Friday, November 25, 2011

A Christmas Challenge

I love Christmas time. I love the decorations, the tree, the lights, the holiday candles, the food, the stockings, the candy. I love burning a fire in the fireplace and drinking hot chocolate in my footy pajamas. I love Christmas music. I love spending time with my family and friends while we eat tons of food. (oh wait- I already mentioned the food). And I love presents. I love getting them. I love buying them. I love looking for good deals and how little things cost around Christmas time. But even though I buy things really cheap for Christmas, I still spend a lot of money around the holidays.
The other day I was talking to a good friend of mine about Christmas and how hectic it is and the insane amounts of money everyone spends at Christmas. It got me to thinking and so today I googled "how much Americans spend on Christmas". And then I happened upon this YouTube video.........





It amazed me how much we spend in the United States on Christmas gifts yearly. And then I was even more amazed at what could be done with just a fraction of that money.
So, I sat down with Corey and we decided as a family, we would take a portion of our Christmas budget and spend it on investing in clean water for those around the world that don't have access to clean water.
And this is my challenge to you. If you are reading this blog, will you do it too?

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