Articles on Christmas | Topics: christmas, gift, gifts
by Zachary Valdez
Your Christmas gift list is likely to be full of Christians! If you're looking for a gift which emphasizes the Christian beliefs and meanings of Christmas, you're looking for a Christian Christmas gift as differentiated from a commercial indulgence or fancy electronic gadget. You want your gift to be meaningful to the devout Christian. Perhaps this sounds difficult, but in fact there are many delightful possibilities.
The spirit of Christmas is embodied by caring, giving, hope, peace on earth and love for your fellow man. Following these premises of Christian life, there are dozens of Christian Christmas gifts you may give with love and pleasure to friends. Let's take a look at just a dozen possibilities.
In the essential spirit of a Christian Christmas gift, gifts of food, clothes and toys donated to the poor and suffering in the community, in your recipient's honor is sure to be treasured.
Religiously-oriented books are well-received in Christian households. A Concordance allows you to find Bible passages and definitions and occurrences of words and phrases through an index format, making an ideal gift for those who frequently read the Bible, or teach classes. A history of Christianity is a good gift for a theological student, young and old alike. There are also many prayer books with diverse prayers for different occasions, designed to help the Christian surmount the problems and embrace the joys of life. Books by Thomas Merton and Evelyn Underhill also make beautiful gifts. Catholics often enjoy reading books on the lives of Saints, which endeavor to show how these people embodied Christian principles throughout their lives. Finally, an illustrated first Bible for a child is always a thoughtful gift, affording hours of reading pleasure and a child's first understanding of their family faith.
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“A thousand Christmas trees! at what apiece?”
He felt some need of softening that to me:
“A thousand trees would come to thirty dollars.”
Then I was certain I had never meant
To let him have them.
| —Robert Frost (1874–1963) |
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For a universally appealing Christian Christmas gift, a cross on a pendant, ring or earrings make a keepsake gift, for children and adults alike. Children especially cherish rings, which make them feel a special, personal attachment to Jesus.
Catholics love Rosary beads, as they contemplate on Jesus life when saying the Rosary. Catholic websites have a huge selection of beautiful Rosarys. You might also visit the Lourdes and Vatican websites.
Other ideas encapsulating the Christian Christmas gift theme include Nativity scenes, ornaments and wall hangings, statuary, Angel ornaments and decorations, framed art and stained glass replicas of Church windows. Finally, classical or ethnic Christmas music, such as Handel's Messiah make good Christian Christmas gifts.
Be sensitive to your recipients' Christian denomination, as various denominations gear books, music, jewelry design and other selections to individual practices of that denomination. Look online for Christian sites to find many other Christian Christmas gift ideas. And a very Merry Christmas to you!
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