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Christmas Countdown Help

12/22/2016

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It's three days until Christmas. Are we delighted or debilitated?

Try these five easy tips to make next year's holiday season more joyful than Tiny Tim on Christmas morning.

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5) Prep for next year.
Get in the habit of post-Christmas and other clearance shopping. 


Watch for new-in-package items at garage sales and thrift shops. 

Keep the gifts in a tote, and you'll have a head start for next Christmas. 
Try it for birthdays and baby showers too. 

4) Limit spending.
Set a gift budget and stick with it, even when those mounted singing reindeer heads beckon. 


Re-gifting is great, especially if you've received a mounted singing reindeer head.

When you get a potential re-gifting item, tape a note on it. 
Include the date and who it's from to keep from giving it back to the original giver.

3) Break Tradition.
If you always cook a feast for your extended family, ask each member to bring along a side-dish instead. 


You'll save time and money. Plus it assures your guests of one dish they'll enjoy--their own. 

Create new traditions, like taking a special family outing in lieu of gifts. Seriously, how many Xbox games do your children need?  

2) Under-commit.
It's OK to say no.
"Sorry, I can't host the ... cook the... head up the ..." 
No need to explain why. 

A simple, "I'm sorry, I can't." suffices. 

You might need to repeat it several times, or threaten them with a mounted singing reindeer head, but it will work.
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1) Remember why we celebrate Christmas in the first place.
Focus on the joy of Jesus birth. Let cooking, cleaning, and shopping take a back seat to the great news found in Luke 2:11:



"The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!"

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Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
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