Heading for the Christmas Holiday

Good morning,

Well, we survived Thanksgiving and we are heading into the Christmas Holiday season!
The Christmas season is not only under attack but we find now that Christians are fighting back and Christmas is becoming fashionable once again.
We refuse to let the left in this country remove our Christmas traditions because it offends a few.
No, let them live with it. Learn to adjust and enjoy your own beliefs but the majority rules in this country and we are tired of bowing to the few that disagree with our long standing traditions that don't hurt anyone and has only served to enrich peoples lives with the gratification and satisfaction of giving, the kind of giving that this compassionate, angelic holiday can only do.

Now, let me say this about the holiday season. Don't be stressed out while trying to make a Christmas for your family. Shop, if necessary within your means...I mean this! Don't get carried away with popular material gifts and do the small things that can truly make your Christmas a holiday for your whole family to remember for years to come.
For example:
I started a tradition of putting an oven warmed brick that i would wrap in newspaper and place under the covers at the foot of each of my kids bed. The brick would be placed there about an hour before bedtime. It was special to Christmas Eve and they loved the surprise of discovering it every year because, for a brief moment, they would forget about the Christmas brick!... {It also made going to bed early a treat rather than a problem!} ...They will take that tradition and most likely past it on to their own children because of the warm and special magical feeling that it gave them.
Another tradition, that i haven't done with my family but I read about it and wished that i did,
is the Christmas Jar tradition. You take a large jar and keep it in a special place throughout the year. You mark it the "Christmas Jar" and tell the kids that all your spare change should be put into the jar throughout the year right up until Christmas Eve. Then, you all get together and decide on a needy family that is deserving of your Christmas Jar delivery. Then, on Christmas eve, you head out together and anonymously place the jar on their front porch, ring the bell and disappear. The family will discover the jar and you hope that it will help them get through a tough Christmas Holiday. This absolutely is a hit for a number of reasons that I'm sure you understand....The Christmas Jar tradition...try it out as well as the brick and any other small and wonderful traditions you can start with your family that become bigger than the material things that lie under the tree on Christmas morning!
Talk to you tomorrow.
potey17