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Christmas-time at our House: part 8
Some people hear 'family devotions' and say to themselves "B-O-R-ing". And trying to keep up with a devotion a day during one of the busiest times of the year might just be pushing the limits of sanity for some families.
In our house we've tried several different things, in the effort of keeping our focus on Christ's birth during the holiday season. We have had varying degrees of success. I think we've got one that works pretty well now, finally.
We tried the Advent Wreath. I couldn't afford one of those fancy wreaths with the candle holders in them already, so I had to make my own. It worked, usually, though sometimes the candles wanted to lean and drip their wax everywhere. When we had church on Sunday, it wasn't too hard to remember. We'd come home from church, and at our lunch meal we'd read a devotion I had found somewhere and light our candles. It got tricky when we moved to Saturday night church because the candle lighting didn't ever happen on Saturday night, and we'd forget on Sunday. When you miss even one week it feels like there isn't much use in continuing - there are only 5 candles (we always did 5, some people do 4). The candles just don't look right, anyway, when 2 are burned the same amount ('cuz you forgot one week) and the others are the correct heights.
