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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Book Review: Christ Centered Christmas

If you're still looking for ways to make the Christmas season memorable for your family, you might find some helpful ideas in Hal and Melanie Young's book, Christ-Centered Christmas. This is one family with whom I would love to share the Christmas season!! They know how to celebrate with food and song!

Written in a personal, easy-to-read style, you'll find a smidgeon of this and a smidgeon of that that's sure to get you thinking about what types of traditions you can incorporate in your home to help you and your family stay focused on Christ throughout the Christmas season.

What's inside?

  • Almost two dozen recipes (Alhough you'll have to do some substituting if you're looking for whole-food/healthy recipes.)
  • Beautiful Scripture arrangement of the Christmas story
  • A little over a dozen Christ-centered carols with short introductions and lyrics
  • A bit of frugal decorating advice
  • A smidgeon of church history
  • Helpful suggestions on how to teach children to walk in humility with those who do not celebrate exactly as we do (particularly helpful for those of us who choose not to give Santa a lot of attention ;)
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day menus for feasting
  • Advent suggestions
  • And more

I loved reading about how the Young's plan their Christmas baking and  look forward to implementing some of that wisdom. (Though the thought of baking a dozen types of cookies with six children nine and under is a bit daunting...I think we'll start small. ;)

Needless to say, it was a pleasure to read about how the Young family chooses to celebrate the birth of our Lord! It truly reminds me that one day, we will all be feasting together with our Savior and all who trust in Him!! The good gifts in this world are just a foretaste of what is to come!

Thank you for sharing a small window of your lives with us, Hal and Melanie!

If you'd like to read about the Young's family traditions, how they seek to keep Christ a the center of their celebrating, and how they use the Christmas season as an opportunity to reach out to others with the Gospel, you can find their e-book, Christ Centered Christmas on sale now for $5.

*Many thanks to the Young's for providing me with a complimentary copy of their e-book in exchange for my honest opinion!

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