1. A WHITFIELD CHRISTMAS Presentation at the Temple Luke 2:21-40

2. What’s the worst thing about Christmas? Thank-you letters!!

3. They’re boring I never know what to say No one writes letters in 2014 No one ever reads them anyway Stamps are so expensive They get in the way of enjoying the present I HAVE to do them!!! SOME GOOD(?) EXCUSES …

4. [whom to thank] [what the gift was] [the difference it’s going to make] [ME!!] 3 things in a good thank you letter WHO? WHAT? WHY?

5. Dear Grandma, Thank you for my bike. I like it. Im going to ride it evry day for evr and evr and evr and evr … amen With loads of love, Gilbert xxxx

6. - to say “thank you!” Mary and Joseph …

7. Simeon … - to say “thank you!”

8. Anna … - to say “thank you!”

9. Boring? I don’t know what to say? No one bothers in 1AD? No one ever reads them anyway? Travel is so expensive? It gets in the way of enjoying the present? I HAVE to do it???!!! Saying ‘thank you’ is …

10. Sovereign Lord the gift of Jesus, the light of the world now I can die in peace! Simeon Simeon’s Christmas thank you

11. Me x The most important Christmas thank-you letter of all (please fill in the blanks) Have you sent it yet? Lord (?)