We are grateful today to celebrate the Christmas holiday with family! @laurabanfield and I pose here with our daughter Madeleine in front of the Christmas tree!
Madeleine enjoys her Pez dispenser from my mom!
While we find our tree filled with presents this year, the trunk of my car is filled for a trip to Salvation Army to keep a balance between what we have. Every new thing that comes in must replace something we already have because accumulating things is a burden.
Madeleine's favorite present was the bunny played by Kevin Hart from the animated movie "The Secret Life of Pets" which is her favorite!
My Mom visited us for Christmas for the first time this year and enjoys time with the Eeyores!
My favorite gift was a new pair of sandals from @laurabanfield. These replace the $5 pair I wore for the last year or so.
As full of joy as the Christmas season is, it also brings sadness as we try to show how much we love each other with often unnecessary gifts. Hopefully we can continue both as a family and as a world to reduce the amount of products we buy and to make more of our gifts ourselves with what we already have.
While I feel like my family gave gifts in much moderation this year compared to many years past, it still feels wasteful with all the wrapping paper and boxes. I am grateful everyone was understanding with me not wrapping any presents and buying only practical gifts such as a new shower head and a clothes drying rack. I gave out pieces of paper with faces of dead presidents and numbers on them for most of my gifts and maybe we can do without these paper bills in our lifetime too.
Thank you for joining us in celebration of Christmas which feels like a celebration of our common humanity and a birthday for all of us because to celebrate one of our lives is to celebrate all.
Love,
Jerry Banfield
Merry Christmas!
Looked like a lovely Christmas. Happy New Year!
What a lovely Christmas!
What a lovely Christmas!
It was thank you Nate!
thank you too
Merry Christmas
🎄A traditional family x-mas. It's so nice! 🎄Merry Christmas and a happy new year!🎄
Merry Christmas, @jerrybanfield!
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Happy Christmas day......be safe
Merry Christmas,🎄
lovely family
Merrry Christmas !!!
What a wonderful family you have! Merry Christmas!
I found Waldo lol
Merry Christmas from Canada.
@offgridlife thank you cool ornament and I like the real fireplace which we have few of in Florida!
Merry Christmas to you @jerrybanfield and your family, Madeleine is real adorable. Have fun and enjoy the celebrations.
Merry Christmas, very nice family :)
you family is very nice, thank you. good christmas!
Beautiful family.... Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to the Banfield family! :)
Let me tell you many wishes of Christmas
It's good that those slippers are vegan that way you can feel good when you eat them lmao.
Merry christmas jerry and happy new year!
Merry Chrismas to you and your lovely family @jerrybanfield
Thank you so much for sharing your family holiday with us. I wish you a very happy New Year!
Cute family. Is there a picture of a sloth in a tree?
@jerrybanfield Merry Christmas to you and your Family and looking Forward to even a more Crypto Bountiful 2018..........Grateful for another DAY of being Sober.................
Merry Christmas Jerry!!
Your Family are so beautiful and thank you to share your christmas with us!
Blessings for this 2018!
Jose Bolcato
At the beginning I have said many good wishes and good wishes and love for Christmas with your Christmas has been enjoyed very well. I can tell you a lot better than I can say Christmas celebrations are very enjoyable to everyone and enjoying with the family Everyone liked me with your Christmas photos Thanks for writing beautiful photos and blogs for giving us gifts
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Merry Christmas!
She is getting so BIG! I remember when she was born! Wow they grow up so fast... time is flying! thanks again for all you do @jerrybanfield and Merry Christmas!
Sincerely
@joeparys
Thank you Joe!
well this day is speciall in all our lives.... hope this day brings many peacefull and kindness of GOD's for us,,,be happy always with ur family and ur mom
merry christmass
nice to see you with your family,very cute baby ,God bless him
Such a beautiful family! Thanks for all that you do Jerry, and Happy Holidays! @jerrybanfield
thanx to wish to all of us ... Also MERRY CHRISTMASS TO U and all ur lovely sweet family and GOD give u all happines of life this day and all in ur life and give u a great success SPECIALL in crypto,,, and be happy with ur lovely mother u r lucky ur mom loving u and also u love with her
MERRY CHRISTMASS JERRYBANFIELD
Merry Christmas
So true. I love to live by the minimalist theory and don't believe in the accumulation of pointless things that bring more chaos to my home and my mind. I like to live simply and have reduced my consumerism but its so hard to get the extended family to become mindful of the way we choose to live. Me and my kids picked pinecones, sticks and made bird feeders to give family members. Whether or not they were disappointed, I do not much care. The spirit of love is more about togetherness and less about belongings and selfishness. Merry Christmas!
I was glad to follow you this year and I wish you a Merry Christmas
All the best for 2018. Take care!
merry christmas dear, it was really so heart touching.......
Happy New Year my friend
@jerrybanfield Happy mery Christmas and its' a beautiful day of your life thanks for sharing your day
Best Regards @waqarsabir786
Merry Christmas from just down the road. Nice to see someone from my neck of the woods on Steemit. We had some glorious weather on Christmas. Glad to see your family had a blessed day. Just a newbie on here but following and many congrats on your steemit success. Blessings.
Lovely post, happy holidays :)
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Jerry! I’ve been watching your YouTube vids for a couple hours now great stuff!
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Your happy family is going to overcome all difficulties in the life.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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linda familia, amigo, que Dios te los cuide
The line you put "to celebrate one of our lives is to celebrate all".I like it very very much .thanks for sharing your Christmas celebration @jerrybanfield
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Merry Christmas very nice post, love the striped Pajamas!!
Thaks for sharinng such a especial moment with your beloved family with us, I wish, Most my fellow venezuelans could have a marvelous Christmas celebration and better new year 2018. I hope you could continue having such a great gathering with your whole amazing family, Blessings.