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Why We Stopped Going House to House for the Holidays

We hit a breaking point. We were so tired of rushing from house to house; we had truly begun to dread holidays. It was time to make a change for our family.

WATCH: Hobby Lobby Lights Up Mom Hearts With Viral Christmas Ad

Has Hobby Lobby entered the world of emotionally persuasive holiday short-form cinema? It would certainly seem so! And their Christmas ad effort is 100% geared toward what is undoubtedly their most loyal customer: busy (exhausted, out-of-time) moms.

“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

None of them asked for this year’s hottest toy, or another video game to add to their collection. No, the children who filled out these tags listed their “innermost dreams”—things that should be part of everyone’s childhood.

7th-Grader Gets Beaten Into a Coma by a Bully—When This Cubs Player Found Out, He Had to Do Something About It

It sounds like the climactic moments of an old movie. The “little guy” is minding his own business as he walks through the middle school hallway, only to bump into every 12-year-old’s worst nightmare—the school bully. With a small bump, he’s suddenly picked up and laid-out on the ground, praying that a teacher will poke their head out of a classroom and save him.

For Henry Sembdner, this illustration of a middle school bully became a traumatizing reality on Friday.

Henry Sembdner

The 12-year-old from South Elgin, Illinois, was severely injured after bumping into a classmate on Friday, then being “slammed to the ground” at Kenyon Woods Middle School.

Henry suffered facial fractures and brain injuries following the attack. He spent the majority of the weekend in an induced coma.

Bri Lamm
Bri Lamm
Bri is an outgoing introvert with a heart that beats for adventure. She lives to serve the Lord, experience the world, and eat macaroni and cheese in between capturing life’s greatest moments on one of her favorite cameras.

Why We Stopped Going House to House for the Holidays

We hit a breaking point. We were so tired of rushing from house to house; we had truly begun to dread holidays. It was time to make a change for our family.

WATCH: Hobby Lobby Lights Up Mom Hearts With Viral Christmas Ad

Has Hobby Lobby entered the world of emotionally persuasive holiday short-form cinema? It would certainly seem so! And their Christmas ad effort is 100% geared toward what is undoubtedly their most loyal customer: busy (exhausted, out-of-time) moms.

“This Christmas I Want Food”: What These Foster Kids Want For Christmas Is Heartbreaking

None of them asked for this year’s hottest toy, or another video game to add to their collection. No, the children who filled out these tags listed their “innermost dreams”—things that should be part of everyone’s childhood.