Comments on: Christmas Isn’t All About Material Things

By: myeg flash

myeg flash — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:12:57 +0000

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By: Bay Area Lawyer

Bay Area Lawyer — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:22:13 +0000

Wow that is pretty cool.

By: saedel

saedel — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:45:30 +0000

@Jenn – Thanks for including this post to your carnival. I’ll submit again if my post is relevant.

@Mom in Training – Wow, nice idea! I’ll remember that and will make sure to do the same thing. Thanks for sharing!

@Renae – Thanks for the kind words. And I agree with you about togetherness. I visited your blog, by the way. How was your new year?

By: Renae

Renae — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:32:07 +0000

Yes, children do mimic their parents more than we like to admit, but your post is very encouraging. I think more than anything, children want to spend time with their parents. When I think of Christmas I think of the family traditions that brought us all together.

By: Mom in Training

Mom in Training — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:08:42 +0000

My daughter at 4 is introduced to Santa only this Christmas. She got a gift from “Santa” but I signed it and read it to her: Thanks for celebrating my birthday.From Jesus via Santa.

All these years, I never introduced her to Santa because I don’t want her to make the imaginary gift giver to be the center of our Christmas.

This was a good read.

By: Happy New Year's Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net

Happy New Year's Carnival of Family Life | Mixed Metaphor.net — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:12:57 +0000

[...] Saedel: Christmas Isn’t All About Material Things at Planet Saedel. Children mirror adult behavior. If they are exhibiting materialistic attitudes [...]

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:14:28 +0000

An excellent post. I’m happy to present it as part of the Happy New Year’s Carnival of Family Life which I am hosting 12/31/07 at Mixed Metaphor.net! Hope you’ll drop by the party and join in the festivities — we have many wonderful entries this week!

By: How To Spend Christmas and Holiday Vacation Wisely at Planet Saedel | PlanetSaedel | PlanetSaedel.com | Saedel Pensoy

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:36:03 +0000

[...] Spend Quality Time With Family – Christmas, like what Jeni has commented in my previous post, is a time for togetherness. Holiday vacation is meant for family traditions. [...]

By: Marcus Langford

Marcus Langford — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:00:16 +0000

I think Christmas has become one of the most blasphemous and commercially-driven holidays ever. I never celebrated Christmas anyway because of my religious background, but even if not for that, I am sure I wouldn’t be excited to celebrate the holiday and I would be hard pressed to raise my children to believe in the holiday.

My saying this is not a knock on anyone that celebrates Christmas because I believe that some celebrate Christmas for what it is really for. Overall, I am just disgusted how Jesus’ birth becomes commercially viable for multi-billion dollar corporations.

I do wish everyone here a safe and enjoyable holiday season.

MARCUS LANGFORD

By: Jeni Hill Ertmer

Jeni Hill Ertmer — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:33:12 +0000

Very interesting results there! I can tell though you have never encountered my 16-year-old stepgranddaughter! But then, she was not brought up by her dad and previous stepmother -or her biological mother – to have any knowledge, understanding really of what Christmas is about -other than just presents and Santa Claus. She is getting a bit better about that aspect as she matures but its going to be a long hard haul.

Maya right now is too little to understand either concept – just recognizes Santa by picture but doesn’t know the meaning yet. Hopefully by next Christmas, she will be that much more comprehending though.

But I do think you are on target in that all too often parents take the tact that they want their child to have all and more than they had. Well, I want that for my kids and grandkids too but the thing of it is, what I had at Christmas that always made it so special was the family, love, sharing, Christmas church services, programs at Sunday School and even at school too. Yes, there were presents but not in abundance -it was having my aunts/uncles, grandparents, cousins – all around me that I wanted to emphasize for my kids and now, for them and my grandchildren too. Togetherness, peace, harmony.