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Christmas and Advent

Advent articles and resources to help you prepare for the birth of Christ and celebrate his arrival on earth on Christmas.

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Advent and Christmas Articles

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Inspiring Ideas for Christmas Gifts that Give Back: 2023 Gift Guide

Give someone the gift of making a difference this Christmas
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Christmas Pageant

This service will primarily be led by children. They will reenact the nativity story while a narrator reads Luke 2…
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St. Nicholas Day

Christmas and Santa Claus. In the U.S. they seem inextricably bound...to many Christians' dismay. Our "right jolly old elf" somehow…
A wooden, African-style nativity against a white background
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Why I Love Nativities: They Are Reminders of the Incarnation
A French gazebo and Christmas tree decorated for the holidays.
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Celebrate Christmas at Home with One of These Global Traditions
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How to Make a Jesse Tree
clear focus of small purple plants among moss with blurred forest background
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How the Longing of Advent Points Us Toward Creation Care
Yellow and blue Christmas lights
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When Christmas Feels More Melancholy than Merry, These Carols Comfort Me
A young woman with a red plaid scarf looks expectantly out the window.
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I Asked Santa for a Bicycle, but God Gave a Better Gift
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