It’s not always easy
to make the holidays meaningful for our kids. Take it from me.
I learned the hard way.
A few years ago my daughter’s birthday fell on
Thanksgiving. We had cake and
presents first thing in the morning, then shifted gears to prepare for a
traditional dinner with family. Before
we knew it, the house was flooded with relatives we hadn’t seen in ages, and we
spent the whole afternoon playing games, watching football and catching up.
Later that night, when I tucked my daughter into bed, I
asked her if she’d had a good Thanksgiving. She gave me a confused look and said, “It was
Thanksgiving?”
She thought the whole day had been about her–her birthday,
her presents, her celebration. I
couldn’t blame her. It was an epic
parenting failure. In the busyness
of preparing for the holiday, we had never talked about what we were
celebrating and why.
Even without a birthday thrown into the mix, the busyness of
the holidays can make it tough for parents to keep family discipleship on the
front burner. We want the holidays
to be spiritually significant, but how can we do it in a way that’s light and
easy?
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