Amazon’s free Christmas download today is Coming Home For Christmas with Victoria Shaw & Richie McDonald. http://budurl.com/FreeChristmasSongs

Encouragement-Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

Leah Ingram of Suddenly Frugal has another Suddenly Frugal segment, this time on CBS 3 KYW in Philadelphia, but you can watch it here: http://twurl.nl/sd6neb . It’s a great interview about celebrating a “Green” Christmas and cutting down on Christmas garbage.

Fellow Twitter-er, @ Seniors4Living , wrote to commend programs that provide for free snow removal for seniors. You can read about them at http://budurl.com/SnowRemoval4Seniors and http://twurl.nl/l01b4h . If you have a elderly relative who doesn’t live close, you might look into whether something like one these programs is offered where they live and see if you can sign them up.

Calgary Herald had an excellent article discussing the varied aspects and definitions of the Sandwich Generation. http://tinyurl.com/4y9jwu

Here’s a good article defining and explaining Palliative Care. We went through palliative care and Hospice with my dad. I had never heard of Palliative Care before that, but they were such a blessing to us. All of the staff were helpful & encouraging. http://budurl.com/PalliativeDef It’s definitely harder to do it at home, but well worth it when it’s possible. I know my parents both appreciated the option.

Encouraging article about how we cope better as we age. I always love to hear positives about aging! http://adjix.com/pyn

Great holiday safety tips at Leah Ingram’s new blog, Suddenly Frugal, http://budurl.com/2fkh .

Fun & Frugal Tips for Gift Wrap -  Cute, reusable, cheap bags and tissue from dollar stores. @ frugalluxuries added “The 99 cent store has three gift boxes (large, medium & small) for 99cents…they are my frugal luxury during holidays!”

Another free Christmas song available online – this time from Artist Connection – http://budurl.com/9pm2 – It’s a new version of Away in the Manger by Shane & Shane

Don’t forget to download Amazon’s free Christmas carol for the day – Yesterday’s was Angels We Have Heard on High by Brian Setzer and today’s is Lady December by The Sweptaways. http://budurl.com/FreeChristmasSongs

If you’d like a good holiday chuckle, check out this video: Microwave Jingle Bells – http://8g9.qlnk.net Thank you @GearLive for letting me know about it & AKQA for producing it.

Encouragement – Grace be with all who have undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.