Christmas Conversation #14: Do lighting displays add to or detract from the real meaning of Christmas?
Christmas Conversation #14: Do lighting displays add to or detract from the real meaning of Christmas?By Stacey TuttleIt’s Christmastime and people around the US are risking their lives on their rooftops putting up Christmas lights. There are those who choose
Christmas Conversation #12: What Christmas traditions have you chosen not to follow and what have you replaced them with?
By Stacey Tuttle We have been talking about Christmas traditions the past few days. Which ones have been most meaningful? What do you about Santa? Now we are going to take a slightly more negative approach and ask you if there
Christmas Conversation #11: Is Santa a naughty or nice Christmas tradition and why?
Christmas Conversation #11: Is Santa a naughty or nice Christmas tradition and why? By Stacey Tuttle Even if you don’t have kids, you were once a kid yourself, so you surely have something to say about this topic. Santa. What do you
Christmas Conversation #10: What are your favorite service-oriented things to do during Christmas?
Part of giving is serving. Many people make Christmas a time to do something to help those less fortunate – whether strangers or friends. We want to hear from you! Tell us some of your favorite service-oriented things you have done
Christmas Conversation #9: How much is too much when it comes to giving your kids gifts for Christmas?
Since we were just talking about guarding our kids from focusing solely on the gifts they will be getting, another related question came to mind. It’s the question of excess. How much is too much? How does your family handle the
Christmas Conversations #8: How do you get your kids’ attention (or even your own!) off of the gifts they get?
One of the biggest and most meaningful Christmas traditions is that of giving gifts. We imitate the Father in this, who gave his only son to us. But the flip side of that tradition is the tradition of receiving. For
Christmas Conversation #7: What’s the most meaningful Christmas tradition that your family has?
Christmas Conversation #7: What’s the most meaningful Christmas tradition that your family has? By Stacey Tuttle - Christmas for many is a time of traditions. Some are fun…some are serious…some are serving…some are receiving… And usually, we maintain a tradition because
Christmas Conversations #6: What’s the worst Christmas movie and why?
By Stacey Tuttle While we are on the subject of holiday movies, it’s inevitable that there is some movie that you feel is just THE WORST. Maybe it’s a deep theological, insightful, very wise reason behind your dislike. Or maybe there’s
Christmas Conversations #5: What’s your best idea for using a Christmas movie to spark a conversation about Christ?
By Stacey Tuttle It’s cold outside, it gets dark early, kids are home on school break and whether your family takes advantage of all the blockbuster releases and goes out to the movies, or they relish the tradition of holiday classics
Christmas Conversations #4: What’s the worst Christmas song and why?
By Stacey Tuttle Yesterday we kind of had a heavy discussion about Christmas music and it’s meaning. Today we wanted to have a more light-hearted discussion about Christmas music. It’s a simple question – What, in your opinion, is the WORST
Christmas Conversations #3: What do you think about Christmas music?
By Stacey Tuttle One Christmas while working at the mall in a children’s store, I started noticing the music—not hard to do when the same songs play over and over again. I started noticing the messages of some of the holiday
Christmas Conversation #25: What is the most meaningful Christmas memory you have?
By Stacey Tuttle OK, we have done 24 days of questions, most of them fairly intense. Today is Christmas. Happy Birthday Jesus! Let’s take a breather today and enjoy a stroll down memory lane. Here is a question for the sentimentalist
Christmas Conversation #24: How do you respond to feeling like someone else “does Christmas better” than you?
By Stacey Tuttle Do you have a Martha Stewart protégé for your neighbor? You know the kind. She has her Christmas decorations expertly in place the day after Thanksgiving, complete with all homemade ornaments that make even Christopher Radko green with
Christmas Conversation #17: “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas”— Does it really matter?
By Stacey Tuttle How important are the words we speak? Does saying Merry Christmas really communicate the love of God? Does saying Happy Holidays always mean a person is trying to take all things Christian out of the season? Is saying