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As a member of the Sunday services committee at my Unitarian Universalist congregation, I lead a couple of services every year, even though I'm not a minister.
The one I'm doing this Sunday is called "Simple Gifts.' It's about what really makes Christmas Christmas (or Winter Solstice, Winter Solstice). The idea is that the holiday shouldn't center on gift-giving. I just re-wrote it a bit to discuss the death of the store worker.
The following Saturday we're having a "Hanging the Greens" celebration to decorate the church, along with workshops for kids on handmade gifts and information on simplifying holidays and our lives in general. We have an active Simplicity Circle that focuses on ways to downscale and enrich our lives.
Lots of UU congregations are doing this around the U.S., and I'm sure other religious denominations are also exploring ways to make Christmas more meaningful and less commercial.
I think there is already a movement, but after this Black Friday I hope and pray there will be a lot more people interested in participating.
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