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Spiritual Gift Giving
by Carolyn Ellis

Description: Ideas for giving spiritual Christmas gifts.

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In our house at Christmas each child only gets one present, and that present is always something "spiritual": a new rosary, a statue, a life of a saint...it is St. Nicholas day (December 6th) that we exchange gifts on in our house.  The gifts we give are admittedly small, easily fitting into a 12-inch Christmas stocking.  The younger children's gifts will most likely be used.  The point of our departure from normal Christmas present mania is that many years ago my husband and I decided that we would do our best to keep Christmas as a spiritual holyday rather than a wish fulfillment fantasy. (Birthdays are our family's time for trying to spread a little wish fulfillment around.) 

Carolyn Ellis is a homeschooling mom and author of the 60 page self-published booklet "Beyond Homeschooling," $7 ppd.  To order make checks payable to Carolyn Ellis, 1109 Hilltop Drive, Irving TX, 75060.


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