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Rebooting Christmas (Part 1) - A Christ-Focused Christmas

Rebooting Christmas (Part 2) - Jesus, The Reason We Celebrate

FamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript

References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete.

A Christ-Focused Christmas

Guest: Barbara Rainey

From the series: Rebooting Christmas (Day 1 of 2)

Air date: November 26, 2012

Bob: When the halls at your house get decked, what do they look like?

Woman: The first four years of our marriage we lived in apartments; so, to save on space—you know not having the big evergreen and then also not have to store it all year round, if you were to get a plastic one. We already had an indoor Ficus; so, we just threw some Christmas lights on it and went and bought fancy ornaments and put it on there. We were like, “It’s the traditional Christmas Ficus.” At one point, I was singing, “Oh, Ficus tree, Oh, Ficus tree….”

I wanted a tree just because it’s a part of Christmas décor, but it really was just, “We don’t have kids. We don’t have room. There’s really no point or no need.” And I was like, “We’ve got to have something Christmas in the house.” That’s when Josh was like, “We can decorate the Ficus.” So, we went out and bought fancy blue and copper ornaments. We were like, “We’re going to make it the high-class, traditional Christmas Ficus.”
So, we had that for a couple of years. Then, we had red and green for a couple of years. We’ll probably need to get new ones this year.

We still put the presents underneath it, and I remember—I kid you not—this is our tree. I mean we’ve got it and just like, “Yay! The traditional Christmas Ficus is here,” because everyone in our family just knows that, that’s our—that’s our tree.

Barbara: What has made me sad for years is that our trees don’t tell the story of Christ, they don’t tell the story of Jesus. I just started thinking about what would it be like if Christians all over the country and all over the world, in fact, would have the names of Christ on their trees and symbols of what Christmas is all about. It would be a statement of our faith. It would be a reminder of why we celebrate. It’s a way of bringing the truth of Christ into our Christmas celebrations.

Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, November 26th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. There’s nothing wrong with an occasional snowman or a reindeer, but what if your house could make a statement about Jesus during the Christmas season? We’ll talk about how to do that today.

And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition.

Dennis: It is more beautiful here in the studio today. (Laughter)

Bob: Would you like to explain why?

Dennis: That laugh you just heard is the reason, because wherever this woman goes, she makes things beautiful.

Bob: I’m just amazed—here’s what I’m amazed about—

Dennis: It’s my wife, Barbara, by the way.

Bob: Yes, that’s right. Barbara, welcome to FamilyLife Today.

Dennis: Welcome.

Barbara: Thank you, Bob.

Bob: I’m just amazed that you even had time to be here because the first half of the season is over—Thanksgiving is done, the turkey has been served, leftovers are mostly gone.

Barbara: In Tupperware containers or gone. (Laughter)

Bob: Now, we’re gearing up for the second half; because as soon as you put everything away for Thanksgiving, you’ve got to flip the house into Christmas mode, don’t you?

Barbara: Yes. Yes, you’ve got to switch gears and switch gears quickly.

Bob: So, is the weekend—is Thanksgiving weekend relaxing or is it just—

Barbara: For us?

Bob: Yes.

Barbara: Yes, it’s relaxing because we don’t switch gears and put the tree up on Friday morning like a lot of families do. I just—I just want to enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend. It’s our favorite holiday. We often have kids home. We don’t usually have children, our adult kids, home at Christmas. We have them at Thanksgiving, and I want to enjoy them. So, we don’t usually start that until Monday after everyone is gone—or Tuesday or the next weekend, for that matter.

Dennis: She really does not like the whole commercialization of Christmas that starts back before July 4th. (Laughter)

Bob: There is a reason why FamilyLife Today listeners don’t hear us talking about Christmas until now.

Dennis: And it’s Barbara.

Bob: We don’t bring it up—there’s an embargo on our calendars: “You cannot mention Christmas”—

Dennis: You know what? Seriously.

Bob: Honestly.

Dennis: There are those here at FamilyLife on the team who -- it’s been brought up before that we should feature some of the resources we create for listeners -- but they said, “Oh, no, no.”

Bob: “No, no.”

Dennis: “You can’t do that. Barbara”—

Bob: “Barbara would not allow it.” (Laughter)

Dennis: —“would not allow this.”

Barbara: As if I have this great authority, which I do not.

Bob: Trust me. Trust me.

Dennis: Well, you did on this one.

Bob: More than you know.

Dennis: ...

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Rebooting Christmas (Part 1) - A Christ-Focused Christmas

Rebooting Christmas (Part 2) - Jesus, The Reason We Celebrate

FamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript

References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete.

A Christ-Focused Christmas

Guest: Barbara Rainey

From the series: Rebooting Christmas (Day 1 of 2)

Air date: November 26, 2012

Bob: When the halls at your house get decked, what do they look like?

Woman: The first four years of our marriage we lived in apartments; so, to save on space—you know not having the big evergreen and then also not have to store it all year round, if you were to get a plastic one. We already had an indoor Ficus; so, we just threw some Christmas lights on it and went and bought fancy ornaments and put it on there. We were like, “It’s the traditional Christmas Ficus.” At one point, I was singing, “Oh, Ficus tree, Oh, Ficus tree….”

I wanted a tree just because it’s a part of Christmas décor, but it really was just, “We don’t have kids. We don’t have room. There’s really no point or no need.” And I was like, “We’ve got to have something Christmas in the house.” That’s when Josh was like, “We can decorate the Ficus.” So, we went out and bought fancy blue and copper ornaments. We were like, “We’re going to make it the high-class, traditional Christmas Ficus.”
So, we had that for a couple of years. Then, we had red and green for a couple of years. We’ll probably need to get new ones this year.

We still put the presents underneath it, and I remember—I kid you not—this is our tree. I mean we’ve got it and just like, “Yay! The traditional Christmas Ficus is here,” because everyone in our family just knows that, that’s our—that’s our tree.

Barbara: What has made me sad for years is that our trees don’t tell the story of Christ, they don’t tell the story of Jesus. I just started thinking about what would it be like if Christians all over the country and all over the world, in fact, would have the names of Christ on their trees and symbols of what Christmas is all about. It would be a statement of our faith. It would be a reminder of why we celebrate. It’s a way of bringing the truth of Christ into our Christmas celebrations.

Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, November 26th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. There’s nothing wrong with an occasional snowman or a reindeer, but what if your house could make a statement about Jesus during the Christmas season? We’ll talk about how to do that today.

And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition.

Dennis: It is more beautiful here in the studio today. (Laughter)

Bob: Would you like to explain why?

Dennis: That laugh you just heard is the reason, because wherever this woman goes, she makes things beautiful.

Bob: I’m just amazed—here’s what I’m amazed about—

Dennis: It’s my wife, Barbara, by the way.

Bob: Yes, that’s right. Barbara, welcome to FamilyLife Today.

Dennis: Welcome.

Barbara: Thank you, Bob.

Bob: I’m just amazed that you even had time to be here because the first half of the season is over—Thanksgiving is done, the turkey has been served, leftovers are mostly gone.

Barbara: In Tupperware containers or gone. (Laughter)

Bob: Now, we’re gearing up for the second half; because as soon as you put everything away for Thanksgiving, you’ve got to flip the house into Christmas mode, don’t you?

Barbara: Yes. Yes, you’ve got to switch gears and switch gears quickly.

Bob: So, is the weekend—is Thanksgiving weekend relaxing or is it just—

Barbara: For us?

Bob: Yes.

Barbara: Yes, it’s relaxing because we don’t switch gears and put the tree up on Friday morning like a lot of families do. I just—I just want to enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend. It’s our favorite holiday. We often have kids home. We don’t usually have children, our adult kids, home at Christmas. We have them at Thanksgiving, and I want to enjoy them. So, we don’t usually start that until Monday after everyone is gone—or Tuesday or the next weekend, for that matter.

Dennis: She really does not like the whole commercialization of Christmas that starts back before July 4th. (Laughter)

Bob: There is a reason why FamilyLife Today listeners don’t hear us talking about Christmas until now.

Dennis: And it’s Barbara.

Bob: We don’t bring it up—there’s an embargo on our calendars: “You cannot mention Christmas”—

Dennis: You know what? Seriously.

Bob: Honestly.

Dennis: There are those here at FamilyLife on the team who -- it’s been brought up before that we should feature some of the resources we create for listeners -- but they said, “Oh, no, no.”

Bob: “No, no.”

Dennis: “You can’t do that. Barbara”—

Bob: “Barbara would not allow it.” (Laughter)

Dennis: —“would not allow this.”

Barbara: As if I have this great authority, which I do not.

Bob: Trust me. Trust me.

Dennis: Well, you did on this one.

Bob: More than you know.

Dennis: ...

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