Comments on: Rethinking Christmas: Gifts and Cards http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/ the faith walk of a home school family Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thistledewmercantile http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1173 thistledewmercantile Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:14:28 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1173 Hi Deb! What a great post... we're just getting into the "thinking about Christmas" mode, and it will be a cutting back year as well for us. However, we still want the thoughtfulness to be important, so crafting and really thinking about what would show our love will be on the top of the list! Thanks for the post! Kim :-) P.S. I just tagged you on my blog... Happy Thanksgiving! :-D Hi Deb!

What a great post… we’re just getting into the “thinking about Christmas” mode, and it will be a cutting back year as well for us. However, we still want the thoughtfulness to be important, so crafting and really thinking about what would show our love will be on the top of the list! Thanks for the post!

Kim :-)

P.S. I just tagged you on my blog… Happy Thanksgiving!
:-D

]]> By: JD http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1169 JD Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:08:06 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1169 Have I told you today how much I love you??! That post was such a breath of fresh air, such an eloquent reminder that gifts and money is not the way we measure our worth as human beings, family, friends... We narrowed it down to just our kids, sometimes each other, and my mom. We make rare exceptions. Rather than extend the list of people we give to, we focus our efforts on helping moms/kids at the battered women shelter in our city. It's our fourth year of being involved, and if people have any issues with our Christmas/Card list, we just explain that we, in their honor, have decided to help provide Christmas for families in crisis who would otherwise go without. Helps keep it in perspective!! Love ya! Have I told you today how much I love you??! That post was such a breath of fresh air, such an eloquent reminder that gifts and money is not the way we measure our worth as human beings, family, friends…

We narrowed it down to just our kids, sometimes each other, and my mom. We make rare exceptions. Rather than extend the list of people we give to, we focus our efforts on helping moms/kids at the battered women shelter in our city. It’s our fourth year of being involved, and if people have any issues with our Christmas/Card list, we just explain that we, in their honor, have decided to help provide Christmas for families in crisis who would otherwise go without. Helps keep it in perspective!!

Love ya!

]]> By: Julie http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1168 Julie Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:28:06 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1168 Thanks so much for your post. It is encouraging and reminds us all to get back to the basics of Christmas, Jesus himself. I needed that reminder this year. We are making a few homemade gifts this year also. One of my favorites that I am working on are hand crocheted dishwrags (a few dollars for a skein of cotton yarn), and I thought it would be fun to add hand soap, lotion, and maybe even a small kitchen candle. Looking forward to futher inspiration. Thanks so much for your post. It is encouraging and reminds us all to get back to the basics of Christmas, Jesus himself.

I needed that reminder this year.

We are making a few homemade gifts this year also. One of my favorites that I am working on are hand crocheted dishwrags (a few dollars for a skein of cotton yarn), and I thought it would be fun to add hand soap, lotion, and maybe even a small kitchen candle.

Looking forward to futher inspiration.

]]> By: alice http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1166 alice Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:21:07 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1166 Bless you! I have been having a lot of the same thoughts here. Usually I have Christmas shopping mostly done by now. But, this past year has been different for us. I haven't been able to keep up with my eBaying like normal, so my funds for extras are gone. With gas prices (the high ones, not the ones we have now) and the cost of living so much higher, Christmas has just slipped up on me with not much accomplished in tangibles. Thankfully, as Christians we know it's not about us, and not about gifts, but try explaining that to all those people who have collected gifts from you for years. I'm thinking my scrapbooking supplies are making a comeback in the next few weeks and I'll put all these photographs I've taken this year to work to make some awesome gifts. Thanks for the suggestion - lol! I just love your blog :). Bless you! I have been having a lot of the same thoughts here. Usually I have Christmas shopping mostly done by now. But, this past year has been different for us. I haven’t been able to keep up with my eBaying like normal, so my funds for extras are gone. With gas prices (the high ones, not the ones we have now) and the cost of living so much higher, Christmas has just slipped up on me with not much accomplished in tangibles. Thankfully, as Christians we know it’s not about us, and not about gifts, but try explaining that to all those people who have collected gifts from you for years. I’m thinking my scrapbooking supplies are making a comeback in the next few weeks and I’ll put all these photographs I’ve taken this year to work to make some awesome gifts. Thanks for the suggestion – lol! I just love your blog :) .

]]> By: Heather http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1165 Heather Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:21 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1165 I remember one of our mom's group teachers talking about how one year her husband, when asked what he wanted for Christmas, was that sh spend less money. So she cut back significantly with the help of the kids, spending only a small portion of it, and took the rest of the budgeted money, stuck it in an envelope and gave it to him for Christmas. It is interesting because we have spent years having no Christmas budget at all, where I would pull from our regular grocery budget to put a special meal on the table, pick up things at the thrift shop for gifts throughout the year, and make what I couldn't buy. This year we are actually spending money on people and it feels strange. Then again, my love language is NOT gifts, though it is service and I LOVE giving the perfect gift to others. I remember one of our mom’s group teachers talking about how one year her husband, when asked what he wanted for Christmas, was that sh spend less money. So she cut back significantly with the help of the kids, spending only a small portion of it, and took the rest of the budgeted money, stuck it in an envelope and gave it to him for Christmas.

It is interesting because we have spent years having no Christmas budget at all, where I would pull from our regular grocery budget to put a special meal on the table, pick up things at the thrift shop for gifts throughout the year, and make what I couldn’t buy. This year we are actually spending money on people and it feels strange. Then again, my love language is NOT gifts, though it is service and I LOVE giving the perfect gift to others.

]]> By: Leslie http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/rethinking-christmas-the-gift-list/#comment-1164 Leslie Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:59:26 +0000 http://aswewalk.wordpress.com/?p=2436#comment-1164 this was all so beautifully put. You have really hit the nail on the head. there are many things here that my family will also be considering this year.It is all pretty refreshing isn't it? this was all so beautifully put. You have really hit the nail on the head. there are many things here that my family will also be considering this year.It is all pretty refreshing isn’t it?

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