{"id":1650,"date":"2009-11-23T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2009-11-23T14:07:59","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T19:07:59","slug":"a-favorite-family-tradition-operation-christmas-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"A favorite family tradition &#8211; Operation Christmas Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the 5th year in a row, I&#8217;ve had the joy of helping the kids pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.\u00a0 We shopped, wrapped, packed, and prayed for our boxes this week, and finally dropped them off at a local church on Saturday.\u00a0 Very slowly, the kids are learning to think beyond themselves, and it&#8217;s a treat to walk them through this process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-trailer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1654   alignnone\" title=\"OCC-trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-trailer.jpg\" alt=\"OCC-trailer\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-trailer.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-trailer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s fun to imagine this trailer packed full of brightly wrapped shoeboxes bringing fun, love and joy to children around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-trailer.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-both.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1652 alignnone\" title=\"OCC-both\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-both.jpg\" alt=\"OCC-both\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-both.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-both-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My little sweeties.\u00a0 Analise is dressed as one of the Barbie Three Musketeers with the cape, mask and (not shown) sword.\u00a0 Josiah can barely keep from dropping his box.\u00a0 He does have Musketeers clothing, but didn&#8217;t insist on wearing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1653  aligncenter\" title=\"OCC-j\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-j.jpg\" alt=\"OCC-j\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-j.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OCC-j-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A look back&#8230; 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