Comments on: 7 Ways to Enjoy a Simple Christmas

By: Colette Winston

Colette Winston — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:15:18 +0000

You have lots of great ideas here! We have come to the point where we don’t really exchange gifts at Christmas, but rather place the focus on the individual family member’s birthday. Even then, we take care with the gift that we give, and finding out what they could really use. Since I use therapeutic grade essential oils, that is what we give our grown children and their spouses. The grandchildren get a gift that their parents “approve”!
All of our children and grandchildren were here for Canadian Thanksgiving just over a week ago. WE MADE MEMORIES!!! We all hiked in to a favorite, remote waterfall campsite and enjoyed a wiener roast, photos, & great family times. Later that evening, we built a campfire in our back yard to visit around. Sunday was a day of cooking the 35lb. turkey, pies, and other delicious food! This was my “Christmas” this year as it will just be my husband and I together on December 25th, and I loved every minute of it! No gifts were exchanged :)

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:24:08 +0000

My favourite suggestion of yours is sharing experiences instead of gifts. We don’t need extra clutter in our houses, specially if it’s something we don’t need :)

By: Eliza Cross

Eliza Cross — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:35:20 +0000

In reply to Elaine St Louis. What a beautiful idea, Elaine. I love that the animals help produce income for the families, so your gift helps long term. Thanks for the link to World Vision. xoxo

By: Elaine St Louis

Elaine St Louis — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:46:41 +0000

I have had really great responses from gifts that help others. Especially farm animals! There are so many affordable prices and I like to get creative with a card that explains how it will help so many people. https://donate.worldvision.org/gift-catalog/animals