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corporatefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
389 Posts
Tamara
Pikeville
TN
USA
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 Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 2:46:09 PM
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Many years ago, when our children were still small, I began to simplify and evalute somethings in our lives. One of the biggies for me was Christmas. Way to commercialized. So as a family we decided to make changes. Gifts were limited to 3 for each child ( to represent the 3 gifts given to baby Jesus), as a family we would volunteer at the soup kitchen at least 2 x between Thanksgiving and Christmas ( to keep us focused on being Thankful), we would do something to help others - food drives, coat drives, help pay someones electric bill, etc... We made gifts to give to extended family - food baskets, herbal gifts, wood crafts. To this day I am so thankful we did this. Over the last few years our youngest son (age 17) has had a hard time thinking of three things to ask for. For us the meaning of Christmas is the birth of our Savior. It is a time to be with family and reflect on the blessings we have.
I was just wondering what some of you other farmgirls do to simplify the holidays and beat away the advertisers saying SPEND.
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 2:53:56 PM
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What a wonderful thing to teach your children. It is so commercialized and children get way more than they
need. I am trying to introduce my grandchildren to church activities for the holidays like the childrens plays and services. They need a prospective other than
wanting gifts. They need to learn to give to others. |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
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Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 3:22:11 PM
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| Tamara, your example is lovely, and will hopefully inspire many people. This line of thinking is the best gift you could ever give to your children, and no doubt they will take it with them throughout life, and bless you when they remember who started it. |
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
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elah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Emily
SW
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 05:26:08 AM
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Thanks for sharing Tamara! My DH and I are young with one young child and another on the way. We have been struggling with how to refocus Christmas back on the birth of Jesus. We started two years ago with giving only gifts we make or making a donation to a person's favorite charity as their gift. Some people loved the idea, other family members were offended. Either way we have stuck to it. I'll have to let me DH know about what your family does. It might help us to refocus even more!
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Nin
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Enjoyng life in the world of Peachy Hollow
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Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 2:31:35 PM
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This year we all plan to make our own gifts for each other so that Christmas has that nice personal touch :)
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