What our Family is Doing for Christmas in 2011

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments by Joy D.

Our approach to Christmas has always been nontraditional and eclectic. So what are we doing this year? Simple Decorating Pearl usually takes on the task of sprinkling the house with nativity scenes, a camel tapestry and more. We have a wide variety of nativities, including a plastic one set up specifically for the Bible Study [...]

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Nativity Reenactment – One of Our Family Christmas Traditions

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments by Joy D.

Reposted from December of 2009. One of the Christmas traditions our family has done for over 20 years now is reenacting the Nativity story. And so in honor of the season, for the next couple of weeks we will be posting short video clips of our enactments from the past. Our reenactments have taken many [...]

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Camel Bags – One Of Our Family’s Christmas Traditions

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments by Joy D.

Originally posted December 15th, 2009 on Timberdoodle’s Facebook Page. If you know our family, you know we have some odd family traditions including limiting our Christmas decorations to a nativity theme (we don’t even have a tree!) and putting off gift giving to New Years. Of all of our traditions though, Camel Bags raise the most [...]

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Should A Christian Celebrate Christmas? Timberdoodle Newsletter December 2006

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Reposted from Timberdoodle’s December 2006 newsletter On our honeymoon more than 28 years ago, we were confronted with the question, “should a Christian celebrate Christmas?” Having read and studied both sides of the controversy, we’ve come to the following conclusion. While we acknowledge that Jesus wasn’t actually born in December, it is the time that [...]

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Where’s Your Heart this Christmas? December Newsletter 2009

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Reposted from our December 2009 Timberdoodle Newsletter Dear Friends, This year we are taking a slight departure from our annual bashing of secular Christmas, to urge you to take inventory on the condition of your children’s hearts. What if you discovered, quite by accident, that your married daughter was flirting with the UPS man? Would [...]

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When is the Best Time to Buy at Timberdoodle?

Nov 29, 2011 No Comments

I know; we have slammed your inbox with amazing sales over the past week. Are you worrying that the items you bought today will go on sale next week?  Or gulping as you think about receiving emails that frequently all season? Let us allay those concerns! What is Your Email Schedule? With so many new [...]

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How We Pack Shoeboxes As A Bible Study

Nov 03, 2011 No Comments

What is more fun than packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child? Doing it with your friends. A world-wide outreach of Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child distributes shoeboxes full of necessities and toys to children across the globe. Each year, thousands of families wrap shoeboxes and fill them with items such as socks, toothbrushes, dolls, t-shirts, [...]

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Do You Have A Hard Time Getting Your Gifts Wrapped “Just Right?”

Dec 09, 2010 No Comments

A few years ago, our family began a quirky birthday tradition of not wrapping our presents with wrapping paper. Instead, pillowcases, bags, towels, and even tablecloths are not-so-elegantly draped around the presents. Once all the presents are opened, there is no mess of crumpled paper, and we just put the linens back into the cabinet [...]

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Low-Inventory Warnings And Other Potentially Bad News

Dec 07, 2010 No Comments

Sadly, the items listed below are ones we are convinced will be sold out before Christmas, which will leave us apologizing to those of you who opt to buy late in the season. Whether this is because you, our loyal customers, have purchased more of these items than we anticipated or (even more frequently) our [...]

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Chocolate Noir Bar Recipe

Dec 06, 2010 No Comments

  We first came across the Chocolate Noir Bars recipe a couple of years ago, and it quickly became a go-to Christmas recipe for our family.  With a deliciously rich flavor, Chocolate Noir Bars were a perfect dessert for our second traditional Timberdoodle Monday Meal of the year!   Chocolate Noir Bars   Ingredients Brownie [...]

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