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THE FLURRY OF CHRISTMAS ACTIV-ITIES,
THE TO-DO LISTS, SHOPPING
FOR PRESENTS, DECORATING, PAR-TIES
AND PROGRAMS KEEP MOST
OF US BUSY DURING DECEMBER,
AND IT’S OFTEN HARD TO LIVE
OUT OUR BEST INTENTIONS OF
SHOWING GOODNESS TO OTH-ERS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE
ARE SOME SIMPLE WAYS FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO PRAC-TICE
KINDNESS. THERE’S ONE FOR
EACH DAY OF THE ADVENT SEA-SON,
WHICH RUNS FROM DEC. 1-24.
PICK WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY, WRITE THE IDEAS
ON A CALENDAR, DRAW THEM
AT RANDOM FROM A JAR, OR
MODIFY THESE SUGGESTIONS TO
FIT IN WITH PROJECTS OR CAUS-ES
YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, MAY
YOU FIND THE JOY OF PRACTIC-ING
KINDNESS THIS CHRISTMAS!
Create a
Christmas
Kindness
basket. Fill
1 2 Help a
neighbor
with
yard work.
it with treats and
leave at a neigh-bor’s
door with
instructions to refill
and pass it along to
another neighbor.
7 17 11 12 Get some friends together
and go caroling at a
retirement
community
or nursing
home.
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Have your
kids add a gift
for someone
else to their
Christmas
lists.
Prepare and
take hot choc-olate
or apple
cider to
people
working
outside.
Invite an
international
student to
join you for
a Christmas
tradition.
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DAYS
of
christmas
kindness
others-focused
Advent
BY MELISSA SUTTON-SENG
22 16 Send a
care
package
to a college
student to
help them
through
exams.
Leave a Christmas
card and a small gift
in your mailbox for
your mail carrier.
Pay for a
stranger’s
coffee.
21
Pick up litter in
a neighborhood
park or just as
you’re out and
about.
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILL JONES