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Decorating to Reflect the True Meaning of Christmas

Laura Derk has been creating decorative paper scrolls for over 20 years. See how her special Christmas designs add beauty and meaning to the Christmas tree. Read Transcript


Reporter: THESE DAYS,

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.

SOME ARE FUN AND CUTE, WHILE

OTHERS STIR UP WARM MEMORIES

OF CHRISTMASES PASSED.

HERE AT SCROLLS AND MORE,

LAURA HOPES HER ORNAMENTS

WILL REMIND PEOPLE OF THE

TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

SHE CALLS THEM SCRIPTURE

SCROLLS, AND THEY TELL THE

STORY OF CHRISTMAS USING

VERSES FROM THE BIBLE.

THE SCROLL CARRIED GOD'S

WOULWORD A LONG TIME AGO,

AND HE IMPRESSED IT UPON MY

HEART.

Reporter: LAURA DREW

INSPIRATION AFTER BEING

CHALLENGED BY HER HUSBAND

ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF

CHRISTMAS.

TALK ABOUT HOW YOU AND

JOE BEGAN TO QUESTION WHAT

CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT?

I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS

ACTUALLY DOING THAT OR I WAS

INVOLVED IN THAT.

IT DID NOT HAVE THE TRUE

MEANING WE KNEW ABOUT.

NOT KNOWING, I SAID TO HER

SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF

MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE

A TREE THIS YEAR.

Reporter: LAURA PRAYED

ABOUT IT, AND SHE FEELS GOD

SHOWED HER HOW TO BRING BACK

THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE AND

CHRISTMAS.

HE IMPRESSED UPON MIAMI

HEART IF MY HEART THAT IF I

WOULD HANG SCRIPTURE ON THE

TREE, IT WOULD PLEASE HIS

HEART AND JOE'S.

SO I STARTED DESIGNING A

CONTROL.

Reporter: SO LAURA

STARTED GATHERING SCROLLS

FROM CHRISTMAS CARDS SHE

RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS.

SHE SHOWED ME THE FIRST

SCROLL SHE EVER MADE.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, I

WOULD HAND WRITE EACH ONE OF

THEM.

I REALIZED WHEN THEY GOT

WET, THE INK WOULD RUN.

IN FACT, ON THE BACK I

DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY MADE

GOLD CARD BOARDS.

AND I USED TO SPRAY PAINT

THE CARDBOARD GOLD.

Reporter: SHE LANDED

HER FIRST BIG ORDER IN 1994,

AND FOR YEARS MADE SCROLLS

AT HER HOME.

THEN IN 2011, SHE OPENED

"SCROLLS AND MORE."

JOE OVERSEES THE OPERATION,

LAURA DOES WHAT SHE LOVES

BEST, CREATING THE SCROLLS.

SO, LAURA, THIS IS AN

EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CHRISTMAS

TREE LOOKS LIKE WITH

SCRIPTURE SCROLLS.

THIS IS MY TREE.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS

TREE.

THIS TREE WILL TELL YOU THE

CHRISTMAS STORY.

WE HAVE 25 VERSES ON THE

TREE.

THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE

TO DO AN ADVENT TREE.

THEY CAN PUT ONE ON THE TREE

STARTING WITH

DECEMBER 1st, AND THERE

ARE 25 IN A SET, AND YOU'LL

FINISH UP ON CHRISTMAS WITH

THE LAST VERSE, WHICH IS

LUKE 2: 20, THE SHEPHERD

WENT OUT GLORIFYING AND

PRAISING GOD FOR ALL THEY

HAD SEEN AND HEARD.

AND WE HAVE A SCROLL THAT

SAYS EVERY GOOD GIFT AND

EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM

THE LORD ABOVE.

Reporter: WHAT EXCITES

THEM MORE IS THE OPPORTUNITY

TO HELP PEOPLE REMEMBER THE

TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE

ALREADY STARTED BUYING THEIR

CHRISTMAS TREES, OR THEY'RE

THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF

DECORATIONS AM I GOING TO

PUT ON MY TREE THIS YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO

THEM?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO REMIND

THEM ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY

SEASON?

I JUST THINK THAT

CHRISTMAS IS AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR US, AS BELIEVERS, TO

STAND OUT.

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