Comments on: Come As You Are: Christmas Without the Frenzy

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:40:05 +0000

Congratgulations! What a double blessing!

By: Leigh from 123 blog

Leigh from 123 blog — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:58:52 +0000

OH MY WORD, here I am two years later and I have a fantastic testimony.

There were TWO little ones growing inside of me and those are now two very active 16-month-old boy/ girl twins.

I am amazed.

About Christmas, we went to see an uncle on the day but still just showed up with a salad and had a lovely, unstressful lunch.
Leigh from 123 blog´s last post ..Christmas cards

By: Sandra Mcculloch

Sandra Mcculloch — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:13:16 +0000

We are really going to simplify this year. We are going away by ourselves to a neat village called Helen in Georgia near the mountains. We are having Thanksgiving with family and they will be on their own for Christmas.

By: The Night the Lights Went Out

The Night the Lights Went Out — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:53:31 +0000

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:34:35 +0000

I look forward to reading more of your posts on this. What a wonderful topic. I have definitely been trying this in varying ways over the past several years and have felt/seen improvement but am also still experimenting. Kelly .-= Kelly´s last blog post ..12 more days . . . =-.

By: heidi @ wonder woman wannabe

heidi @ wonder woman wannabe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:35:22 +0000

I have been hearing/seeing more and more of this simplify idea, and it echos my own heart desires – I am really excited about narrowing our gift giving attitude. We are only giving our chilren 3 gifts
like the 3 gifts of the wisemen
1 – something they want
2 – something they need
3 – something to read
stockings are from santa but we emphasise that the reason we (and santa) give gifts are to celebrate Jesus. We have an advent calendar and this year we are reading a little at a time from a childrens nativity story each night after dinner to go with the calendar

By: Still

Still — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:05:17 +0000

[...] decision to not get organized for Christmas has been good so far. This is the first year in a really long time that my holiday success [...]

By: Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom

Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:19:48 +0000

We are simplifying the gift giving aspect quite a bit, but trying to make this and future holiday seasons rich with meaningful and fun traditions...this being the first year that our daughter will start to understand what's going on, we will likely make many revisions over the years. I put up a holiday activity garland, each link in the chain that we'll pull off to count the days until Christmas has a simple but fun activity (listen to Christmas music & drink hot chocolate, take a drive to look at lights, etc). I'm hoping this helps me schedule what we want to do in little bits without feeling overwhelmed. It may end up being to constraining, and if so, we'll adjust... great post! Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom´s last blog post..Friday Funnies - A What The? Moment and Flashback

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:01:30 +0000

We are definitely going simple this year. Instead of getting lots of presents, we’re only doing stockings, with a twist. Each stocking will contain: 1 DVD, 1 CD, 1 food item, 1 book, and a wildcard item. We think it’s going to be fun!