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How Much Do Americans Spend on Christmas Each Year?

$450 Billion

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Cheezy but True...

More Presenceand not

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Advent Conspiracy

If we can resist the trap of giving easy gifts, and if we can reject the assumption that giving expensive gifts or many gifts is the best way to express love, something else might begin to happen.  We might experience moments of relational giving that our friends and family will care about and remember.  Our kids will learn what it means to give gifts that are personal and meaningful. Our neighbors and coworkers and friends will watch us celebrate Christmas differently, and they’ll hear the good news loud and clear through the seasonal static.

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John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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1 Corinthians 12:14

Now I am ready to visit you for the

third time, and I will not be a burden

to you, because what I want is not your

possessions but you.

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Luke 15:15

Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;

life does not consist in an abundance of

possessions."

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Matthew 6:19-24

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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Matthew 6:19-24

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

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C.S. Lewis

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditures on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.

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Ideas for Spending Lesswww.rethinkingchristmas.com

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•Be considerate when spending money. •Set your budget; know your limit.•Consider each person on your list.•Consider your core values and whether what you are buying reflects those values.•Consider drawing names, giving one less gift than last year.

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