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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Christmastime.

SEELE contributor Shefali Karani shares 3 best ways to save money this Christmas season.

"The modern rush to reach the next big door-buster has stolen our ability to relax through Thanksgiving dinner. There’s no deal greater than Jesus’ birth, and we don’t have to wait in line for it," says Meg Bucher.

“This year has been unsettling and distressing one as the world still struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic,” says SEELE contributor Monica Tang. To close this year, she offers some reflections in this Advent season as we prepare for Christmas.

This Friday Post comes from devotional writer Sarah Young, where she reminds us that our focus this holiday season and every holiday season should be on Jesus and his sacrifice to come as a baby to bring relationship between God and man.

Christian Life Coach and Speaker, Heather Ferroni shares an invitation from Jesus to get to know Him beyond the Christmas and Easter experience in 2020.

The Christmas holiday season would not be complete without the beloved Christmas carol “Silent Night.” Music teacher, Cassandra Portee gives everything you thought you knew about the carol, but didn’t.

Each year around this time, you may find yourself getting anxious because the inevitable questions abound: “What are your New Year’s plans?” “Have you figured out how you’re getting around traffic on New Year’s Eve?”  “Any resolutions?” “How are you going to ensure you stick to them?” Producer, writer, advocate and founder of Re:set, Aakanksha Tangri, shares four ways to enusre wellbeing in 2020 by staying the same old you.

Seele contributor, Thomasena Thomas shares her family Christmas traditions and that when looking at Christian traditions, it is the rules and guidelines of traditions that keeps the values of a family- or faith alive.

One of the most fascinating women of the ages, Mary the mother of Jesus was a humble girl from the tiny town of Nazareth. Giving birth to Jesus around the age of 13/14, she would carry a burden, a beautiful burden, but a heavy burden the rest of her life. ‘The rare moment- accounts of conversations between Jesus and His mother that we find in the Gospels are laden with love and riddled with pain.’ A relatable woman to us all, SEELE’s last Friday Post of 2019 highlights a woman whose life was forever changed when Gabriel met her with news. And her unwavering devotion to her Son’s mission is a reminder of the true reason of the season.

Seele contributor, Rebekah Mazzei points out how this is generally a time of festivities, traditions and holiday parties, but it can also be a very lonely and sad season for many. Whatever this holiday season may mean for you, it's a season of possibilities and opportunities to love. And let's not forget that Jesus is the reason for the season.

For another Christmas, music teacher, Cassandra Smith Portee has opened up the life of composer and songwriter, Irving Berlin, a Russian immigrant who lived in the US and who contributed to the world a Christmas timepiece.