http://socyberty.com/holidays/christmas-denied/ Thu, 31 May 2012 15:43:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://socyberty.com/holidays/christmas-denied/comment-page-1/#comment-88557 Catelin Hoover Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:46:58 +0000 http://socyberty.com/holidays/christmas-denied/#comment-88557 Pete<br /> Good to read this at Christmas time, but somehow reading it now in February the message is still wonderful and timely. What you have said, I have experienced. For about 10 years Dad and I decided we could not afford to buy gifts, Dad's fixed income could not keep pace with the cost of living in California. During these 10 years, Christmas was a quiet holiday, my sisters who lived out of State, could not come home for Christmas.<br /> The experience was priceless, I found myself reflecting more on the Christmas Story. Dad came to know the Lord during this ten year time frame - a prayer of over forty years answered! I found myself looking forward to each Christmas once I became director of Children's Ministries, just the excitement and wonder of the kids..and how wonderful the Christmas programs seem to come together against some pretty strange odds. Truly I wish everyone could have the blessings of Christmas without all the commercialism. Thanks again for a wonderful article. Pete
Good to read this at Christmas time, but somehow reading it now in February the message is still wonderful and timely. What you have said, I have experienced. For about 10 years Dad and I decided we could not afford to buy gifts, Dad’s fixed income could not keep pace with the cost of living in California. During these 10 years, Christmas was a quiet holiday, my sisters who lived out of State, could not come home for Christmas.
The experience was priceless, I found myself reflecting more on the Christmas Story. Dad came to know the Lord during this ten year time frame – a prayer of over forty years answered! I found myself looking forward to each Christmas once I became director of Children’s Ministries, just the excitement and wonder of the kids..and how wonderful the Christmas programs seem to come together against some pretty strange odds. Truly I wish everyone could have the blessings of Christmas without all the commercialism. Thanks again for a wonderful article.

]]> http://socyberty.com/holidays/christmas-denied/comment-page-1/#comment-88561 denus Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:21:42 +0000 http://socyberty.com/holidays/christmas-denied/#comment-88561 not Christmas! :O not Christmas! :O

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