Comments on: Simple Living during the Silly Season http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 lightening Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:50:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2296 Ali - thank you. It's great that Christmas for you is about family time. :)<br/><br/>Anon - what you are doing sounds FANTASTIC! I love Operation Christmas Child (that's the same company that do the shoeboxes isn't it? My kids love doing those. It's such a tangible thing to help them understand. We haven't done them this year though for various reasons).<br/><br/>Mimi - I read your comment last night just before I went to bed and it really did my heart good. I love the "blessed out instead of stressed out" phrase. :) Thank you.<br/><br/>Lisa - thank you. I will look for that now. :)<br/><br/>Katie - hope part 2 has lived up to your expectations. Thanks for your comment. :) Ali - thank you. It’s great that Christmas for you is about family time. :)

Anon - what you are doing sounds FANTASTIC! I love Operation Christmas Child (that’s the same company that do the shoeboxes isn’t it? My kids love doing those. It’s such a tangible thing to help them understand. We haven’t done them this year though for various reasons).

Mimi - I read your comment last night just before I went to bed and it really did my heart good. I love the “blessed out instead of stressed out” phrase. :) Thank you.

Lisa - thank you. I will look for that now. :)

Katie - hope part 2 has lived up to your expectations. Thanks for your comment. :)

]]> By: Katie http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Katie Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2295 Amen, so true.<br/>We can still enjoy decorations and presents and carols - it's the extra things we do that count, like donating to charity, or buying some presents for the Wishing Tree etc. The best feeling at Christmas is being able to celebrate it knowing you have helped someone else have a wonderful Christmas too.<br/><br/>That's what it's all about. :)<br/><br/>Looking forward to part 2. Amen, so true.
We can still enjoy decorations and presents and carols - it’s the extra things we do that count, like donating to charity, or buying some presents for the Wishing Tree etc. The best feeling at Christmas is being able to celebrate it knowing you have helped someone else have a wonderful Christmas too.

That’s what it’s all about. :)

Looking forward to part 2.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Lisa Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2294 Christmas is nothing without friendship, family of any shape and giving....giving has so many aspects! L, wanted to send you a bit of fun for your blog....go to clocklink.com and choose the "holiday" tab for a very cute Santa digital clock for your virtual stocking. Christmas is nothing without friendship, family of any shape and giving….giving has so many aspects! L, wanted to send you a bit of fun for your blog….go to clocklink.com and choose the “holiday” tab for a very cute Santa digital clock for your virtual stocking.

]]> By: Mimi http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 Mimi Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2293 You truly have the spirit of Christmas... and it can be a wonderful time if we don't allow the Gift Giving to get out of hand...I love to concentrate on the carols...village scenes... and Christmas cantata...<br/>and as long as we remember that "Jesus is the reason for the season" we should not be stressed out but blessed out!!! You truly have the spirit of Christmas… and it can be a wonderful time if we don’t allow the Gift Giving to get out of hand…I love to concentrate on the carols…village scenes… and Christmas cantata…
and as long as we remember that “Jesus is the reason for the season” we should not be stressed out but blessed out!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 Anonymous Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2292 We have simplified Christmas in a big way and make a donation to Operation Christmas child each year instead of the outragous amount of money we used to spend on gifts. We now only buy very small token gifts but if someone is stressed or broke, we want their company. Its ok to show up empty handed. I love doing the cooking, but the family all say its not worth getting stressed over and a ham sandwich and potato salad will do if Mum is stressed. We have simplified Christmas in a big way and make a donation to Operation Christmas child each year instead of the outragous amount of money we used to spend on gifts. We now only buy very small token gifts but if someone is stressed or broke, we want their company. Its ok to show up empty handed. I love doing the cooking, but the family all say its not worth getting stressed over and a ham sandwich and potato salad will do if Mum is stressed.

]]> By: Ali http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/11/13/simple-living-during-the-silly-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Ali Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/?p=474#comment-2291 I like what you wrote Jodi!! To our family Christmas has always been about family time :) I like what you wrote Jodi!! To our family Christmas has always been about family time :)

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