1. Forgo the consumerist madness of Black Friday and instead catch up on your rest. Sleeping in beats standing in line by a mile any day.


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2. Go for a walk with a friend and soak up the beauty of nature. What better way to feel inspired than by enjoying the gorgeous world around us?


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3. Volunteer! Helping others will you feel more warm and fuzzy than a new sweater, we promise. Consider giving something back rather than going out and simply getting more stuff.


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4. Take a little time to meditate alone. Solitude sometimes really is bliss, and a quiet moment to yourself can make you appreciate the warmth of family time even more.


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5. Get creative with your Thanksgiving leftovers. Momofuku Milk Bar made a Thanksgiving croissant [1] with cranberry sauce, turkey, and gravy inside a stuffing-flavored dough, and that's just one example of the amazing things you can do[2] to make Thanksgiving last just a little bit longer.


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The fabled Thanksgiving croissant [3]




6. After a full day of stretching your stomach, flex your other muscles with some yoga.


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7. Can you say, "holiday movies?"





8. Board games. Because what are the holidays without impassioned rivalries between family members? Better watch your back though- sometimes the sweetest people can be the sneakiest...


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9. Bring out your creative side by doing a project or making art. Now's the time to think up the title of the novel you've always wanted to write!


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10. Now that you're done feeding your family and friends, nourish your soul with some poetry, scripture, or prose that inspires you. Curling up with a good book is never a bad idea.


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  • Luke 12 16-21


    Luke 12 16-21 Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?”Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’




  • 1 Timothy 6:6-10


    Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.




  • Luke 18:18-22


    Luke 18:18-22 A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.’” He replied, “I have kept all these since my youth.” When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”




  • Matthew 6 19-21


    Matthew 6 19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust* consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust* consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.




  • James 5:1-4


    James 5:1-4 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.




  • Acts 4:32-35.


    Acts 4:32-35. Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.




  • Matthew 5:28-32


    Matthew 5:28-32 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.