Deuteronomy 16:9-17

I. Remembrance

PARRIS’ TOP TEN CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS

1. Attend a Christmas Eve Candlelight service
2. Invest some time caring for/serving others.
3. Drive around and look at the light displays.
4. Feast with gratitude and eat too much without guilt.
5. Take a small gift to your neighbor (and introduce yourself).
6. Do not turn down fudge or Christmas cookies this year.
7. Sing Christmas carols loudly (on key is optional).
8. Watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” at least once.
9. Greet people with “Merry Christmas!”
10. Give yourself afresh to the Christ of Christmas.

II. Rejoicing

III. Feasting

TOP TEN THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR AT CHRISTMAS DINNER

10. I’m just using up cranberry sauce I had left over from last Christmas.
9. So, I figured if I’m dieting, everybody’s dieting.
8. Just brush the frost off the turkey before you carve it.
7. Who wants bologna?
6. Thought I’d save a little time and just leave the feathers on.
5. I’m trying out a brand new stuffing recipe. Hope you like licorice.
4. Before we eat I thought we could just go around the table and take turns telling our favorite Christmas memory.
3. Wait! We didn’t get a picture. Everybody put your food back.
2. Put on that cute record about grandma and the reindeer while we eat.
1. Here’s the fruitcake!

IV. Giving