12.2.17 // Expecting the Messiah: What Our Culture Has Done with Christmas
On your marks, get set, GO!!! 1. Turn on the Christmas music… Check! 2. Get a Peppermint Bark Latte… Check! 3. Watch unending Christmas movies… Check! 4. Buy special Christmas wrapping paper from kids’ school fundraisers… Check! 5. Make an advent calendar… Check! 6. Give some cash to the Salvation Army Santa… Check! 7. Say, “Merry Christmas,” as you pass a stranger… Check! 8. Be reminded that you should say, “Happy Holidays,” instead… Check! 9. Take Christmas pictures for Christmas cards… Check! 10. Order Christmas cards... Check! 11. Mail Christmas cards… Check! 12. Determine your Christmas budget… Check! 13. Participate faithfully in “Elf on the Shelf” tradition (and be supermom with regard to creativity)… Check! 14. Plan for teacher gifts… Check! 15. Buy/make teacher gifts… Check! 16. Help kids shop for their friends… Check! 17. Send treats and gifts for your children’s classmates… Check! 18. Pick