Let Jesus Come, Let Santa Go

Let Jesus Come, Let Santa Go Celebrating an Alternate Christmas An Audio Workshop

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Let Jesus Come, Let Santa Go - Celebrating an Alternate Christmas

presented by Milo Thornberry and Harriette Grissom

See Resource LINKS below.

1. Guidelines for Gift Giving (33:17) - Milo Thornberry

2. Santa & Saint Nicholas (28:20) - Milo Thornberry

3. What can you do in your Parish? (25:10) - Milo Thornberry

4. Let Advent be Advent (27:30) - Milo Thornberry

5. What else you can do with your family (26:55) - Harriette Grissom

6. Alternate Christmas activities for the wider community (30:06) - Harriette Grissom

All audio rights are reserved by National Catholic Reporter (NCR) publishing company, Kansas City, MO. Used by permission.
Originally distributed by Credence Cassettes (formerly a division of NCR), now Credence Communications, Kansas City, MO.

Resource LINKS

Although resources are not repeated here, some are appropriate in multiple settings/for multiple purposes. These few suggestions scarcely made a comprehensive list.

1. Guidelines for Gift Giving

Guidelines for Alternative Giving I
Guidelines for Alternative Giving II

2. Santa & Saint Nicholas

Christmas & Santa: A Household Resource

Christmas & Santa: A Household Resource by Milo Thornberry - See a revised version in Whose Birthday? booklet 1989 as What Shall We Do About Santa?

Christmas Without Santa Claus: A Story for Children of All Ages by Milo Thornberry - See Whose Birthday booklet 1990.

Good-bye Santa, Hello St. Nicholas: One Family's Experience by Mike & Kathe Sherer - See Whose Birthday booklet 1988.

The Song of Saint Nicholas by Mike Sherer

St. Nicholas: a Puppet Play -- See 1994 packet

With all that noise, can they hear us? - a bulletin insert

Jason's Birthday - GRAPHIC 3-A517

3. What can you do in your Parish?

Christmas Packs (1-15)

Unplug the Christmas Machine Workshop Leader's Guide (also AUDIO version)

VIDEO

Celebration Revolution of Alexander Scrooge

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

4. Let Advent be Advent

5. What else you can do with your family

Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? (#1-24) Also AUDIO versions, #16-20.

6. Alternate Christmas activities for the wider community

Reaching Out to Others: A Christmas Packet for Parishes (1989)

How to Organize an Alternative Community Christmas Festival

Planning an Alternative Christmas Workshop

Christmas Alternatives Giving Card - PDF GivingCards

Reaching out through the media

Many More Christmas articles

ABOUT the PRESENTERS

Milo (Shannon-) Thornberry is former director of Alternatives, a non-profit organization that produced resources for responsible living and celebrating and sponsors a yearly alternate Christmas campaign. He is an ordained United Methodist minister with a doctorate from Boston University and is the former coordinator for hunger concerns with the National Council of Churches.

Get to know Milo at Post #181.

Dr. Harriette Grissom also served on the staff of Alternatives. She is the co-founder the Atlanta food bank and has a doctorate in Literature and Psychology.

They helped develop some written material on Alternative Christmas celebrations, which is available in the Archives of this site.

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Page updated 15 Jan. 2014

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