Thriving the Future Ep. 59 – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Creating Cultural Capital through Storytelling and Traditions.

Our guests share their favorite personal Christmas holiday stories:

Grant Payne of HomesteadofPayne on Instagram from Episode 58.
Matt from FarmHopLife.
Melody and Eric from the Homebirth on the Homestead episodes 38 and 43 tell about how they create memories by playing (usually argumentative) games on Christmas. (Maybe that’s a little Festivus thrown in?)
Scott tells stories of growing up in Iowa during the “Global Cooling” scare. There was snow on the ground from November until March. The lakes and rivers froze, and there were snowmobile tracks along all of the roadways.

Storytelling is important.

You build Cultural Capital through Stories, Songs, Rituals, and Traditions.

Let’s face it – our kids are chronically challenged with their sense of identity, where they fit in the world, and their sense of place.

Ask yourself – what does Christmas look like to me? (in my memories)
This Christmas/Holiday season, share the things that are important to you.
Get your kids out of the bubble. Show them where you grew up. Share what Christmas means to you. Ask them questions about what it means to them.
Give experiences rather than things. Very few people remember what they got for Christmas last year, let alone five years ago. But they remember the experience, the time, the place.

“You are building Cultural Capital whether you know it or not.”
Perpend

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It’s been a tough year. With the economy, 2023 may be even tougher.

Maybe we should get back to acting like the original St. Nicholas of Myra. He gave silver and gold and food to poor kids and families.

I’m not talking about being like the managerial class people at corporate who do the angel tree and buy a bunch of gifts for poor kids they will never meet. Find out the real needs of real people. Surely you have someone you know who is hurting. Maybe this year helping them is more important than getting some gift from Amazon that you didn’t need and don’t really want.

Share the Spirit of the real St. Nicholas of Myra this year with someone who may be less fortunate. Share some of your abundance with them, and create Cultural Capital that they will remember for years.

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