I already shared this challenge on Facebook, but because there are many readers of this blog who are not on Facebook, or who otherwise might not have seen that post, I’m sharing it here as well. I received it from my friend Lori, who may or may not have been the originator of it:
With all the suffering that is happening in the world today, I would like to challenge everyone on Facebook to do a random act of kindness from now until Christmas. You could shovel a neighbors driveway, pay it forward at your local coffee shop, watch a neighbors children so they can have a night/day out, send a thank you or Christmas card to a service member, purchase a toy for Toys for Tots….be creative! Just think about it, if everyone on Facebook [read: and everyone who reads this blog] did a random act of kindness for 24 days what an amazing Christmas it will be! So consider yourself challenged! Pass it on to all your friends and family! Let the kindness begin!
Let’s make this a challenge for all of us, not only those on Facebook. What do you say?
You might consider writing your acts on little pieces of paper. Then on Christmas morning you can lay a bowl with your collected acts before the creche as your gift to the Christ child. Beats golds, frankincense and myrrh by a mile.
I’m not suggesting this is not in the place of any Advent prayer you may be doing, which I strongly encourage. (And I’ll be posting my Advent retreat/reflection material here and hope you will make use of it.) But it is an invitation to put our prayer into action.
Creo en Dios! 
Susan, thank You Soooooo Much . . .
I will begin to incorporate your suggestion (challenge) into my Advent practices – what a wonderful expression of loving kindness that can be perfectly aligned with our individual abilities and means – a seasonal act of kindness that just may linger within our hearts and manifested itself (if not daily, possibly weekly) during the New Year – a ‘resolution’ to consider . . .
With a grace filed smile we can play this forward. Thank You. . .