12 Days of Christmas Organizing Tips – Day 12: Evaluation

When your holiday celebrations have ended and you're relaxing and preparing for the new year, take a few minutes to evaluate your holiday season. Think about what Christmas means to you and whether you accomplished everything you wanted to this year. It's evaluation time.
  • What signifies Christmas for you? {Volunteering for the Christmas Eve service at church? Drinking hot chocolate and driving around looking at Christmas lights? Black Friday shopping?}
  • Which activities did you cut this year? Did you miss them?
  • How did your family gatherings go? {Did you have meaningful conversations? Did you capture the photo moments? Did you have enough food?}
  • Did you reach out to neighbors or those in need as much as you wanted to?
  • Were you rushed and last-minute or did you have everything perfectly planned out ahead of time?
  • Did you have unreasonable expectations of yourself or others?
  • Did you miss a big event (like the Nutcracker performance) because you didn't know when it was?
  • What are your must-have activities/events? What can you live without?
Write out a bullet list or a few paragraphs about this year's experience and things that you want to change or keep the same and why. Then, file the info away in a file called "Christmas (YEAR)" and mark your calendar for mid-October to pull out and review the file before you plan your next years' celebrations! Next year, Christmas can be everything you wanted it to be and more, with a little advanced preparation and focus. For me, I feel as if I've had a successful Christmas if we've slowed down from the hustle and bustle enough to focus on the real meaning of Christmas. Jesus Christ come to earth as a baby to be our Savior. Wow - it doesn't get much more meaningful or precious than that! Everything else - all of the food, traditions, time spent with family, etc. - pales in comparison to truly offering praise and thanks to the One who gave the greatest sacrifice of all to save me from my sin. Happy Birthday, Jesus!
"But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord."
Luke 2:10-11

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