But now, especially after Africa, and even more after truly pondering this thing we've made Christmas into.....well, you know the story. I always have this image of Jesus walking into one of the White Elephants we all have and knocking over a table with fury. Bloggerville is blowin' up with mommy's blogging about this very subject.
SO.
I thought I'd share how we plan to attack the materialism this year. We're gonna just do it.
Yes. I said "just do it". And by that, I mean, materialism with a meaning. Most of our adult gifts will be in the form of a Christmas two-fer. There's adorable, adorable tees out there that either directly support a mission we believe in or promote awareness of it. At around $25 bucks each, 1) we can't think of anyone in our family who wouldn't love to sport one of these fresh tees and 2) it's a gift with double meaning and purpose.
Here's a few examples:
http://www.visitingorphans.com/ (If you buy one of these, you are also registered for a free mission trip like the one to Uganda that we went on this summer!)
http://www.147millionorphans.com/
These baseball tees are so cute and my niece already has one and loves it!
Another example of a cool guy's tee.....
I wasn't able to save a shot of their tee, but you can see my post about it here.
I realize with this post I gave away ALL the element of surprise for my family....but it was worth it if means one extra tee is bought this Christmas!
I realize with this post I gave away ALL the element of surprise for my family....but it was worth it if means one extra tee is bought this Christmas!
Great ideas-- thanks for sharing the links.
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing! You not only talk the talk, you walk the walk! I really like the Feed 1 tee. Think i'll go check into it! The commercials on tv now are all about buy your wife a lexus, or a big diamond, or buy an ipad etc... if you can't afford all that, you're less... it's horrible! I say buy a tshirt and feed a kid... now that's what i'm talkin about!
ReplyDeleteCindy