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Country Girl married to an awesome Country Boy!
We are raising our 4 children to love and serve our Lord Jesus!
I am striving every day to live a simple life, a life of joy!
I am now the owner of my own website business. My passion is to bring families together at the supper table! www.simplefamilysupper.com
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Awesome Idea!
I was just visiting some blogs and found this wonderful idea on Amy's blog. I really love this idea!!!!! I do believe Christmas in 2008 will look like this in our home!
We have a wonderful gift giving ritual in our home. It is so simple and lovely that I must pass it on. Our children get 3 gifts from us. We give Wise Men Gifts- Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.
Gold gift- In honor of the gold given to Baby Jesus this is an expensive gift that they have really been wanting- the most desired gift on their Christmas list.
Frankincense Gift- In honor of the Frankincense given to Baby Jesus- which was an incense used extensively in the Jewish temples at the time- this gift is something that will help you in your Christian walk- such as a Bible, devotional, Adventures in Odyssey CDs, Veggie Tales DVDs, and Jonathan Park CDs etc.
Myrrh Gift- In honor of the Myrrh presented to Baby Jesus- a spice used to cover the body in preparation for burial- this gift is something that will cover or perfume the body- such as clothing or bath/beauty products (lotion, body wash, bubble bath).
A friend of mine gave me some real frankincense and myrrh which I divided into beautiful little bags for each child. I then made beautiful fancy tags that explained the meaning of each (note: we wrap the gold gift in gold paper) that top each present every year.
In this way we have not only paired down and simplified our gift giving but we have brought Christ back into focus for our children. Each year we discuss the meaning behind each gift before we opened them. Mr. Steady and I also do the 3 Wise Men gifts for each other.
Besides their 3 gifts, our children receive a special pair of Christmas jammies to be opened right before bed on Christmas Eve and each child also gets a special bag filled with new books.
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Posted: 11:43, Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
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Being Solution Focused
Heather- thank you for linking to me. Great to hear from you!
I love the saying for 2008- Solution Focused!
That is our desire also.
I am praying that God would guide us to the right solutions!
Thanks again- Amy W |
Posted by YPAmy5 at 12:59, Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
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Good idea. I have a friend who does this and I thought with our 20 month old we would be fine and not go overboard. LOL WRONG!!! We went overboard and I was feeling badly about it the day after Christmas this year. I would liek to impliment the 3 gifts for next year with our little one as well.
God's Blessings,
Amy Jo
Thanks for sharing Heather! |
Posted by gabbie427 at 03:01, Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
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