Happy Thanksgiving and Buckle Your Seatbelts!

Happy Thanksgiving! And, if you've been enjoying the pre-Thanksgiving "calm before the storm," all I can say is: enjoy it while it lasts! ;)

Starting just a little over 24 hours from now are the biggest 30 or so shopping days of the year. And, that along with other things, means that the battle over Christmas will only heat up even more. That's what The Christmas Watch is here for.

~Kingdom Advancer

Turkey Day?

Okay, I confess, this is about Thanksgiving, not Christmas. Sue me.

I just wanted to share that today, while I was at ACC (Austin Community College, where I take Chemistry for both high school and college credit), this guy was talking on the phone, and I heard him say something like, "Okay, so what are you doing for - ". He paused, "...turkey day?" It seemed like he was going to say thanksgiving, but decided that it wouldn't be appropriate to mention thanks to God. Rather, one should call it "Turkey Day," so as not to insult anyone.

I'm going caroling soon (in ASL, what's more), and all the songs are about Jesus, except "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," but that's just one in about ten, and theres nothing about Santa or Rudolph or anything like that, plus, it has the words "good tidings," which are straight out of the Bible.

I'm the newie~watch out!

My name is Lanna, and I am now part of the Christmas Watch.

Thou I am not all for the holiday, I do see an awful amount of Christmas things the are taking our beloved Christ out of our well known Christmas.
Things like Santa and elves, and getting gifts and displaying selfishness.

Some try to avoid these self-pleasing ideas, but it's hard to escape them.

When I was a little girl, maybe fiveish, I remember getting home after sharing our holiday with my grandparents, aunts, and uncles. I had large garbage bags full of stuff, that my father was struggling to carry. But I remember saying "How come I didn't get very much? Everyone got more then me!"
My parents were up-set.

People give gifts, expecting gifts in return. Maybe bigger, maybe better, maybe many gifts.
People have it set deep in there minds at all times, what will I get for Christmas?
People think that you can let Christmas be of just giving to each other, and not giving of Christ.

Most people say that the time of the year is perfect for giving, is not the rest?

I'm not saying that I think that giving on this holiday is bad, I'm saying that if you can give all the presents you buy without getting something back, then you are celebrating the true Christmas.

Give to God's people, not to yourself. That's how I see that.

Lanna