A little thanks and giving
You would be hard pressed to find anyone more excited about Christmas than me. I'm kind of like the Whos down in Whoville. Can't wait for trees and lights and carols and shopping and Christmas stories!
But I also love Thanksgiving. I love the food and being with family. But most of all I love the thankfulness. The opportunity to humbly thank our Creator for the bounty all around us. A season of gratitude is just the thing we need to curb the greed that can creep into the Christmas season.
So I thought, why not put some thanks and giving into our Thanksgiving?
Now being grateful and giving to help those in need is it's own reward, but I thought I'd offer a little incentive. Everyone who participates in this little Thankfulness blogfest will be entered to win (what else?) Christmas story collections!
A signed copy of Checkin' It Twice, which contains my story "Broken Things."
A signed copy of Stolen Christmas, which contains my story "Shepherds and Kings."
An e-copy of Sing We Know of Christmas. (I'm not in this one, but all proceeds go to benefit kids with Down's Syndrome.)
Here's what you need to do.
Comment on this post with five unique things you are grateful for. Try to think outside the box. (1 entry)
Donate something to a charity (money, food, clothing--anything). It doesn't have to be a big donation. (1 entry)
Do something kind for someone else. Again, it doesn't have to be big. Just do something to make someone else's day a little brighter. (1 entry)
Fill out this form letting me know you did these, and you'll be entered. In fact, as many times as you do these things, you'll get another entry!
So let's get out there and put some thanks and giving into Thanksgiving! I promise you'll be glad you did.
But I also love Thanksgiving. I love the food and being with family. But most of all I love the thankfulness. The opportunity to humbly thank our Creator for the bounty all around us. A season of gratitude is just the thing we need to curb the greed that can creep into the Christmas season.
So I thought, why not put some thanks and giving into our Thanksgiving?
Now being grateful and giving to help those in need is it's own reward, but I thought I'd offer a little incentive. Everyone who participates in this little Thankfulness blogfest will be entered to win (what else?) Christmas story collections!
A signed copy of Checkin' It Twice, which contains my story "Broken Things."
A signed copy of Stolen Christmas, which contains my story "Shepherds and Kings."
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An e-copy of Sing We Know of Christmas. (I'm not in this one, but all proceeds go to benefit kids with Down's Syndrome.)Here's what you need to do.
Comment on this post with five unique things you are grateful for. Try to think outside the box. (1 entry)
Donate something to a charity (money, food, clothing--anything). It doesn't have to be a big donation. (1 entry)
Do something kind for someone else. Again, it doesn't have to be big. Just do something to make someone else's day a little brighter. (1 entry)
Fill out this form letting me know you did these, and you'll be entered. In fact, as many times as you do these things, you'll get another entry!
So let's get out there and put some thanks and giving into Thanksgiving! I promise you'll be glad you did.
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I feel that we got that love of holidays from Grandma Taylor! No one can do the holidays quite like she did/does. I remember meeting for Thanksgiving with 40+ people crammed into grandma and grandpas house and enjoying as many of Grandma's yummy rolls as we could before they were all gone! Than of course there are the White Elephant exchanges with the gifts that you fight for and those that keep coming back. Who can forget the best Halloween Parties around; the scavenger hunt, music videos, skit re-creations, true witches, and the Monster Mash. She taught us how to cook, how to love extended family and that dressing up is the best. So my 5 gratefuls: I am grateful to Grandma T. for teaching me the meaning of family, how to make the best rolls ever, instilling in me (and so many others) a love of the holidays for more than just getting presents, that Barbershop music is really the best, and that homemade gifts have the most meaning!
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