2017 Home for the Holidays

Page 14 2017 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 22, 2017 By Nila Smith T he month between Thanksgiving and Christmas should be a wondrous time of celebrating the birth of Christ, remembering and spending time with friends and family, and recalling the days of childhood when Christmas was a wonderful and magical time. But, sometimes, when families look at the long list of things that have to be done in that 30 day period, Christmas becomes less about joy and more about obligation. Shopping has to be done, there are church events, school events, work events, cooking, baking, decorating, and planning family events, which can be like working out a jigsaw puzzle when there are multiple generations or step-families involved. While all this is necessary, what you may really need is a little downtime. But even that can be hard to do. When you would like to curl up on the sofa with a warm blanket and just relax, you can’t because all you think about is that long list of things to do, and how much time you are now wasting not doing anything. So, maybe you should get your “downtime” by getting out of the house and doing something that you don’t feel like you have to do, something just for fun. Adding to your pleasure, most all of these items are budget friendly with admission being either free or very reasonable rate. Put a little Christ in Christmas Each year, Lincoln Daily News publishes a worship guide to go along with the Christmas season. It’s filled with special events going on at local churches. This year the guide is expected to publish on December 6th and will be online through the Christmas season. We encourage you to look through it for special church events, and also inspirational messages from local pastors. We’ll draw your attention to a couple events. Lincoln Christian Church Nativity Walk December 9th from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. This event will feature hundreds of nativity sets for you to walk among and enjoy. After the walk stay for the church Christmas Concert. Simple joys for the hol CONTINUED ===