A Christmas Manger Overflowing With Kindness

--by sysgram, posted Jun 16, 2012

When my sons were young we decided to create a fun way to do more kind things for others around the festive period.

We removed the baby Jesus from the manger!

The refilling of the manger could only be done by completing a random (and anonymous) act of kindness, writing about it on a slip of paper and placing the folded slip in the manger. Nothing counted unless you were able to get away with it without the receiver knowing your identity!

It was a fun game to play and before long that manger was overflowing with kindness slips.

Baby Jesus returned on Christmas Eve, too!

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Posted by sysgram
Jun 16, 2012
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Happy7 wrote: What a great idea! I love it. Have a wonderful blessed Christmas.

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is very cute and a nice way to encourage kindness! :)

jsmc10 wrote: This is such a great idea :)

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