Family Night With Julie Coulter Bellon's Family
This week, Canadian writer of unique LDS Romantic Suspense novels, Julie Coulter Bellon, shares an excellent idea from a Christmas Family Home 
Evening. Julie is also the author of #1 Deseret Book Best Seller, Be Prepared: A Parents Guide to Boy Scouts and the Duty to God Award -- What You Should Know.
“One of our family traditions,” Julie says, “has been making a laminated 8 1/2 by 11 inch ward list with the names, addresses, and phone numbers on one side and a ward map on the other and giving those out as a Christmas gift to our ward. It's nice to have when new neighbors move in, so you can go and greet them throughout the year, but it's a really practical, fun gift to give
during the holidays. We make it a bright color so it's never lost in a pile of paper, we do different colors for each year so we can keep each year straight and any changes that may have occurred, and we also put a magnet on it so it can be magnetized to the refrigerator as well. That way it's always handy!”
She continues, “When we go out as a family to pass out the gifts, we make an evening of it. It's just a really great way to get to know your neighbors better as well as spend time together as a family doing a service for your ward family.”
One of Julie’s family, fifteen year old Lauren, adds, "It's really fun to go to everyone's house and wish them a Merry Christmas."
Evening. Julie is also the author of #1 Deseret Book Best Seller, Be Prepared: A Parents Guide to Boy Scouts and the Duty to God Award -- What You Should Know.“One of our family traditions,” Julie says, “has been making a laminated 8 1/2 by 11 inch ward list with the names, addresses, and phone numbers on one side and a ward map on the other and giving those out as a Christmas gift to our ward. It's nice to have when new neighbors move in, so you can go and greet them throughout the year, but it's a really practical, fun gift to give
during the holidays. We make it a bright color so it's never lost in a pile of paper, we do different colors for each year so we can keep each year straight and any changes that may have occurred, and we also put a magnet on it so it can be magnetized to the refrigerator as well. That way it's always handy!”She continues, “When we go out as a family to pass out the gifts, we make an evening of it. It's just a really great way to get to know your neighbors better as well as spend time together as a family doing a service for your ward family.”
One of Julie’s family, fifteen year old Lauren, adds, "It's really fun to go to everyone's house and wish them a Merry Christmas."
Labels: Family Home Evening
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We did that in our old Orem ward. A couple of neighbors would chip in to share the expense. I sure liked that a lot better than having to make cookies.
Hi Anne... thank you for the compliment, and yes you have my permission to do that. It's been a while since I've blogged, so I am grateful the some of the old stuff is getting traffic while I get back on track. :)
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