7 Days of Christmas
A Season of Generosity
Abingdon Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 2019
Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker's social experiments in seven key areas—food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, stress—and turns them into thoughtful and practical generosity that captures the true spirit of Christmas.
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- Who it’s for
- Seven days of small experiments connect Christmas generosity with restraint around everyday excess.
- Themes
- Christmas generosity, Restraint and mindful consumption, Less stuff, more joy
- Genres
- Christmas & Advent, Christian Personal Growth, Getting Motivated
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Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker's social experiments in seven key areas—food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, stress—and turns them into thoughtful and practical generosity that captures the true spirit of Christmas. 7 Days of Christmas covers 7 days during the Christmas season to practice both generosity and restraint in the areas related to the book.
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It will contain snippets of Jen’s journey throughout to offer insight, humor, ideas, facts, and encouragement for the reader to consider while embracing this change, if only for 24 hours. We’ll see the reasons why each area is important to Jen and also applicable to most American families. We’ll also see how that particular area of excess impacts the family unit, the community, and the world at large—complete with ideas on how to reduce thoughtless consumption and consider other practices that lead to less stuff but more joy.
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Seven days of small experiments connect Christmas generosity with restraint around everyday excess.
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- A practical look at food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress
- Ideas for less thoughtless consumption and more joy
Expect
- Warm, humorous reflections on generosity and restraint
- A one-day-at-a-time approach, with each practice lasting 24 hours
Where it sits
| Christian Personal Growth | 62% |
|---|---|
| Christmas & Advent | 60% |
| Getting Motivated | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christian Personal Growth
- Authors
- Jen Hatmaker, Hatmaker, Jen
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press
- Published
- October 1, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Christmas generosity · Restraint and mindful consumption · Less stuff, more joy
- Reading lane
- Christian Personal Growth