I've made the effort to give free gifts to my friends and online connections during the Christmas season for two or three years now. I pull together a list of some of my most-used apps, websites, and playlists and post one per day during the 12 days leading up to Christmas.
It's fun for me because one my core desired feelings is to be "giving". Doing this helps me share some of the things I've learned about and hopefully help someone in the efforts.
Plus it helps me think about one of my favorite Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol. I love the Ghost of Christmas Present and what he says when he shows up: "Come in, come in and know me better!"
This year I posted my "gifts" to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Gab, Parler, Truth Social, Mastodon, and LinkedIn. This was a little challenging due to the fragmentation of the social media sites but still fun!
My gifts for my 12 Days of Christmas in 2022 were:
- Post-it Note app
https://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/ideas/app/
- Chick-fil-a app
https://www.chick-fil-a.com/
- Encounter meditation app
https://encounteringpeace.com/
- George Winston playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqI204q3ewnm2DHIDtKlwHjrFf7A-DrG
- Dynalist app
https://dynalist.io/
- YouTube scenery playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqI204q3ewk3SQ7Uj5DXRq97hSCwQs0B
- A Postmodern Jukebox Christmas playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL61tvTq899t6fTht5rGc-pfAes9k3WVqK
- The Pause meditation app
https://www.pausemeditation.org/
- The Marco Polo app
https://www.marcopolo.me/
- The Moon+ ebook reader app!
https://www.moondownload.com/
- A Pentatonix Christmas playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaONuT5QUpidKOBovDhtfzfs8XUndW-8J
- The Story of the Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_CGP-12AE0