the Amish love to wrap the gifts beautifully. They will use, shiny papers and ribbons to decorate them. They then place them somewhere special in the home, such as the hearth, until Christmas Day ...

and Christmas trees in Amish homes are a rarity. You will find mantels adorned with colorful Christmas cards (often homemade) and gifts are often exchanged for the holiday, but usually gifts are ...

Andrea, 11 months, was in a booster seat, and Denzel, 6 months, was in the highchair. Family Christmas gifts and stockings waiting to be opened. As the children arrived, they were attracted to the ...

This was a late Christmas gathering ... Emma had a table with nice gifts for the winners. Then we exchanged gifts. We first made everyone guess to see if they knew who had their name.

For many people, Christmas serves as a joyous celebration ... After we eat, we hand out gifts to one another, and because Amish families tend to be large, and because families often have so ...

Visitors can sample some of each in Amish country this holiday season ... So she leans toward practical gifts, such as gloves and scarves. Then move on to some shopping Filled with the spirit ...

something we’d do well to keep in mind on Christmas. The pastor reminded the room of the moment in the Gospel of Matthew when Jesus told his followers it was fine to give God gifts at the altar ...

The author shares how her family celebrates Christmas in their Amish community in Southern Illinois. The author's mother makes Christmas special with caroling, gifts, and gatherings. The author's ...

In our Amish culture we don’t celebrate Christmas exactly like our “English ... A smorgasbord of unwrapped gifts will be on the table and whoever gets Bingo will get to choose a gift.

Amish Christmas is about dialing down ... and they all are relying on holiday tourists to buy lots of gifts in the lushly holiday-decorated shops — even though the Amish themselves tend to ...

Family Christmas gifts and stockings waiting to be opened. On January 14 we had our family home for a late Christmas. With the preparations of daughter Susan and Ervin’s wedding, we decided to ...