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“Santa was an easy tool to begin to paint a picture of God for our girls”

December 15, 2020

In the weeks leading up to my first Christmas as a mom, a friend of mine whose daughter was a few years older explained to me that she and her husband had decided not to talk about Santa Claus as a family. “It’s creepy,” she explained, “there’s a guy watching you sleep, deciding if you’re naughty or…
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How a Few Christian Mamas Think About Santa Claus

December 11, 2020

So what does your family do about Santa Claus? It’s a question I have often wondered about. For my own family– what we’re going to do about Santa for our kids, but also for other families and how they think about the jolly old guy. So I asked a few of my Christian mama friends…
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Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in December

December 4, 2020

Why does my family love using an Advent wreath in December? Well, let me begin by telling you a story. My son just turned 3. He doesn’t quite understand the concept of the days of the week yet. But every Saturday is our family’s Sabbath, and at each meal of Sabbath we try to light…
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The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020

November 24, 2020

It goes without saying that Christmas is going to be different this year. Living in a global pandemic means much of our Holiday norms just aren’t going to happen in the same way that they always have. And while that feels like such an obvious statement, I know that my type A, stick to all…
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Fun, Easy + Christ-Centered Family Advent Calendar

November 23, 2020

To get the newest Christmas Advent Cards and Calendar for 2024 visit our Etsy Shop here! Use code MFM10 for an extra 10% off! It’s almost December 1st, y’all, and do you know what that means?? Christmas season is upon us! I have been searching for weeks now for an Advent Calendar that paired Scripture with fun family activities, and…
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10 Ways to Live into the Thanksgiving Season

November 14, 2020

In the spirit of full disclosure, I am officially calling myself out for typically celebrating Halloween and then bumping straight to Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Thanksgiving meal, but aside from Thanksgiving day, I hadn’t put much thought into how to be fully present and live into this month of gratitude.…
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Christmas Movies You Have to See

November 13, 2020

One of the ways that you and your family can live into the Christmas season, is of course, to cozy up and watch a Christmas movie. Many of the movies on this list are Christmas classics, fit for the whole fam and a few of them are best kept for the grownups after the kids…
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