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This year it was interesting as the conductor at the High School said "Happy Holidays" and someone from the audience shouted out MERRY CHRISTMAS. The audience laughed.

Today we have a very special guest who chimes in with some tips for NEXT year around the holidays (or really ANY day).

1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My\xa0birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope\xa0to soldiers away from home.\xa0 They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year.\xa0 I know, they tell Me all the time.

2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know\xa0them personally.\xa0 They just need to know that someone cares\xa0about them.

3. Instead of writing George complaining about the wording on\xa0the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write\xa0and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year.\xa0 Then follow up.\xa0 It will be nice hearing from you\xa0again.

4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't\xa0afford and they don't need, spend time with them.\xa0 Tell them\xa0the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here.\xa0 Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love\xa0them.

5. Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him\xa0or her.

6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take\xa0their own life this season because they feel so alone and\xa0hopeless?\xa0 Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.

7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town\xa0calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there.\xa0Give them a warm smile and a kind word.\xa0 Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you\xa0from wishing them one.\xa0 Then stop shopping there on Sunday.\xa0If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their\xa0families.

8.. If you really want to make a difference, support a\xa0missionary - especially one who takes My love and Good News to\xa0those who have never heard My name.

9. Here's a good one.\xa0 There are individuals and whole\xa0families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas"\xa0tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive.\xa0 If you don't know them, buy some food and a few\xa0gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other\xa0charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.

10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief\xa0in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian.\xa0 Don't do\xa0things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence.\xa0 Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.

Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love\xa0Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all\xa0the rest.

Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll\xa0help you, but the ball is now in\xa0 your court. And do have a\xa0most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember: I LOVE YOU, JESUS

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