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I Didn’t Get What I Wanted For Christmas!

 
Have you ever thought this to yourself? I have. After spending weeks, even months, making sure everyone else’s Christmas was great, I’ve experienced disappointment. Perhaps I didn’t get the gift I was hoping for or the holidays didn’t turn out to be the perfect “old fashioned” Christmas of which I was dreaming. Maybe it was [...]

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Lighting the Christ Candle of Advent

By Dana Curtin
We  have come to the last, and most special candle in our Advent wreath.  This Sunday we will light the white candle in the center, known as the “Christ Candle.” This candle is also  referred to as the “Candle of Love.”
As your family lights each candle leading up to this one, remind them [...]

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“Happy Birthday, Jesus” Cake

by Sara Crooks
I would venture to say that most of us are continually looking for ways to reinforce for our families and ourselves WHO we celebrate during this crazy and chaotic season.  We search for ways, big and small, to free ourselves of the commercialism that entices us and the busyness that often engulfs us.
 
Over [...]

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Planting Christmas Seeds

by Debbs Hammett

Our Savior and King has come! “This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.” 
(Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)
 
At this time of year when we try, yet again, to explain the real meaning behind Christmas, we may wonder if anything we say to our [...]

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Celebrating the Fourth Sunday of Advent

By Dana Curtin
This Sunday we will celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent by lighting the purple candle known as the Angel’s candle.  This candle symbolizes peace. Only one candle remains unlit on our wreath, the center candle.  As your family gazes at the light from the four lit candles, let it remind you that we [...]

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Let the Children Play

by Alesa Campbell

During the Christmas season many years ago, I gave my students color sheets with holiday themes on them. I gave them Santa pictures, reindeer to color, Christmas trees, candy canes, snow men, snow flakes, gifts and ornaments. One day I gave them a color sheet of a nativity scene (this was back when [...]

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