Last week my 7-year-old daughter made a sign, "Don't come in, Luke and Ben!" (Luke and Ben are her brothers), hung it on my door, and disappeared inside my bedroom to wrap Christmas presents, emerging …
It’s Fine: Keeping Christmas Meaningful and Manageable
All of a sudden it's November, that runaway train season of the year where time hurtles uncontrollably toward Christmas. Every year it's the same for me. I feel slightly confused by the Christmas …
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A New Twist on the Advent Calendar: Celebrating as a Family
Most of my life I've lived in places where the passage of time was marked by the changing of the seasons. As the weather grew warmer and wetter, I would look forward to the flowers and lengthening …
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A Less than Perfect (but Peaceful) Advent
Our house is a mess. Not only have we not gotten our Christmas decorations up, we're still putting away pumpkins, turkeys, and pilgrims. We've …
