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What is better than home baking?? Forget spending all that money on Christmas presents (that they may not even like or use!) for your extended family and others you like to give gifts to at this time of the year...what about some yummy fudge? How about chocolate chip cookies...or my personal favorite at this time of the year...gingerbread!! Yummy!! Find some festive paper plates, little baskets, or boxes (try the dollar store!), tie it up with a festive ribbon and a candy cane! Get creative!! What a neat project to get the children involved in!
Remember it's not about how much money you spend...don't let the commercialism of "xmas" pull the wool over your eyes!! This is the season to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ!! It's the season to connect with our family and make sweet memories!! It's NOT the season to bankrupt your family buying gifts you can't afford, for people who probably won't like them...not to mention the stress of shopping at this time of the year...why do you think they call it the "silly season"? Turn this "silly season" into the "sweet season", bake with your precious babies, have fun getting creative in the kitchen (BTW choc chip cookies, cakes and muffins freeze really well, so you can make them in advance!).
Last but not least, don't forget those less fortunate than yourselves this Christmas...is there a nursing home you can visit to sing carols or just spend time listening and chatting to some-one who has no family to visit them, maybe getting the children to make them a homemade Christmas card? Can you help out with the Salvation Army or homeless shelter Christmas dinner? You don't have to have spare money to help others this Christmas...just the love of Jesus to share with the lost and hurting.
God bless you
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