Giving is a good idea.
Giving Tuesday this week promotes charitable giving, a focus on one day, extra advertising, and reasons to put charity into focus.
Giving Tuesday was started in 2012 in New York City in association with the United Nations and several private entities.
Giving is a good idea for those who have reasons to receive from those who are giving.
Studies, no doubt, have been made of the effectiveness of Giving Tuesday. We have not seen any studies on the effectiveness of Giving Tuesday, either nationally, or, in our limited area. But, then, we have not looked into the statistics on the effectiveness of Giving Tuesday. The promotion, advertising, and widespread thought process would merit a plus for those who depend on receiving donations.
Will Giving Tuesday grow in effectiveness, or, has it reached its peak? Participants and promoters will determine the answer.
We can think it is good to both give and to receive!
- Special is the time of year we find ourselves drawing experience now. Special time is from the middle of November prior to Thanksgiving, with the knowledge the holidays in December are a popular focus. The holidays are just as secular as religious, however, with true religious overtones and with more than Christianity the most common religious observance in the United States. Because religious experiences are highly personal, often it can make information difficult to disseminate, or, explain, however, we must offer information. Here are some December dates to know beyond Christmas and include more than Christian dates, provided by Coexist associated of ministries interfaith unity:
- December 6 is St. Nicholas Day, Christian, from the Fourth Century a widespread ay promoted by the bishop of Myra.
- December 8 is from Buddhism, Bodhi Day and by Siddhartes Gartana.
- December 8 is Immaculate Conception of Mary, Catholic Christian.
- December 12 is Feast Day, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Catholic Christian.
- December 16-25 is Posadas Navidenas, Hispanic Christian.
- December 18-26 is Hanukkah, Judaism on the Recovery of Jerusalem 175-164 BCE, dates which vary each year depending on other dates.
- December 21 is Yule, Christian. • December 21 is St. Thomas the Apostle, the first to take Christ after doubting the divinity, Some faiths have moved the holiday to July 3.
- December 21 is Yule/Winter Solstice, pagan.
- December 24 is Christmas Eve, Christian.
- December 25 is Christmas Day, Christian.
- December 25 is Feast of the Nativity, Orthodox Christian.
- December 26 is St. Stephen’s Day Christian for the first apostle who was stoned to death.
- December 28 is Holy Innocents Day, Christian
- December 30 is Holy Family.
- December 31 is Watch Night, Christian, originally and primarily, slaves and blacks who watched for their freedom.
Customs, beliefs, observances, are all part of religious services. We do make changes as a society, even with rigid customs.
Our intentions are good. We do make progress.
Individual tastes, habits, and beliefs, of all manner form society. We must keep positive items.
Who decides what is best for us may vary.