Celebrate Christmas 2020 with White Envelopes
This year you’re invited to have a little fun with the Christmas spirit of generosity and love by creating your own White Envelope. Based on a story that led to the White Envelope Project , this is a practice of giving to meet any kind of need, writing about what you did and why, and sharing that story with someone during Christmas.
As in the original story, you could hang the envelope(s) on your Christmas tree to be opened along with gifts. If you don’t have a tree, you could find another special place. If you don’t expect to be opening gifts with others, you could mail it to someone you’d like to share the story with. Maybe you could ask the person to open the envelope during a phone call, Facetime, or Zoom gathering. The main point is to do an act of generosity and kindness and to spread joy by sharing the story.
To spread the joy with all of us, please share your White Envelope experiences by sending pictures and stories to Lee Williams. You could take a photo of something you did or of how you displayed the white envelope. Maybe your story will be about something you made or how your kids got excited about the project. Maybe you will tell us about your neighbors joining in and making their own White Envelopes.
If you’re stuck for ideas, here are a few to spark your imagination:
This year you’re invited to have a little fun with the Christmas spirit of generosity and love by creating your own White Envelope. Based on a story that led to the White Envelope Project , this is a practice of giving to meet any kind of need, writing about what you did and why, and sharing that story with someone during Christmas.
As in the original story, you could hang the envelope(s) on your Christmas tree to be opened along with gifts. If you don’t have a tree, you could find another special place. If you don’t expect to be opening gifts with others, you could mail it to someone you’d like to share the story with. Maybe you could ask the person to open the envelope during a phone call, Facetime, or Zoom gathering. The main point is to do an act of generosity and kindness and to spread joy by sharing the story.
To spread the joy with all of us, please share your White Envelope experiences by sending pictures and stories to Lee Williams. You could take a photo of something you did or of how you displayed the white envelope. Maybe your story will be about something you made or how your kids got excited about the project. Maybe you will tell us about your neighbors joining in and making their own White Envelopes.
If you’re stuck for ideas, here are a few to spark your imagination:
- Make a gift to drop off at the home of someone alone for Christmas
- Arrange to drop off Christmas dinner at someone’s house
- Make an extra contribution to a charity like ELCA Good Gifts
- Help a neighbor in need of assistance
- Record a song to send to someone who misses you
- Donate to Indian Prairie (watch for more details)