A Conpiracy I'll Confess to Believing In....

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  1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Hi Becca!

    We agree! Our family is changing the way we've "done" Christmas in the past. This video expresses well our discussions and decision to have a different kind of Christmas this year! I love all the tradition and of course we're keeping lots of it (like the singing Christmas songs, reading the Christmas story from Luke, gathering as a family, eating good food, playing games, etc.) Our goal is to take our whole family to help in a soup kitchen or something over the holidays to help us focus on others' needs and help the little ones have a different perspective than they've been exposed to at Grandma's & Grandpa's house where they received too many gifts! It is difficult for me to change! But we all agree on this.

    Thanks for sharing!
    Love ya,
    Aunt Anita

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