Coffee Break – Christmas Edition – 12.23.2013

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Coffee Lover Holiday Gift List – Looking for a Christmas gift for that person who loves coffee? Here’s a great list of ideas. And there might be some sales after Christmas, if you want to pick up something for yourself…

The WestJet Christmas Miracle – When you watch the news, you can easily get down with all of the negativity. So when something truly incredible happens, it can be a breath of fresh air. WestJet has created that with their Christmas miracle. This has been sweeping through social media, so you may have seen it there. Even so, it’s worth seeing again.

10 Important Facts About A Christmas Story’s Leg Lamp – This movie has become a holiday staple in our home. And the leg lamp has developed quite a niche in our culture. But there may be some things about it that you never knew. Consider this your education.

50 Years of 50 Toys – There have been multiple changes to the toys kids get for Christmas through the ages. This infographic gives fifty years’ worth of iconic toys. I remember many of these. And I was shocked to see the abrupt change in prices that came with the middle of the last decade or so.

Dugger Family Favorite Christmas Traditions – My family has several key traditions for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s always interesting to see what others do as a family as well. The Duggers are a family that most of us know of, so a peek into their traditions is especially interesting.

5 Suggestions For Finding More Christmas Joy – Too many people miss out on the joy surrounding Christmas and the holiday season. Ron Edmondson gives five quick ways that you you can make sure you don’t miss out this year.

The Season Of Giving – One of the things I strive to instill in my kids (and myself) at this time of year is that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. This brief post gives some encouragement in that, and links to some ideas for promoting that in your family.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.Luke 2:7