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I just thought I\u2019d throw that out there, since we\u2019ve been watching stores minimize their Christmas inventory for several days. \u00a0Tonight, we went for some last minute shopping courtesy of some generous donations from our Church family, and lo and behold! the grocery store was emptying the shelves and getting ready for Valentine\u2019s Day! \u00a0Pretty soon the Christmas shopping season will start in July and end mid-November. \u00a0At some point, I\u2019d love American Christians to pledge an entire year of buying only what is needed. \u00a0I\u2019m sure most Americans who can afford luxuries already have enough to sustain them for a year. No Christmas shopping. \u00a0Pick a birthday for gift giving if gift giving must happen. Send a warning shot at Wall Street and Madison Avenue that we\u2019re tired of them not just exploiting a holy day for Christians, but darn well mocking it when all is said and done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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I just thought I\u2019d throw that out there, since we\u2019ve been watching stores minimize their Christmas inventory for several days. \u00a0Tonight, we went for some last minute shopping courtesy of some generous donations from our Church family, and lo and behold! the grocery store was emptying the shelves and getting ready for Valentine\u2019s Day! \u00a0Pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nChristmas is on the 25th of December this year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just thought I'd throw that out there, since we've been watching stores minimize their Christmas inventory for several days.  Tonight, we went for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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