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Originally Posted by RedHeadGal
I appreciate your responses. I guess what I am getting at is that I feel a void in my church, even more so as I get older. Christmas is one time where much of the Christian world gets out there and goes to church, and my church just zooms on by it, largely like it's just another day. I guess I'm not used to attending other churches because mine isn't open. If your ward or stake or something had a Christmas Eve fireside or program, would you be interested? Or are you content to keep to your own way of doing things?
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That would be frustrating. When faced with a similar situation in another ward, we asserted ourselves and orgnized some more "Christ-centered" Christmas celebrations. I hope it was appreciated.
I'm pretty happy with my current ward's level of Christmas celebration. We had a very good Christmas Party and the program was nice yesterday. I would probably skip a Christmas Eve meeting since we have that covered as a family.
I do agree that we could learn from other traditions. I always liked the idea of Palm Sunday as a good way to begin Easter celebration.
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