_grow)
ouch. I just read this after a long day of shopping for gifts that everyone could do without. Every year I say Christmas is too commercialized, and every year I go out and help promote the commercialism. Sure we give to the food pantry, and take names from the Advent tree, but we don't give up anything to do it. You are right, I need to find a way to celebrate the true reason for the season.... 11/26/2010
1:59pm
Cheryl Leadbeater (together_we_will_grow)
After I read this Isearched for ways to bring Christ back into Christmas and there are some good ideas here Read more: How to Remember Christ during Christmas | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5680134_remember-christ-during-christmas.html#ixzz16QbKI3mK 11/26/2010
3:52pm
Dee Huber (dgh118)
Yeah those are great ideas! I've decided the last couple of years that I need to try to compromise. Christmas is really crazy with the Hubers. They've always gone all out. Their mom did and I think it's a way Martha and Marilyn try to keep her with them at Christmas. I've never tried to keep up with them money wise. I'd end up in the poor house if I did. But I do like to make sure I have several packages for each of them that aren't 'junk'. So the last couple of years, I've started my shopping in October. I look for bargains and use coupons. I try to be pretty much done by the first week of December so I can chill out the rest of the month, baking, decorating and spending extra time in prayer. This year during Advent, Father Jeff is having prayer and Benediction on Wednesday afternoons so I've decided to do that. Plus, our church was handing out Advent Packets with meditation books for Advent. I'm going to try really hard to draw closer to the Christ Child each day!!!
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