Like your parents and grandparents had, rather than the elaborate materialistic shebang that folks have the rest of the time? If so, what will you be doing differently?
Actually my grown daughters and extended family became more interested in the material items at Christmas and we lost the Christ in Christmas,, the forgiveness, the loving fun and fellowship, so we did a reassessment about what we wanted our Christmas to be like. We now do white elephant or Chinese Christmas with the extended family. We have a feast, play lots of rowdy card and board games,invite friends to join us and then we MAKE A WONDERFUL MEMORY..that’s whats important to me. No more but I didn’t get such and such because the emphasis is not on the gifts but on the fellowship.
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Actually my grown daughters and extended family became more interested in the material items at Christmas and we lost the Christ in Christmas,, the forgiveness, the loving fun and fellowship, so we did a reassessment about what we wanted our Christmas to be like. We now do white elephant or Chinese Christmas with the extended family. We have a feast, play lots of rowdy card and board games,invite friends to join us and then we MAKE A WONDERFUL MEMORY..that’s whats important to me. No more but I didn’t get such and such because the emphasis is not on the gifts but on the fellowship.
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Actually, I’m going to New York with my best friend for 13 years for christmas. I’m form Dallas and I’ve wanted to go to New York since I was in 4th grade. It should be exciting.
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due to the economy we are only getting for our grandchildren we have seven so each will get one toy and an outfit.. all the adults understand they are in the same boat…But we will still have the tree and yard decorated and thank god for what we do have we will have a nice dinner like always….
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This year the simple old fashioned Christmas is what I am going to do with my son! Not only am I doing this b/c of the recession, but i think I have learned a lot about kids now a days, particularly in the most recent months, taking things for granted! Most kids don’t really ever experiencing the true meaning of Christmas! We are going to keep the artificial tree and store bought ornaments in the basement this year and cut down our own tree and make homemade decorations, then after that I am going to help him MAKE gifts for the family instead of buying things that will eventually end up in the trash or put into a box somewhere! Also I think we are going back to reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and spending more QUALITY time together rather than worrying about how many presents everyone got, or how much money was spent on each person etc…
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yeah, everyone except my newphew is getting home made blankets pretty much… its a great gift and its something i will put a lot of heart an time in
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Yes we will. I am going to be making the gifts I give this year. I always purchased store bought gifts for my family for Christmas before, but my family became bored with them less than a week later. So this year everything will be handmade.
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We are not exactly doing an "old-fashioned" Christmas but we are definitely scaling back and looking for more bargains. I started shopping a couple of weeks ago using eBay and have been pretty successful in finding these much cheaper than retail. Less money and fewer gifts will reign supreme in our home this Christmas. Good luck to all….
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