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Transform Your Holiday Party

Posted by Chris Case | November 12, 2007 .

I tend to enjoy traditions associated with holidays. I’ve started one of my own. Every December I plan a Christmas party for myself and a bunch of my friends, a chance to get together, have some food and drinks, and just enjoy time together before every parts ways to be with their families over the holidays. Being a young adult in Atlanta, it seems like most of the people I know are all transplants and travel away from Atlanta to be with their families.

I didn’t want the party to be just another party. I originally had thought about doing something cliche like a white elephant party where everyone can look forward to making sure they don’t have the crappiest gift out of everyone. Of course, you could hope Michael Scott will bring an iPod, but that’s beside the point. I decided to try something a little more charitable, and it was quite successful.

I asked everyone to bring a shoebox packed to the specifications of Operation Christmas Child. I ended up with a large stack of shoeboxes filled with children’s toys as well as some donations made for the Samaritan’s Purse’s operations.

At the end of the day, I think it helped keep the holiday and the party itself in a little bit more of a perspective. Its also a great way to show an authentic witness to your non-Christian friends. Let them know as a Christian, the holiday is not about commercialism and retail sales, but about the gift God gave to us and how we can give the gift of love to others in the name of Christ. So, why not transform your holiday festivities and use your holiday parties as a chance to change the world, one small gift at a time.

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