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Christmas...

Christmas. MONEY. How will you spend yours. Christmas 2006. Britain spent around 17 billion pounds on gifts. That’s £378 per person. What’s the best present you have ever been given?. How did you feel when you opened it?. Understood. Valued. Amazed. Excited. Astounded. Loved.

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Christmas...

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  1. Christmas...

  2. MONEY How will you spend yours...

  3. Christmas 2006...

  4. Britain spent around 17 billion pounds on gifts That’s £378per person

  5. What’s the best present you have ever been given?

  6. How did you feel when you opened it?

  7. Understood Valued Amazed Excited Astounded Loved Moved Happy Thankful

  8. What could you do to make someone feel that way too?

  9. What gift could you give them?

  10. Time How will you spend yours?

  11. You have 336 hours of Christmas holiday

  12. how will you spend that time?

  13. Sleeping Hanging out with friends T.V. Wrapping Presents Eating At Church Time with family Shopping

  14. Think of a goodtime you spent with someone else at Christmas...

  15. Whatmade that time so good?

  16. What can you do to help people enjoy their time this Christmas?

  17. Be willing Play Talk Be patient Laugh Share Listen Be present

  18. What memories might you create?

  19. Energy How will you spend yours...

  20. Do you have the Christmas spirit?

  21. Have others noticed?

  22. Being nice to relatives Spending time with friends Singing festive tunes putting up decorations Are you... Helping around the house spreading goodwill Smiling at people in the street

  23. How can you make Christmas a special time for others this year?

  24. http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6309/1010/228/z/158234/gse_multipart66046.jpghttp://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6309/1010/228/z/158234/gse_multipart66046.jpg Jim’s story

  25. Talkie bit - Story: Jim is an older guy, he’s married with 4 kids and has three grandkids, and he lives in Texas, America. His life is pretty normal but he discovered something amazing last Christmas time. He says this about his family “we have often spent money that we didn't have, gone into debt that took months to overcome, and [seen] Christmas as the ultimate consumer activity with Jesus thrown in as a kind of superstitious blessings. Last year Jim and his family decided to celebrate in a different way. The names of each family member were put into a hat and they took turns to draw one name out. They no longer had to buy loads of presents for all their relatives but they had to do something extra special for the name they picked. Something that showed they loved that person, they knew their likes and dislikes and was a gift that cost the giver something of them self. This is what Jim writes... Last year our youngest daughter, Amanda, drew my name. I've been a runner for most of my life, and she has never been one. For Christmas, she registered both of us for a 10K fun run that was scheduled for the following February. [We] then spent the time between Christmas and the run training together. When the day came, we ran the entire 10K together. On the wall in my bedroom, I have a picture of us crossing the finish line. It is one of my treasures because my little girl, thought about who I was, and took some time to give something of herself to me. He says “I can't stop the world from making Christmas what it makes it. But, I can - and I will - spend the Advent Season this year slowing down, spending time with family and friends, giving myself to them, celebrating their presence in my life. I think that’s a more lasting gift than anything you can buy. Example: Insert your own example of something a parent/friend did for you, if you want to extend/personalise it. There’s just three more slides I want you guys to think about...

  26. How can you spend your money, time or energy to make the Christmas season something more special?

  27. “it is in giving that we receive”

  28. Spend wisely.

  29. Resources Photo’s from www.flickr.co.uk Story from www.faithwalking.blogspot.com Suggested music: ‘Somewhere in my Memory’ from the Home Alone Soundtrack

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