Lynse Leanne

Apparently this is a big discussion/debate….i was unaware of this until this year.

I work at Starbucks as we all know….and we have the Christmas blend coffee. When someone is ordering a cup of our drip Christmas Blend it is easier to write “Xmas” on the cup so that people know it is our Christmas Blend and not Pike Place….pretty simple and makes sense….right?

A few days ago i had a customer come in who was very offended that i would put Xmas on her cup. They said that i was taking Jesus out of Christmas….I was rather dumbfounded at this point because after explaining my reason they were still offended…but clearly 4 letters is easier than 9 letters in a rush…and yes, i could have written “bold” since it is the bold…but xmas just works.

so this got the old wheels a turnin’

….does it really matter?

the more i thought about it….it is a rather religious practice….cause doesnt it matter what is in your heart? You can say Merry CHRISTmas all you want but if Christ is not an active player in your life and heart it doesnt matter how many times you say it it wont change whats truly in your heart….and in my case i can write “Xmas” and i do actively seek God and have a relationship with him and i dont personally feel convicted because it still reminds me of Christ….

so just out of curiosity and some friendly discussion….

Does it really matter? is Christmas better than Xmas?

Well tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the USA…and as a Canadian i typically wouldnt celebrate it in November as we celebrate it in October.  But i married and American man therefore we celebrate with his amazing family.

But the one weird thing that they do that we didnt do is they have a Thanksgiving lunch….in our family it was ALWAYS dinner….so to have lunch is still super weird for me.

But i was wondering what are some of your family Thanksgiving traditions?

Oh, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Last Thursday was my 23rd birthday. It was a good day! Many birthday wishes from many people…and if that was you,

THANK YOU!!

After much thought (5 minutes) i realized that a total of about 12 said “Happy Birthday” or called to wish me a happy birthday. I am not at all saying that i want more of it next year, i am just saying it.

So i went on a search to see how many other ways i was wished happy birthday….here is the break down…..

98 – facebook birthday wishes
13 – twitter birthday wishes
72 – text birthday wishes
12 – spoken birthday wishes (phone or in person)

This is the time we live in.

So i have thought about what to post for my first post back since Christmas Eve…

do i post about …..

my favourite Christmas gift….
what we did for Christmas…
how our Christmas Eve services went….
new year’s resolutions….

and i decided that instead of telling you all these things i wanted to give you an open mic….

so, what was your favourite Christmas gift? what did you do for Christmas? how did your services go? what are your resolutions?

also….what do you think about the new look at lynseleanne.com? poke around a bit and make suggestions…