Merry Christmas

  • Tim Challies
  • 12/25/09
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Our Christmas morning began at a reasonable hour here in Atlanta, Georgia. For the past couple of days we’ve been staying with my sister’s family and we enjoyed watching our kids and their kids open their presents. In just a few minutes we’ll be heading to Chattanooga, Tennessee (about two hours away) to meet up with the rest of my family. We’ll all be together for the second time in a calendar year (a record, I think). That means there will be 21 of us, by my count, all celebrating Christmas together (that’s 2 Challies parents, 5 Challies kids, 4 Challies spouses and 10 Challies grandkids).

Before we hit the road, I thought I’d send along this special message from my children…

Kids

Have a Merry Christmas!

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a comment from Ken Summerlin • 12/25 @ 1:25pm
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What a fun picture! Glad to know your kids don’t take themselves too seriously!

Merry Christmas

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a comment from donsands • 12/25 @ 1:40pm

Cool kids! Merry Christmas!

“Let earth receive her King!” I pray, many will receive Him this coming year, and even this Christmas Day. Amen.

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a comment from Alex Philip • 12/25 @ 1:42pm

Thank you for your faithfulness in blogging. It’s both an edifying and pleasurable experience to read your entries. Have a Merry Christmas.

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a comment from MR MARK • 12/25 @ 1:50pm
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Wonderful photo!

Thanks for sharing your life with us each day.

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a comment from David Rupert • 12/25 @ 6:44pm
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Keep those kids laughing! They will need it to get through life!

David Rupertwww.redletterbelievers.com”Salt and Light”

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a comment from janet • 12/25 @ 10:04pm
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Love the picture. Your son looks like he’s in pain, though. Probably can’t believe his sisters are acting so goofy. :D

I am taking a quick break from the gang celebrating Christmas here in our home. 2 grandparents, 10 parents, 18 grandchildren and 7 not yet married children makes for a gang of 37. Add three dogs and two cats to the mix, and no wonder it’s noisy and hot in the house.

We ate too much and laughed a lot. It’s been a good day. The best thing is that we all understand that the Son of God came willingly to live a perfect life and die in our place. You can’t get better news than that!

Merry Christmas to the Challies family!

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a comment from Erik • 12/26 @ 3:29am
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Fantastic photo of the youngsters…

I wish it was that warm and sunny here in Portland, Oregon for Christmas.

Merry CHRISTmas Tim.

;)

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a comment from Zack • 12/28 @ 12:34pm
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Dude, I’ll bet your son is hilarious. He just looks like he’s going to be a comedian some day.

Plus the skinned knee… Looks like you have your hands full.