Every Holiday season, we take the kids and their friends carol singing in the neighborhood, and collect food/money for a local food bank. It is fun for the kids, it adds to the holiday cheer in the neighborhood, and hopefully, the kids learn something about adversity and charity in the process.
As parents, we want our children to learn generosity, kindness, and charity. We also want our children to learn about poverty, war, and adversity. In America, where poor people live in a different part of town, where wars are fought on foreign lands, where charity donations are often made online, it is hard for kids to learn these.
At the very least, we hope our carol fund raiser shifts some of the focus off gifts and on generosity and holiday spirit.
What is your holiday tradition?
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