I'm listening to some stuff Mark Driscoll did in the UK that I pulled from the Acts 29 site. The cool thing about these sessions is that they are predominately Q+A and I really enjoy this format.
One nifty little observation Driscoll made was that most churches either have an increased attendance at Christmas or Easter, but very few at both.
Crossroads is an Easter church.
I've always felt like a bit of a scrooge for not putting lots and lots of energy into Christmas things every year. We have done a variety of things in the past. Some of them have worked - like a Midnight Christmas Eve service and a 'Bethlehem Marketplace' thing. But generally, Christmas hasn't been our big thing.
