Christmas is a confusing holiday. There are two seemingly unrelated storylines unfolding, one is about baby Jesus and the other is all Santa. This week on the Embracing a Simpler Life podcast we will sort it all out, explain why we celebrate Christmas as we do and how these two celebrations are related.

Join me (Katie), as I offer you some deep felt inspiration along with many practical suggestions for making much of Jesus in your holiday celebration this year.  

Additional Resources

• Why Do We Call it Christmas? By Phil Vischer
• In which I explain why we chose not to do Santa
• Share your idea for a Christ-Centered Christmas HERE
• The Nativity Story movie- Katie’s favorite Christmas movie
• The Star movie- (in theaters)
• Truth in Tinsel Advent eBook
• The Complete Guide to Creating a Christmas Book Advent Calendar
• Jesse Tree books: The Wonder of the Greatest Gift, and Unwrapping the Greatest Gift
• Podcast EP3. | Redeeming Christmas Gift Giving
• Children’s Nativity Play Set
• Read the Christmas story in the Bible here: in Matthew, in Luke
• THE EMAIL GUIDE: How to Have a Simpler and More Christ-Centered Christmas
• The photo of our daughter Clara enthralled with this large, outdoor nativity:

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