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Kat:
Hi Bamabee,
Well while I was in church all those years, I had a lot of things come to mind that didn't sound right. i ask questions a few times and didn't get satisfactory answers, so I didn't question what they were saying. i just kept sinking into a deeper and deeper spiritual stupper. Didn't think they had the truth, didn't think anybody had much of it. It took me coming out and looking back to see how bad it was. By all I went through, it did teach me now what to look out for, in retrospect. Those bells certainly do go off now, when I hear any of what I heard while in the church.
I don't go along with any of the xmas festivities. I just tell them straight up, I don't believe it is Biblical. I let my immediate family know they could do as they like, just leave me out of it. Each family has to go about it in whatever way works best for them.
We had a long thread on xmas last year, here is the link.
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,2155.0.html
mercy, peace, and love
Kat
Craig:
I have no problem with christmas. The family gets together, has a good time, exchanges gifts and for the most part put away any differences we might have. If God wants to pull me away from this then He will, I feel no need to stop on my own.
And so far He has not stopped me.
Craig
LittleBear:
Hi Bamabee,
My husband and I downsized Christmas last year. I think you have to take the bull by the horns, so to speak, and make yourself clear to everyone what you are willing and not willing to do. We announced to both sides that we would not be taking part in a gift exchange. Some respected that and some didn't. Two of my brothers didn't, and they bought us gifts. We simply accepted the gifts with thanks, and that was that. No apologies about oh, sorry, but we didn't get you anything because we already told you guys that we were not doing the gift exchange thing. If they want to get us gifts, well, OK.
For the sake of my elderly parents, we do go for Christmas dinner. No big deal.
On my husband's side, it was respected all round.
Also, you could go away somewhere. That would be really romantic too!
Love,
Ursula
Bamabee:
Thanks Kat, I should have done a search on that. I'm not implying that celebrating is wrong for everyone. But, we have noticed how materialistic our little girl gets at that time of year. And, it is not just her. Also, we always feel tremendous pressure to come up with the money for presents for everyone in our very large family, add this to plane fare (we live in NY, family in GA), the crowds, the "lets keep Christ in Christmas" AAAAAAH! It's too much. I worry about my little girl, though. And how she will handle it.
Bamabee:
Thanks again Kat, I read the whole thing, wow. I don't want to get that started again.
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