Christmas in September?

Christmas Decorations trigger us to spend
Christmas Decorations trigger us to spend

 

If there was no gift giving, what would Christmas mean to each of us?

And for how long?

Christmas in September? Society, through media and big budget marketing, has spent decades hyping up the Christmas gift giving tradition. Look at black Friday and cyber Monday after Thanksgiving. All intended to get us to spend a lot of money.

Yesterday and the day before I spent time, all of four waking hours total.

Time is money, and I spent as much as possible.

Four hours over two days doesn’t seem like much.

Compared to possibly never seeing them again, four hours was a jackpot.

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101 days later

Christmas day, 2012, 9:30pm…

  • run 2 miles before breakfast
  • started with delivering Food for Families
  • fire in fireplace, doors, windows open (74 degrees)
  • lunch at McDonalds drive thru on way home
  • opened presents
  • nap
  • Family walk with Cooper (Dog)
  • met and visited with new neighbors
  • opened remaining gifts from relatives
  • phone calls home
  • dinner
  • watched Christmas movies
  • fire out
  • almost didn’t write five blogs
  • bed time

101 days later, re-read this and pray that today’s feeling of overwhelming hope and joy will feel the same on April 6, 2013. Life really is about attitude.

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jeff noel Shares A Mid Life Celebration Christmas Tradition Different From Yesterdays

Delivering Food For Families On Christmas Day Is A 12-Year Midlife Celebration Tradition

Midlife Celebration has a 12-year Christmas tradition delivering Food For Families in West Orange County every Christmas morning. As a blessed-beyond-measure Baby Boomer, I wanted to start a Family tradition that put the focus on others first. The commercialization of material Christmas gifts lures me in the wrong direction.

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Mid Life Celebration Invites You To Share A Special Christmas Tradition

Milk & Cookies For Santa. Santa Always Leaves A Special Note For Our Son & Something For Our Dog

A Mid Life Celebration Christmas tradition my wife started was the basic milk and cookies left out for Santa. But what Cheryl has done to plus it up is share a special note from Santa to our Son, recapping Chapin’s past year. It’s a marvelous way to help him appreciate his past year’s milestones. Time marches on…

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