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Mark Lajoie of Living Waters's avatar

All of this is much like my sons' experience at Thomas More College in New Hampshire. Excellent, sane, joy-filled suggestions.

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Julian Kwasniewski's avatar

Excellent!

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Sweeney Tom's avatar

The ‘Reading Aloud’ suggestion made me recall my mother reading Winnie the Pooh, Little House on the Prairie, and G.A. Henty books to us kids growing up. Not only a fond memory, but it has shaped how I experience books today, my teaching style towards my high school students, and my prayer life. May people continue reading aloud and experiencing stories in groups forevermore!

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Julian Kwasniewski's avatar

Where do you teach?

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Inshal Chenet's avatar

This is a small aside from the lovely article, but I love that the audio for the article is a real human voice and not AI!

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Julian Kwasniewski's avatar

Thanks! No AI on this blog. It's neither traditional nor sane!

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Inshal Chenet's avatar

I completely agree, although I am regularly surprised by who disagrees!

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Stephen's avatar

I imagine the festive season generates the odd boxing match for sure. 😎

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Shannon Rose's avatar

Loved it all!

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Clayton Hynfield's avatar

I love all the specific suggestions, Julian — thank you! I’ll also plug my friend Benjamin Bloomfield’s collection of traditional Advent and Christmas carols, which can be downloaded for free or ordered book- or spiral-bound: https://acollectionofchristmascarols.com/

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Julian Kwasniewski's avatar

That looks like a wonderful collection. Thanks for linking!

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Rinju Chenet's avatar

Fight Night on the 21st?

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J.S. Lawrence's avatar

Reactionary-minded and excellent.

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