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How to Share Christmas, Part 2
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by Susan Lyttek

Last week I started on this two-part post about how to share Christmas. But what do I mean by that? How would we define ‘sharing Christmas’?

This week, I hope I am taking my own advice. Gary and I are on a cruise with a couple thousand strangers. How can I share Christmas with all I interact with and make their holiday season just a bit better?

I think, first of all, of the reformed Scrooge. After convicted by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, the former miser said, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” And Tiny Tim, who never found sharing Christmas difficult, and kept it easily, always said, “God bless us… Everyone!”

Sharing Christmas is realizing you are blessed and passing on the blessing. It is the natural outflow of the golden rule. When we love God with all our heart, soul and mind, so much love spills out that loving our neighbors as ourselves comes more naturally. I’m not saying it’s always easy to share Christmas, but when we love God and allow him to love us in return, we have the love reserves so that we can.

But how, practically, can we purpose to share Christmas?

  1. If God brings someone to mind, call them, text them or send a card. You can message on social media or e-mail, too, but the first three options are a tad more personal. The phone call has the advantage of immediate human sound contact, (and who knows what your friend had to cope with at that moment?), and the card, letter or text can be saved and re-read if needed.
  2. Open your home. We don’t do this that often, but when we heard a family’s kitchen would not be ready for Thanksgiving and that they planned to go to a restaurant, we invited them over. Same thing when an older couple’s only son would be away at the holidays. Or another family when their plans fell apart. As you feel led, invite others to join in with you so that they might have Christmas.
  3. Talk with people. My favorite people to talk with at this time of year are the Salvation Army volunteers. I can’t resist dropping a dollar or some change into the red bin just so that I can learn a little about them. Even if I’m rushed, sharing a smile and a Merry Christmas makes me feel better. For an introvert like me, the talking to others does not come easily. But this time of year, I find it easier to smile, to be sociable and to be genuinely appreciative of all those I interact with. On the ship, I hope, like our last cruise, to develop new friendships. Even if not, we will be friendly and open to those we meet.
  4. Love, forgive and try to give a little extra grace. It’s a sweet and precious time, but it’s also a busy one. We can get harried and stressed and let that, instead of God’s love, flow out. When hitting snags in my in-person Christmas shopping this year, I thought of Christina working in retail and all the zany people she has to deal with. I try to remember that the cashiers and clerks waiting on me are probably doing the best they can. It is a crazy-busy time and they often encounter less-than-reasonable customers. (Or less-than-reasonable tourists on the islands!) Or they’re just tired after a long shift. Be understanding, cut them some slack… and smile.

My last suggestion is that when Christmas and New Year’s Day are over, we all purpose to try to hold onto the joy and the love those around us a bit longer. And maybe we, like Scrooge, can keep Christmas all the year.

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11/7/2018

A Week that Makes Me Remember Mom
Susan Lyttek

10/31/2018

Trying to Understand a Just God
Susan Lyttek

10/24/2018

Our Limited Perspectives
Susan Lyttek

10/17/2018

My Hope
Susan Lyttek

10/10/2018

Grieving through the Eyes of Eternity
Susan Lyttek

10/3/2018

(Re) Learning to Scream
Susan Lyttek

9/25/2018

Hurricanes and Other Storms
Susan Lyttek

9/15/2018

Trusting God Doesn't Come Easy
Susan Lyttek

9/7/2018

The Walk of Life
Susan Lyttek

9/1/2018

Escaping Life Under the Sun
Susan Lyttek

8/24/2018

Why I Know There is a Hell
Susan Lyttek

8/18/2018

What I Can Do
Susan Lyttek

8/10/2018

The Non-writing Writing
Susan Lyttek

8/3/2018

Thoughts on Forgiveness
Susan Lyttek

7/28/2018

Of Mice and Fragile Clay
Susan Lyttek

7/21/2018

Farewell to the Teenage Years
Susan Lyttek

7/6/2018

Living Free
Susan Lyttek

6/30/2018

Reminiscing
Susan Lyttek

6/22/2018

A Writer's Tribute to Honest Guys
Susan Lyttek

6/15/2018

In Balance
Susan Lyttek

6/10/2018

Learning from Tabitha
Susan Lyttek

6/2/2018

Still Learning to Breathe
Susan Lyttek

5/26/2018

To Breathe
Susan Lyttek

5/19/2018

Sisters, Mothers and Dear Women
Susan Lyttek

5/13/2018

Tied to the Electrons
Susan Lyttek

5/6/2018

Powerless
Susan Lyttek

4/29/2018

A Sestina Education
Susan Lyttek

4/23/2018

Remodeling
Susan Lyttek

4/15/2018

Learning to Promote
Susan Lyttek

4/9/2018

Nobody's Fool--An Easter Sestina
Susan Lyttek

3/31/2018

The Week Leading to Easter
Susan Lyttek

3/25/2018

Off-balance
Susan Lyttek

3/18/2018

Lessons from the Hyacinth
Susan Lyttek

3/11/2018

Plant Lessons--The Aloe
Susan Lyttek

3/4/2018

The Lessons the Birds Teach Me
Susan Lyttek

2/25/2018

Love... By Any Other Name
Susan Lyttek

2/17/2018

The Ongoing Task of Learning
Susan Lyttek

2/4/2018

Musings About Pain
Susan Lyttek

1/29/2018

Time to Breathe
Susan Lyttek

1/21/2018

A Poem a Day
Susan Lyttek

1/13/2018

Beginnings
Susan Lyttek

1/6/2018

Why the Gospel of Luke Speaks to Me Best
Susan Lyttek

12/29/2017

Christmas Letter
Susan Lyttek

12/21/2017

Revisiting Anna
Susan Lyttek

12/9/2017

Twas the Night
Susan Lyttek

12/1/2017

Quitting
Susan Lyttek

11/25/2017

The Wonder of a Shoebox
Susan Lyttek

11/18/2017

A Place to Hide
Susan Lyttek

11/11/2017

Thoughts on the Reformation
Susan Lyttek

11/4/2017

Lessons in Praise
Susan Lyttek

10/28/2017

Why I Love Fairy Tales (and It Probably Isn’t What You Think)
Susan Lyttek

10/21/2017

For Better, For Worse
Susan Lyttek

10/14/2017

Practicing Functional Fitness
Susan Lyttek

10/7/2017

Tired
Susan Lyttek

9/30/2017

Priorities
Susan Lyttek

9/23/2017

Teaching Other People's Kids
Susan Lyttek

9/16/2017

Crunch Time
Susan Lyttek

9/9/2017

At War With ... Myself
Susan Lyttek

9/2/2017

Prepping for the School Year
Susan Lyttek

8/26/2017

Overweight, Part Three
Susan Lyttek

8/19/2017

Overweight, Part Two
Susan Lyttek

8/11/2017

Overweight
Susan Lyttek

8/5/2017

Creating Worlds
Susan Lyttek

7/28/2017

Prepping to Attend a Christian Writers Conference
Susan Lyttek

7/20/2017

Karl Lessons
Susan Lyttek

7/7/2017

How I Learned the Feeling of Freedom
Susan Lyttek

7/3/2017

Learning from Marriage
Susan Lyttek

6/24/2017

What I Learned from my Dad
Susan Lyttek

6/17/2017

Lessons from Being Sick and Tired
Susan Lyttek

6/11/2017

My Worst Critic
Susan Lyttek

5/26/2017

May Birthday Tribute
Susan Lyttek

5/20/2017

Learning to Mom
Susan Lyttek

5/13/2017

Learning to Mom
Susan Lyttek

5/13/2017

Learning Honesty
Susan Lyttek

5/6/2017

A Tribute to my Husband
Susan Lyttek

4/22/2017

Celebrating the Resurrection
Susan Lyttek

4/15/2017

Your Custom Tract
Susan Lyttek

4/8/2017

March Birthday Tribute
Susan Lyttek

3/29/2017

A Tribute to Grandparents
Susan Lyttek

3/11/2017

God as Our Rock
Susan Lyttek

3/4/2017

February Birthday Tribute
Susan Lyttek

2/18/2017

Writing, Living and Existing
Susan Lyttek

2/11/2017

Learning from the Groundhog and the Auto Show
Susan Lyttek

2/4/2017

January Birthday Tribute
Susan Lyttek

1/28/2017

Of Christmases and January Past
Susan Lyttek

1/21/2017

Welcome 2017!
Susan Lyttek

12/31/2016

Our Christmas Letter
Susan Lyttek

12/23/2016

NaNo and Pebble Lessons
Susan Lyttek

12/16/2016

December Birthday Tributes
Susan Lyttek

12/5/2016

NaNoWriMo Lessons and Hopes
Susan Lyttek

11/18/2016

My November Birthday Tributes
Susan Lyttek

11/11/2016

Lessons of the Week
Susan Lyttek

11/4/2016

Learning to Speak Feline
Susan Lyttek

10/28/2016

On Changed Hearts, Changed Minds and Politics
Susan Lyttek

10/21/2016

October Birthday Tribute
Susan Lyttek

10/12/2016

Words and the Word (Part 2)
Susan Lyttek

10/2/2016

Words and the Word (Part 1)
Susan Lyttek

9/26/2016

Questions of Pain
Susan Lyttek

9/18/2016

September Birthdays
Susan Lyttek

9/11/2016

Standard Rescue, part 2
Susan Lyttek

9/3/2016

Standard Rescue, part 1
Susan Lyttek

8/27/2016

How to Go Into Debt
Susan Lyttek

8/19/2016

The Difference Hope Makes
Susan Lyttek

7/30/2016

Why Teach Poetry?
Susan Lyttek

7/24/2016

Lessons from My Color Bible, Part 3
Susan Lyttek

7/15/2016

Blog-itis
Susan Lyttek

7/8/2016

Reminiscing with the Patriot
Susan Lyttek

7/4/2016

Lessons in Fear
Susan Lyttek

6/30/2016

Lessons from My Color Bible, Part 2
Susan Lyttek

6/10/2016

Leftover Queen, Part II
Susan Lyttek

5/27/2016

Leftover Queen
Susan Lyttek

5/20/2016

Lessons from my Color Bible
Susan Lyttek

5/12/2016

Living As Called
Susan Lyttek

4/22/2016

Making Writing Fun Again
Susan Lyttek

4/15/2016

Springing
Susan Lyttek

4/6/2016

Good Friday Thoughts
Susan Lyttek

3/26/2016

Confessions of a Delinquent Blogger
Susan Lyttek

3/23/2016

Accepting the Gift of Free Time
Susan Lyttek

2/29/2016

Rest vs. the Type-A Female
Susan Lyttek

2/22/2016

Lessons on Sickness and Rest
Susan Lyttek

2/14/2016

Sick Lessons
Susan Lyttek

2/6/2016

Blocked
Susan Lyttek

1/27/2016

When Inspiration Fails to Strike
Susan Lyttek

1/16/2016

Stumbling Into the New Year
Susan Lyttek

1/13/2016

Annual Christmas Letter
Susan Lyttek

12/26/2015

Benefits to the Parent: Help with Work
Susan Lyttek

10/31/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Home
Susan Lyttek

10/24/2015

The Benefits of Unscheduled Free Time
Susan Lyttek

10/16/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: More Empathetic
Susan Lyttek

10/9/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: More Empathetic
Susan Lyttek

10/9/2015

Benefits to the Parent: More Willing to Persevere
Susan Lyttek

10/2/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Closer to God
Susan Lyttek

9/25/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: More Intuitive
Susan Lyttek

9/18/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent--Weaker
Susan Lyttek

9/11/2015

Benefits to the Parent--Seeing God's Hand
Susan Lyttek

9/4/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Savvy-er
Susan Lyttek

8/28/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Braver
Susan Lyttek

8/21/2015

Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Wiser
Susan Lyttek

8/14/2015

The Benefits to the Homeschool Parent: Smarter
Susan Lyttek

8/7/2015

Benefits of Being a Homeschool Parent (Intro)
Susan Lyttek

7/31/2015

Lessons from my Great Aunt Ansie
Susan Lyttek

7/24/2015

Virginia Writers Conference
Susan Lyttek

7/14/2015

Relearning Fitness (Part 2)
Susan Lyttek

7/10/2015

Some Truth About Independence Day
Susan Lyttek

7/3/2015

Relearning Fitness (Part 1)
Susan Lyttek

6/26/2015

Under the Sun
Susan Lyttek

6/19/2015

A Lesson I Keep Needing to Re-Learn
Susan Lyttek

6/13/2015

Times of Transition
Susan Lyttek

6/6/2015

Blog Ideas
Susan Lyttek

5/30/2015

Mercs Next Door, Part 2
Susan Lyttek

5/23/2015

Mercs Next Door, Part 1
Susan Lyttek

5/15/2015

Getting to Mom
Susan Lyttek

5/9/2015

To Blog or Not to Blog
Susan Lyttek

5/2/2015

Driving Lessons
Susan Lyttek

4/25/2015

Gaming Education
Susan Lyttek

4/18/2015

Fast Lessons
Susan Lyttek

4/11/2015

Resurrection Thoughts
Susan Lyttek

4/4/2015

Power of the Coupon
Susan Lyttek

3/28/2015

Spring Planting
Susan Lyttek

3/21/2015

Showing My Age
Susan Lyttek

3/14/2015

Teaching Women
Susan Lyttek

3/7/2015

Beware the Ides of... February
Susan Lyttek

2/28/2015

Honoring a President in Fiction
Susan Lyttek

2/21/2015

Gratitude Lessons
Susan Lyttek

2/14/2015

The Pros and Cons of Research
Susan Lyttek

2/6/2015

Off the Hamster Wheel... Part 3
Susan Lyttek

1/30/2015

Off the Hamster Wheel... Part 2
Susan Lyttek

1/24/2015

The Homeschool Hamster Wheel
Susan Lyttek

1/16/2015

Etiquette Education
Susan Lyttek

1/9/2015

Ready Stance
Susan Lyttek

1/2/2015

Our Christmas Letter
Susan Lyttek

12/26/2014

Sharing Christmas, Part Two
Susan Lyttek

12/19/2014

Sharing Christmas
Susan Lyttek

12/12/2014

Swedish Christmas Education
Susan Lyttek

12/5/2014

The Worry/Grumble Antidote
Susan Lyttek

11/28/2014

Milestone Days
Susan Lyttek

11/21/2014

Volunteer Education--via Operation Christmas Child
Susan Lyttek

11/14/2014

Veteran Education
Susan Lyttek

11/7/2014

Reformation Education
Susan Lyttek

10/31/2014

The Reluctant Vegetarian
Susan Lyttek

10/24/2014

What I Didn't, Couldn't Teach
Susan Lyttek

10/17/2014

Learning to Stand
Susan Lyttek

10/10/2014

Christian Work Ethic
Susan Lyttek

10/3/2014

Animal Education
Susan Lyttek

9/26/2014

Changing the Love of Learning
Susan Lyttek

9/19/2014

Blog Block
Susan Lyttek

9/12/2014

Educating Mom
Susan Lyttek

9/5/2014

The Debate
Susan Lyttek

8/29/2014

Interview with Jane, a non-homeschooling friend
Susan Lyttek

8/22/2014

The Homeschool Rebel
Susan Lyttek

8/15/2014

Other Countries, Other Peoples
Susan Lyttek

8/8/2014

George Washington Lessons
Susan Lyttek

8/1/2014

Interview with Heather Day Gilbert
Susan Lyttek

7/25/2014

A Creation Education
Susan Lyttek

7/18/2014

The Blessing of the Church
Susan Lyttek

7/11/2014

Free to Homeschool
Susan Lyttek

7/4/2014

The Best Thing
Susan Lyttek

6/27/2014

School Lite
Susan Lyttek

6/20/2014

Homeschooling Poetry
Susan Lyttek

6/13/2014

Homeschool Preschool
Susan Lyttek

6/6/2014

AWANAcation (or Awana Education)
Susan Lyttek

5/30/2014

Drowning in the Ideal Schedule
Susan Lyttek

5/23/2014

Penpal Encouragement: An Interview with Sandi
Susan Lyttek

5/16/2014

Unexpected Education
Susan Lyttek

5/9/2014

When Is a Homeschool Mom NOT a Homeschool Mom?
Susan Lyttek

5/2/2014

Relax, It's Just Writing
Susan Lyttek

4/25/2014

Purpose Driven Homeschool
Susan Lyttek

4/18/2014

The Heart of the Music
Susan Lyttek

4/11/2014

Music Lessons
Susan Lyttek

4/4/2014

Teaching My Testimony (Part 2)
Susan Lyttek

3/28/2014

Teaching My Testimony (Part 1)
Susan Lyttek

3/21/2014

Glimmers of Homeschooling
Susan Lyttek

3/14/2014

Failed Days
Susan Lyttek

3/7/2014

Other Side of the Homeschool Table...Leanne Hanson
Susan Lyttek

2/28/2014

Fairy Tale Theology
Susan Lyttek

2/21/2014

Things I Love about Life and Homeschooling
Susan Lyttek

2/14/2014

Limitless Creativity by Bonnie Rose Hudson
Susan Lyttek

2/7/2014

Weaving Christ into Math
Susan Lyttek

1/31/2014

Paula Mowery Interview
Susan Lyttek

1/24/2014

Historic Field Trips
Susan Lyttek

1/17/2014

Snow Days... Homeschool Style
Susan Lyttek

1/10/2014

Homeschooled Mom Resolutions
Susan Lyttek

1/3/2014

Off Schedule
Susan Lyttek

12/27/2013

Teaching Christmas
Susan Lyttek

12/20/2013

The (Writerly) Benefits of Learning Together
Susan Lyttek

12/13/2013

Homeschooling reinforced that I am not perfect
Susan Lyttek

12/6/2013

And they said homeschooling would be easy...
Susan Lyttek

11/29/2013