{"id":14073,"date":"2013-12-06T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=14073"},"modified":"2013-12-06T10:32:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:32:41","slug":"december-14-2012-christmas-gift-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/12\/06\/december-14-2012-christmas-gift-giving\/14073\/","title":{"rendered":" Christmas Gift Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the holiday shopping frenzy, more and more churches are urging \u201calternative\u201d Christmas giving. \u201cChristmas is about Jesus\u2019 birth and honoring Jesus with the priorities that Jesus would have in the world, especially amongst marginalized people. But what we\u2019ve done is made it more about us,\u201d says Rev. Mike Slaughter, Methodist pastor at Ginghamsburg Church in Ohio. 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