Learning As I Go - A Chick-fil-a Christmas?

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A Chick-fil-a Christmas?

There are lots of reasons why I love Chick-fil-a. One, of course, is the best chicken sandwiches EVER! Two, their restaurants are always clean. I have not personally ever been in a dirty Chick-fil-a--even the restrooms. And I travel quite a bit, especially during conference season, and bathrooms are pretty important to me. :) Three--Rich won a contest two summers ago and we got to have a FREE Chick-fil-a block party. I may have blogged about that; I can't remember, but it was really fun! And did I say FREE??? We got the cow and everything. But last night, Danya was invited to sing at Chick-fil-a! So that is reason number four! Chick-fil-a knows good music!

She and Asa (guitarist extraordinaire) played everything from carols to some of Danya's originals to "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch." She did a great job on that one and I loved it! Anyway, we had so much fun and it was a great experience for her. Several of her friends came out to see her and our neighbors came, too, and it was really festive and Christmas-y.

I don't know what things are like at your house, but things are getting a little stressful around here, as it seems to the week before Christmas. I've been talking with my teens and tween a lot about attitudes and tone of voice, which always seems to go along with getting off of our regular schedules. Lifeway ran an older Christmas article of mine yesterday, "Unwrap the Best Gifts." You can find it here. I thought it had some good ideas in it that I'm going to go back and use right now (LOL!), including getting some Christmas Scripture posted around the house. The article also brought to mind my little neighbor (in the opening of the article), Isaiah, who lost his dad to cancer not long after that article ran. Remembering those who have lost loved ones in the past year can help us all to be more thankful for the real blessings in our lives: people.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by charles0322

I also like them because their play areas are generally open. You can see the kids everywhere. They also have those little handy whipes available so the kids can whipe their hands before cleaning.

Plus, they are closed on Sunday. I saw an interview with the founder and he said he wanted his employees to be home with their families and have a chance to go to church. He also talked about how many companies called him a fool for closing on Sun. He said he found it very interesting that Chick-fil-a makes more money in 6 days than Burger King does in 7. So he was content with God's blessing.

The company will also set up a hiring booth at many homeschool conventions.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by nancysnook

I always had a great respect for Chick-fil-A because they refuse to open on Sundays! They used to be ridiculed over it, years and years ago, but now I think it's just accepted. I love the owner's idea of not having employees away from their families on Sunday because he wants them to be able to worship. One of the first things I read at a Chick-fil-A, in a mall no less, was a sign explaining they were closed on Sundays so their families could worship the Lord.

http://www.academieguertinhomeschool.com/Benefit/Stoutindex.html

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