Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred

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Product Description Discover 100 simple and fun Advent and Christmas family faith practices to put the holy back into the holiday season! From the bestselling author of Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home, this new book of faith practices for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany will help parents, grandparents, Sunday school teachers, pastors, and anyone who cares about kids find easy and meaningful ideas for bringing the sacred back into the season. The book includes prayers, practices, and stories, grouped by different themes of the season, from Decorating, to Family Time, to Giving, to Telling the Story, and more. Practices include: Making an Advent Wreath, Christmas Card prayers, Hot Chocolate Gratitude Party, Year Round Christmas Gift, Silent Night Star Walk, Birthday Party for Jesus, Leaving Hay for Camels, Memory Box for the Year to Come, and many, many more! Review "Traci Smith's beautiful new book is an invitation to create and savor new traditions and rituals during the Advent and Christmas seasons. Instead of being distracted and disheartened by the usual culprit at the holidays consumerism and its shallow promises and payouts Smith shows us how to grow hope, peace, love, and joy in our homes. Full of fresh, engaging, and helpful prompts and ideas, this book is a gift!" --Jennifer Grant, author of A Little Blue Bottle and Maybe God Is Like That Too "The beautiful thing about this book is that even though a plethora of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany practices are presented, author Traci Smith does not overwhelm families, but instead manages to encourage them to celebrate sacred moments and find together the true meaning of this holy season. This book truly is a treasure." --Glenys Nellist, author of Twas The Evening of Christmas and Twas The Season of Advent "The gift of Traci Smith's new book is that you can open it anywhere and find one simple, lovely thing to do, pray, tell, or make with your family that day (or let's be honest, as Traci is, maybe the next day) to add joy and meaning to the holiday season. Advent is a time to draw near to God as God draws near to us in the birth of Jesus, and Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas is brimming over with wonderful, easy suggestions to help you do just that." --Wendy Claire Barrie, author of Faith at Home: A Handbook for Cautiously Christian Parents About the Author Traci Smith is the author of the bestselling book, Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and mother of three, Traci loves helping families find ways to practice faith at home through creative practices. She regularly shares her work with congregations, at special events, and bookstores. Traci has a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and Bachelor of Arts from Calvin College.