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Long ago, on Christmas mornings, we used to let the kids play with stocking gifts before they would wake us up. Of course, each year they got up earlier and earlier, so we came up with a plan.

We put a dollar in the christmas stocking, and it had a rhyme and hint directing each child where to find the next dollar, and that dollar had a hint too. After $5 (frankly, we ran out of hints and rhymes) the last dollar says Merry Christmas! And then the kids come to “wake us up” to open gifts.

Yes, the pitter-patter of little feet wandering around the house trying to figure out the clues is adorable. And even a little humorous as they got older and had to stifle little profanities (the clues get more challenging with age too).

What fun holiday traditions do you torture your family with?
Hi Gene,

I don’t think the purpose of the “Conversations” trilogy, et al, was to recruit believers. The purpose was to let people know that God isn’t bound by “people’s” rules for God. God gets to love anybody and everybody without reserve.

And I don’t believe that God cares that we’ve misinterpretted a date to justify giving unconditionally through a foundation of love an good will.

The books also confirm that Mormons, Catholics, Muslims, sinners, and Hindus can be loved by God without belonging to a group or reading a series of books.

Great series, truly! But it loses something when it isn’t written to you, for you, by God. And that is what happens when someone forces it on you.

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