15 Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas!

Christmas Ideas

Happy Holidays ladies! I know how hard it is to wrack your brain trying to think of thoughtful, creative, and cheap Christmas gift ideas.

There are parties to attend, friends to bless, family to give to, and others to think of. So I thought I would put together a blog post of 15 gift ideas just for you!

I hope these ideas will spark your imagination and give you the perfect gift idea you’ve been searching for. So, without further ado, here are the 15 Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas. 

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A Hospitable Heart for the Holidays

A Hospitable Heart for the Holidays

Oh yes, it’s that time of year again and I am soooo beyond excited for the upcoming holidays. At my house we have many traditions that I like to hold dear to my heart and it’s what makes me so cheery right around this time of year. Another reason why I love the holiday season is because of all the warm friendship that is felt between friends and family members. Home is at the center of everyone’s heart during Christmas time.

We have so many people coming in and out of our houses during the holidays. Family, friends, sometimes strangers, and I think that it’s so important to shine the light of cheer, peace, love and God’s blessing on them as they come in and out of our homes. How we do that is through the gift of hospitality.

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Happy Birthday Jesus!

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“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.  He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.  While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,  and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2: 4-7

Why Celebrate Christmas?

I’ve heard in recent years of people who don’t believe in celebrating Christmas for various reasons. There are lots of arguments for this. People may say that they don’t believe in celebrating Christmas because Jesus probably wasn’t really born at this time of the year, or that we shouldn’t celebrate it because of the fact that it was mixed in with pagan celebrations many years ago. But I am not here to argue about those things.

Instead I am here to argue the case of why I think we should celebrate the holiday. Just because the world around us has turned it into a day that is all about the presents we get doesn’t mean that we have to. It’s true that Jesus probably wasn’t born on December 25th. But we do know from the Bible that He was born and that He came to redeem us. And since we don’t know the exact date of his birth it’s wonderful to a special time of the year set aside to remember and celebrate the fact that God loved us so much that He sent His only son to pay the penalty for our sins for us and give us eternal life with Him in heaven someday. God gave us the greatest gift ever! There is truly nothing better to celebrate then that.

At Thanksgivng we get to have a day set aside to thank God for all his blessing to us. At Christmas we get to have a day set aside to stop and thank him again for sending His son to us. The joy that we celebrate and remember at this season is something that can stay with us all the rest of the year long. And what better time of the year then now to tell your unbelieving friends and family about the best gift that they could possibly receive…the gift of eternal life with Jesus. And that is what gives us a reason to celebrate on Christmas day.

Whether you celebrate Christmas Day or not I hope that you will have a blessed December as we remember Jesus and His gift to us! “For unto us a Child is born,Unto us a Son is given;And the government will be upon His shoulder.And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 NKJV

Merry Christ-mas!~Anna