{Teach Me Tuesday Link-Up} Merry CHRISTmas

First of all MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!

I hope you are all spending time with family or friends or at least watching an awesome holiday movie like Elf.  I will be hanging out with my mom’s side today (dad’s side was yesterday) and I will no doubt be snuggling my new nephew a whole lot!

I’ve been wanting to do a weekly link-up for awhile and I thought I might as well start today with something I learned recently.  I knew the candy cane had a special Christmas-y meaning, but I don’t think I ever knew the specifics.

I stumbled across this pin on Pinterest explaining the meaning of the candy cane and I couldn’t help but share it for my first Teach Me Tuesday, Christmas edition.

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I also discovered this year the best way to take pictures of a lit Christmas tree…do it without the flash!

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Please listen to this lovely song that makes me cry every time I hear it. 

The God who created the earth in seven days decided to show up in a little baby.  Listening to the words it makes me remember that He doesn’t always show up in grand gestures, but can send us messages in the little things.  We just need to look for them.

Whether you are a Christan or not, you are always welcome at church.  Christmas is one of the best times to check out a service, so if you’ve been holding off for whatever reason, give it a shot!

I’m actually going with my dad and grandma to her Catholic church although I’m not Catholic.  In the past I get a little on edge about going to on of their services since I don’t agree with everything, but I’ve decided to take from the service what I can get and to focus on spending the time with my family worshiping my Lord and Savior on this Christmas day.

Love you all very much and have an amazing Christmas!

I don’t have a whole lot of rules this week for Teach Me Tuesday link-ups but here are the basics:

• Your post must be something about learning or teaching (recipes, workouts, creative tips, etc).
• No giveaway posts please.
• You must link back to this post or to my blog.  I have the right to remove links! 
• Teach us something new! 🙂
• I will have a button for this link-up soon!