Tag: christmas
member name: Elizabeth S.
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December 20, 2009 10:17 PM EST --
I've worked child care for the local synagogue for years. This year I learned something different.
Friday night was the service where children bring their menorahs (or Chanukiahs) from home. Many . . .
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February 01, 2009 10:15 PM EST --
A few weeks after Christmas, most of the lights decorating the yards and houses were taken down and stored away. Here and there I noticed some shining brightly. The Gather experience made me wonder about . . .
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December 14, 2008 06:30 PM EST --
As I was driving down the highway today, listening to Christmas carols on the radio, I thought about how differently we all experienced Christmas. White Christmases don't happen here once every . . .
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December 11, 2008 07:05 PM EST --
I've always liked big Christmas trees. My mother insisted on a 4 foot artificial one for most of my life, so it's not a childhood thing. My first two homes as an adult had tall ceilings, so I . . .
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December 22, 2008 03:48 PM EST --
This has been a good Christmas time. I've spiritually been in a good place to celebrate Jesus' birthday. I'm not a big shopper though, and I'm tired, cold and hungry.
Til today. Yesterday . . .
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December 13, 2009 08:17 PM EST --
Today I realized again how silly I can be. Normally, I think of Christmas when it starts getting dark around 5 p.m. and people turn on the lights. I thought my lack of Christmas spirit was maybe . . .
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December 26, 2008 04:37 PM EST --
On the way to my mother's house for our family Christmas celebration, I passed an intersection beggar with a handmade sign. He wrote "Christmas is for Caring and Sharing." There was more . . .
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December 11, 2008 03:57 PM EST --
This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone."
~ Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), English novelist.
Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a . . .
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December 15, 2008 02:54 PM EST --
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten . . .
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December 10, 2008 05:05 PM EST --
UK grandmother Frances Fearn has a long lasting Christmas tradition. Her husband Geoff, who died last year, received an 18" Christmas tree from his grandmother for his first Christmas. . . .
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November 24, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
As I read another's post about grandmothers on both sides calling to tell the kids there would be no presents this year, I thought about my grandmothers.
I don't think my maternal one ever . . .
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December 18, 2008 06:08 PM EST --
I've been enjoying all the beautiful colors of the trees. Sunday was a beautiful sunny day, getting up to 79 and great short sleeve weather. The wind picked up a little colder that night. We woke . . .
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December 30, 2008 11:04 PM EST --
While I'm not fond of shopping more than an hour at a time, I love buying gifts for people. When I first graduated from college, I enjoyed being one of the family members that got gifts for all the . . .
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December 12, 2008 04:02 PM EST --
When I was very young, my father joined with an old friend to revitalize or start churches in rural areas. We'd travel 90 miles to go to church every Sunday morning and stay all day. My father would . . .
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December 04, 2008 07:08 PM EST --
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?...
Gift bags. I wrap like a clumsy 5 year old.
2. Real tree or Fake....
None this year. I love real trees, but we are allergic. This hear all of us are having allergy . . .
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December 06, 2009 09:25 PM EST --
I've been noticing that fewer houses around here are decorating for the holidays. My block alone usually has more than half the houses with lights, but so far only has 4 decorated. When driving to and . . .
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