Welcome to the new year. According to the ancient Hebrew calendar, this year is a year of Jubilee, celebrated every fifty years. In the traditional year of Jubilee, families returned to their historical homesteads, debts were forgiven, and a Sabbath year was celebrated.
This may sound a little far-fetched in modern society. But forgiveness and redemption are real today in the context of faith in Jesus. This can be your Jubilee year!
Congratulations on making it through the Christmas season. I hope your gifts to one another conveyed your care and affection. As you move through this new year, Personality Gifts would love to help you learn to select gifts that delight your loved ones and let them know that you care enough for them to grow in understanding them. I also hope your family enjoyed a warm and happy time together, and I invite you to share any memorable holiday stories on our Bulletin Board.
Soon it will be SuperBowl time. Visit our Specials page for team paraphernalia and special snack ideas. Valentine’s Day will soon follow, and of course there are birthdays throughout the year. We want you have the perfect gift for every person and every occasion.
Do you feel the Christmas noose tightening? I hope not. There are still more than two weeks until Christmas. I hope you have a lot of your have-tos completed so you can do many of your want-tos.
If you are behind in gift-buying, you can likely finish up in one session on PersonalityGifts.com, and have some fun while you do it, by reading up on personality types and growing in your understanding of your loved ones. If you get stumped in choosing gifts, email me and I’ll jump in to do my best to help you choose the perfect gift.
If you are ready for some want-to activities, I have one to suggest: make your own wreath (or one to give as a gift). Begin with a form. I like to use grapevine wreaths because they are natural and easy to work with. Lay greens over the form. You can usually pick some up free at a Christmas tree lot–they are usually glad to get rid of them so they don’t have to process and move them somewhere.
1) Wrap the form with floral wire, catching the greens so they stay in place. Leave your wreath as-is with the beautiful greens, or
2) decorate with ribbon, tree decorations, pine cones, and other naturally beautiful ornaments such as fronds from rosemary, lavender, eucalyptus, pepper tree fronds with pepper berries, bittersweet, red autumn leaves, and whatever captures your fancy. This year I added some silver jingle bells for sparkle and music.