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The Big Man in Red
Every year since the boys were born, I have struggled with maintaining a balance between the commercialism of an American Christmas and the real meaning of Christmas, the miracle of Christ’s birth. This year, at four and six, the boys were better able to understand and to participate in the Advent celebration, and the true…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
A walk through the mall or down a city street, a trip to them mailbox, a glance at the television: all will surely help to emphasize the fact that Christmas is coming! Store aisles are lined with Christmas trees, ornaments, stockings, and lights; mailboxes are filled with holiday catalogs, and television commercials are clearly the…
Christmas Baking
Each year at the start of our Christmas preparations, I have lofty plans of baking a variety of cookies in time for the holidays and each year, I manage to bake one or two batches of cookies at most. This year though was going to be different! Ryan and I were going to bake each…
Eating Socks
“Santa, please bring 10,000 LEGOs!” I am convinced that my children eat socks! I buy socks in pairs; I wash socks in pairs; oftentimes I even put socks away in pairs… so why then when it is time to put socks on their feet can I not find pairs of socks?! Today, we were going…