Christmas Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

The One Thing I Can’t Remember About Christmas

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Dec 21, 2020 | Doing Life Together

When you think back to your Christmases as a child, what do you remember? Realizing what you remember–and what you don’t–can help you figure out what’s good to emphasize for your own kids! Today’s my 29th anniversary, and so I’ve...

Creating Christmas Traditions When You Don’t Have Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2020 | Emotional Connection

Can you create Christmas traditions as a couple BEFORE you have kids? Absolutely! Or what about if you aren’t planning on having kids, or can’t have kids–or if your kids are with your ex-spouses for the holidays. Does that mean that Christmas...

10 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Man Who is Impossible to Buy For

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2020 | Emotional Connection

Are you stuck on Christmas gift ideas for your husband? For a woman, you can always just buy something pretty. But what does a guy want? One of my most popular posts ever was my Christmas stocking stuffers for your husband–and in that post I give some really...

Reader Question: Do I Have to Endure Terrible Gifts from My Husband This Christmas?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 14, 2020 | Emotional Connection

What do you do if your husband is absolutely terrible at buying Christmas presents? Last year, a reader wrote in with this question about her husband who buys terrible gifts: Do I keep enduring terrible Christmas/birthday/Valentine’s Day gifts for the...

When Your Husband Doesn’t Protect You from Your Mother-in-Law (or other toxic relatives)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 16, 2019 | Tough Marriage Situations

When you have difficult relationships with your in-laws, it’s not up to you to sort it out. In general, it’s better if the blood relative intervenes on your behalf. But what do you do if your husband won’t stand up to his mom (or dad)? Or what...

10 Ways to Bless Others (and Your Marriage!) This Christmas

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 13, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Faith

Christmas is God announcing to the world, “Emmanuel”, God is with us. It’s God coming down in human form to bring the kingdom of heaven near, and to show us who God is and what He is like. Yes, it is also about the Saviour coming into the world, but...