How Do You Take Consumerism Out Of Christmas?
Let’s face it, it’s hard to even find a nativity scene at many large department stores. The meaning of Christmas is becoming blown away by the greedy consumer aspect of gift giving. I will teach you some great ways to keep the true meaning of Christmas, while casting off the corporate meaning of Christmas, which is money. Keep gifts simple, humble, and from the heart. Make home made gifts for people such as treats, cookies, candy, knitted hats or scarves. Make a humble budget for what you actually buy. Build nativity scenes with hot glue and sticks that you find from outside. Have your family all participate in the project and talk about how it must have been for Mary when Jesus was born. Emphasize how a manger must have been cold and not ideal for a birth of our savior. Do things for other people and charities. Make sure that your family understand that giving is much more important than receiving. Read the story of Christmas from the Bible. Make sure that your entire family understan
