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A Time of Refreshing in My Life
Life can be a grind sometimes. What we really want is some time of refreshing. Like jumping into a cool swimming pool on a hot day. Join Berni Dymet as he looks at refreshment – ...
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Building Lasting Relationships
Relationships can be one of the most enriching or one of the most destructive parts of our lives. Depends on the sorts of relationships we enter into and build. Join Berni Dymet ...
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Reaching Your Full Potential
Sometimes it’s hard to come to grips with the fact that we have some real untapped potential. The sad thing is when people live their whole lives without realising that ...
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Discovering the Hidden Things of God
We live in a world interested in “surface things”. Wealth. Success. Recognition … that’s what people value. So when we end up in a bit of a wilderness – it’s ...
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A Strange Thing to Do
In a world dominated by winning, the idea that loss can be a good thing is something of an anathema. And yet, throughout human history, loss has forged characters, changed nations ...
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Sorrow is a Powerful Thing
“Identity politics” is a term that’s doing the rounds these days. It’s this idea that you have no right to comment on my lifestyle because this is who I am. But if ...
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The Best for His Kids
We all have a tendency to allow compromises into our lives. And you know, when we do that, it’s like giving the devil a foothold to start plundering our lives. And that … ...
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Do You Know Him?
We tend to live this life as though it’s going to go on forever. But it isn’t. We know that. And yet, still we think and behave as though it will. So, when it is over, when ...
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Black and White
God loves every disagreeable person in your life, as much as He loves you.
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A Fresh Start
What to do when just living life is getting you down.
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When Good Men Do Nothing
Stand up for what’s right; help those who are in need.
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What Will People Think?
Have you ever been in that situation, where you feel victimised by someone? It’s not a nice feeling is it? And for some people, it can be overwhelming. What if I told you that ...
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It’s My Way or the Highway!
Okay, so when was the last time someone criticised you. It hurts, doesn’t it? Even when they have the best of intentions. And yet criticism, if we channel it in the right ...
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A Stupid Thing to Do
Worry, worry, worry. We all do it, don’t we? We don’t think about it all that much. When something’s out of our control, something that could go the wrong way, we tend to ...
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Setting Boundaries with Your Children
The relationship between parents and their children across society seems to have changed quite a lot over the course of my lifetime. But not all change is good change … not at ...
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Anything Goes
We all know that we make mistakes, that we do things that are wrong. But have you ever found yourself thinking, “Oh well, it’s only a small thing. Besides, God knows what ...
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Taking God At His Word
Sometimes, it can seem that God’s promises are just too good to be true. An abundant life – full of blessing. Yeah – right! But it also seems that some people meet Jesus and ...
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Take God at His Word
It’s one thing to believe that this thing that we call “the Bible” is God’s Word, that it’s true. That’s one thing. But it’s quite another to believe that what God ...
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Your Achilles Heel
You know what they say. When you fall over, get up, dust yourself off and keep on going. But there’s another bit to that. You don’t want to keep on falling over in the same ...
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Three Things to Teach All Children
Bringing up children is a huge responsibility. It’s a huge investment too, requiring a lot of sacrifice along the way. But inevitably, it’s an investment that also pays huge ...
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Smoothing the Way
Okay. It’s time for some straight shooting today on relationships –specifically, your relationship with the people who drive you nutty. The ones you see coming and straight ...
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Power from on High
The Holy Spirit is God. We talk about God the Father and God the Son, but how often do you hear people talk about God the Holy Spirit? And in any case, why is it that Christians ...
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Blood is Thicker than Water
Families are something that, all too often, we take for granted. Perhaps that’s why so many of them are falling apart these days. I was really convicted by something I read in ...
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Shipwrecked
There can be nothing more frightening than being on a small ship on a stormy ocean, with the prospect of sinking. And frankly, sometimes, that’s exactly how our lives appear. ...
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My Best for My Children
The Bible says that children are a blessing from God, and, of course, they are. But let’s face it, bringing up children is hard work. It’s a long road. And it’s easy to lose ...
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It’s the Little Things
Can I ask you bluntly, up front today, are you right now, being tempted into some small dishonesty? Just a little thing that you think no one will notice? Sometimes we like to ...
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Fellowship
Making time for other people is becoming more and more difficult. After all, so many of us have so much to do. And yet, making time for others, is one of the most important things ...
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Nothing Left to Chance
Those unpredictable things that happen in life, those unexpected twists and turns, can I ask you, how exactly do they fit with the plans that God has for you? Sometimes, it seems ...
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Love is Something You Do
What do you do, when someone wrongs you, over and over again? When they treat you badly? Well, how exactly do you handle that? My hunch is that there’s not one of us who ...
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New Year, Fresh Start (2)
As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...
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New Year, Fresh Start (1)
As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...
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A New Year, Fresh Start
As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...
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Overboard with Jesus (2)
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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Overboard with Jesus (1)
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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The Fruit of the Spirit (Pt 1)
We all want to have a fruitful life. But sometimes – we get to the point of wondering – what fruit is my life actually bearing? Am I making a difference? Does it all make ...
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Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 4)
We live in a world where people are getting fatter by the minute. The so–called ‘Western diet’ is cutting the average life short by 12 years – through heart ...
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Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age
We live in a world where people are getting fatter by the minute. The so–called ‘Western diet’ is cutting the average life short by 12 years – through heart ...
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Discover Your Destiny (4)
It’s easy to come to God with all our problems and think – well it’s all about me. God – these problems need fixing. But the thing that He so often does is call us to ...
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The Week Leading Up to Easter
For most of us, Easter just comes and goes. We’ve done it before…. lots of times. We know the story. We know how it ends. Of course, we know it’s important – the Easter ...
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How to Deal with Anger
Anger and bitterness are things we don’t like to talk about much – little wonder! But they’re things that we encounter every now and then. Anger, sadly, can be a daily fact ...
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From Vanity to Victory (Pt 1)
Most of us get to the point at some time in our lives where we start asking, what’s this life all about? I work hard, I do my best – the days, weeks, months, years are ...
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There’s a Knock at the Door (Pt 1)
The easiest thing in the world for us to do … is to focus on the things of this world. To go through life with perhaps a vague belief in God … in Jesus … but really, ...
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A New Page
Well – here we are again. The beginning of a New Year – emphasis on the “New”. Funny how quickly they roll around. Why don’t you Join Berni Dymet this week in the series ...
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Contemplating Christmas
Christmas is a funny time. It’s been a busy year. Down to the wire. So many of us approach Christmas with mixed feelings. Why don’t you join Berni this week – as he looks at ...
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An Uncomfortable Christmas
We love to have a pantomime view of Christmas. Cutesy – Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus – the manger. But when you get down and dirty – when you check out Christmas – well, ...
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A Peace Beyond All Understanding
As we head into Christmas yet again, we’d all like to think that we have a pretty good life. That we have peace in our lives. But God knows that we can’t have that peace ...
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Are You a Blessing or a Burden? (Pt 3)
There seem to be basically two types of people in this world – those who are a blessing and those who are a burden; those who are an asset and those who are a liability; those ...
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Are You a Blessing or a Burden?
There seem to be basically two types of people in this world – those who are a blessing and those who are a burden; those who are an asset and those who are a liability; those ...
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Rekindling the Flame (Pt 1)
God has placed a special gift or ability inside each one of us. The sad thing is that it’s so easy for the day to day grind to bury that gift – and the dreams we may have had ...
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Rekindling the Flame
Each one of us has a special gift from God. An innate ability to do something – one particular thing – better than just about anyone else that we know. The problem is that the ...
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God’s Miracle Makeover for You (Pt 2)
All too often, we’re looking for big breakthroughs and big miracles, when all along, the Holy Spirit is already busy transforming our lives from the outside in. In this series, ...
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God’s Miracle Makeover for You (Pt 1)
All too often, we’re looking for big breakthroughs and big miracles, when all along, the Holy Spirit is already busy transforming our lives from the outside in. In this series, ...
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Reaping the Harvest of Righteousness
It’s easy to imagine that following Jesus is all about keeping a bunch of rules. Some days it does feel like that. That word they bandy about “righteousness” gives you that ...
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Full to Overflowing
So often, we look around at our lives and you know something, they look a bit parched and dry. Some joker comes along and says “I don’t think life is meant to be like that.” ...
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Do Not Be Afraid
Fear is a natural, human emotion. In fact, fear can be a healthy thing. It stops us from doing things that could harm us. But sometimes, circumstances overwhelm us – a bit like ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin (2)
Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working. A Relationship. Just how they feel about themselves. Whatever it is. We all ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin (1)
Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working. A Relationship. Just how they feel about themselves. Whatever it is. We all ...
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So Far, Yet So Near
In that moment when God seems a million miles away, He is in fact closer than the deepest secret of your heart.
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Eliminating Stubborn Sin
Just about each one of us has one particular sin – well, a stubborn sin, one that keeps coming back again and again, no matter how much we try to get rid of it in our lives. And ...
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What Makes You Happy?
All too often, the things we thought we wanted aren’t the things that make us happy.
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The Banana Skin
We all experience fear at some point. But some people live with chronic fear.
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Mother’s Day
The reason that mothers are so amazing is that they are made in the image of God.
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Time with God
God is always ready to help us in times of trouble. Do you have time to listen to Him?
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Lookalikes
Do you believe in the Jesus of the Bible, or have you created a more convenient version?
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Boys and Beds
No, you can’t solve global poverty on your own. But yes, you can make a real difference.
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The Wasp’s Nest
When a storm blows in on your life, as it’s prone to do from time to time, how do you react to it? Do you go with the flow? Do you trust that God knows what He’s doing? Or do ...
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Coincidence and Prayer
Prayer is a funny thing. Sometimes we turn to prayer as a last resort. But what if, instead, it was our first option. What if, instead, we took more and more to God in prayer – ...
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The Nail
Why? Why did God allow Jesus to be nailed to that Cross? Wasn’t there another way? Surely God could just have forgiven us. And yet … there is a power in that Cross, a power to ...
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Keeping Up Appearances
Can I ask you how much of your time and energy you spend in keeping up appearances, in impressing other people? Come on, on a scale of zero to ten, how much effort do you put into ...
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On Solid Ground
So many people spend so much time in their lives travelling through stormy waters – they yearn to have their feet on solid ground. And yet, it’s hard to figure out exactly how ...
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The Vilest Offender
Hypothetical; a murderer on death row is about to be executed. In those last hours, he realises his wrong and turns to Jesus. Remember, he’s a murderer. Question: Is he in, or ...
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Light in the Dark
The idea that you can experience the love of a God whom you’ve never met in person, a God you can’t see, would by some at least be considered delusional. That’s fair enough, ...
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The Dummy
It’s amazing how easy it is to miss the obvious. Sometimes the solution to our dilemma can be sitting right under our noses and we just can’t see it. So when you’re hurting, ...
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Who is Jesus (Pt 2)
There are so many different things, people and ideologies claiming to have the answers. Well – what about Jesus? If He walked into the room right now, what would He be like? ...
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Who is Jesus (Pt 1)
There are so many different things, people and ideologies claiming to have the answers. Well – what about Jesus? If He walked into the room right now, what would He be like? ...
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Faithful God
Yeah, we know that family is important. In fact, in the scheme of things it’s pretty much the most important thing. Problem is, there are so many other things that compete for ...
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Blind Faith
Many people think that believing in God, following Jesus, is all about blind faith. In any case, who has enough faith to do the things that this radical Jesus is calling you to ...
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Do Unto Others …
Laughter and tears are at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. And the reality is that both laughter and tears are almost always brought on by things that people do to ...
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The Fruit of Your Labours
Have you ever found yourself in a situation that’s a bit difficult, a bit confusing, and you start thinking to yourself, “Why doesn’t God get in here and sort this out? God, ...
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Nice Little Doggy
I hope you don’t think me rude, but as you look at your disposable income, might I ask you, how much of it do you spend on yourself, and how much of it do you give away to the ...
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The Empty Cup
Mention the Holy Spirit, and you get all sorts of funny reactions. Which is really pretty strange, since He is, after all, God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy ...
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The Afflictions of the Righteous
You know what they say: life wasn’t meant to be easy. Yeah, right, but deep down, we still have this sneaking suspicion that that’s for everyone else. Me? Well I love Jesus. ...
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Love Hopes …
Love is the single, most powerful force in the universe. There’s no doubt about that. That’s why such amazing things happen when God’s love flows through us, out into the ...
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Love Isn’t … (2)
Without even knowing anything about you, I am 100% certain that you have at least one person in your life, who drives you completely nutty. They do that same thing that they know ...
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Love Doesn’t …
Right from when we’re little, getting on with others isn’t always that easy. Playing nice with the other kids can be a challenge, no matter how young or old we are. Why is ...
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Love is …
Love is such a wonderful thing. We all love the idea of love. We all want to be loved. But doing love, living out love, giving love … well that’s not always all that easy now, ...
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The Face of Disapproval
We tend not to think too much about the expressions that we allow to appear on our faces. If something pleases us, we smile. If something annoys us, we scowl. Instinctively … ...
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When They Ignore You
How to overcome rejection in power and with grace.
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Dealing with Bullies
Discover how to deal with the bullies in your life.
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Going it Alone
You don’t have to go it alone. In fact, you can’t!
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God’s Incinerator
When letting go of the bad stuff isn’t all that easy.
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Spring Cleaning Your Life
So often we’re looking for a miracle. And God chooses to work through the mundane. Maybe it’s time for a bit of spring cleaning. Join Berni Dymet in this new series as he ...
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Dear God
Are you sick of making the same old mistakes again and again?
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A New Start
Have you ever had the feeling that something’s not quite right?
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Is Christmas Really Over?
It’s a funny time this time just after Christmas and just before the whole new work year begins. It’s a time when we look back at the year that’s just been and the one ...
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Upside Down and Inside Out
As you and I cast our gaze forward to the year we’re about to step into, I think the biggest mistake we can make is to hope for all the wrong things out of life. Hope for the ...
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Defining Moments
God is a surprising God. In the middle of the ordinary, the mundane, the unfair – right in the middle of life, so often His defining moments appear. Seemingly small and ...
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A Future With Hope
Okay, so what are you looking forward to next year? Anything? Or in your heart, in your mind, is it a case of there’s nothing good to look forward to? Whichever it is for you, I ...
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The Terrified Shepherds
There are two parts – two dimensions – to the Christmas story. The natural, ordinary, everyday dimension. And the supernatural dimension. We need to wrap our hearts around ...
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Christmas, Just Imagine!
Can I ask you something? What exactly does a Christmas tree with decorations and presents have to do with Christmas? It’s so incongruous when you think about it. When all along, ...